Sentences with phrase «centered schools focused»

Research shows that these student - centered schools focused on deeper learning are demonstrating stronger student achievement, graduation, college - going, and college success.

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The briefing focused on a vision of STEM learning opportunities as a network of charging stations in which children power up their learning by plugging into activities at school, after school, at science centers and libraries, as well as online.

It is noteworthy that, in contradistinction to the older Bible - centered training in the past, most of these students had come up through the modern graded Sunday Schools in which not the Bible but the child has been central; in which the Bible has been brought into the focus of attention only when the situation demanded it.

He was previously the Associate Director of the North American Integration and Development Center in the School of Public Affairs at UCLA from 1995 to 2006, where his research focused on NAFTA, contract agriculture in Mexico, fair trade coffee in Oaxaca, regional competitiveness of the produce industry, living wages in Los Angeles, and immigration and farm labor in California.

Being grounded in progressive education principles means the school community has a child - centered approach to learning that focuses on the social, emotional, and academic needs of each individual.

Each year going forward, Wansink says, his center will focus on promoting two lunchroom changes that will cost less than $ 50 to implement, and try to get schools to adopt those two changes, through his website, newsletter and speaking engagements.

Efforts such as School Food Focus» National Learning Lab, Center for Ecoliteracy's California Thursdays, and Meatless Mondays have helped the District make substantial progress with their farm - to - school efSchool Food Focus» National Learning Lab, Center for Ecoliteracy's California Thursdays, and Meatless Mondays have helped the District make substantial progress with their farm - to - school efschool efforts.

Daycare centers primarily focus on infants through preschoolers; pre-schools are typically toddlers and children often must be potty - trained (ages 2 - 5); and out of school care is tailored to providing childcare of school - aged kids on a before - school or after - school basis or during school breaks, such as staff development or holidays.

The Center is well - known for providing high - quality, multidisciplinary services using highly professional staff for their child - centered, family - focused services in client's homes, schools, clinics and other community venues.

Using the Federal Election Commission's October Quarterly campaign finance filings, the Brennan Center for Justice at The New York University School of Law published a report on October 22nd focusing on the 25 House races rated most competitive by The Cook Political Report, including the race for Illinois» 13th.

Using the Federal Election Commission's October Quarterly campaign finance filings, the Brennan Center for Justice at The New York University School of Law published a report on October 22nd focusing on the 25 House races rated most competitive by The Cook Political Report, including the race for Texas» 23rd.

Using the Federal Election Commission's October Quarterly campaign finance filings, the Brennan Center for Justice at The New York University School of Law published a report on October 22nd, 2012 focusing on the 25 House races rated most competitive by The Cook Political Report, including the race for New York's 18th.

Using the Federal Election Commission's October Quarterly campaign finance filings, the Brennan Center for Justice at The New York University School of Law published a report on October 22nd focusing on the 25 House races rated most competitive by The Cook Political Report, including the race for Minnesota's 8th.

Using the Federal Election Commission's October Quarterly campaign finance filings, the Brennan Center for Justice at The New York University School of Law published a report on October 22nd focusing on the 25 House races rated most competitive by The Cook Political Report, including the race for Florida's 18th.

Using the Federal Election Commission's October Quarterly campaign finance filings, the Brennan Center for Justice at The New York University School of Law published a report on October 22nd focusing on the 25 House races rated most competitive by The Cook Political Report, including the race for California's 36th.

Hill noted that while the discussion in light of Mayor Bloomberg's proposed cuts on recent budget cuts has focused on after - school programs, three daycare service providers — the Washington Heights Day Care Center, Quo Vadis Daycare, and La Familia Day Care — may be forced to close.

Hahn, a first - time candidate, wants the city to focus more on reconfiguring the former Memorial Boulevard Middle School as a local arts center.

Speaking to an audience of approximately 300 people at the Johnson Community Center in East Harlem, Mark - Viverito called for new programs which would expand access to civil legal services, create new technology - focused programs in City high schools, as well as for expanding existing agencies and programs such as the Human Rights Commission.

Child Welfare: The Unintended Consequence of the War on Drugs Tuesday, March 13, 9:00 am — 12:00 pm The New School — Theresa Lang Student Center 55 West 13th Street This panel will focus on the intersection of child welfare -LSB-...]

James Merriman, CEO of the New York City Charter School Center whose group is considered more moderate than advocacy groups that focus exclusively on large charter networks, praised the collaboration.

«The McMahon / Ryan Child Advocacy Center does a tremendous amount of community education and education in schools focusing on child abuse prevention programming.

With a great deal of focus on improving graduation rates in the city of Buffalo, a program is underway at the Erie County Holding Center in Buffalo that is allowing teenage inmates to reach high school graduation.

Using the Federal Election Commission's October Quarterly campaign finance filings, the Brennan Center for Justice at The New York University School of Law published a report on October 22nd focusing on the 25 House races rated most competitive by The Cook Political Report, including the race for Arizona's 1st.

The inequities are the focus of a panel discussion Friday being hosted by the New York State School Boards Association, which is holding its annual meeting at the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center.

«It was kind of fun being at a medical school and known as the weird guy who worked with dogs,» says Modiano, who is now a professor of comparative oncology at the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine and the Masonic Cancer Center, where his research focuses on immunology, cancer cell biology, cancer genetics, and applications of gene therapy.

Barbara Means of the Center for Technology in Learning at SRI International and colleagues (I am a co-principal investigator on this study) are conducting a longitudinal study comparing outcomes of ISHSs with those of non-STEM — focused high schools in three states.

«To date, the focus of diagnosis and management of carotid artery blockages has been prevention of stroke since that was the only harm that these blockages were thought to cause to patients,» said Brajesh K. Lal, MD, with the VA Maryland Health Care System's Baltimore VA Medical Center and the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore.

