Sentences with phrase «best practices schools»

Find out the latest technology tips, tools and the innovative best practices schools are using everyday to improve learning.

Best practice schools reference teacher controls, device management and the ease of delivering differentiated content and activities as keys to a successful implementation.

This section of the 21st Century Schools Standard gives examples of primary and secondary best practice school design.

Participants can expect to gain a greater understanding of best practice school drug education within the Principles for School Drug Education.

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Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

Practicing gratitude also allows people to build healthy relationships, better feel constructive and beneficial emotions, enjoy pleasant experiences, and even overcome challenges, says Harvard Medical School.

«Most business schools are disconnected from best business practices.

«There's never a good replacement for face - to - face interaction,» says David A. Owens, professor of practice of management and innovation at Vanderbilt University's Owen Graduate School of Management.

Stanford Graduate School of Business Professor Jeffrey Pfeffer wrote in the journal, Academy of Management Perspectives, that, «Although most of the research and public pressure concerning sustainability has been focused on the effects of business and organizational activity on the physical environment, companies and their management practices profoundly affect the human and social environment as well.»

«It's not going to transform the economy unless they then share all of those ideas and best practices with their competitors,» said Craig Garthwaite, a health economist who teaches corporate strategy at the Kellogg School at Northwestern.

Not merely a collection of good ideas, this book spells out the 67 timeless principles and practices used by the world's most successful men and women — proven principles and strategies that can be adapted for your own life, whether you want to be the best salesperson in your company, become a leading architect, score top grades in school, lose weight, buy your dream home, make millions, or just get back in the job market.

He has presented at a wide variety of corporate law seminars and symposia around the country, including The Tulane Institute of Corporate Law (where he serves as Co-Chair of the Planning Committee), The Association of General Counsel, The Harvard School of Law, Columbia School of Law, The University of Pennsylvania School of Law, and The University of Pennsylvania Institute of Law and Economics (where he serves as a member of the Board of Advisors), The Annual Institute on Corporate Securities and Related Aspects of Mergers and Acquisitions, sponsored by the New York City Bar Association, as well as a variety of seminars sponsored by The Practicing Law Institute and the American and Delaware State Bar Associations.

You get to practice your silly religion all you like, it's just when you attempt to inject that into my school, my courthouse or my government that I will stand up and shout in your face, so don't act all surprised when it happens like «Oh, well, we just didn't know, we thought everyone wanted us to force our religion on the rest of society...»

Why do they work so hard to force such good people down, attacking the open practice of faith at high school football games or in public offices?

You can't mention your god in schools because christians in particular have a very, very nasty habit of not just mentioning it, but of trying to ram it forcibly down the throats of the unwilling, and giving them the power of the state and an innocent audience of children to practice this forced indoctrination on has never worked out well in the past.

Indeed, over the years, Georgetown has been perhaps the clearest example of what many such schools practice: the whipsaw of «Catholic tradition,» in which the strongest declarations of Catholic identity come from the fund - raisers, the alumni association, and the public - relations office ¯ all the people trying to sell the university in a tight economic situation that requires a good bit of niche marketing.

Given the «miracle» Nicaragua already is and could be — a Latin American nation where the hungry are being fed, the sick are being healed and the homeless are finding homes, where schools and parks are being built and faith is being put into practice as well as proclaimed in temples — it is hard to deny the reality expressed in a common slogan one hears there: «There is no contradiction between Christianity and the revolution.»

Children lose 272 million school days each year because of diseases related to unsafe water and poor hygiene; they lose 200 million years of school days because of worm - related illnesses, which can be held at bay with good sanitation practices.

As well as assisting our clients, these proceedings will hopefully assist others who may be affected now and / or in the future by the school's policies and practices.

And Protestants possessed a sense of unity as well, mostly when confronted by Catholics seeking public money for parochial schools or Jews seeking to oust Bible readings from public schools and other practices that seemed to cross the church - state line.

I know that in practice we are not going to get a society where all will be able to benefit from the standards of the best schools and colleges.

«We are working hard to ensure that the excellent practice in these high - performing schools is hared across our network and beyond, so that all schools can achieve the best for their pupils.»

Where Catholic schools are concerned it is not good enough to have teachers of sex education whose personal beliefs and practices are not Catholic.

