They also focused on equity and studied how teachers were interacting with students.
Not exact matches
She
also focuses on return
on invested capital and return
on equity — she wants to own companies that can actually earn more than they invest.
Mr. Tilson
also led the effort to create ICV Partners, a national for - profit private
equity fund
focused on minority - owned and inner - city businesses that has raised nearly $ 500 million.
Also included were theme
equity funds targeting minimum volatility --(NYSEArca: USMV), (NYSEArca: EFAV) and (NYSEArca: EEMV)-- and funds
focused on commodity producers in specific sectors --(NYSEArca: RING), (NYSEArca: PICK), (NYSEArca: SLVP) and (NYSEArca: VEGI).
John
also served as the VP and Head of Corporate Development for an early - stage renewable energy and feed company based in Florida as well as a Director in Business Development at Valens Capital, a billion dollar hedge fund
focused on providing flexible, custom - tailored and cost - effective debt and
equity growth financing solutions to small - cap public and private companies.
Also undeterred is investor demand for international
equity exposure
focused largely
on developed and emerging markets.
Meanwhile, iron ore junior BC Iron said its longstanding chairman Tony Kiernan had resigned to
focus on his other business interests and would be replaced by director Brian O'Donnell, who is
also an executive director of major shareholder Kerry Stokes» Australian Capital
Equity.
But the capital distributions at Direxion
also extend to a host of
equity investments, including a bull and bear pair of ETFs
focused on gold mining companies, which is more of a mystery.
While Wasserman Schultz
focused on an array of issues, from pay
equity for women to raising the minimum wage, she spent a fair amount of time highlighting the benefits of the Affordable Care Act,
also known as Obamacare.
This article is especially relevant today not only because it is a critical review of past research
on moral education viewed through the lens and the work of the authors, but because it is
also a critique of the current status of higher education and an argument for the need to
focus more intentionally
on equity and fairness.
The OECD
also stated that the
focus of continuing reforms should be
on «developing high - quality teaching profession, making leadership a key driver of education reform, ensuring
equity in learning opportunities and student well - being, and moving towards a new assessment, evaluation and accountability that aligns with the new 21st - century curriculum».
This is
also reflected in Nepal, with its particular
focus on ensuring teachers promote «
equity and social inclusion'through mother tongue instruction policies in local communities.
Success is founded
on equity, but
equity involves more than simply ensuring students have equal access to education;
equity also entails a
focus on outcomes and results.
The Pittsburgh district's emphasis
on equity and equitable teaching practice
also remained a
focus of discussion among cohorts and with CEL, Sabella said.
Similar to CCE's MA Personalized Learning Network, it has been inspiring to observe how the PSESD's
focus on personalized learning has gone a step beyond its primary objective of redesigning teaching and learning in regional school districts, it has
also transformed practice within the service district with an agency - wide strategy of personalized learning to ensure PSESD's commitment to
equity and excellence is realized.
NSBA's Council of Urban Boards of Education
also is commemorating this important anniversary with a year - long
focus on special programming
focusing on excellence,
equity, and unity to advance urban education.
We
also offer special initiatives to address top issues of the times, such as our current
focus on school safety and preserving the sanctity of the classroom, and programming to assist members in advancing diversity,
equity, and inclusion, such as the AACTE Holmes Program and the networked improvement community investigating effective strategies to recruit and retain Black, Hispanic, and Latino men in the teaching profession.
* Assure a stronger
focus on equity by (a) asking states not just about the amount of funding in education, but
also about the fairness of its distribution to high - and low - poverty and high - and low - minority districts and schools, and (b) asking states to document their efforts (required under federal law) to address gaps in teacher quality between high - and low - poverty and high - and low - minority schools.
The FEAs have taken many forms, including: sheltered instruction observation protocol (SIOP) implementation in Texas; community - based
equity assessment in Texas; IDRA's
Focusing on Language and Academic Instructional Renewal (FLAIR) program implementation in reading in Louisiana; gender
equity also in Louisiana; implementation of a multicultural framework in staff development to support student success in New Mexico; parent leadership in New Mexico; unitary status planning in Arkansas; English as a second language (ESL) classroom strategies in Arkansas; service learning in Oklahoma; and meeting civil rights requirements under the law in Oklahoma.
When James Coleman, the great sociologist of education, analyzed the school characteristics that had the greatest impact
on educational achievement and
equity, he found that schools with greater academic intensity — a persistent, goal - directed
focus on academics — produced not only greater learning, but
also narrowed the achievement gap between ethnic groups.30 That such academically
focused schools would raise general achievement is obvious since an intense
focus on academics is self - evidently the most likely means to raise academic achievement.
«One of the reasons we chose these students... is that all of these countries outperform the United States in math,» she said, adding that it's not simply their average scores that have drawn notice, but
also the
focus on educational
equity and opportunity.
Over the course of the three - day convening, fellows will
also utilize the design thinking process to define the problem that the team will
focus upon for the fellowship year, brainstorm and construct mini-pilots, and reflect
on personal beliefs about race and
equity.
The new system will
also focus attention
on how student groups are faring in these areas, helping to identify achievement gaps and promoting efforts to improve
equity.
