Sentences with phrase «university education professor»

Separately, Stanford University education professor Linda Darling - Hammond found that the Core exams under development are only marginally better than tests that have been used for years — and are less helpful than evaluations used in Singapore and by the International Baccalaureate program, for instance, that ask students to design, conduct, analyze and present their work in multiple ways.

«They don't understand that they've alienated a lot of educators throughout the country with some of their attacks on teachers,» said New York University education professor Pedro Noguera, who spoke at the SOS march.

Stanford University education professor Linda Darling - Hammond, who studies linked learning programs, also worried, at first, that the curriculum would limit students to certain predetermined occupations.

The idea of forcing a student to transfer over grades is «unfair,» according to Scott Garrigan, a Lehigh University education professor who specializes in teaching and learning through technology.

Basis for Further Learning In a study of preschool classrooms, Vanderbilt University education professor Dale Farran reports that increasing the amount of time children spend engaged in instruction involving math conversation led to significant math gains.

With stakes that high, it's important that schools have clear goals to work toward — and right now they don't, said Sarah Lenhoff, a Wayne State University education professor who specializes in school improvement and choice.

The national rates were 51 percent for black students and 53 percent for Hispanic students, according to federal data cited in a 2016 study by Penn State University education professor Erica Frankenberg that compared D.C. to states.

Pedro Noguera, a New York University education professor, cautioned the new mayor not to devote too much time to making decisions about charter schools, which serve only about 6 percent of the city's public school students.

Former Milwaukee School District superintendent and Marquette University education professor Howard Fuller, Walker said at the New Hampshire Education Summit, is someone he admires and is the kind of person he would look for when naming a Secretary of Education if elected president.

«Pay reform is often thought to be a magic bullet,» said Matthew Springer, a Vanderbilt University education professor who led the study.

It's human nature to look for work environments that are safe and comfortable, Weber State University education professor Forrest Crawford said Wednesday.

The downward trend continues despite noted studies by a Stanford University education professor, Thomas Dee, and others that suggest boys generally do better in classes that are taught by men, while girls are more likely to thrive in classes taught by women.

DePaul University education professor Akihiko Takahashi is known internationally for promoting lesson study.

Gardner, a developmental psychologist and Harvard University education professor, decades ago developed a theory that intelligence can be measured in many ways other than simple IQ tests.

Stanford University education professor Martin Carnoy declares his intent to interject a «balanced perspective» in an empirical literature written «mainly by researchers who openly and actively support vouchers» and media that «report results from these analyses without necessary caveats and alternative views.»

Furman University education professor P. L. Thomas, who admitted in a recent speech at the University of Arkansas to never having been in a No Excuses charter school, complains in a widely referenced 2012 Daily Kos post that in such schools, «Students are required to use complete sentences at all times, and call female teachers «Miss» — with the threat of disciplinary action taken if students fail to comply.»

Reading, Writing,» Rithmetic,» Rogramming Slate, 4/15/15 «Karen Brennan is a Harvard University education professor and founder of ScratchEd, an online community of teachers using Scratch, a novice - friendly computer code developed at MIT.

Stanford University Education professor Susanna Loeb spoke about the impact of quality teaching on student attendance at the Graduate School of Education Tuesday.

But here's an idea, recently advocated by the Montclair State University education professor Emily Klein: What about giving one grade for mastery of the material, and a separate grade for character?

Michael Kirst, an emeritus Stanford University education professor and president of the California State Board of Education, told me he thought the program would spur innovation.

«His vision of education is as a foundation not just of the economy but of a society in which people take care of each other,» explained Stanford University education professor Linda Darling - Hammond, who advised Obama during the campaign and handled education policy for the president - elect's transition team, in remarks delivered in November 2007 at a National Academy of Education event.

Online petitioners are urging President - elect Barack Obama to appoint Linda Darling - Hammond, a Stanford University education professor and an adviser to the Obama presidential campaign, as secretary of education.

For better or worse, the Iowa test scores became «the one thing that everyone looked at,» according to DePaul University education professor Barbara Radner, director of DePaul's Center for Urban Education, even as the state haltingly developed its own standards and testing system.

The authors address three criticisms of value - added (VA) measures of teacher effectiveness that Stanford University education professor Linda Darling - Hammond and her colleagues present in a recent article: that VA estimates are inconsistent because they fluctuate over time; that teachers» value - added performance is skewed by student assignment, which is non-random; and that value - added ratings can't disentangle the many influences on student progress.

Boston University education professor Scott Seider describes the reaction as a «grassroots uprising» of educators at all levels who embraced multiple intelligences (MI) theory «with a genuine passion.»

