Sentences with phrase «author visits to schools»

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In Saudi Arabia, there is no incentive for boys to work hard in school because the government will provide most men with jobs when they grow up, explains Madawi Al - Rasheed, the author of A Most Masculine State: Gender, Politics and Religion in Saudi Arabia and a visiting professor at the London School of Econschool because the government will provide most men with jobs when they grow up, explains Madawi Al - Rasheed, the author of A Most Masculine State: Gender, Politics and Religion in Saudi Arabia and a visiting professor at the London School of EconSchool of Economics.

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Award - winning author, Phillip Pullman called the database «corrosive to healthy social interaction» and has threatened to boycott his school visits in protest.

«With the change in screening, we wanted to see if there were other implications, and indeed a decrease in chlamydia screening occurred even though the number of visits by young women was about the same,» says U-M Medical School Department of Family Medicine lecturer Allison Ursu, M.D., the lead author of the new paper in Annals of Family Medicine.

«This study looked at more than 2.3 million ED visits among children with asthma, and we identified some interesting trends that give a baseline to find better ways to help children with asthma control this very treatable disease,» said Aparna Roy, MD, MPH, lead author of the study and resident at UH Rainbow and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.

«Our findings suggest that despite the insurance expansion under the Massachusetts reform, access to timely outpatient visits to a doctor may not have improved much,,» said Danny McCormick, MD, an associate professor at Harvard Medical School, a primary care physician at Cambridge Health Alliance, and the study's lead author.

-- based Children and Nature Network and author of Last Child in the Woods, ascribes the change more to increasing school and work pressure on children and parents as well as the rising cost of park visits.

These findings can help to identify disease severity and teach us how to take better care of our patients,» noted senior author David Binion, M.D., visiting professor of medicine, clinical and translational science and co-director of the IBD Center at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

A sign on the door of a classroom at the author's school indicates that colleagues are welcome to drop by for a visit.

Anthony Horowitz, author of the Alex Rider books, is visiting a school in Greenwich to answer questions on his...

The authors surveyed the schools» leaders and visited 11 schools, finding them to be «serious, purposeful places: competitive but supportive, energized yet calm.»

Learn how to transform a school author or illustrator visit from an hour of entertainment into a life - long connection to reading and writing.

In January 2009, the School Library Journal published this article, which suggested using Skype to allow authors to virtually visit your classroom.

Francois found that the school community prioritized authentic literacy practices such as independent reading, author visits, and book clubs, along with critical opportunities to examine society through shared texts.

I feel sure that as the instigator of the First Minister's Reading Challenge you are aware that reading broadens the mind and feeds the imagination, and that you would rather increase than decrease school pupils» access to books and author visits and the caring and inspiring advice which a school librarian can provide.

Delphine Hirasuna, author of The Art of Gaman, will visit the school to share history and art made by Japanese internees in captivity.

He also includes resources for teachers, including articles about how to plan an author visit and suggestions on how sports can be used to teach other subjects in your school.

I have visited schools that in most cases would not have the budget for an author visit, so it is incredibly rewarding for me to give back to the community in little ways that I can.»

Make It Happen: Awesome Author and Illustrator Visits Learn how to transform a school author or illustrator visit from an hour of entertainment into a life - long connection to reading and wrAuthor and Illustrator Visits Learn how to transform a school author or illustrator visit from an hour of entertainment into a life - long connection to reading and wrauthor or illustrator visit from an hour of entertainment into a life - long connection to reading and writing.

The author of two books that focus on kids and how adults relate to them, he visits schools and presents workshops for students, teachers, and parents.

Principals» Classrooms Visits Help Build Better Readers When principals and literacy coaches understand what students are learning and teachers are teaching — and participate in literacy lessons — they set a positive tone for the school that can lead to improvement in reading, say author and educator Dr. Beth Whitaker.

The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators Amber Brown Grant Each year, the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) offer schools the opportunity to have a children's book author or illustrator visit them.

Celebrated author and cartoonist Paul Noth, an alumnus of Rufus King High School and Trowbridge School, visited his former schools to talk about his career and his life as a writer and an artist.

The report's authors visited the nine schools this year and talked to principals, teachers, students, parents, and community partners.