Also a retreat leader
focused on mindfulness for leaders, self - compassion and permissioning in leadership and social action, Kirsten was a founding board member of the Institute for Democratic Education in America (IDEA), a national not - for - profit organizing educational leaders, teachers, students, and parents around a vision for education founded in greater
equity, social justice, compassion and passionate learning.
Content - rich curriculum, a positive school culture, meaningful interpersonal communication, community partnerships, and a
focus on social justice and
equity are
also evident.
In its list, the Public School Forum
also urged state leaders to
focus on both adequacy and
equity in funding for the state's public schools.
Is a fundamental
equity long short UCITS fund, which
focuses on mid to large cap
equities primarily in the US, but
also in Europe and Asia.
Mr. Tilson
also led the effort to create ICV Partners, a national for - profit private
equity fund
focused on minority - owned and inner - city businesses that has raised nearly $ 500 million.
Since different types of
equity securities (e.g., large - cap, mid-cap, small - cap) tend to shift into and out of favor with investors depending
on market and economic conditions, the performance of the Fund may
also be worse than the performance of
equity funds that
focus on other types of
equities or have a broader investment style when the adviser's management style is out - of - favor.
He is
also responsible for
equity research functions with a
focus on large - cap stocks and global
equities.
He is
also a research analyst responsible for
equity research functions for the Firm with a
focus on small and micro-cap companies.
I
also have a blog but I
focus on Canadian
equities.
Optimists will discount further P&L improvement, a reducing loan impairment problem, and an expanding market multiple — while pessimists will
focus on B / I's total
equity / total assets ratio of 6.0 %, and
also worry about potential economic reversal in Ireland and / or Europe.
It
also looks like a potentially attractive development of EIIB's new
focus on private
equity / asset management, as I previously highlighted.
Instead of
focusing on debt - to -
equity financial ratios exclusively, we recommend that you
also look at the ratio between a company's debt and its market capitalization or «market cap» (the value of all shares the company has outstanding).
He
also highlights ProShares
Equities for Rising Rates ETF (EQRR), the first ETF of its kind that «
focuses on the sectors correlated with rising rates and the stocks within those sectors.»
Frank is
also confident that the pet specialty channel will continue to yield a contingent of manufacturers that are
focused on independents, and she notes that private -
equity investment is not always a bad thing for small retailers.
He
also serves as the Artist - in - Residence at New Roots Public Charter School,
focusing on social equity and environmental justice, and is a trained facilitator for Talking Circles On Race and Racism, at the Multicultural Resource Center, both in Ithaca, N
on social
equity and environmental justice, and is a trained facilitator for Talking Circles
On Race and Racism, at the Multicultural Resource Center, both in Ithaca, N
On Race and Racism, at the Multicultural Resource Center, both in Ithaca, NY.
However current institutions should
also focus on creating local
equity, having a developmental and environmental perspective in terms of investments and operations as a core business model.
It is now increasingly clear that meaningful international action to limit climate change not only requires compelling scientific evidence and recognition of legitimate national interests, but
also must
focus on considerations of
equity and ethics.
Also recommended are public company takeover expert Stephen Archibald; regulatory and compliance specialist Mary Chant; Simon Treherne, who is an expert in owner - managed businesses; private
equity expert Mark Hepworth; and Sheilah Mackie, who
focuses on commercial IP and IT matters.
The team is
also active in real estate financing, private
equity transactions and US private placements, with a
focus on the education and renewables sectors.
In particular, my work tends to
focus on racial
equity and racial justice, but we certainly
also address gender and class quite a bit and any other
equity or social justice issues that organizations has some questions about.
Weir, who has spent five years at Jones Day, will primarily
focus on White & Case's private
equity clients, while
also helping to build other key investor areas including alternative capital providers, family offices and real estate.
He is
also a member of the Emeritus Advisory Board for the Private Capital Research Institute, a non-profit research organization
focused on the private
equity industry and led by Professor Josh Lerner of Harvard Business School.
Buy - side institutions such as asset managers and private
equity / hedge funds have
also deviated slightly by
focusing on building their teams with junior lawyers, instead of the typical practice of taking
on experienced hires at the mid-senior levels.
Sheppard Mullin's Private
Equity Team is focused not only on providing our private equity clients with the highest quality of legal services, but also on understanding every relevant aspect of our clients» bus
Equity Team is
focused not only
on providing our private
equity clients with the highest quality of legal services, but also on understanding every relevant aspect of our clients» bus
equity clients with the highest quality of legal services, but
also on understanding every relevant aspect of our clients» business.
Blain
focuses primarily
on mergers and acquisitions, private
equity and company law, and
also has developed a strong knowledge of distribution, franchise, retail and food law.
She is
also known for her work as a commercial and client
focused corporate lawyer, advising
on both M&A and private
equity transactions, in addition to gaining extensive in - house experience at # 1.2 billion turnover Enterprise plc (now Amey), where she advised
on the groups acquisitions and disposals for a number of years.
Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund
also offers tax saving products that decrease the tax burden of the investors, as well as
focuses on multiplying their money through investment in
equity funds.