Sentences with phrase «based educational efforts»

While a variety of platforms have been developed and tested in the eLearning space - blended learning, flipped classrooms, gamified learning, Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), and more - the perspective of ubiquitous learning has rarely been applied in a concrete way to real online / computer - based educational efforts.

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A solution the pope proposes for combating fake news on an individual basis: Listen to diverse sources instead of engaging with homogenous news environments: «Praiseworthy efforts are being made to create educational programs aimed at helping people to interpret and assess information provided by the media, and teaching them to take an active part in unmasking falsehoods, rather than unwittingly contributing to the spread of disinformation.»

Through the efforts of our faculty, staff, parent body, and Board of Directors, we ensure the families, and interested individuals, of the Mid-Willamette Valley access to educational opportunities based on the indications of Rudolf Steiner.

We offer a comprehensive program, as well as a wide variety of support materials and a web — based professional community to support your efforts and educational needs as an instructor.

(2) to supplement and complement the efforts of States, the local school systems and other instrumentalities of the States, the private sector, public and private educational institutions, public and private nonprofit educational research institutions, community - based organizations, parents, and students to im - prove the quality of education;

The event is sponsored by Education Reform Now, a group that has ties to Taveras: the New York - based 501 (c) 3 nonprofit is helping support the national Mayors for Educational Excellence Tour, which is meant to highlight new educational efforts in four specific U.S. cities.

George - Fields decided not to continue into the next school year and instead focus her efforts as president and CEO of the Harlem - based educational consulting firm REACH Educational Solutions.

The researchers suggest, based on their analysis of the data, that screening compliance could be increased by focusing educational and outreach efforts on certain groups who were less likely to get their infants screened for congenital CMV: less educated mothers, babies not born in a hospital and infants who received hearing tests later than 14 days after birth.

Selection of SNMMI Fellows will be based on documented excellence in volunteer service to the society and at least one of the additional three areas: excellence in scientific discovery and innovation; educational efforts in nuclear medicine and molecular imaging; or clinical practice of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging.

A new effort, Project for Policy Innovation in Education (PPIE), based at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, is bringing together university - based researchers with district and state educational leaders to pursue policy research that will have a real impact in their communities.

The idea that the education system, and the nation, ought to embrace many different pedagogical approaches may seem to undermine this aspiration, since this effort has rested, at least in part, on the assertion that educators and educational researchers possess a scientific knowledge base and expertise that distinguishes them from laypersons.

In an effort to address educational inequities in the U.S., Scott also led an effort at the Foundation to build strong partnerships and deeper engagement between faith - based organizations that serve underrepresented students, families, and communities.

In tandem with a new website that offers important educational resources, including thinking routines to stimulate learning, the paper solidifies Agency by Design's efforts to shape a set of research - based, educator - tested practices and to invite the broad community of maker educators into a conversation about the ideas driving and shaping the movement.

Working for the past 20 years to define the characteristics and fundamental elements of an evidence - based high - quality induction program that accelerates the development of both teachers and their students, New Teacher Center (NTC) established the Teacher Induction Program Standards (TIPS) in an effort to create an industry standard that can be adopted by school districts, educational institutions, state agencies, and policymakers as the benchmark for success.

existing educational policies that can inform advocacy efforts for the inclusion of social studies performance - based assessment at the local, state and national level.

As someone who favors efforts to expand educational choice, I can't think of anything less helpful than making this broad - based, decentralized effort feel more like a creature of Washington.

The «Classroom Efficiency Club» emerged in the 1990s from the efforts of a small group of educational entrepreneurs, most affiliated with charter schools, to develop classroom practices that would instill the discipline necessary for students to master foundational knowledge that could then serve as a base for more advanced learning.

