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Supporters say such programs would force schools to be competitive, fostering an environment that would create educational innovation as well as offer parents more choices when it comes to their children's education.

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While the 3D printing industry has become an increasingly crowded space, Moreno said he sees «huge opportunities on the educational side of 3D printing» especially as a tool to spur product innovation in schools.
«Many other steps could be taken to strengthen our economy over time, such as putting the federal budget on a sustainable path, reforming the tax code, improving our educational system, supporting technological innovation and expanding international trade,» he said.
Epicenter runs corporate innovation labs, provide fast growing digital companies flexible work space as well as knowledge and creativity through seminars and educational programs for companies and organizations that wish to learn more about digital opportunities and corporate innovation.
To further reinforce government plans to stay ahead as world leaders within the life sciences and healthcare sectors, Lab innovations offers a platform that is both educational and business driven for both visitors and exhibitors alike.
The Research Institute supports projects dealing with essential contemporary educational issues such as attention - related disorders, trends in adolescent development and innovations in the high school curriculum, learning expectations and assessment, computers in education, the role of art in education, and new ways to identify and address different learning styles.
Designed to foster collaboration and innovation while supporting efficient administration of educational programs, the net - zero energy facility will also serve as an educational model of energy - saving features and green - building sustainability.
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Empire State Development President, CEO & Commissioner Howard Zemsky said, «The industrial hemp initiative highlights one of the many ways New York State benefits from being home to world - class educational institutions as new academia - industry partnerships utilize the innovations from research and development, generating economic opportunities and more jobs for New Yorkers.»
Stewart - Cousins said she was hopeful that charter schools would serve as incubators for educational innovations and then share their success with public schools.
Like all Prime Ministers Wilson was not able to achieve all of the objectives that he set out to; but the themes that Wilson highlighted; expanding educational opportunity, lifelong learning and innovation - driven growth are just as crucial today.
The students after receiving the computer device described the innovation as a prompt action taken by state government in the right direction, saying the new development has helped to boost the educational system in the state.
The researchers found not only that the components and contents of school curricula have changed over the course of time, but also that educational reformism, which is generally regarded as the phase of major educational innovations in the first third of the twentieth century, did not have a strong influence on this development.
During the visit representatives of the foreign delegation together with SFedU students worked on a joint project of involvement of company personnel in innovation activities, participated in the seminar «Innovative regional development», as well as in the IV International scientific conference «Prospects for the development of language education in modern educational space», organized by the Department of foreign languages.
Gladwell's call to innovation and experimentation in our schools got me thinking about the idea of educational entrepreneurship and how supporting a spirit of adventure and risk within the boundaries of our public school system may allow us to realize more of the gains that we were hoping for rather than more of the same like the past two decades of tight control and, as Gladwell suggests, regimentation.
Through grants for research, innovation, communication, and evaluation, as well as policy education and leadership development, Lumina Foundation addresses issues that affect access and educational attainment among all students, particularly underserved student groups, including adult learners.
This paper identifies six changes in the structure and norms of educational research that would enhance the field's capacity to study emerging innovations such as lesson study.
As you can see, LA can come in handy for numerous purposes, and it is a sure positive educational innovation.
Edtech enthusiasts promote the benefits of innovations such as open educational resources (OER), learning management systems (LMS), and adaptive learning software.
Time magazine touted «the School of One» as one of the 50 top innovations of 2009 — the only educational innovation to be given that honor.
Republicans can support them as alternatives to the traditional district - run school, while Democrats may view them as centers for educational innovation.
More and more educational institutes as well as corporate organizations are adopting the virtual training sessions trend; sparking innovations in...
One suspects it may have been adversely affected, as so many educational innovations are, by the fact that the creative individuals who found and staff the schools are ready to move on after two or three years.
This project is based on public - private collaboration of the various actors involved in the incorporation of young people in innovation and technologies, such as: Research centers, companies, governments, families, and the educational system.
As with many educational innovations, technology for every student sometimes can seem to be just one more bandwagon that schools jump on in fear of being left behind.
The open source model has long been a path to innovation in the software sector and now we are seeing the same type of cutting - edge advancement being applied to the corporate educational model as well.
Hill's backing of New York City's iZone or ARPA - ED as the engine to fund this innovation doesn't make up for it — and ignores completely the start - ups and educational entrepreneurial energy already percolating in places like Silicon Valley.
