Sentences with phrase «current education climate»

In the current education climate, standardized test scores in literacy and math are important to both schools and individual students.

How a school operates is integral to the sort of education it provides and by addressing the challenges of the current education climate with a social business framing in mind, that sort of education is a very exciting prospect indeed.

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The current climate on public education reform is often caustic and divisive.

It is also the onlyCatholic programme which I've seen which sets out the Church's moral teaching from the Catechism on masturbation and homosexuality, subjects which are frequently ignored by Catholic education programmes as too hard to teach in the current climate.

Little Wren Pottery noted that there were few potters as young as her (a mere 24) and is concerned her craft may be in decline, certainly the squeeze on education in the current financial climate wont help adult education.

As to education being a requirement: well, you should just look at the current debate on climate research to see how unreliable of a proxy education is.

«In the past, time abroad showed initiative, but in the current climate, promotion is more likely to be based on publications, the topic of specialisation... and excellent references,» says Tracy Hussell, education secretary of the British Society of Immunology.

The UK Government is determined to develop a «third stream» of funding for higher education, based on support from business, so the current climate is in your favour.

For oceans There was a publication released last year by the Pew Center (Pew is a charitable foundation whose main focus is education) «Coral Reefs & Global Climate Change» a summary of the current science on this issue.

She is excited about the potential that yoga therapy can bring into our current healthcare climate and bringing both the scientific and ancient teachings into the education of our future healers, teachers and practitioners.

«Reducing stress and establishing a positive emotional climate in the classroom is arguably the most essential component of teaching,» writes Mariale Hardiman, a former teacher and administrator and current assistant dean of the Urban Schools Partnership at Johns Hopkins University's School of Education.

Marc Tucker, president and CEO of the National Center for Education and the Economy, a not - for - profit educational research organization, says the U.S.'s weak standing in labor skills shown in the report offer a blueprint to understanding the current political climate.

While more dedicated media education in schools would be great, it is little more than a pipe dream in the current climate of low budgets and high - stake tests.

In the current climate it is important that education providers carefully analyse the costs and benefits of their workforce spending.

Given the current political climate and the limited discretionary resources available to the Secretary of Education, it is unrealistic to imagine that the DoED would play an active role in state - level school reform efforts.

«Reform in education is set to continue and in the current economic and employment climate, it is increasingly important for education providers, whether academy groups, FE colleges or schools, to understand the impact that this may have,» says Claire Purchase, head of public services at FreshMinds.

This webinar will look at the current fiscal climate affecting states and school districts, and explain what education companies should expect from district spending.

To facilitate their lessons on the value of civic unity and diversity, some teachers have embraced empathy - building programs that education innovators launched in February to help them start constructive conversations amid the current political climate.

During his address, King provided reflections on the importance of local work in achieving the goal of ensuring all children have the opportunity to thrive, particularly in the current national education climate.

«Darling - Hammond reveals the successful educational strategies around the world that are toppling the old educational guard, including a high degree of personalization that allows stronger, closer relationships among students, faculty, staff, and parents... Scholarly and factual, well - researched and packed with astounding examples of the current climate of American education, this text should prove highly informative for educators, educational administrators, and involved parents throughout the U.S.» — Publishers Weekly (starred review)

David Buckingham paints a history of media, media education and it's current climate and implications for media educators.

In an October article for the periodical Education Next, researchers Matthew Steinberg and Johanna Lacoe argued that current evidence is inconclusive on whether disproportionate discipline is actually the result of bias, and researchers have been unable to show how exclusionary discipline affects school climate or students» future lives.

And, a majority of the states that have applied for ESEA waivers to opt - out of the current No Child Left Behind (NCLB) accountability system include school climate and / or prosocial education as part of their desired alternative accountability system.

Below, I have provided a table which compares Utah and its current elected State School Board model against the states which utilize Model IV in the following areas: ACT / SAT scores, graduation rates, graduation requirements, AP passage rates, charter schools, public education climate for growing businesses, and closing the achievement gap.