Noting that most of these injuries happen at school and at day - care centers, he adds that «if you are going look into improving the situation, those are the places where you want to focus your efforts.»

For this study, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine randomly assigned 42 preadolescents (ages 7 - 12) with depression to one of two therapy conditions: FB - IPT, an intervention that included parents in the child's treatment and focused on improving family and peer relationships, or to child - centered therapy (CCT), a supportive therapy for children.

Unlike some more focused collaborations MIT has embarked on, such as a pending deal between MIT's Media Lab and the Irish government that would create a $ 200 million information technology teaching center in Dublin, «faculty from all our five schools will be engaged,» Bacow says.

«Research at the Center for Sustainable Systems over the past dozen years has focused on helping consumers navigate this complexity and identify opportunities for cost savings and lower environmental impact,» said Keoleian, who is also a professor at the School for Environment and Sustainability.

Women's sexual health is one of several research areas focused on within the IU School of Public Health's Center for Sexual Health Promotion (sexualhealth.indiana.edu).

Faculty members from the Indiana University School of Public Health - Bloomington and the school's Center for Sexual Health Promotion recently completed a study focused on addressing gaps in current research on women's experiences with sexual pleSchool of Public Health - Bloomington and the school's Center for Sexual Health Promotion recently completed a study focused on addressing gaps in current research on women's experiences with sexual pleschool's Center for Sexual Health Promotion recently completed a study focused on addressing gaps in current research on women's experiences with sexual pleasure.

Executives from a broad range of health care - focused organizations — including hospitals, health centers, medical schools and public health departments — across the U.S. and from other countries participate in a two - day training session in Boston that focuses on defining disparities and their causes, developing strategies to identify and address disparities and fostering the leadership and change - management skills to implement those strategies.

We are really focused on, and enthusiastic about, our ability to perform successfully translational bench - to bedside - and - back - again psoriasis research here at CWRU School of Medicine Department of Dermatology and the Murdough Family Center for Psoriasis at University Hospitals Case Medical Center.

«We need to focus our efforts on addressing the needs of young adults with autism in a much bigger and broader way,» said Nancy Cheak - Zamora, an assistant professor in the MU School of Health Professions and a researcher at the MU Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders.

Researchers at the school's Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science (TCORS) assessed cultural worldviews along two dimensions: hierarchy - egalitarianism (attitudes toward authority and power) and individualism - communitarianism (focus on self - reliance or responsibility to a larger group) of more than 5,000 people who reported an awareness of electronic nicotine devices (ENDS), which include e-cigarettes.

«The CCRC is an interdisciplinary model of care focusing on the unique needs of ICU survivors, a growing population that does not receive specialized care it deserves,» said study senior author Babar A. Khan, MD, of the Indiana University Center for Aging Research, Regenstrief Institute, Center for Health Innovation and Implementation Science and IU School of Medicine.

One of these studies focused on recent law school graduates preparing for the bar examination and two others centered on college students who were preparing for difficult pre-med science examinations.

A physician with a longstanding interest in gene therapy, Dr. High was formerly a Professor at the Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania, an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and the Founding Director of the Center for Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, a Center focused on developing novel cell and gene - based therapies for genetic disease.

The Center for Cardiovascular Research within the School of Medicine's Cardiovascular Division is focused on investigating the biological processes that lead to heart and vascular disease.

So far, the climate science used in courts has focused mostly on overall trends and gradual processes such as sea level rise, said Michael Burger, executive director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School in New York, who said he has no financial stake in climate change litigation.

Collins asked that his visit focus on â $ œhow CTSAs are enabling science.â $ It was an opportunity for the ACTSI, a partnership among Emory, Morehouse School of Medicine, Georgia Institute of Technology and others, including Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Georgia Research Alliance, Georgia BIO, Kaiser Permanente, CDC, the Atlanta VA Medical Center and the Grady Health System, to showcase the unique contributions the ACTSI makes to enabling clinical and translational research.

The School of Medicine will address society's changing needs by focusing on evidence - based medicine, coordinated and person - centered care, teamwork, technology and communication tailored to specific populations.

Before he was appointed to the White House position, Holdren was a professor at Harvard in both the Kennedy School of Government and the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, as well as director of the nonprofit Woods Hole Research Center, which focuses on climate change science and policy.

Dr. Adachi - Mejia, Assistant Professor of Community and Family Medicine at Dartmouth's Geisel School of Medicine, and member of Norris Cotton Cancer Center's Cancer Control Research Program, focuses her research on cancer risk prevention, such as physical activity and tobacco use.

The Wharton School - Phila, PA About Blog The University of Pennsylvania's Wharton Customer Analytics Initiative (WCAI) is a top academic research center focusing on the development and application of customer analytic methods.

The Wharton School - Phila, PA About Blog The University of Pennsylvania's Wharton Customer Analytics Initiative (WCAI) is a top academic research center focusing on the development and application of customer analytic methods.

Bo Burnham's «Eighth Grade» tells of the travails of that pivotal middle school year, while Desiree Akhavan's «The Miseducation of Cameron Post» focuses on a homosexuality conversion center in the 1990s.

A Sticky Week for College Admissions as Affirmative Action Debate Heats Up (The Christian Science Monitor) Ivy League Schools Brace for Scrutiny of Race in Admissions (The Boston Globe via The Associated Press) Affirmative Action in Higher Education (WOSU) Centering on «Diversity» Ignores the Real Focus of Affirmative Action (The Boston Globe) For Now, Federal Focus On Affirmative Action Centers On Harvard (WBUR) Sometimes, Perceptions of Affirmative Action Don't Mesh With Reality (The Chronicle of Higher Education) Natasha Warikoo weighs in on the Department of Justice's plans to investigate affirmative action in college admissions.