Sentences with phrase «educational practice and policy»

By bringing together educational practice and policy, the BTLN aims to produce teachers that are «empowered to lead and informed to change» in a new era of teaching.

While academic achievement is the primary focus of today's educational practice and policy, that achievement is impacted by an individual student's personal circumstances — home environment, socio - economic background and social and emotional needs.

The current direction in educational practice and policy focuses overwhelmingly on academic achievement.

Educators in classrooms actively seek out evidence of student misunderstanding to address during the course of instruction; all educators actively seek out evidence of student needs to inform educational practice and policy.

The means is to create a strong research foundation for educational practice and policy — a foundation that is informed by input from educators and includes the roles of the brain and genetics in learning,» Fischer said.

This course, by contrast, addresses the ethical dimensions of educational practice and policy, with justice as our primary focus.

Tomorrow, I'll be unveiling the 2018 RHSU Edu - Scholar Public Influence Rankings, honoring the 200 university - based scholars who had the biggest influence on educational practice and policy last year.

Today we identify the university - based scholars in the U.S. who are doing the most to shape educational practice and policy.

Teaching and learning that honors, values, and applies the voices of students through the development of educational practices and policies.

Here, the lines between those at the top and those at the bottom are blurred, positioning teachers as engaging in higher levels of reflection and taking an inquiry stance in examining educational practices and policies.

Not exact matches

The Waldorf School of Baltimore does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, sexual orientation, or national or ethnic origin in the administration of its educational program, admission policies, financial aid policies, employment practices and other school - administered programs.

Students, parents, employees and the general public are hereby notified that it is the policy of the Cherokee County Board of Education to ensure non-discriminatory practices in educational programs or activities and in employment.

According to the bill, which is sponsored by Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan and Education Committee Chairman Carl Marcellino, the education inspector would provide «oversight, guidance, and technical assistance related to the educational and fiscal policies, practices, programs, and decisions of the city district, city board, chancellor, and mayor.»

Create and implement an educational campaign to inform tenants and landlords of their rights and responsibilities under the different housing laws and policies to curtail unjustified rent - destabilization and unethical practices that strain tenant - landlord relationships.

In addition to compiling head - to - head rankings, OECD collects data on educational policies and practices around the world, with topics ranging from how countries educate their poorest students to parental attitudes toward the importance of an education.

Among the primary goals of this group are gathering information that may inform a consensus on «best practice» policies, developing educational initiatives to disseminate these policies to postdoctoral scientists and institutions, and encouraging and facilitating their implementation.

Their roll - out into translational practice will not be free of complexity, however, as culture and values differ in terms of what defines benefit and risk, who will benefit and who is at risk, what methods must be in place to assure the maximum safety, comfort, and protection of subjects and patients, and educational and policy needs.

The DAAD supports the internationalisation of German universities, promotes German studies and the German language abroad, provide developing countries with best practices in establishing universities and advises decision makers in the area of cultural, educational and developmental policy.

This issue is at the heart of transformational teaching — finding ways to move effective educational practices and initiatives past the tipping point into the realm where teachers, administrators, and policy makers acknowledge their positive impact and agree on the need to integrate them into school systems.

«I have great appreciation for the work of this college defining global education research priorities for the improvement of the educational enterprise and bridging the worlds of education research, policy, and practice.

«Stephanie's high - profile research, which is influencing both practice and policy, is a great example of what we are trying to accomplish across HGSE — producing scholarship that directly translates into expanded and improved educational opportunities for all.

I believe that Harvard's comprehensive approach toward educational leadership affords a unique opportunity to integrate the most current scholarship and practices from education, business, and policy in order to develop as both an educational and an organizational leader.

The program combines the social sciences, sciences, arts, and humanities with deep expertise in educational research, policy, and practice.

Our doctoral programs draw emerging leaders in research, policy, and practice committed to improving educational opportunities in America and around the world.

My passion is educational policy and instructional practice in mathematics education.

The metrics, as explained here, recognize university - based scholars in the U.S. who are doing the most to influence educational policy and practice.

