Sentences with phrase «broad academic education»

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Consider a partial list of developments since just World War II: a broad national decline in denominational loyalty, changes in ethnic identity as hyphenated Americans enter the third and subsequent generations after immigration, the great explosion in the number of competing secular colleges and universities, the professionalization of academic disciplines with concomitant professional formation of faculty members during graduate education, the dramatic rise in the percentage of the population who seek higher education, the sharp trend toward seeing education largely in vocational and economic terms, the rise in government regulation and financing, the great increase in the complexity and cost of higher education, the development of a more litigious society, the legal end of in loco parentis, an exponential and accelerating growth in human knowledge, and so on.

That said, my grandfather had a sixth grade education and acquired a broader understanding of the world than Chad, so I believe you can learn regardless of academic background if you have the right atti.tude and desire.

«The broad aim of the commission was to try to blend back together somewhat vocational education and academic education, and to ensure that a student has a broad enough base that he or she would be adaptable to different work environments upon graduation,» said R. Lawrence Williams,...

The Center will be housed at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and will draw on intellectual resources from across the university, working with faculty who focus on gender from a broad range of academic perspectives.

«Under her guidance, the Ed School has progressed toward a core curriculum, reorganized its master's degree programs and its academic areas, redoubled its efforts to contribute to the improvement of K - 12 education, and worked to strengthen its relationships both with other Harvard schools and with the broader community of professional educators.

Independent Thinking founder Ian Gilbert's increasing frustration with educational policies that favour «no excuses» and «compliance», and that ignore the broader issues of poverty and inequality, is shared by many others across the sphere of education — and this widespread disaffection has led to the assembly of a diverse cast of teachers, school leaders, academics and poets who unite in this book to challenge the status quo.

If we narrow education to the mechanics of math and reading as captured by yearly testing, we short - change the broader knowledge that is the key to academic success later.

Biggest worry: By far, parents worried most about academic skills and education — a broad category encompassing concerns about access, quality, and ability.

«If we narrow education to the mechanics of math and reading as captured by yearly testing,» Greene concludes, «we short - change the broader knowledge that is the key to academic success later.»

We also look for an outstanding academic record and at least three years of direct work experience (paid or as a volunteer) in the broad field of early education.

We publish what we learn in a broad range of outlets, from academic journals to the popular press, and we increasingly partner with districts, graduates schools of education, and policy makers nationally who are interested in replicating our work and learning from our applied research.

To successfully remake developmental education, educators must frame it in the context of students» broader academic goals.

The Department for Education said: «A rigorous academic curriculum until age 16 is the best way to ensure that every child succeeds, regardless of their background, and allows us to be ambitious for everyone, to keep options open and horizons broad.»

Again, this is likely to reflect a broader view of education than one in which students can pass a standard set of examinations in a number of core academic areas.

The unconventional flurry of both in - person and virtual academics in a school that had never before offered AP physics is part of a broader experiment that experts say could herald the future of education, especially for rural schools.

It focused not just on the academic goals of curriculum, but also on education's broader social dimensions, including the development of students» moral and creative capacities and an understanding of their diverse needs.

The open letter — signed by myself, Gordon and Sarah Brown, Lee Bollinger, the President of Columbia University, Hanan Al Hroub, the winner of the Global Teacher Prize, and leading voices at other academic institutions — demonstrates a broad consensus on this essential issue of refugee education.

A broad array of additional services designed to reinforce and complement the regular academic program, such as: drug and violence prevention programs, career and technical programs, counseling programs, art, music, and recreation programs, STEM programs, and character education programs.

From art history to music reading, art classes can improve broader cultural education, enhance academic understanding in other subjects, and lead to routes of passion and expression.

The Broad Prize for Urban Education and The Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools were created to recognize the public school systems that show the greatest academic performance and improvement while reducing achievement gaps among low - income students and students of color.

Schools like Summit Public Schools, Lindsay Unified, AF Greenfield, d.Tech High, Roots Elementary, and High Tech High, along with organizations like Transcend Education and the XQ: Super School Project are showing what's possible when we set broad interdisciplinary academic goals, empower students to own their own learning, and foster a diverse student, teacher and parent community.

These resources included broad academic curriculum offerings, sports, special education services, bilingual education, and libraries.

«We congratulate these students for their academic success but more importantly for improving their performance during high school,» said Eli Broad, founder of The Broad Foundation, a national education philanthropy based in Los Angeles.

The move to a uniform system reflects a broader trend in education reform, as states also launch the new Common Core State Standards, which will allow more accurate comparisons of academic achievement.

Through its eTextbook platform Yuzu ®, Barnes & Noble Education offers an excellent digital reading experience and access to a broad catalog of digital academic relevant titles.

Bellet has a broad background in education and studio art having led workshops at various academic art institutions.

Panelists included Valerie Cassel Oliver, Curator, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston; Aimee Chang, Director, Academic and Residency Programs, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Adam D. Weinberg (chair), Alice Pratt Brown Director, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Hamza Walker, Director of Education and Associate Curator, The Renaissance Society, Chicago; Daniel Joseph Martinez, Artist and USA Broad Fellow 2007, Los Angeles.

YMCA and Education Station After School Programs, Westport Academy, Baltimore • MD 2005 — 2007 Educational Reading and Math Tutor Developed and implemented broad based curriculum that increased student achievement and provided assessment initiatives to document progress and provide academic awareness to parents and teachers.

Positive education represents a paradigm shift away from viewing education merely as a route to academic attainment and towards viewing it as a place where students can cultivate their intellectual minds while developing a broad set of character strengths, virtues, and well - being.

The reason public schools have not reached their mandate is that they have not emphasized purposeful, effective teaching to have students acquire the critical social - emotional skills necessary for any academic outcome, not to mention the broader outcomes public education is mandated to achieve.

After adjusting for a broad range of confounder variables, the associations between parent - rated hyperactivity / inattention and conduct problems measured at age 3 and academic outcomes at age 16 (national General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) examination results) were investigated (n = 11640).