Mary Somerville, overcoming, as her daughter says, «obstacles apparently insurmountable, at a time when women were well - nigh totally debarred from education»; Charlotte Bronte, writing in secret and publishing under a pseudonym because only so could she hope for just criticism; Harriet Hunt, admitted to the Harvard Medical School in 1850 but forced out by the enraged students; Elizabeth Blackwell, applying to twelve medical schools before she could secure admission, and meeting with insult and contumely in her endeavor to study and practice medicine; Mary Lyon, treated as a wild fanatic because she wanted American girls to be educated — such figures are typical in woman's struggle for intellectual opportunity.

Each would integrate theory and practice, foundational theology and secular disciplines, as well as experience in church and society with reflection in the divinity school.

She's a busy mom, planning birthday parties this month for her two oldest children, Ella and Nate, as well as ferrying everyone in the SUV to school, and to practices for soccer and baseball.

She critiqued the practice of administering strong drugs to schoolchildren in an effort to promote better school performance in Why Ritalin Rules and extended her treatment of the topic in her book, Home Alone America.

The theological school, for its part, would assume responsibility for course work that studies Christian congregations in all their variety, as well as course work that focuses on models of practice, thus cultivating students» capacities to reflect on ministerial practice (cf. 121 - 25).

There are wooded options up island as well (we used to run loops around Peaked Hill for cross country practice in high school) but they're harder to find and not as convenient as down island.

I grew up in the 50's and 60's and about the only fresh green thing we had in the winter was iceberg lettuce (well, except for brussel sprouts and cabbage; we won't go there because my mother was in the «cook it until it disintegrates» school of culinary practice).

Simon attended a Rainforest Alliance farmer field school, where he learned best management practices for sustainable tea farming.

After almost two years of part - time study — and 16 flights to the UK — Mr Cousins recently completed an executive MBA from Cambridge University's Judge Business School and is keen to put his new insights on strategy and management practice to good use.

They get packed in breakfast bags (hello 5a swim practice), lunch bags or they serve well as an after school snack or dessert.

Signing up to Meat Free Monday will give you the opportunity to network with other schools, share good practice, stay up to date with Meat Free Monday news and get recognition for the difference you are making.

Learn how schools can maximize food resources through proven best practices in procurement, menu planning, marketing, and food safety as well as utilization of any excess food items through donation and / or recycling.

Whether you're in that dreaded carpool line or driving the kiddos across town after school to soccer practice, good snacks mean you won't be HANGRY.

Can't wait to try this recipe — need to check out your crockpot recipes so I'm better prepared for dinners once the kids are back in school and we have afternoon practices / evening games.

SUCAFINA and the Kahawatu Foundation, a Swiss Non-Profit, improve yields per hectare by running model farms, teaching good agricultural practices at farmer field schools, and cooperating with other NGOs and clients to put more income at growers» disposal.

Yes, the competition level may not be as good in high school, but managing the relationships developed in five - or six - day - a-week practices is a skill that becomes even more critical in college where every player was a star at the youth level.

Film the last matches of high school, or better yet, film the first few club volleyball practices.

When the excitement of Easter was over I still had some time left off school, so I went off to the park with my favourite LFC football and a few good friends to practice being the best Liver bird ever!

Schools involved in our program send full teams to attend intensive conferences where they work with a coach to design action plans to implement best practices in areas such as curriculum, assessment, homework, school schedule, and a healthy school climate.

Our schools send teams of educators, parents, and students to our annual fall conference at Stanford University where they hear the latest research on best practices in education and learn from each other how to create effective school reform.

It's about what children need in order to thrive — especially children growing up in difficult circumstances — and what kind of practices and policies, in the home and at school, will provide them with the best possible chance at success.

Since 2003, Challenge Success has partnered with over 150 middle and high schools to implement policies and practices that increase academic engagement and well - being for their students.

It is from this table that I would often depart early in the morning, only to return again later — after school was out, after tennis practice was out, well after sundown.

At the urging of those who have worked closely with us, we decided to write a book of best practices that we hope will be shared widely so that more schools and families can benefit from what we have learned.

Getting an active child to sit down for a meal of any kind, much less a well - balanced, made - from - scratch meal with the entire family, as he rushes off to or home from school, sports practices or games, or other activities that cram virtually every nook and cranny of a child's day, has become virtually impossible for many families, especially those headed by single parents.

These videos are based on the best practices from our partner schools, and provide useful information on how similar changes can be made at your school.

Additionally, she plans the bi-annual Challenge Success school conferences and supports coaches and school site teams to promote best practices and policy reform.