One of the reasons Finland has consistently stayed at the top of international rankings in education is because it focuses on equity; poorer schools receive more funding than those in more affluent neighborhoods, according to Finnish Lessons 2.0: What can the world learn from educational change in Finland author Pasi Sahlberg, a visiting professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

It's a historical novel set in the medieval period (telling the story of the real King Richard III), so I'm booking stalls at every appropriate medieval festival; it's a book aimed primarily at children aged 10 and up, so I'm making overtures to local schools about author visits and to libraries; I'm attending events at my first literature festival next week to meet and network with local authors and hand out some leaflets (maybe even sell a copy or two).

Marcie Colleen is an Education Strategist, providing one - on - one consultation guiding authors and illustrators to best position their books for school visits and educational use.

I've generated a mini-business in visiting schools and talking to students about writing, literacy and being an author.

They are also hosting a #TrueFriends giveaway (open till the end of November) where 15 lucky winners will win a set of all four books, and four grand prize winners will receive the books and an opportunity to host one of the four authors for a Skype visit with their class, library or school.

Well, I teach English whenever I'm given the chance, but I also teach creative writing all over the place, all over the state, when I'm called out to do author visits in schools.

About the Book Title: The Hippity Dippity Witch Author: Lorraine O'Byrne Genre: Children's Books Eight - year - old Jenny Connolly skips school to visit her friends in an enchanted wood....

The janitor at the local school has his faith tested in an encounter with an isolated man he has come to help; a grown daughter longs for mother love even as she comes to accept her mother's happiness in a foreign country; and the adult Lucy Barton (the heroine of My Name Is Lucy Barton, the author's celebrated New York Times bestseller) returns to visit her siblings after seventeen years of absence.

While I do some nonprofit work in literature education, and speak at schools as a visiting author, most days I try to write at home.

It offers services including specialist advice and training to school librarians, loans of project collections, a selection of books, a bookshop which offers schools books at a 20 % discount, and book talks and author visits.

and Sigma's Bookshelf has been invited to visit seven Twin Cities Schools to lead the presentation, «Empowering Teen Writers to Become Published Authors.»

I've done B&N, I blog, I'm in several social networks, my website is nice, I was in schools, but now schools do not have money to support author visits, so I'm growing stale on ideas.

Writing topics: writing conferences, book fairs, book festivals: * Writing teen fiction (YA) * Writing successful series and sequels * Writing suspense / thrillers * Creating strong female protagonists * Creative Writing 101 * Writing Tough Topics in YA Publishing industry topics: writing conferences, book fairs, book festivals: * Being a hybrid author (Traditional / indie) * Publishing Industry 101 * Working with an Agent / Getting an agent * Querying an agent * Indie Publishing Publishing industry topics: writing conferences, book fairs, book festivals: * Book Marketing - high level or in depth working sessions * Branding 101 * Social Media Management Topics for schools, libraries, childrens» book fairs, book clubs, literary events * «Make Your Mark» - motivational for teens * The publishing industry * A day in the life of an author * Creative writing 101 * Writing pageturners Topics for media center specialists, teachers, educational staff, librarians, literacy coordinators * Finding environmental themes in children's literature * How to teach writing to students (professional development) * Using technology to connect readers and authors virtually * Teaching using multi - genre / multi-modal writing (professional development) If you are interested in having S.R. Johannes visit, please email [email protected] for detailed topics / programs and availability.

Or invite Diane to do an author visit at your school.

Faculty who are all practicing artists, graduate students in the school's top - ranked MFA program, visiting artists, critics, authors, gallery owners, and curators all play a role in exposing majors to the challenges and rewards of an art career.

Faculty who are all practicing artists, graduate students in the School's top - ranked MFA program, visiting artists, critics, authors, gallery owners, and curators all play a role in exposing the majors to the challenges and rewards of an art career.

The authors of this report were Lloyd Bond, Anne Colby, Lee Shulman, William Sullivan (all from the Carnegie Foundation), and Judith Wegner (former President of the American Association of Law Schools); the group worked as a team to conduct site visits and assess the current state of legal education.

And if you are not inclined to read this book, I strongly suggest you visit YouTube and invest an hour of your time to watch the presentation the authors gave at Harvard Law School on November 4, 2015.

Ed Andrew talks to Michele DeStefano founder and director of Law Without Walls (LWOW), professor at University of Miami School of Law, visiting professor at Harvard Law School and author of Legal «Upheaval».

I am frequently invited to make «Author Visits» to elementary schools.