In his landmark book Frames of Mind: The Theory Of Multiple Intelligences, published in 1983, Harvard University education professor Howard Gardner unveiled a theory of multiple intelligences that famously rejected the traditional and long - held view that aptitude consists solely of the ability to reason and understand complex ideas.

The Office of Diversity and Inclusion will launch its Diversity and Inclusion Grand Rounds speaker series with a presentation by highly acclaimed researcher and Augusta University Education Professor...

City University education professor and attorney David Bloomfield said the best legal course will likely depend on how Steiner writes his decision, but that both Barron and Jeffries raise key concerns.

After learning of Burger's methods, McGill University education professor Jon Bradley says he would consider taking a similar approach in his own classroom — encouraging students to analyze their work the way sports fans obsess over how the home team might do better next season.

Not exact matches

«I think that your methodology, as you described it, is sound,» said Ken Klassen, a University of Waterloo professor who also serves as director of the Deloitte Centre for Tax Education and Research.

Christoph Randler, a biology professor at the University of Education in Heidelberg, Germany, found that morning people are often more successful than evening people because, as a group, they tend to be proactive.

One patient in the trial, Alan Hoffman, a professor emeritus of social science education at Georgia State University, was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 1997.

Professor Poole is one of a six - member committee appointed to review collaboration between Australia's public universities and publicly funded research agencies, as part of the Federal Government's higher education reform package.

Professor Poole says her university will be closely considering market sensitivity in relation to fee setting in the proposed new higher education funding arrangements.

«When you have workers that already possess much of what you need, it makes a lot more sense to retrain them than to go out and hire new workers — who may be more educated — and then wait a year or more for them to get up to speed with how the company operates,» explains Anthony Carnevale, director and research professor of Georgetown University's Center on Education and the Workforce.

Former Stanford University computer science professors, Daphne Koller and Andrew Ng had spent enough time in higher education to realize that change was long overdue.

What it's like: Ron Owston, dean of the Faculty of Education at York University in Toronto, was initially surprised at how much time he spent on human resource issues, such as dealing with the concerns of faculty members and mapping out the academic year so professors can handle their course loads.

Every employee goes through MailChimp University, an internal education program we developed with help from professors from Emory University's Goizueta Business School.

Chris MacDonald Nonresident Senior Fellow, Kenan Institute for Ethics Director of the Jim Pattison Ethical Leadership Education & Research Program; Associate Professor, Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University (Toronto, Canada)

Bridget Terry Long, a Harvard Graduate School of Education professor and economist, will become the school's next dean, University President Drew G. Faust announced Wednesday.

The family moved to Edmonton when Mark was still a boy, and his father became a University of Alberta education professor.

Carla E Brodley, Professor and Dean, College of Computer and Information Science at Northeastern University shares how she has seen STEM education evolve across North America.

«We are in a labor market where more and more emphasis is placed on cognitive skills and education - based skills, the changing economy,» explains Harry Holzer, a labor economist who is a professor of public policy at Georgetown University.

Professor and Director of the Institute for Behavioral and Household Finance (IBHF) at Cornell University The mission of the IBHF is research and education in the areas of behavioral finance and household finance with the goal of better understanding and modeling financial behavior.

By LAURA LOREK Publisher with Silicon Hills News A crowd from the University of Texas at Austin of professors, staff, researchers and more turned out Thursday night at the AT&T Education and Conference Center in Austin to honor the UT Austin's Inventor of the Year and Emerging Inventor of the Year.

Editor's note: Stan Chu Ilo is professor of religion and education, director of field education, at St Michael's College, University of Toronto, Canada.

While a presidential order could regulate areas including employment, education, and federal contracts, the suggestion that religious groups could also be guaranteed protections in the marketplace «may just be feel - good» wording, according to Robin Fretwell Wilson, a University of Illinois professor who researches law and religion.

Among the many people who helped in the preparation of this book, I am especially indebted to Professor Resid Ayda of Istanbul, Mr. Hussain Yurdaydin of the Theological Faculty at Ankara, Dr. Aly Ansari of the Ministry of Education in Cairo, and Miss Christine Laurens of the Faculty of Literature of the University of Indonesia.

Fenggang Yang, author of «Chinese Christians in America: Conversion, Assimilation, and Adhesive Identities» and a professor at Purdue University, said Asians are drawn to Christianity partly by values that dovetail with Asian culture, including thrift, education and family.

Our curse is that we believe in personal revelation,» Robert Millet, a religion professor and former dean of religious education at Brigham Young University, told the LDS Church - owned newspaper Deseret News in 2003, soon after Mitchell's arrest.