Sentences with phrase «educations at good schools»

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His questioning of the presumed superiority of prestigious schools — students may fare better at less - elite institutions where their self - esteem takes less of a beating — adds a provocative wrinkle to the hot debate over education.

Whitehead, meanwhile, holds a chair in physics and astronomy at the University of British Columbia as well as working in the school's Education Innovation department.

«Among the characteristics needed to join the elite group are stable macroeconomic policies,» says Kate Phylaktis, director of the Emerging Markets Group at Cass Business School, City University of London, adding «prudent fiscal policy, low inflation and a stable currency, political stability, good - quality institutions, good infrastructure (especially transport) and above all, education.»

Name: Kelly Blackett Title: Executive Vice President, Human Resources and Corporate Communications Areas of responsibility: Human resources, learning and development, corporate communications Years with CWB Financial Group: 3 Career history: 17 years with General Electric in Canada holding a series of progressively responsible human resources leadership roles at GE Capital and GE Corporate, supporting businesses within Canada as well as globally Education: Bachelor of Commerce with Distinction from the University of Alberta Community involvement: Sits on the Board of Trustees for the Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation, member of the MacEwan Business School Advisory Board, and past mentor with MORE, a program providing cross-business mentorship to female leaders in Edmonton's business community

You can use the money for qualified higher - education expenses, including tuition at a college, university, trade school, or vocational school, as well as room and board, fees, books, supplies, equipment, computer hardware and software, and internet access and related services.

When I ask Carter to describe the kind of young person who commits violent crime, he says there are some recurring themes: «The common factors will be a broken family at home, someone who isn't fully engaged in their education — absenteeism from school and truancy — and domestic abuse is a key factor as well.

In this regard, several external groups such as the Challenge Team and the Ten - ten Theatre Company offer useful services to schools, while some good supporting materials are available - the primary school «This is My Body» scheme and Education for Life aimed at secondary schools spring to mind.

George Peabody College was a normal school in Nashville that would very likely come into a million dollars with the dissolution of the Peabody Trust, and Kirkland was working energetically to persuade its trustees to move their college across Nashville next to Vanderbilt, thereby making a well - funded school of education available to the university at no cost to itself.

The ministers, at least, were well schooled in theology as a central part of their education.

Mary Somerville, overcoming, as her daughter says, «obstacles apparently insurmountable, at a time when women were well - nigh totally debarred from education»; Charlotte Bronte, writing in secret and publishing under a pseudonym because only so could she hope for just criticism; Harriet Hunt, admitted to the Harvard Medical School in 1850 but forced out by the enraged students; Elizabeth Blackwell, applying to twelve medical schools before she could secure admission, and meeting with insult and contumely in her endeavor to study and practice medicine; Mary Lyon, treated as a wild fanatic because she wanted American girls to be educated — such figures are typical in woman's struggle for intellectual opportunity.

After the founding of the Republic, in response to the progressive demands of the period, several new style schools were founded for religious education, of which the three best were the Cheng. - tai Normal School at Peking, the Islam Normal School at Shanghai, and the Ming - teh High School at Kunming.

He was put into it early in his schooling and in further education at college or university, with the result that all else has nothing to do with the real world or at best is of marginal value.

A bigger problem is a lack of seekers: athough there are many good Catholic teachers in our schools who are deeply committed and highly motivated, many teachers of Religious Education in Catholic schools are either non-practising Catholics or are not Catholic at all.

At Southern the smaller schools of religious education and church music probably offer closer - knit community experience and potentially put a whole educational experience together better than the larger school of theology.

He criticized the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. the Board of Education, and in 1956, at the invitation of the governor, he addressed a joint session of South Carolina's legislature to support the concept of separate but equal for churches as well as for the public schools of the land.

During the day I'm a special education teacher in an elementary school working with students who have disabilities as well as at risk regular education students.

Marcus Davenport showed up at the University of Texas at San Antonio — which played its first game in 2011 — weighing less than 200 pounds, having switched positions late in high school and viewing football as a means to a good education rather than a potential lifelong pursuit.

After she graduates from MSU this year, however, she plans to teach physical education at Everett High School in Lansing, and she is grimly determined to have the best girls» gymnastics team in the U.S. «Boy oh boy!

Offering bilingual education in German and English at three locations in the San Francisco Bay Area, the German International School of Silicon Valley (GISSV) academically, culturally and linguistically combines the best of both worlds: Germany's traditions, know - how and cultural roots with America's drive and ambition.

Our schools send teams of educators, parents, and students to our annual fall conference at Stanford University where they hear the latest research on best practices in education and learn from each other how to create effective school reform.

But a recent study by Joseph Allen, a psychology professor at the University of Virginia, and Robert C. Pianta, the dean of the education school there, demonstrates that when teachers are trained in how to create a better environment in the classroom, that can have a measurable effect on student performance.

The good news is that football and soccer coaches at public high schools in Washington State nearly all reported completing the required concussion education annually, concussion knowledge among coaches was high, and nearly all reported being somewhat comfortable or very comfortable in deciding whether an athlete needed an additional evaluation for a suspected concussion.

Go to our website and choose one of theSample Best Practices that is not being followed at your child's school and call the school to set up a discussion or parent education night.

The school offers a high quality education at a more affordable price than comparable Princeton private schools, as well as generous tuition assistance to qualified applicants.

We need caring dads and other men who are involved at school and at home to help kids recognize that a good education is often a major factor in propelling them to long - term success in life.

She has homeschooled her own children as well as others, was a founder of a private Waldorf School (Sanderling School in Carlsbad, CA) and now strives through the Charter movement to bring Waldorf education to all children at Journey School where she has worked for the past 14 years.