It will provide a set of concrete goals that can inform state and local educational technology plans as well as inspire research, development, and innovation.
As Luton Sixth Form College demonstrates, with the right tools, educational institutions can ensure the time spent by the IT staff is on continual improvement and innovation, rather than crisis management.
Debbie French, education portfolio director at i2i Events Group, added: «The Bett Awards are recognised as a mark of excellence and each year some of the UK's finest companies are recognised for their innovation and commitment to excellence in educational resources and services.
Kiuru invited Massachusetts to join fellow high performers in Finland, Singapore, and the Canadian province of Alberta as leaders in a new global partnership for educational innovation.
* Fordham Industries makes no claims as to political feasibility, impact on educational freedom, immediate assistance to children in failing schools, parental rights, religious educational options, pedagogical diversity, educational innovation, public value conflicts, size of the tax burden, fairness to private school families, student achievement, or civic values.
Proponents see charter schools» freedom from regulation as a source of educational innovation, while also providing competition that may prompt innovation and improvement in the rest of the public school system.
The recessionary pressures that have forced school leaders to make painful program and personnel cuts may also have accelerated the quest for savings through innovation — and enhanced the allure of educational technology as a vehicle.
As the Times Picayune editorialized, «20 years after Louisiana's first charter school opened, you'd think the state's educational establishment would've accepted the independence and innovation charters represent.
Charter schools generally have enjoyed some bipartisan support as a way to experiment with educational innovations.
IEL is partnering with FWI to implement a strategy for using MITM and the Seven Essential Skills (a research - based approach to improving children's Life Skills and success) as a focal point for building bridges between early childhood systems and schools while promoting educational innovation in community schools.
The report by the nonprofit Grantmakers for Education, issued last week, also notes a growing interest in collaboration among funders, as well as increased attention to fueling educational innovations and providing dollars to support advocacy and public - policy work.
Charter schools were initially hailed as sources of educational innovation and as facilitators -LSB-...]
The Daniels Fund honors his vision through its support of K - 12 educational reform initiatives such as charter schools, portable vouchers for tuition assistance, and significant innovations that challenge the status quo.
Fellows will also be required to develop an Independent Learning Project (ILP) / Portfolio based on fellowship experience and directly relating to innovations in new methods of instruction, integration of educational technology and its applications, charter school management and its operations, leadership and staff development, and other project options as determined by cohort leadership.
Ann Flynn, NSBA's director of education innovation, notes that as education budgets have tightened, educational service agencies in several states have added technology services to the slate of operational and instructional services they offer their districts and schools.
Here's five social innovation links we are clicking on today: Educators 4 Excellence: Creative Core: How the Common Core supports the arts and where growth is needed «As Governor Cuomo's educational plans are hotly debated by teachers across New York, in many ways the heart of the conversation is the role of the Common Core standards in our educational future.
As the locus of educational research, how can universities help inform teachers about innovations in educational research applicable to practice?
This mixed - methods study examined 38 teachers in a science educational gaming professional development program that provided baseline characteristics about personal technology use and post professional development workshop experiences to ascertain characteristics that align with diffusion of innovation theory and educational game development as a new innovation in current pedagogical practices.
An emphasis is placed on using innovation and new technology, as this will further support an in - depth analysis of children's educational necessities and effective learning methods.
For one thing, schools see the eruption of technologies and environments that allow for personalized learning as a «disruptive innovation,» according to Scott McLeod, associate professor of educational leadership at the University of Kentucky (Richardson, 2009).
Secretary DeVos is right when she says that American state schools appear to have grown accustomed to being in receive mode, waiting for orders from on high as to what they are to do next; while independent schools continue to enjoy their autonomy and capacity for innovation, which was once a rationale for the charter sector as well, but that sector has lost its vitality since philanthropists suborned leading educational entrepreneurs into specializing in test prep, so impatient did they become to see the effects of their spending reflected in national test score reports, an improvement that has not been forthcoming.
The inquiry comes as charter schools, once celebrated as laboratories of urban educational achievement and innovation, increasingly face a backlash from teachers» unions and political figures ranging from the mayor of New York City to a third - party candidate for governor of Connecticut.
If coaches approach teachers collaboratively and with set relationship parameters, present technological changes as support for existing lessons, and use their position and skills to advocate for teachers» needs, they can establish themselves as a strong resource for educational innovation.
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