This strategy is based on research suggesting that innovative faculty development models focusing on personal needs are most effective in producing educational change (Persichette, 1998; Strudler & Wetzel, 1999), effective technology - related faculty development efforts enable teacher educators to enhance their instruction (Cooper & Bull, 1997), and faculty members must receive support when they need it as opposed to when a training session is offered (Ring, Cilesiz, Ali, & Chen, 2002).

The Fellowship is a two - year, cohort - based program that identifies innovative leaders in the educational equity movement, facilitates their dynamic growth, and strengthens their collective efforts to dramatically improve public schools for low - income children and communities.

«Not only does the legislation implement a toothless teacher evaluation system, the bill could jeopardize school district efforts to put great teachers in every classroom,» said Tim Melton, vice president of legislative affairs for StudentsFirst, a Sacramento - based national educational advocacy organization.

Complex technology projects, such as the development of a statewide educational network to ensure Michigan students have access to the bandwidth needed to support classroom initiatives; expanded use of online learning for students and educators and delivery of online assessments; broad - based technology purchasing strategies; and a host of other capacity - building efforts have been positively impacted by Luke Wittum's leadership and involvement.

Bill Lucia of EdVoice, a Sacramento - based educational advocacy group that helped spearhead opposition efforts, said the bill had started out with good intentions.

City - based education organizations, or «harbormasters» and others who coordinate efforts to improve education within a city to incubate new school models; work to attract talented entrepreneurs to develop break - the - mold innovations; and build an infrastructure of charter school supports that allow operators to focus more energy spent on innovative educational approaches, not operations.

Under his leadership, substantive educator preparation, certification, and ethics reform efforts were initiated, including tiered certification, Preparation Program Effectiveness Measures (PPEM), performance - based educational leadership, enhanced ethics instruction and assessment, and the current work in job - embedded professional learning.

Infinite Campus advocates educational excellence for all Milwaukee Public Schools students, parents, and staff through a collaborative effort by utilizing a secure, friendly, web - based system to track student data and communicate student progress and needs.

And every student should have the opportunity to learn and to achieve a quality of life they desire based on their educational efforts and achievements.

Grounded in a research - based, time - tested curriculum model and fueled by a visionary commitment to early learning and robust family engagement, Elm City Montessori School is on the leading edge of New Haven's efforts to provide a portfolio of exemplary educational options designed to ensure that all New Haven students complete high school equipped with 21st Century skills and ready to lead successful lives.

Not only that, NaNoWriMo helps support an educational initiative based solely off of donor support, the Young Writers Program, which is worth every ounce of effort and amount of spare change that participants can give.

A prevention - based, educational approach is used throughout all of Animal Services» programming and activities in an effort to keep pets in their own homes and reduce shelter intake.

• Help locate lost cats • Take in the lost or abandoned cats you find in your neighborhoods or in your yard • Reunite found / stray cats with their owners • Adopt out cats without owners • Provide advice and support on how to find your cat and how to work with the very active local groups that frequently lead the search efforts for lost cats • Provide a map based on reported locations of lost, stray, and found cats • Provide educational forums for individuals and groups in neighborhoods with a high number of instances • Display in our front window pictures of cats currently lost and those that have been found, but the owner has not been located

The four main goals are to: (1) develop a 13 - acre block in the center of the city as a «Green Arts District» beyond the LEED Platinum level for neighborhood development and use that development to catalyze a prosperous city - wide economy; (2) develop a post-carbon energy system for both the city and the College based on efficiency and renewable energy; (3) develop a 20,000 acre greenbelt around the city to revive local agriculture and forestry; and (4) create the most exciting educational experiment in the U.S. by using the entire effort as an educational laboratory for all students in the Oberlin area.

Coordinate educational efforts on new prevention efforts to public professionals, including primary care providers, non-clinical providers, health organizations and associations, and community based agencies in all municipalities and high - incidence jurisdictions.

Selected Accomplishments / Contributions ✓ Successfully executed a series of parent education programs as part of the government's efforts to increase educational levels ✓ Implemented 12 basic consultation plans, based on which further individualized plans could be made