Sentences with phrase «educational points in»

Of these 911 programs, 225 increased their YoungStar educational points in 2014, and 98 of those programs also increased in star level.

Not exact matches

Applicants can point to several kinds of experiences to demonstrate the above, including denial of equal access to institutions of higher education; exclusion from social and professional associations; denial of educational honors; social pressures that discouraged the individual from pursuing education; and discrimination in efforts to secure employment or secure professional advancement.

You might think that they put in many years studying the field or obtaining higher educational degrees to get to that point, but that's not always true.

Ken Ham is a rock star in the creationist community who is quick to point out his own educational credentials and those of other scientists who support creationist views.

He points to the inadequacies in educational methods that focus on intellectual analysis and acquiring «formularized information»; he believes that educators who use these methods, «neglect to strengthen habits of concrete appreciation of the individual facts in their full interplay of emergent values» (SMW 198).

What has been offered above in terms of dominant themes in modern educational theory is not intended to be comprehensive and complete, but to point to some very important work that is evidenced in the educational, philosophical and theological literature.

If some children are neglected in our society they are — as educational theorist Henry Giroux points out — being closely targeted by at least one segment of society: corporate marketing.

In most cases they have overcome both political fragmentation and government overload by replacing their old governmental bureaucracies with an innovative and effective form of governance: coalitions (composed of business, government, nonprofits, universities, neighborhood and minority associations, and religious groups) that develop a cooperative agenda to improve the city and that assume many of the city government's traditional functions (economic development, long - term planning, educational reform, even care of the homeless), and that also operate like political parties of yore (providing the point of access for new groups and a public realm for discourse, debate, and negotiation concerning matters of the common good).

In his study of three educational philosophers, Dewey, Russell, Whitehead, (Southern Illinois University Press, 1986) Brian Hendley pointed out that Whitehead's approach to educational reform was different from that of the other two thinkers he treated.

She also points to the revolutionary educational possibilities: «Other applications involve things in the classroom, where students are able to not just see a picture of Niagara Falls or some alien world like Venus — we have maps from our various spacecrafts of Mars and Venus that would allow students not just to hear about far - off places, but will allow them to scroll around the world at will.»

By this point in its career, paideia had come to have four aspects that continue to mark it thereafter, despite changes in other respects.11 These aspects are largely the legacy of Plato's proposed reform of Athens» traditional educational practices.

But as Postman has pointed out, in a culture thoroughly conditioned by electronic media, the main problems for imaginatively imparting information in educational institutions are radically different from what Whitehead had in mind or probably could have suspected.

One might also point to the secularization of contemporary society, which itself has many facets: the separation of political and educational institutions from the church, the autonomy of the intellectual disciplines, the dominance of this - worldly over otherworldly interests, the confidence in man's ability to control his own destiny without divine assistance.

Informed opinion, however, agrees with Gunnar Myrdal in An American Dilemma that there is a vicious circle at this point.8 Denied the cultural, educational, and economic advantages held by others, underprivileged groups tend to remain in this status, as in America the restriction of Negroes to unskilled labor and meager educational facilities has prevented their advancement to positions of leadership comparable with the more privileged.

In this final segment of the Charleston, South Carolina Travel series, we are headed to Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum for an exciting and educational day.

As part of the greater Extraordinary Italian Taste campaign — a promotional and educational project conceived by the Italian Ministry of Economic Development, in collaboration with Assocamerestero — this event points the spotlight on «the queen of the Italian table»!

Our hope is that these educational experiences will be helpful in exploring whether becoming an MBCP Instructor is indeed the path for you at this point in time.

Maybe if you approach the subject in a different manner people would actually be able to look at your points in an educational view rather than attacking one type of parenting style and making them feel bad in their beliefs.

We'll seriously consider it when our daughter gets to that point in her educational career, but I'd like her to also think about a gap year since she'll be 17 when she graduates from high school.

Instead of letting her watch TV for a full three hours in a row, I made up a game in an empty bathtub that involved sticking and letters — winning educational points right there.

The facility will feature outdoor exhibit stations as well as indoor educational space that includes classrooms, a river aquarium, an interactive wall map of the DuPage River watershed and a focal point cistern where roof water is recycled for use in the nature center's restrooms.

Furthermore, as others have pointed out it's more difficult to verify that 529 funds are used for educational expenses in a homeschooling setting than in a private school setting (since the private school charges tuition).

«Imagine, for example, tailored advertisements created for individual «swing voters» (selected automatically through profiling), pointing out a party's positive steps in the policy areas that are most likely to interest them (also selected automatically), omitting those areas where party policy doesn't fit, and couching it in a language appropriate to the individual's ethnic, educational, cultural and linguistic background, illustrated with a few appropriate news TV clips, and playing background music exactly to the individual's taste and voiced over by an actor that profiling reveals that individual likes?