HGSE doctoral programs draw emerging leaders in research, policy, and practice committed to improving educational opportunities in America and around the world.

But Ravitch's book reveals that as necessary as these changes may be, revitalizing our schools ultimately depends more on restoring liberal education to its rightful place at the center of the American curriculum and breaking the grip of harmful progressive ideas (particularly the progressive antipathy to subject matter) on educational policy and practice.

HDP courses cover subjects as varied as language and literacy development, educational neuroscience, prevention science and practice, early childhood education policy, assessment, gender and relationships, moral and civic development, and development across cultures.

Although prevention science is not a new term and is widely used in social sciences and public health, it has only recently been introduced in educational practice, research, and policy.

The metrics, as explained yesterday, recognize those university - based scholars in the U.S. who are doing the most to influence educational policy and practice.

You'd imagine educational entities would mandate standards for their school «air - traffic controllers», in training, in software, in timetabling best practice — as published policy — and with organised conventions to bring school knowledge and industry together.

To do this, she utilized her own expertise in youth development and educational psychology, while building collaborations with colleagues with strong backgrounds in research, best practice, and policy on national levels.

Russ is correct to point out that about 37 % of the perseverance component of grit is heritable, but that does not establish that educational policy and practice are unable to alter the non-heritable factors that form grit and other character skills.

In other words, too many institutions, educational and otherwise, are — at their core — replete with policies and practices that induce and intensify feelings of humiliation.

Each issue includes such helpful features as public policy updates, educational issues, association news, discussion of ethical practices, and an editorial from a working professional in the field.

Schools would then have to justify their policies by proving to investigators that they were «necessary to meet an important educational goal» and that there was no «comparatively effective alternative policies or practices» that they could use instead.

Low - and high - poverty schools differ along many dimensions that likely influence what constitutes effective educational practice, including curriculum choice and implementation, instructional methods, personnel policies, and all the other day - to - day decisions that combine to create the educational environment.

The 2014 letter declares that «Studies have suggested a correlation between exclusionary discipline policies and practices and an array of serious educational, economic, and social problems, including school avoidance... decreased academic achievement... increased likelihood of dropping out; substance abuse; and involvement with juvenile justice systems.»

A few weeks ago, I argued that policy change is not the only path to education reform, floated five other approaches for improving educational practice, and promised to flesh them out in future posts.

«He has a keen interest in how diverse modes of academic research can benefit education practice and policy,» Faust added, «and how the concrete challenges facing educational leaders and policymakers, as well as teachers and students, can helpfully inform the scholarship and teaching we do here.

«I'm committed to helping the dean strengthen the ability of the school to produce leaders in educational practice, policy and research in an increasingly diverse nation and world.

It's both a sobering and exciting time to be working on these issues — inequalities continue to divide our nation and many others, while the potential for innovations in educational practice, policy and research to address these inequalities has never been greater.»

Preparing timely and accurate records of events may not always absolve governing boards of liability, but they can help to mitigate damages if they documents that staff did all that they reasonably could have to comply with board policies as well as sound educational and legal practice.

CSEDU 2015, the International Conference on Computer Supported Education, aims at becoming a yearly meeting place for presenting and discussing new educational environments, best practices and case studies on innovative technology - based learning strategies, institutional policies on computer supported education including open and distance education, using computers.

«The vast majority of research, policy, and practice pertaining to student aspirations has focused on understanding and supporting the educational and career aspirations of students in the last three years of secondary school... and yet we found that the aspirations of younger students were similar in many respects to those of older students,» the academics write.

«The current system is outmoded,» declares Paul Reville, Keppel professor of practice of educational policy and administration, who spoke at a September HGSE event.

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The National Center for Research in Policy and Practice studies how educational leaders — including school district supervisors and principals — use research when making decisions and what can be done to make research findings more useful and relevant for those leaders.

Publishing of MESHGuides, working with the toolkits, together with the partner online collaboration project MESHConnect provides a way for practitioners, teacher educators or policy makers to engage with educational research and pedagogic strategies in ways that are useful to their practice.