The TEACHINGS article by Jeff Lough will look at special education best practices in Public Waldorf schools.

Julie Chiaverini is a Lecturer in the School of Education at University of California at Irvine, as well as an Independent Literacy Curriculum & Instruction Consultant at local elementary schools in Orange County.

Working part time at their school is a wonderful opportunity for her to take part in their school lives as well as to stay connected to education.

Specifically, for fathers, higher expectations about their children's educational level, and greater level / frequency of interest and direct involvement in children's learning, education and schools, are associated strongly with better educational outcomes for their children, including: • better exam / test / class results • higher level of educational qualification • greater progress at school • better attitudes towards school (e.g. enjoyment) • higher educational expectations • better behaviour at school (e.g. reduced risk of suspension or expulsion)(for discussion / review of all this research, see Goldman, 2005).

So far at least, the data, says Dawn Comstock, PhD, an associate professor of Epidemiology for the Pediatric Injury Prevention, Education, and Research (PIPER) program at the Colorado School of Public Health, MomsTeam Institute Board of Advisor and a co-author of a 2014 study on injuries in high school lacrosse [5], «is quite clear - boys most commonly sustain concussions (nearly 75 %) from athlete - athlete contact, the kind of mechanism we all know helmets don't always do a great job preventing - while girls most commonly sustain concussions (nearly 64 %) from being struck by the ball or the stick, the kind of mechanism that helmets are actually quite good at preveSchool of Public Health, MomsTeam Institute Board of Advisor and a co-author of a 2014 study on injuries in high school lacrosse [5], «is quite clear - boys most commonly sustain concussions (nearly 75 %) from athlete - athlete contact, the kind of mechanism we all know helmets don't always do a great job preventing - while girls most commonly sustain concussions (nearly 64 %) from being struck by the ball or the stick, the kind of mechanism that helmets are actually quite good at preveschool lacrosse [5], «is quite clear - boys most commonly sustain concussions (nearly 75 %) from athlete - athlete contact, the kind of mechanism we all know helmets don't always do a great job preventing - while girls most commonly sustain concussions (nearly 64 %) from being struck by the ball or the stick, the kind of mechanism that helmets are actually quite good at preventing.

«Because the teacher sees your child in a variety of situations at school and can compare your child's progress to that of other children, she's in a good position to notice any potential problems,» says Eve Stabinsky - Ackert, an early childhood education specialist in Monroe, Conn..

The best schools do a brilliant job of weaving food education — cooking, growing vegetables, even modest efforts at animal husbandry — into school life and the curriculum.

On Thursday, stakeholders will gather at the Council for Leaders in Alabama Schools in Montgomery; representatives from twelve school districts will be in attendance, as well as representatives from the Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom, the Alabama Food Bank Association, Alabama Department of Education, Alabama Education Association, and Alabama School Nutrition Associschool districts will be in attendance, as well as representatives from the Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom, the Alabama Food Bank Association, Alabama Department of Education, Alabama Education Association, and Alabama School Nutrition AssociSchool Nutrition Association.

The rise of flexi - schooling (Guardian, UK, 05-12-11)-- for some, the best of both worlds is to combine home education with some group activities at a local school.

for some, the best of both worlds is to combine home education with some group activities at a local school.

If you are living away from your home culture, you may want to teach your children at home while you settle in and visit the local schools, or you might decide that it's a good opportunity to try out home education long - term.

The balanced middle school program at Corvallis Waldorf School fosters confident students well - prepared for the challenges of high school, through academics, the arts, outdoor education, research projects and extra-curricular activschool program at Corvallis Waldorf School fosters confident students well - prepared for the challenges of high school, through academics, the arts, outdoor education, research projects and extra-curricular activSchool fosters confident students well - prepared for the challenges of high school, through academics, the arts, outdoor education, research projects and extra-curricular activschool, through academics, the arts, outdoor education, research projects and extra-curricular activities.

The competencies needed for a successful, purposeful, and joyful life in the 21st century are best cultivated through an education that fully meets and engages the developmental needs of children, which are fundamentally different in early childhood, elementary school, middle school, and high school — in other words, «the right thing at the right time.»

Families best served at SWS are those whose values are compatible with the culture of the school as an educational community, who share SWS's educational goals, and who seek the unique character of Waldorf Education for their children.

She didn't question the fact that the increased emphasis on writing and thinking — all stressful activities — at my alma mater, Hillsdale High in San Mateo, Calif., is a good thing, after I noted many of the changes were made by Stanford education school graduates.

Harris Cooper, a well - known homework researcher, who is a professor of education and psychology at Duke University, says that no more than two hours of homework a night should be assigned to students in high school.

«At the Graduate School of Education, our mission is to create the opportunity and means for all people to learn and teach well.

The park was used by the special education students at Berkley School as well as the community.

Challenge Success at the Stanford Graduate School of Education reviewed over 20 research studies on the Advanced Placement Program as well as examined its own research on the subject with schools and students.

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other issues such as education and vaccination decisions had to be made, and, while at first the young couple followed the norm and the first two of their children started out in public school and fully vaccinated, it just didn't sit well with the parenting style they'd developed.

A collection of articles on education safety issues, including school safety issues that show up at different levels of education, peer pressure and bullying, online safety, school bus safety, and school violence, as well as stranger danger.

Madeline Levine, Ph.D., a psychologist, consultant, educator and co-founder of Challenge Success at the Stanford School of Education, and author of Teach Your Children Well: Parenting for Authentic Success.

You might live in a health - conscious, progressive city and / or your children might attend a school (public or private) in which the parent community is well educated about nutrition — or at least open to nutrition education.