As an example we can take the exit polls from the 2012 presidential race, we see that while Obama won in most of the educational categories (look at the NYTimes) he did win by significantly higher margins in the postgraduate part of the population (+13 percentage points), lost college graduates by 4 %, and won people with some college by 1 %.

Looking at the key from a point of view of the home and the role it plays, one will then appreciate our statement about reading as the key to learning in every educational setting.

In a letter to Schools Chancellor Joel Klein, Community Board 2 has called on the Department of Education to approve plans for Hunts Point High School for Sustainable Community Initiatives, a school to prepare students for green jobs, saying the school «is capable of changing the landscape and mindset of the area and making Hunts Point a preeminent educational and vocational destination of choice.»

Representatives of statewide school organizations pointed, in particular, to the governor's recent appointment of a former Westchester school superintendent, Jere Hochman, as his chief adviser on educational issues.

The Bloomberg administration has always made a point of stressing the crucial role of data in shaping its educational policy.

Being reclassified is a key turning point in a student's educational trajectory, said Mavrogordato.

Male applicants with high grade point averages were twice as likely to be contacted by employers as women with the same grades and comparable experience and educational background in a study from The Ohio State University.

In this rough - draft article, she argues that the scientific labor market is broken, that the U.S. educational system actually produces too many qualified researchers for too few positions, and that a perverse funding structure perpetuates the problem, among other points.

After controlling for demographic characteristics and educational background, fellowships were associated with a 2.5 percentage point increase in the probability of R01 award (P <.001), traineeships with an increased award probability of 2.2 percentage points (P <.001), and career development awards with an increased award probability of 4.8 percentage points (P <.001) relative to R01 applicants who had no previous participation in these NIH training programs.

As Clifford Houston, UTMB's associate vice president for educational outreach, points out, «The whole idea is to bring in students who have been ignored or disadvantaged.»

Other researchers point to the model of Finland, where educational theories, research methodologies and practice are all important parts of teacher education, according to Pasi Sahlberg, who in 2011 wrote Finnish Lessons, an account of how the country rebuilt its education system and rose to the top of international math and literacy rankings.

In a landmark paper, «Twenty Terrible Reasons for Lecturing,» he points to «overwhelming» evidence that lectures are an ineffective way for universities to achieve the educational objectives they set.

Hi there, this weekend is nice in favor of me, since this point in time i am reading this fantastic educational piece of writing here at my home.

The answer is quite simple, people of the same origin, family / educational background, religion or political points of view can meet in one place and spend a time in the most comfortable for them environment.

The film opens with the faux - educational film «How to Take a Bath,» in which a creepy old man instructs viewers on the finer points of bathing while we see people putting his theories into practice.

This film takes the instructional as its starting point; it comprises 32 distinct instructional lessons (including classes for expectant parents and educational role plays) filmed by Farocki in the style of a fly - on - the - wall documentary.

Best Visual Gag: The pro-meat educational film's «Food Chain,» in which all animals (poodles, bats, monkeys, slugs) point directly to a human.

I believe we are starting to reach an important tipping point: where educational technology in the classroom can actually start saving a teacher time, rather than adding to their workload.

So, our one big educational bragging point in recent years may be due to admirable efforts... or bureaucrats blatantly manipulating the numbers.

There are plenty of evidence - based recommendations for how to quickly optimize student achievement in low - performing schools, but an entry point for a broader, deeper systems change at RHS was to redesign its educational system and adopt blended learning.

In our research, we've long pointed out that merely cramming computers in schools or simply handing them out to students won't produce the educational gains well - intentioned people desire when they start with technologIn our research, we've long pointed out that merely cramming computers in schools or simply handing them out to students won't produce the educational gains well - intentioned people desire when they start with technologin schools or simply handing them out to students won't produce the educational gains well - intentioned people desire when they start with technology.

With all of the evidence pointing toward the effectiveness of game - based learning, one could reasonably ask why educational and board games are still used so sparingly in American math classrooms.

Both the campaign and ongoing communication will continue to acknowledge the efforts of all involved in the education of children, while demonstrating MTA's unique points of difference, including 220 - local staff, in - house customer service team and the largest educational resource field force — who visit schools and early childhood centres across Australia and New Zealand every day.

If you are looking for sites that provide educational resources in language arts, science, social studies, math, or physical education, this site is a good starting point.

«Students at HGSE are accomplished people with good writing skills,» she says pointing out that there are specific types of writing assignments common to HGSE courses, and as an educator it is important to express educational theory and issues in a very clear way.

Honan encourages school administrators on the receiving end of grants to be cognizant that foundations often bring «different focal points of interest, assumptions, and ways of working» to an educational enterprise than they may have experienced in interactions with state or local policymakers.

In a strongly worded letter sent this month to chief state school officers, legislators, state board of education members, representatives of the National Education Association, and publishers nationwide, the Florida leaders point to the «pervasive» influence of textbooks and other classroom materials on the educational process and say that their state's school - improvement efforts «have been impeded repeatedly by the declining...