In a timely op - ed in The Hechinger Report, NISL CEO Bob Hughes and the Missouri Commissioner of Education Dr. Chris Nicastro, argue that improving the effectiveness of school leaders is even more critical in the current climate of tight budgets, rigorous standards, and increased accountability.

Advocates, education experts and students convened to discuss the current state of education in Kentucky and examine ways to transform school climate and culture to improve student outcomes.

Assessing educational reforms for their impact on democracy is particularly relevant in the current educational policy climate that favors practices potentially antithetical to civic education.

In the current climate of education reform, where one innovation is often quickly replaced with another, the concept of teacher ownership is critical.

The current financial climate in education is challenging and uncertain.

The report is one of a series that the Brookings team has conducted on the impact of changes in mainstream news media over the past five years, where general reporting on local and statewide education issues has fallen dramatically as print media has struggled in the current economic climate and changes brought on by the internet.

Former Secretary King provided reflections on the importance of local work in the current national education climate in achieving the goal of ensuring all children have the opportunity to thrive.

This research attempts to answer why there are not more Asian Americans in the public education sphere in situating the current teacher climate for Asian Americans in the U.S., which has been on the decline since the early 1990s (Rong and Preissle, 1997).

Although implementation would be quite difficult, especially given the current political climate, the benefits to our education system would far outweigh any startup or maintenance costs.

Our current programs focus on parks as a tool for preventive healthcare, a classroom for climate education, and a resource for critical urban issues like homelessness, income and racial inequity, and rapid development.

For oceans There was a publication released last year by the Pew Center (Pew is a charitable foundation whose main focus is education) «Coral Reefs & Global Climate Change» a summary of the current science on this issue.

Seems to me in hindsight that some prominent properties of current sceptics include — worked many years evaluating technical reports, commonly to approve or reject budget requests from others — many from industry or military rather than academia — careers that promote you for delivering the goods, like making profit — worked in positions requiring accountability — often with a degree in humanities as well as science / engineering, allowing interest in social conduct — education more often degrees short of PhD — old enough to have gained some wisdom — realistic about the horror of climategate and its whitewashes — appreciative of the rigour and good spirit of Climate Audit

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By enabling sustainable development, including better education and the empowerment of women — both central to ending poverty — we will reduce population growth... Q: Could the current refugee crises in the Mediterranean and elsewhere — which of course have a variety of causes — be looked at as a first test of how governments, particularly in rich countries, will react to future climate related displacement?

Current decisions on climate change education includes; empowering capacity of young people to implement climate actions.

«From what I've read of the modules he proposed writing, they seem designed to foster confusion rather than promote deeper understanding of the current science... and they certainly wouldn't fit with the science education standards framework that the National Research Council plans to release,» he said, referring to the operating arm of the National Academy of Sciences, which is slated to release a draft of new national science standards next month that are expected to include climate change.

The higher education industry has assured that current students and recent alumni are indoctrinated in the climate religion.

It was prompted by a story over at Forbes on efforts by the National Center for Science Education to support educators being pressured by political interests to misrepresent the current state of scientific knowledge on climate change.

Two new reports summarize workshops convened by the Climate Change Roundtable Series, Climate Change Education: Engaging Private Forest Owners on Issues Related to Climate Change and Climate Change Education: Preparing Future and Current Business.

Strategic change within higher education bureaucracy is rarely easy, but given the current economic climate (and the possible impending law school admissions bubble), there has never been a better time for a thoughtful realignment of career services priorities.

He covered favored topics like education and coding, but he also commented on the current political climate in the United States and talked extensively about the ongoing Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal Facebook is facing.

He covered favored topics like education and coding, but he also commented on the current political climate in the United States and talked extensively about the ongoing Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal Facebook is facing.Cook had some inflammatory words about Facebook CEO

In Victoria's current role at the Nevada Department of Education she is responsible for providing technical assistance and training in the building of safe and respectful learning environments; bullying prevention, identification and reporting; facilitating positive school climates and positive human relationships; and teaching pro-social skills.

Current projects focus on such issues as early childhood development, including child mental health; climate and ocean change; education, including STEM learning; environmental health; criminal justice; and immigration.