Sentences with phrase «education labs around»

For instance, the majority of NCEE's budget ($ 54 million out of a total of $ 66 million) is used to fund 10 regional education labs around the country.

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«All the kids [in primary school] had learned, but they had learned [those concepts] equally,» says Duflo, who is a co-founder of MIT's Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J - PAL), which conducts field experiments, often in education, around the globe.

Further, he hopes to generate conversation around the Lab's mission and a high level of engagement from education leaders in reimagining what public education can be.

Addressing this means beefing up effective technology - integration programs at schools of education, encouraging and enabling students to create media and to participate in collaborations with others around the world, and making sure that every computer lab — whether at a school or elsewhere — has a way for users to tap into an educational component.

The Khan Lab School, which charges $ 22,000, opened with roughly 35 students and intends «to research blended learning and education innovation by creating a working model of Khan Academy's philosophy of learning in a physical school environment and sharing the learnings garnered with schools and networks around the world.»

After King's talk, King and Lab Director Professor Paul Reville participated in a Harvard EdCast to discuss King's journey after serving as U.S. Secretary of Education, what he hopes to accomplish in his new role, his vision for achieving equity in education, and examples of successful work from around theEducation, what he hopes to accomplish in his new role, his vision for achieving equity in education, and examples of successful work from around theeducation, and examples of successful work from around the country.

He is also the founder of the Roses in Concrete Community School, a community responsive lab school in East Oakland (www.rosesinconcrete.org), and the Community Responsive Education Group (CRE), working with schools and districts around the world to develop and support effective classroom and school cultures.

At last week's presentation, «Launching an Entrepreneurial Venture: From Cambridge to Tajikistan Using Raspberry Pis and the Sneakernet,» Beary shared her experiences with Entrepreneurial Lab (eLab)-- an entrepreneurship education program for high - potential, disadvantaged young women between the ages of 12 and 15 around the world — both in an effort to capture the early stages of a startup and to share how the organization has used low - cost technology to reach young women living in remote parts of low - income countries.

Stephen H. Lazar, a teacher at the Bronx Lab School in New York City who plans to attend the SOS march, said he's been disappointed with Mr. Obama: «The president's education agenda is a symptom of the «reform» movement that has managed to capture the national narrative around education.»