Sentences with phrase «academic agenda of»

Finally, students read and respond to a short «morning message» that helps them focus on the academic agenda of the school day.

She believes many schools have become a mere diversion from the academic agenda of middle - class parents — who want their children trained OUTSIDE the classroom by people better than «just teachers.»

Education research and development is done mainly by university - based outsiders, with academic agendas of their own.

Not exact matches

Rather than decoding the obvious biases of CEOs, perhaps we should be more worried about deciphering the bizarre agendas of the country's academic community.

If we haven't yet, perhaps it's because we allow talk of an «innovation agenda» to reside in the realm of academic abstracts.

A series of events, being co-hosted by the World Bank and WHO on 13 - 14 April, as part of the World Bank Group - International Monetary Fund Spring Meetings in Washington DC, is bringing ministers of finance, development agencies, academic experts and practitioners together to discuss how to put mental health at the centre of the health and development agenda globally and in countries.

There are individuals trying to push this agenda, and very helpful academics, such as Michael Porter with his idea of shared value, are trying to develop measurements and make them more credible.

Bernstein holds a PhD in Social Welfare from Columbia University and is the author and coauthor of numerous books for both popular and academic audiences, including his latest book, «The Reconnection Agenda: Reuniting Growth and Prosperity.»

Conservative academics Tom Flanagan, Barry Cooper, Ranier Knopff, David Bercuson, and former Alberta Finance Minister Ted Morton at the «Calgary School» in the University of Calgary Political Science department long ago made it their mission to drive the Conservative agenda in Canada.

The most vital scientific need is the critical, adversarial edge provided by cognitive dissidents, most of whom enter academic debate with prior motives and agendas, including theological agendas.

Ironically, since the time Wiebe began his crusade the kind of intellectual agenda that worries him most — calling into question the very canons of objective science — has entered the academic scene not through theologians but through postmodern philosophy and radical forms of cultural criticism.

Pastors generally seek practical advice, whereas seminaries are part of an academic enterprise with its own culture and agendas.

The internet revolution of the mid-1990s, the mushrooming of partnerships and of informal transnational governance networks (grouping multibillion dollar foundations, like - minded politicians, NGOs, representatives of the world of finance, enterprises, academics...), globalisation under all its forms and the decentralisation and regionalisation strategy of the UN effectively brought the global agenda to the regional, national and local levels.

There are, after all, programs with that label in academic curricula and on the agendas of church organizations.

Rather, they resulted from an often ad hoc process in which the spiritual and physical needs of the poor, the teachings of Vatican II, the intentions of the Brazilian hierarchy (running both for and against the emerging agenda of liberation theology), the brutal repression perpetrated by Brazilian dictators, and the work of academics all played a part.

This is not a question that sets the agenda or dictates the methods of any of the academic disciplines in intellectual or institutional Christian history, Old or New Testament.

Dr. Cheyney currently directs the International Reproductive Health Laboratory at Oregon State University where she has developed an academic learning community comprised of five undergraduate research assistants, 12 graduate students and one postdoctoral fellow whose research agendas are focused on identifying culturally appropriate ways to improve access to high quality midwifery care as a means of reducing health inequalities for mothers and babies in the U.S and abroad.

«Should the governor make a strong investment in SUNY and take the university back towards its strong academic mission and then move us in the direction of free tuition, I think that kind of progressive agenda would be very strongly supported by [United University Professions»] members,» said Fred Kowal, president of UUP, the union that represents SUNY employees.

At 2:50 p.m., NYS Homes and Community Renewal Commissioner and CEO Darryl Towns delivers a regional version of the 2015 Opportunity Agenda, SUNY Old Westbury, New Academic Building, Room 3109, Old Westbury.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo laid out a number of efforts in his 2013 agenda to encourage the commercialization of academic research and boost entrepreneurship, including a venture capital fund and network of incubators, which are seen as mechanisms to boost economic growth.

While the speech was undoubtedly lengthy and did contain some words of praise for this most «noble» of professions, its real agenda was buried within the rhetoric, «idealistic» students being encouraged by leftist academics to view the people they work with as «victims of social injustice» who are to be pandered to.

At 9:30 a.m., acting Commissioner of the state Office of Children and Family Services Sheila Poole outlines Cuomo's 2016 State of the State agenda, Columbia - Greene Community College, Professional Academic Building, Room 612, 4400 New York 23, Hudson.

The panel's agenda also included the truncation of Bedford - Stuyvesant's P.S. 262 El Hajj Malik El Shabazz School, which will lose its middle school grades in the upcoming academic year.

And how Policy Exchange uses the front of academic responsibility to push a political agenda on dubious research grounds:

Gadêlha and the Oxford SIAM committee planned the agenda of the events they will hold this academic year, including an induction day for newcomers, student seminars, scientific talks by professors, networking events, visits to industry campuses, and an annual conference.

Like other countries that see knowledge - growth as a pillar of their economies, Wales has created a science agenda that aims not only to expand academic science, but to translate science and technology into applications that lead to economic growth.

Meanwhile, academics rarely discussed the issues with people outside academia, and messages from non-profit organisations were «lost in the middle of the information agenda of traditional media.»

