It's always worth taking some time to step back and think
about fundamental goals or basic principles, even if they seem obvious.
While technological innovation has made new ways of executing advancement activities possible, it has also spawned questions
about the fundamental goals and purposes of advancement work and how the chief executive and chief advancement officer should understand and lead this important administrative function most effectively.
Not exact matches
Begin with strategic thinking to evaluate your
fundamental assumptions
about site users (what their needs and
goals are).
When I started this blog, one of my
goals was to re-examine the
fundamentals of my faith in the context of a changing culture and my emerging doubts
about Christianity.
I still think a reasonable American
goal might be a kind of Socratic openness to taking competing claims for truth — even or especially
about the
fundamental human issues — seriously as claims for truth.
Similarly, Charles Birch of Sydney spoke on «Creation, Technology and Human Survival» and told the Assembly that our
goal must be a just and sustainable society; and this demands a
fundamental change of heart and mind
about humankind's relation to nature.
If so, there is a chance that we may in this country generate a debate
about fundamental national
goals that is not limited to how to make the economy grow faster.
All of our programs offer a solid foundation of
fundamental skill development for beginning players and a strong challenge for advanced players.court in a safe, professional and encouraging environment of learning and fun.Our
goal is for all campers to work hard and feel good
about themselves in a safe, disciplined, highly structured and motivating environment of learning and fun.
«Our
goal at the elementary level is to expose students to coding, so that as they grow older they feel it becomes an option for them to pursue and they will already have some
fundamental knowledge
about it,» Zumpano says.
Comment: Despite a range of attempts within the party itself and by the party in government I fear that it is now clear that without specific, binding changes to bring
about equal access for women to the top jobs in business and politics we will not be able to achieve these
fundamental goals any time soon.
[5] The magazine claims to have a
fundamental goal of being «unremittingly positive
about the political process».
Since 1985, Project 2061 has led the way in science education reform by first defining adult science literacy in its influential publication Science for All Americans and then specifying what K - 12 students need to know in Benchmarks for Science Literacy, which helps educators implement science literacy
goals in the classroom; the AAAS Science Assessment website with more than 700 middle school test items; and WeatherSchool @ AAAS, an online resource where students can use real - world data to learn
about the
fundamental principles of weather and climate.
«A primary
goal of our Center is to undertake
fundamental studies
about reactions involving carbon materials.
Alejandro: «From a technical point of view, the
goal here would be to give those people the opportunity or the support, the means to participate in public life, which is a
fundamental right, and so far no one thought
about it».
The debate is
about the
fundamental purpose of education: for the Sophists, the
goal is power — economic, political, and social.
This framework provides a structure for analyzing the process of teaching and learning in a lesson or shorter instructional episode and focuses on four
fundamental steps: (a) specification of learning
goals; (b) analysis of evidence of student progress and / or difficulties; (c) reasoning
about impact of teaching decisions on student thinking and learning; and (d) suggestions for next steps and instructional improvement (Hiebert, Morris, Berk, & Jansen, 2007; Santagata, Zannoni, & Stigler, 2007).
At Tuesday's meeting, L.A. Unified's Charter School Division chief José Cole - Gutiérrez said the district had
fundamental questions
about WISH's operations, saying the operator — which currently runs charter elementary and a middle schools — has had troubles meeting enrollment
goals and maintaining strong finances.
The article also provides two sections with related information: 1) a «glossary of testing terms,» which explains
fundamentals of standardized tests and how these tests will be used in the context of new federal legislation (the No Child Left Behind Act of 2002) which requires states to give standardized tests annually, analyze data in specific ways, and track progress toward a required
goal; and 2) «frequently asked questions
about standardized testing,» which addresses many of parents» concerns
about how standardized tests may be used with and affect their children.
Additionally, education leaders should be concerned
about the troubling widening of the rich / poor achievement gap — an outcome at odds with stated policy
goals and the
fundamental principle of equal opportunity.
Suburbs like Millburn, renowned for educational excellence, have become hotbeds in the nation's charter school battles, raising
fundamental questions
about the
goals of a movement that began 20 years ago in Minnesota.
Any time you're faced with a minor decision
about your portfolio, step back and ask yourself the more
fundamental questions: Do I have clear investing
goal?
It's my hope and
goal that this column will strip away some of the hype and the hysteria surrounding this burgeoning industry — an industry which has arguably brought
about one of the most
fundamental changes in the practice of law today.
The authors set forth what they believe are principled boundary distinctions between more client - centered cooperative ADR processes and more legally focused, adjudicative, competitive ADR processes to enable parties to understand the
fundamental principles guiding each approach and to make better choices
about which approach will better meet their
goals in particular cases.»