Sentences with phrase «education chairs focused»

Conservative Leaders for Education is a campaign comprised of leading state lawmakers and education chairs focused on ensuring conservative principles gain traction in state policy decisions as states begin to develop accountability plans under the new Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).

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«Past studies have looked at the effects of differential parenting on the children who get more negative feedback, but our study focused on this as a dynamic operating at two levels of the family system: one that affects all children in the family as well as being specific to the child at the receiving end of the negativity,» explains Jennifer M. Jenkins, Atkinson Chair of Early Child Development and Education at the University of Toronto, who led the team.

«Historically, assessments of science literacy have focused on individuals, but we see now that communities can engage in science and produce scientific knowledge in a way that transcends any individual's ability,» said committee chair Catherine Snow, Patricia Albjerg Graham Professor of Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Sherry Lansing is the founder and chair of the Sherry Lansing Foundation, a philanthropic organization focusing on cancer research, health and education.

That includes giving through the Dick and Betsy DeVos Family Foundation, which the couple chair and which has a five - point focus: the local community, education, the arts, justice, and leadership.

After receiving an appointment as Associate Professor and Faculty Chair of Education at the University of Detroit Mercy, Dr. Wilson continued her pioneering work by leading faculty to develop the first field - based Master of Science degree that had as focus the theory of mediated learning, cognition, and other works of Reuven Feuerstein.

Still, as faculty chair of HISL, Peterkin knew that the weeklong institute — a Program in Professional Education focused on helping school district leadership teams develop the leadership skills and strategies necessary to build capacity and significantly improve instruction — was exactly what the Meridian School District educators needed.

Dr David Armstrong, author and Chair of Research in Special Education (RISE) within Flinders University's Educational Futures Research Institute, said educators, behaviour specialists and parents should focus on identifying the cause of challenging behaviours that may have an enormous impact on the student.

Chair of the implementation working group, Professor Kerri - Lee Krause, Deputy Vice Chancellor and Provost at Victoria University said the extensive collaboration between the Federal Government and higher education sector showed that everybody was focused on how best to support students.

Deputy Chair of the All - Party Parliamentary Group for Education MP Andrea Jenkyns spoke at the event, highlighting the importance of a well - rounded education focusing on both knowledge anEducation MP Andrea Jenkyns spoke at the event, highlighting the importance of a well - rounded education focusing on both knowledge aneducation focusing on both knowledge and skills.

He holds the endowed Campbell Leadership Chair in Education and Human Development with a focus on educational equity, and is a member of the University's Academy of Distinguished Teachers.

Panelists Joan Massey; D.C. Deputy Mayor for Education Jennie Niles; D.C. Public Charter School Board Chair Darren Woodruff; and FOCUS Executive Director Irene Holtzman.

Outside of education, he serves as vice chair for Independence Charter School and co-chairs the Youth Sentencing & Reentry Project, focused on juvenile life sentencing issues and reentry.

Jerry served as a member, regional coordinator, and eventually the county chair of a local School Business Alliance, focused on creating and sustaining relationships between schools and businesses and helping students make connections between education and careers.

She is an associate professor of Educational Leadership and chair of the Curriculum, Instruction, and Foundational Studies Department at Boise State University, where her research focus on poverty, rural education, school improvement, and leadership development.

Professor Helen Atkinson, chair of the RAE's education and skills committee, said: «Accountability measures have created perverse incentives, encouraging some schools to focus pupils on a narrow set of subjects rather than a broad and balanced offer.

«Within education and school - based programming, there were a bunch of different prevention and other movements all focused on positive youth development,» said Roger Weissberg, board vice chair and chief knowledge officer for the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL), describing the early 1990s when CASEL was established.

He was chair of the National Competitiveness Committee for the National Venture Capital Association, was selected by Obama to represent the United States at the United Nations General Assembly in 2012 focusing on global education issues, and has funded several education initiatives.

He holds the Campbell Leadership Chair in Education and Human Development, with a focus on the achievement gap.

He is also chair of the board for UnboundEd, a national education nonprofit which provides high - quality standards, resources, and trainings for educators, with a focus on underserved communities.

At the very beginning, Kristin Ehrgood, Flamboyan Foundation president and board chair, knew that she wanted the foundation to take on education, but it was through landscape assessments that she identified the problem and, consequently, the area of focus — family engagement.

His career — including serving three terms between 1992 and 2004 in the DC City Council, as the Council's Education Committee Chair, and now as President of education technology company K12, Inc. — has focused on empowering families by providing educationalEducation Committee Chair, and now as President of education technology company K12, Inc. — has focused on empowering families by providing educationaleducation technology company K12, Inc. — has focused on empowering families by providing educational choices.

CentreForum, which has existed in its current guise since the mid-2000s, has today become the Education Policy Institute in a move that has completed the think tank's shift in focus towards education, which began with the appointment of former schools minister David Laws as its executive chair lasEducation Policy Institute in a move that has completed the think tank's shift in focus towards education, which began with the appointment of former schools minister David Laws as its executive chair laseducation, which began with the appointment of former schools minister David Laws as its executive chair last August.

In a letter to chair of the education select committee, Neil Carmichael, education secretary Nicky Morgan said she agreed the subject was «crucial for preparing young people for life», so would focus on the quality of teaching.

This Week's Focus UFT joins City Council to demand paid parental leave now City Council Education Chair Mark Treyger on April 24 called on Mayor Bill de Blasio to negotiate a fair paid parental leave policy for New York City public school educators at a press conference on the steps... Read More

Levinson was recently appointed Chair of the Education Committee of the AAJ's Interstate Trucking Litigation Group, serving a two - year term through 2017, as well as Vice Chair of the Motor Vehicle Collision, Highway & Premises Liability Section, addressing federal issues and focusing on auto collision cases, truck safety, highway design, low speed impact and premises liability.

The panelists will include The Honourable Mr. Justice Colin L. Campbell of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Master Calum MacLeod of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, and legal practitioners such as Susan Wortzman, founder of Wortzman Nickle and the Chair of the Steering Committee of Sedona Conference ® Working Group 7, Sedona Canada, and Co-Chair of the Inaugural Program together with Kelly Friedman, a litigation partner with Ogilvy Renault LLP and Co-Chair of Sedona Canada Inaugural Conference, Dominic Jaar, legal counsel at Ledjit, an information management, e-discovery and law practice management consulting firm, Jonathan Redgrave a founding partner of Redgrave Daley Ragan & Wagner and Steering Committee Chair Emeritus of The Sedona Conference ® Working Group on Electronic Document Retention and Production (WG1), as well as Martin Felsky of Commonwealth Legal, David Gray, a partner in the Litigation Group of McCarthy Tétrault in Montréal, Glenn A. Smith, one of the five founding partners of Lenczner Slaght, Karen Groulx, a partner at Pallett Valo LLP, Peg Duncan, Department of Justice, Canada, Robert Deanne, a partner with Borden Ladner Gervais LLP in Vancouver, Ron Hudges of Nixon Peabody, Kenneth J. Withers, Director of Judicial Education and Content for The Sedona Conference ®, as well as other members of the bench and bar from both Canada and the U.S. Panel discussions will focus on 7 key areas:

Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley (R) created a children's cabinet by executive order in 2016.10 The cabinet serves as an advisory body on issues that the state's children face — formulating policy solutions and encouraging innovation.11 The cabinet focuses on developing a comprehensive strategy to early learning through a uniform approach to data collection, quality assurance, and outcomes measurement.12 The governor chairs the cabinet, which also includes the state superintendent for education, the commissioner for mental health, and the executive director for youth services.