Sentences with phrase «educational initiative using»

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In this case, the computation mining initiatives took up approximately $ 150,000 worth of NSF - supported computer use at the two educational facilities.

• Source our iconic ingredients sustainably; • Improve the livelihoods of small farmers who grow McCormick's iconic herbs and spices; • Champion equality for women and people of color through supplier diversity programs, educational programs and employee focused initiatives; • Reduce the company's environmental impact by lowering our carbon footprint, decreasing water use, reducing solid waste and developing sustainable packaging innovations.

This is part of an educational initiative to enable those working with new parents to sensitize them to the ease and practicality of using cloth diapers.

Kessler and UCSF had a long - running disagreement involving the amount of discretionary money available to him as dean for research and educational initiatives, faculty recruitment, renovations, and other uses.

The fund was used over seven years for a variety of educational initiatives in the district, including a universal - preschool project, scholarships, and library books.

In relation to this, Brandon Alcorn, project manager for global initiatives at Penn, notes that students are «using it as a job - training tool rather than an educational tool,» which clearly illustrates their dominant purpose.

Using educational research to promote professional learning is the focus of the «Hard to Reach, Hard to Teach» initiative.

This information can be used to identify starting points for action (for example, what students are ready to learn next), to monitor learning progress over time, and to evaluate the effectiveness of educational interventions and initiatives.

Through the Outreach strand, the larger focus of the initiative, researchers develop and support informative and interactive educational experiences which vary in length and time commitment involved as well as those that are designed to meet the needs of different audiences with the ISV network — those new to PZ ideas, those familiar with some PZ frameworks who want to extend their learning to other frameworks and tools, and those with a long history of using certain frameworks who want to deepen and push their practice in new ways.

The research findings will be used to develop educational outreach initiatives, distributed widely, to support other formal and informal learning institutions in their use of digital badges to support STEM learning.

The partnership is the latest initiative from Skype to reach its goal of connecting one million classrooms across the globe through Skype in the Classroom, a free online community that helps teachers use Skype to enrich educational experiences for students.

Some of these Brown trustees have even begun to take steps to eradicate the Court's Brown mandate, pushing instead for initiatives, like vouchers, which use public dollars to, at best, extend educational opportunities to a select few.

Investment in educational hardware and software, while «a major component in educational restructuring and reform initiatives,» has not been matched by coordinated efforts to train teachers to use the equipment effectively, a new report from the Southern Regional Education Board concludes.

It will sell those as needed to raise cash, which will then be used for educational initiatives.

These neighborhood initiatives use «wraparound» programs that take a holistic approach to improving the educational achievement of low - income students.

As with any educational initiative or strategy, the right Blended Learning model, used in conjunction with a digital curriculum, should deepen student understanding, critical thinking, and independent problem - solving capabilities as outlined in the Common Core and other standards documents.

While an educational component will be central to the mixed - use development, the design will also be anchored by mixed - income housing, workforce, and health and wellness initiatives.

IHEP leads the Postsecondary Data Collaborative, an initiative to advocate for the use of high - quality postsecondary data to promote student success and educational equity, evaluate and inform federal, state and institutional policies, and empower college choices.

Complex technology projects, such as the development of a statewide educational network to ensure Michigan students have access to the bandwidth needed to support classroom initiatives; expanded use of online learning for students and educators and delivery of online assessments; broad - based technology purchasing strategies; and a host of other capacity - building efforts have been positively impacted by Luke Wittum's leadership and involvement.

The authors define data use interventions as «initiatives, policies, programs, and tools designed to alter the ways that educational decision - makers access, draw on, interact with, and respond to data in their ongoing work.»

Using money provided under the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Ronan sent the principals of the elementary - initiative schools — along with teacher leaders — to the University of Virginia's educational leadership training program.

As we noted above, educational reform initiatives in the U.S. now center on using achievement tests to hold teachers, districts and students accountable for their performance and as the impetus for improving performance.

In other news, 14 states have launched #GoOpen initiatives to support school districts as they transition to using open educational resources (openly licensed materials that educators can share, reuse, and adapt), and 31 districts have committed to replacing at least one traditional textbook with an open educational resource within the next year.

Several points that I felt were imperative: 1) Everyone at the federal level knows that the current law is disliked and must change, 2) There is a recognized effort to make the language and details of the next ESEA reauthorization more user - friendly — all stakeholders of a school community should be able to understand the legislation and be vested in the success of schools, and 3) Legislators are seeking the right balance between formula funding and competitive grants — one area of consideration is the consolidation of educational programs or initiatives, which will allow federal monies to be used more effectively to help schools and children.

It happens whether the words are attached to a pet owner educational initiative or being used to sell cheap, low - brow pet gadgets made by the millions in China.

I will use some of your information for our educational initiative here in Williamstown, MA.

Bitland Ghana is an educational initiative based in Ghana that looks to help Settle Ghanian Land Disputes and Fight Corruption in development deals using blockchain technology.

The Farmers will fund back the project after a successful season and it will be used by the next group of farmers as an ongoing educational project — excellent initiative.

We help district leadership and local policymakers strategize, develop, and implement policy initiatives that use early learning as a foundation to create stronger educational continuums.

Using documentation of program activities, we will examine three ongoing teacher research inquiry projects around the topics of early literacy, classroom storytelling and story - acting, and dual language learning that promote effective teaching through professional educational initiatives that emphasize reading, writing, culture, child development, and research.

The plan includes an educational program for REALTORS ® on growth management issues, in - depth public opinion surveys, an enhanced land - use initiative program, and a specialty publication on land - use practices.

Sales Associate of the Year is based on a number of criteria, including years with the Century 21 system; years as a Centurion producer and Top 21 member; participation in real estate board activities and fundraising initiatives; conference attendance; use of company tools, systems, educational programs, and the referral network; quality service; and nominations from sales representatives and brokers.