Sentences with phrase «education landscape as»

These pressing concerns seem to resonate across the national education landscape as schools want to do the right thing but do not know exactly what to do, Alger said.

The action underscores the changing education landscape as well the evolving thinking and impatience of the 81 - year - old philanthropist.

Most important, it illustrates that constraining the rise of health - care costs is critical not just for those who care about health - care reform but for the public - higher - education landscape as well,» Webber says.

Toch notes the importance of the venue, but says Winerip should «be given a lot of leeway to interpret the education landscape as he sees it, to exert his voice in the debate.»

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Established in 1974, the California Association of Winegrape Growers (CAWG) provides industry leadership to advocate for public policies, research and education programs, sustainable farming practices and trade positions to improve the viability of winegrape growing as an essential contributor to California's economy, culture, and landscape.

Zimmerman, the ATEP director at the University of Charleston, will examine the changing landscape in athletic training education and the value of the practitioner serving as clinical instructor.

Labour supports the continuation of state - funded faith schools and shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt said he saw them as «an important part of the educational landscape».

Flanagan's post as chair of the education committee has helped him grow in prominence, particularly as issues like the Common Core standards, teacher evaluations and charter schools have dominated the political landscape.

As a jazz band played in the landscaped gardens of the # 6 million property, Mr Freud, who was wearing leather trousers, greeted guests, including Education Secretary Michael Gove and Culture Minister Ed Vaizey.

Indeed, as the country transitions from an economy that incorporates more governmental control to one that is more autonomous, «France has strived to reshape the landscape of higher education and research,» says a French official involved in the management of bilateral cooperation programs.

PARIS — Higher education and research are one of the few budgetary bright spots on a landscape of gloom in France, as the economic crisis is predicted to push the country's public deficit to a record high next year.

Peter Weir's Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) is popularly credited with beginning the trend and establishing many of the recurrent features of the genre, such as its basis in literature, its pictorial treatment of the rural landscape and its thematic emphasis on institutions and education, and how they are often inimical to personal individuality and positive self - identity (see, in particular, the female experience as charted in Gillian Armstrong's My Brilliant Career [1979] or Bruce Beresford's The Getting of Wisdom [1977]-RRB-.

Eden's focus on the importance of outdoor learning and play can be seen throughout the work of the project as well as through the schools education team, with the ever - popular den building activities that take place in the project's arena during the summer and the landscaping and design of the play areas and gardens around the site.

A number of prominent Conservative MPs on Theresa May's Cabinet, including Liam Fox and David Davis, have been vocal proponents of grammar schools, and Education Secretary Justine Greening has said that the government should be «open minded» to the idea of new grammar schools as the education landscape has changed over the last fEducation Secretary Justine Greening has said that the government should be «open minded» to the idea of new grammar schools as the education landscape has changed over the last feducation landscape has changed over the last few years.

While it is likely the potential re-introduction of new grammars into the education landscape will be promoted as a tool to achieve these aims, fierce opposition from Labour and the Liberal Democrats will likely question grammars» viability to deliver such aims.

Break out sessions cover the following areas — promoting positive behaviour; teaching students with SEND: developing their transferable skills; supporting students with English as an Additional Language; grammar, punctuation and spelling at Key Stage 2; international pedagogy - what we can learn from high performing jurisdictions; keeping it healthy and safe when covering science lessons; assessment and feedback; supporting teachers supporting students; the changing landscape of primary education and what it means for primary school teachers.

As the play landscape shifts and changes, so education must move alongside it to better accommodate the growing diversity of new equipment available.

I'm also looking forward to working in the Australian education landscape and I'm committed in ensuring that ATISL maintains its strong relationships with all stakeholders as it continues to deliver its key priorities.»

As industry seeded the American landscape with rows of metallic factories — followed by railroad tracks and then high - speed roads — the education of workers had to match progress.

As Bailey writes, «[A] n entrepreneurial education landscape... is one in which [government and foundations] help remove barriers to entry for quality providers and think deeply about the impact their policy or philanthropic decisions will have on the broader educational marketplace and potential investors or entrepreneurs in the field.»

As the education landscape has evolved, so too has Data Wise.

Since then, the government's involvement in education policy has come to seem a given, part of a recognizable landscape marked by familiar signposts such as Head Start, Title I, and the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2001.

Education World challenges students to sharpen their web searching skills as they learn about the history and landscape of the United States.

As I read, I kept feeling grateful to Paul Tough for having done this work — gathering the stories of kids like Keitha Jones, the traumatized Southside Chicago teen who reminded me so much of a handful of kids I've taught; connecting Keitha's experience to research on neurochemistry and infant psychology, and situating these elements in both a socio - economic context and in the landscape of an education world focused on developing children's cognitive (and testable) skills.

Whitby believes that corporate partnerships, such as the one between Catholic Education Parramatta and Telstra, are vital to help educational institutes respond to the changing education lEducation Parramatta and Telstra, are vital to help educational institutes respond to the changing education leducation landscape.

The memo appears to acknowledge that any attempt to open new grammars would likely face stiff opposition in the House of Lords and seemingly advises that existing grammar schools should be allowed to expand, as the Weald of Kent grammar was allowed to do last year, to highlight how they can work effectively in today's education landscape.

