Sentences with phrase «academic discussion with»

«The Harvard Institute for Superintendents and District Leaders identifies the most pressing issues facing educational leaders today and provides a platform for engagement of academic discussion with colleagues from around the world.»

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PEP is in talks with unlisted Auckland - based Academic Colleges Group (ACG) and is expected to decide in several weeks whether to make an offer or not, said the source who asked not to be identified because the discussions were confidential.

Michael Palmieri: Professor Hudson, would you agree that as economies have been more financialized and creditors have gained political power they're also able to kind of disable any realistic academic discussion of the debt problem that we're having here right now with you?

The day - long event brought together 150 invited guests, including Knight News Challenge grantees along with leading journalists, technologists, campaign organizers, academics and thought leaders for a series of curated panel discussions.

The history of how societies have dealt politically with their debt overhead throughout history needs to be highlighted in the public consciousness and placed at the heart of the academic curriculum and media discussion.

During our recent Japan visits, we held discussions with policy - makers, private sector corporates and investors, academics and think tanks, alongside our participation in the Roundtable Japan conference.

Her work as an academic philosopher has dealt extensively with the figures and issues of that period, and in her discussions of fiction she has expressed particular admiration for the great novelists of that century, including Jane Austen, George Eliot and Leo Tolstoy.

RESIST Agrochemical TNCs together with the All UP Academic Employees Union and NNARA — Youth UP Manila conducted a Round Table Discussion with civil society organizations regarding the imminent approval of Golden Rice application for direct use and open field testing.

There's been a flurry of discussion lately about that lately, first with the release of a video «The Economics of Sex» by the Austin Institute, a new academic initiative that conducts research on family, marriage and relationships (you can watch it below).

Some tasks include: Review, clean out, and notify me of important emails on a regular basis; Draft responses to important emails upon discussion and review with me Review daughters school blogs and notify me of all important dates, projects, performances; Assist in responding to emails and drafting emails to teachers on issues related to daughters Track daughters school grades and academic performance on a regular basis via a website.

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) will draw up guidelines before a public consultation and roundtable discussions with campaigners, media lawyers, academics, social media experts and law enforcement bodies.

... Last week, the New York City Human Rights Commission partnered with the Office of the First Lady Chirlane McCray and the Mayor's Office of Special Projects and Community Events to host a panel discussion at New York's historic Gracie Mansion with over 130 advocates, community leaders, academics, and City officials.

To this end, Moore and others should note that Fiyaz Mughal is organising a discussion on June 27th with a recently - formed consortium of academics, journalists and charities dedicated to addressing difficult issues of social cohesion.

«The Kano State Government, based on the report and discussion with the consultant, decided to provide return tickets to the students to enable them come home and pursue an alternative academic programme.

You can design an academic poster that is like a self - contained journal article (with intro, methods, results, discussion, and conclusion) or one that is less comprehensive but more attractive to the eye.

Crowded situations, classroom discussion topics, on - campus accidents, such as someone having a seizure, can trigger traumatic memories and interfere with classroom integration and academic success.»

The UW workshops offered professional development advice, in - depth discussions that included personal issues and life stories, interactions with other potential on - rampers and exploration of strategies for becoming the academics they wanted to be.

Also, the scientific program includes a career development session, where selected Summer School faculty members, coming from the academic, corporate, and / or regulatory arena, engage in lively discussions with the participants, sharing their own experience from starting their own careers and answering questions, providing essential, cutting edge information on building a successful career in the academic, corporate and / or regulatory sectors.

There are also table discussions on navigating work - life issues such as balancing careers with family and transitioning from specific career stages that may be relevant to any work environment (academic research, biotech industry, governmental agencies, non-profit).

Initial discussions with participating academic institutions, funding agencies and industrial partners are underway, and the group plans to develop a baseline funding proposal by 2017.

Conference rooms and academic spaces foster a multidisciplinary approach to cancer care and allow for video - conferencing and discussion of challenging cases with experts from the Huntsman Cancer Institute.

Each year, this select group of film enthusiasts, filmmakers, professionals, academics and students of varying ages and backgrounds watches over 250 films and participates in illuminating discussions with directors, actors, producers and screenwriters before announcing their selections for the best work of the year in early December prior to an annual ceremony in January.

Let's say a student has overall academic deficiencies that would make attending college prohibitively difficult, even with accommodations (note: college is a theme in this article because discussions about it tend to breed controversy).

Benefits include financial support — such as tuition assistance, monthly stipends, and teaching materials and leadership grants; extensive summer and academic year professional development; and regular meetings and online discussions that provide each fellow with a strong support network.

It wants to use the national discussion paper consultation to establish a set of agreed principles for teaching sport and physical activity, and is working with academics to develop an Australian Physical Literacy Standard.

