Sentences with phrase «about urban challenges»

In a new video, municipal officials, urban experts and local residents from around the world talk about urban challenges, solutions for climate - friendly cities and future needs for low - carbon urban development.

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Roshe Wong, business development manager at Sky Greens, told us about how they have overcome the challenges in the smart farming opportunity space and on what the future of urban vertical farming looks like to him.

About MaRS Discovery District MaRS Discovery District (@MaRSDD) in Toronto is one of the world's largest urban innovation hubs supporting a new generation of makers and innovators who aim to make the world a better place by creating solutions that address key societal challenges.

«Up until this moment, it is not about the roofing materials alone which are unsuitable but also our buildings both in rural and urban areas have become a serious challenge.

State Assemblywoman Inez Dickens and Arva Rice, the president of the New York Urban League, sit down with In Focus Host Cheryl Wills to talk about economic challenges facing African - Americans in New York.

Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan and her chief of staff returned from London today after a three - day conference swapping ideas with other urban leaders about the challenges facing 21st - century cities.

Given the scale of global population growth, the challenge still seems daunting: the world will need to accommodate 2 billion more urban dwellers (pdf) by 2030, a rate of expansion equivalent to building about 13 great cities (each with over 5 million inhabitants) per year, almost all in developing countries.

Dallas St. Mansfield, TX About Blog Crossfit Mansfield members take training beyond the gym by participating in Mud Runs, Urban Challenges, Triathlons, Mountain Biking and other activities.

Throw any formal occasion at it and it steps up to the challenge gracefully, transforming you from the urban man about town into a dapper gentleman ready to impress.

At the film's Los Angeles press day, Woodley talked about how Jennifer Lawrence encouraged her to take the role, what she shares in common with her character and how they differ, what inspired her to take a course in urban survival skills, what the experience was like doing many of her own stunts, her most memorable sweaty palm moments, zip - lining over the streets of Chicago and climbing the Navy Pier Ferris Wheel, her challenging fight sequence finale with Theo James, working again with Miles Teller, and what she learned about herself in the process of making her first large scale studio movie.

Her organization's recent report about the state's nearly 500,000 rural children suggests that many are dealing with challenges as difficult as those of kids in urban areas.

People talk about urban schools all the time as if they are all challenging places filled with black and brown faces.

I recently had the chance to chat with Kristin about Urban Assembly, what they do, and some of the challenges they've faced on timely questions like graduation rates and school discipline.

Although much of the development of student rights originally emerged from concern about nonwhite students in urban areas, educators in those settings had only a 41 percent probability of contact with a legal challenge.

I'm frustrated by how often efforts to challenge familiar nostrums are casually dismissed with a litany of reflexive attacks — «this is an attack on schooling,» «this is only about urban schools,» «this is all part of a privatization conspiracy» — without regard to substance or specifics.

«We are pleased that our findings about what makes these urban charter schools successful and the challenges that remain have the potential to inform the work of many who seek to improve on educational outcomes for children.»

As a guest speaker in Merseth's course — one of the first education classes offered by Harvard College — he candidly shared stories with undergraduates about the challenge of educating students in urban communities, and about what is needed for one to succeed at working in education.

Ashton said her experience teaching found the challenges to urban education more about the adults than the children, and she saw charter schools as a viable alternative to traditional public schools.

In «Part Five: Three Perspectives On Launching A Residency from California State University, Fresno» Drs. Paul Beare, Cathy Yun and Lisa Bennett write about the university's important partnerships with both rural and urban school districts, their focus on teacher professional development and the rewards and challenges of building three different residencies — each with a unique focus.

Urban school boards are diligent about their own professional development, so that their board members are well prepared for the immense challenges and complexities of policymaking in an urban school distUrban school boards are diligent about their own professional development, so that their board members are well prepared for the immense challenges and complexities of policymaking in an urban school disturban school district.

Although the series is now over a decade old, many of the recommendations made by the task forces are still relevant today, such as providing effective professional development for teachers and principals, professionalizing teaching, political and policy challenges like bipartisanship, and dispelling myths about the challenges of leading urban districts.

«Like many other large urban school districts in the country, Boston administrators and educators are concerned about suspension rates, dropout rates, and academic achievement challenges,» explains Nova Biro, Open Circle Co-Director.

Against a backdrop of the opportunities provided by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and the challenges for education posed by the new federal administration, the Annenberg Institute for School Report has released an issue of Voices in Urban Education (VUE) and an online supplement that proposes performance assessment as a personalized and rigorous alternative Read more about Performance Assessment: Fostering the Learning of Teachers and Students (update)-LSB-...]

Lastly, Pedro Noguera, urban sociologist, summed up leadership challenges by one simple quote, «the more you know about who you serve, the more you know how to serve them.»

Yet many suburban districts now rival urban districts in the challenges they face, having experienced dramatic population changes in just the past decade, with fast growing numbers of English Language Learners and students living in poverty attending Read more about Suburban Schools: The Unrecognized Frontier in Public Education -LSB-...]

If the events in Newtown are of any indication (especially against backdrop of the challenges of our urban districts and our failure to close the racial achievement gap), «more effective communication» is at the heart of what we need as a nation to bring about and sustain more transformative learning communities.

This APM Reports documentary tells two stories about the challenges poor schools in both rural and urban areas face when it comes to finding and keeping the teachers they need.

have more positive attitudes about the principalship and are more likely to plan to stay in the job, despite working in more challenging urban environments;

Urban teachers face unique challenges, IndyTeach is about one thing - preparing talented college graduates to become talented urban teacUrban teachers face unique challenges, IndyTeach is about one thing - preparing talented college graduates to become talented urban teacurban teachers.

The first venue was the Urban Education Dialogue (UED), a forum of large urban district superintendents designed to foster dialogue about the challenges and opportunities associated with running K — 12 school systems in CalifoUrban Education Dialogue (UED), a forum of large urban district superintendents designed to foster dialogue about the challenges and opportunities associated with running K — 12 school systems in Califourban district superintendents designed to foster dialogue about the challenges and opportunities associated with running K — 12 school systems in California.

As a longtime educator who has spent four decades researching, teaching, and writing about instructional leadership, I decided to seek out several experienced urban principals who were willing to share their challenges and successes.

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And about how complex it is to raise a puppy for life in the big city — to raise a puppy into an unflappable adult dog, one who is unfazed by the challenges and surprises and social density of urban living.

The award celebrates the accomplishments, challenges, and successes of community members who work tirelessly to preserve, protect, and raise awareness about the urban environment of the San Francisco Bay Area.

The Chicagoan artist, who made a name for himself with his art - meets - urban regeneration projects in the city, is back in a gallery with work that challenges assumptions about race, class and what it means to be poor

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United Kingdom About Blog The Urban Big Data Centre (UBDC) is a research resource promoting the use of innovative methods and complex urban data to address global city challeUrban Big Data Centre (UBDC) is a research resource promoting the use of innovative methods and complex urban data to address global city challeurban data to address global city challenges.

While the impact of climate change on health was not explicitly raised in the session summaries, Mark Butler talked about the «often enormous synergies» between good health policy and climate change / urban planning policies when he co-chaired the session on health inequalities and whole of government challenges.

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«Like many other large urban school districts in the country, Boston administrators and educators are concerned about suspension rates, dropout rates, and academic achievement challenges,» explains Nova Biro, Open Circle Co-Director.

Speaking about the winning property, RIBA President Jane Duncan said: «The Murphy House is this year's best example of how to overcome challenging constraints — from planning restrictions and an awkward site in an urban location — to build a stunning house.