Some of my old friends in the sciences are very worried about the biotech companies and how their intrusion into academic science skews the agenda.

David Phillips, chairman of the Advisory Board for the Research Councils, told delegates that academics should be more ready to accept that industry can set the agenda for research.

These were topics high on the conversational agenda among academics at a recent workshop of the Science and Engineering Research Council in Bristol.

Approximately equal numbers of women and men enter and graduate from medical school in the United States and United Kingdom.1 2 In northern and eastern European countries such as Russia, Finland, Hungary, and Serbia, women account for more than 50 % of the active physicians3; in the United Kingdom and United States, they represent 47 % and 33 % respectively.4 5 Even in Japan, the nation in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development with the lowest percentage of female physicians, representation doubled between 1986 and 2012.3 6 However, progress in academic medicine continues to lag, with women accounting for less than 30 % of clinical faculty overall and for less than 20 % of those at the highest grade or in leadership positions.7 - 9 Understanding the extent to which this underrepresentation affects high impact research is critical because of the implicit bias it introduces to the research agenda, influencing future clinical practice.10 11 Given the importance of publication for tenure and promotion, 12 women's publication in high impact journals also provides insights into the degree to which the gender gap can be expected to close.

This special event is shared between Phacilitate Cell & Gene Therapy World and World Stem Cell Summit agendas, ensuring a unique audience made up of both industry and academic stakeholders as well as investors, big pharma, regulators and, of course, the world's leading cell and tissue banks.

Today, leadership development is at the forefront of academic agendas and many educational establishments are investing in training to help develop skills and experience within existing teams to prevent fraud and corruption at work.

In a June 2002 report mentioned earlier, Secretary Paige alarmed NCTAF, NCATE, the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education, and others habituated to federal backing for the professionalism agenda with his call to raise the bar on teacher academic standards while lowering barriers to classroom entry by people without conventional pedagogical preparation.

One of the most notable «laboratories of democracy» was Texas, where governors on both sides of the aisle pursued a reform agenda, starting in the early 1980s, centered on higher academic standards, standardized testing, school accountability, competition, and choice.

This insight is no surprise to those of us who have long championed curriculum and rich academic content as ed reform's great un-pulled lever — or who support Common Core simply because it puts curriculum onto the reform agenda.

The report, released Nov. 16 by the New York City - based Public Agenda research group, found that low - income parents and those who are members of racial and ethnic minorities are more interested in an academic focus than are wealthier and white parents.

A portfolio for a student - led conference typically includes an agenda for the conference, a compilation of the student's work in the class, and usually goal sheets outlining academic and behavioral standards for them moving forward.

While Mayor Bill de Blasio has made community schools a central part of his education agenda, critics have said there is mixed research on whether the community school model actually improves academic achievement in low - income neighborhoods.

More than two years after governors and business leaders endorsed the idea of reforming schools through competitive academic standards, the group they created to carry on their agenda says it is ready to show states whether they are meeting that challenge.

• Overwhelming parental support for the following elements of an education agenda: Provide extra resources to turn around struggling neighborhood schools; hold charter schools accountable; provide more support / training for struggling teachers; expand / improve new - teacher mentoring; reduce class sizes, especially in the early grades; make public schools hubs of the neighborhood with longer hours, academic help and health services for families; provide extra pay for teachers in hard - to - staff schools; and ensure access to high - quality preschool for all 3 - and 4 - year - olds.

When asked what the bigger priority for schools should be, 80 percent of black parents chose raising academic standards and achievement, according to the survey by Public Agenda, a nonpartisan public - opinion research firm in New York City.

Though nominally just a commission report, A Nation at Risk (1983) told Americans that we faced a crisis of educational achievement and began to nudge the country through a 90 - degree change of course from the «equity» agenda of the previous quarter - century to the «excellence» obsession of recent decades, complete with academic standards, tests, and results - based accountability systems.

Emphasize social - emotional learning as a top priority in the state's public education agenda, highlighting the importance of social - emotional skills and competencies as essential to our students» academic, personal, and career success.

Given the shameful differences in the academic outcomes and graduation rates of students of color compared to many Asian and white students, one would expect policies and practices related to students» race and ethnicity to be high on the reform agenda.

An effective principal also makes sure that notion of academic success for all gets picked up by the faculty and underpins what researchers at the University of Washington describe as a schoolwide learning improvement agenda that focuses on goals for student progress.7 One middle school teacher described what adopting the vision meant for her.

Conversely, the academic - based agenda of «diversity» demands, of our youth, conformity in speech, actions and ideas.

The science was sometimes squishy, the curriculum often felt driven by those trying to set a moral agenda, and schools had too much else to do, like close the academic gap between high - and low - income kids, and the skills gap between US kids and some of their global counterparts.

There are tentative steps towards this, with the New Schools Network report highlighting the apparent success of so - called «gromps», schools that «combine the academic standards of an old - fashioned grammar with the inclusive ethos of a modern comprehensive», but these are cherry - picked statistics with a warped methodology to suit a pre-existing Toby Young - shaped agenda.

Next on the meeting agenda was Jo Ann Simmons of UT Tyler Innovation Academy who gave a presentation focused on academic rigor.