Harvard Graduate School of Education will work with the Strategic Education Research Partnership and other partners to complete a program of work designed to a) investigate the predictors of reading comprehension in 4th - 8th grade students, in particular the role of skills at perspective - taking, complex reasoning, and academic language in predicting deep comprehension outcomes, b) track developmental trajectories across the middle grades in perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension, c) develop and evaluate curricular and pedagogical approaches designed to promote deep comprehension in the content areas in 4th - 8th grades, and d) develop and evaluate an intervention program designed for 6th - 8th grade students reading at 3rd - 4th grade level.The HGSE team will take responsibility, in collaboration with colleagues at other institutions, for the following components of the proposed work: Instrument development: Pilot data collection using interviews and candidate assessment items, collaboration with DiscoTest colleagues to develop coding of the pilot data so as to produce well - justified learning sequences for perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension.Curricular development: HGSE investigators Fischer, Selman, Snow, and Uccelli will contribute to the development of a discussion - based curriculum for 4th - 5th graders, and to the expansion of an existing discussion - based curriculum for 6th - 8th graders, with a particular focus on science content (Fischer), social studies content (Selman), and academic language skills (Snow & Uccelli).

After long discussions about precisely how to word items, we asked academic experts and parents to provide us with additional feedback.

Combining academic learning with real experiences and classroom discussions with the Cherokee community, the course covers archaeology, folklore, history, and linguistics.

During a recent discussion with pre-service teachers, they expressed concern that using certain models would not work with all students, who possess different social - emotional / academic needs.

Our plan is grounded in the following two premises: 1) When purposefully synchronized with one another across multiple forms of media («cross-media»), children's and adolescents» exposure to high quality youth - oriented social and ethical story content, i.e. stories of substance specifically about character development, compassion, and courage (CCC), is a powerful way to promote youth academic achievement and ethical values; 2) Especially if these stories, told and «read» across media, in their various genres (human interest, biography, history and historical fiction, civic engagement, coming of age, social change, spiritual awakening, moral issues, etc.), are «taught» by «educators» (broadly defined) using an «evidence - based» pedagogy that A) makes use of peer to peer, and adult facilitated group discussion and debate as a primary form of instruction, and B) takes advantage of access to the texts of the story that are made available cross-media (narratives, scripts, videos, etc.) to foster students» critical thinking and ethical reflection skills.

Recently, the Independent Education Union (NSW / ACT) held a conference at the University of Technology Sydney for academics and teachers to share their knowledge about mentoring with the aim of beginning a meaningful discussion.

Interestingly, the quantitative difference between an endogenous and neoclassical model framework - with improved skills affecting the long - run growth rate versus just the steady - state income level - matters less than academic discussions suggest.

«This law calls for a well - rounded education and a shifting away from the narrow focus on academics,» said Ulrich Boser, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress (CAP), which hosted a panel discussion at its headquarters in Washington, D.C., to coincide with the release of the reports.

Academics provided their students with printed materials before the classes to be able to proceed immediately to a substantive discussion during the next gathering.

The Children's Guild's Chief Academic Officer, Nakia Nicholson followed Dr. Ross with a discussion on techniques that educators can use to change the mindset of children affected by homelessness, poverty, and trauma.

Recently, I had a discussion about Common Core with several university level educational leaders who expressed the need for students to be better prepared for college: to read and write in a more academic manner, to make logical inferences, and to cite specific evidence from the text to support their conclusions.

Empower and embolden progressive academic growth with the key components of effective lesson planning, inclusive class discussions, and collaborative assignments.

The most troubled students meet at least weekly with Prevention Practitioners to discuss pressing issues that interfere with their academic and social development, and many students participate in lunch - time discussion groups headed by Prevention Practitioners.

This may mean, for example, reading comprehension of grade - level text, standards of mathematical practices, scientific inquiry processes, historical reasoning or academic discussion techniques aligned with speaking and listening standards.

I recently joined Julian Vasquez Heilig and T. Jameson Brewer, two academics who have made quite the cottage industry out of bashing TFA, for the second episode of their podcast, Truth for America — not because it has a big audience (it doesn't) but because I think it's generally a good idea to engage with people who disagree with your views, if you can keep the discussion civil and productive.

He describes two «digital textbooks» that he has created to help students develop an understanding of how different texts — poetry, prose, video documentary, images — work and to help inspire discussions among students with weak academic skills.

Charter school policy discussions often devolve into political battles that pit advocates armed with competing research studies against one another in arguments over academic impact.

During the discussion, a Benjamin Franklin High School board member in the audience, Susan Weeks, said she thought families were drawn to schools with strong academics — such as A-rated Franklin.

She supports three groups of teacher scholars: the teachers at Anna Yates Elementary in Emery Unified who are focusing on academic discussion across all grades and disciplines, TK - 8; a cross-district team of Berkeley Unified music teachers investigating how to support students of color in pursuing musical education beyond the elementary years; and a group of Early Childhood Education Teacher Leaders in Berkeley Unified who are leading their colleagues in Professional Learning Communities with a focus on Social and Emotional Development.

Then, think about the ways in which she supports her students to work toward speaking and listening standards while having these content conversations in Getting Started with Academic Discussions & ELLs.

«We realized that as a staff we need to further explore how race and gender intersect with academic discussion.»

June 4, 2015 (Hartford)- Educators 4 Excellence - Connecticut, a teacher - led organization that seeks to elevate the voices of teachers in policy discussions, hosted a conversation at Real Art Ways with Hartford Superintendent of Schools Beth Schiavino - Narvaez, Ed.D. on improving academic services for unique student populations.

Although the need for an academic study quantifying the extent of distraction may seem redundant, driver distraction is a major issue of discussion with safety regulators, the insurance industry, and automotive designers.

You can make an argument that the live axle needs to be replaced with an independent rear suspension, but that's more of an academic discussion, because the suspension tuning is great in the real world.

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