However, as the price of higher education continues to skyrocket, and the supply continues to fall short of demand, CBE will likely comprise a larger part of the educational landscape.

As they ponder the future of dissent in American education, the authors note that «in some respects the current educational landscape, with its diversity of options, is starting to resemble the landscape of pre-common-school America.»

Meanwhile, the spread of online learning in K — 12 education is halting, uncertain, and unsure, as Michael Horn reports to us in his fascinating survey of the state legislative landscape («Digital Roundup,» features, Fall 2013).

This will be presented by a range of keynote speakers and hands - on sessions to provide an in - depth look at the landscape of education today, examining issues such as online safety, teaching computing, and the importance of school infrastructure for the implementation of technology.

AS the FE and wider skills landscape shifts, effective self - assessment and the improvement plan that shakes out from this, is a key Ofsted expectation, says Louise Doyle, a further education consultant and director of quality assurance experts Mesma.

15, who is conducting what she calls a landscape analysis to determine what the education sector needs, as well as what already exists and with whom HGSE might partner.

In this, the final part of my series on the need for change within the UK Learning and Development landscape, I explain why education and entertainment should not be thought of as mutually exclusive.

For the REC, it is about taking stock of the changing landscape and coming up with practical solutions that make things easier for schools — in particular through specific initiatives such as REC Audited Education.

As I look out over the current school reform landscape I see it is categorized by policies that seek to standardize, homogenize, and corporatize public education through the use of one - size - fits - all curriculum standards, high stakes testing, micro-management of school operations from distal bureaucrats, teacher evaluation policies based on mis - interpretations of current research, and heavy reliance on corporate education providers camouflaged as non-profits operating via charter schoolAs I look out over the current school reform landscape I see it is categorized by policies that seek to standardize, homogenize, and corporatize public education through the use of one - size - fits - all curriculum standards, high stakes testing, micro-management of school operations from distal bureaucrats, teacher evaluation policies based on mis - interpretations of current research, and heavy reliance on corporate education providers camouflaged as non-profits operating via charter schoolas non-profits operating via charter schools.

Education secretary Nicky Morgan claimed the landscape of English education had been «transformed» over the past five years and that initiatives such as funding academy chains in the north of England and «creating a National Teaching Service» were extending opportunities to every sinEducation secretary Nicky Morgan claimed the landscape of English education had been «transformed» over the past five years and that initiatives such as funding academy chains in the north of England and «creating a National Teaching Service» were extending opportunities to every sineducation had been «transformed» over the past five years and that initiatives such as funding academy chains in the north of England and «creating a National Teaching Service» were extending opportunities to every single child

Tamara Azar joined NCTR in 2010 as Policy Director and is responsible for developing NCTR's policy agenda, advocating for policies that support and facilitate the development of high quality urban teacher residency programs, and supporting NCTR network partner programs to achieve scale and sustainability within the changing landscape of state and federal education teacher policy.

«Charter schools have earned their place in the public education landscape and we deserve to be treated and funded as such,» said NECSN Connecticut State Director Jeremiah Grace.

How does this gentrification of urban landscapes, as it's commonly referred to, alter not only individual neighborhoods and schools, but the public education system at large?

The Mentoring Effect: Young People's Perspectives on the Outcomes and Availability of Mentoring The Mentoring Effect is a compelling report informed by the first - ever nationally representative survey of young people on the topic of both informal and formal mentoring, as well as a literature and landscape review and insights from a variety of key leaders in business, philanthropy, government, and education.

Education Post, Race, Reform and the Firestorm: Reflections on Our Progress a Year Later Marilyn Anderson Rhames shares her experiences at the NewSchools Summit and highlights Veronica Palmer as one of the reformers of the educational landscape.

Known as the Common Core, the new standards adopted across the country and in New York City classrooms this year have become a platform for opponents of school reform to sound off on everything else they dislike about the current education landscape, from teacher evaluation to testing.

... Organizations such as the National Network of State Teachers of the Year, NEA, AFT, Hope Street Fellows, The US Department of Education Teaching Ambassador Fellowship, Educators for Excellence, Teach Plus, and The Center for Teaching Quality, just to name a few, offer an opportunity for teachers to share their diverse views in an effort to create a policy landscape that is more relevant to the complexities of teaching and learning.

The Indianapolis Business Journal's Mickey Maurer names The Mind Trust's Founder and CEO, David Harris, as a bright spot in the city's education landscape.

As professors in departments of education, we walk between the worlds of education and geography and see the use of GIS as a bridge in that new landscapAs professors in departments of education, we walk between the worlds of education and geography and see the use of GIS as a bridge in that new landscapas a bridge in that new landscape.

While the poll data show that Americans «accept choice and charters as part of the education landscape,» the public does not support vouchers.

This brief recommends seven ways for supporters of deeper learning to take advantage of the changing education policy landscape, as authority shifts from the federal government to states and local districts.

Evers, 65, has held his post as head of the Department of Public Instruction during eight years of significant transition in the state's education landscape, which began while he was still recovering from esophageal cancer.

«I'm excited that as the landscape for education changes, this opportunity is opening up for more virtual teachers to potentially get certified.»

California voters may face difficult decisions regarding the future of education in the state in November as the state ballot could feature several propositions that would have an enormous impact on the educational landscape.