Sentences with phrase «explores national challenges»

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Kids explore the globe with GeoBee Challenge, a MOBI Award finalist app from National Geographic.

The work is supported by a $ 1 million grant from the National Science Foundation and will be led by Brown's Humanity - Centered Robotics Initiative (HCRI), a group of computer and social science researchers who explore the societal opportunities and challenges presented by robotics.

A conference to explore the challenges individual institutions and national higher education systems are facing in a global environment, in response to the pressures of an emerging knowledge...

-1-Dating In the Workplace: Avoiding A Harassment Claim From A Relationship Gone Sour By Karen Sutherland Karen Sutherland is the Chair of Ogden Murphy National newsmagazine committed to enhancing the entire social work profession by exploring its difficult issues, new challenges, and current successes.

NPR spends time with Great Smoky Mountains National Park workers to explore the work the park service does and the challenges it faces.

The series will explore where politics and policy meet real people's lives — in a city generating change and innovation in social policy, education, and public safety — to meet national and local challenges.

The 24 middle and high school winners of the 2016 STEM Challenge and Nat Geo Explore Prize were honored at an awards ceremony at National Geographic in Washington, DC on November 14, 2016, with top original video games and game design concepts selected in 18 categories from nearly 3,000 entries.

The LEGO ® MINDSTORMS ® Education EV3 helps teachers tackle assessment needs and aligns with key skills reflected in national standards, which challenge students to explore real life themes and challenges.

During National School Choice Week, I encourage parents to explore innovative educational alternatives, and I challenge students to dream big and work hard for the futures they deserve.

Working with the Diocese of Coventry and the National Society, EdisonLearning have explored this challenge in depth to develop the Features of Highly Effective Church Schools, the foundation of a distinctive school improvement programme for church schools.

To generate interest in the Design Challenge, The Mind Trust will host a national innovation symposium in Indianapolis in April 2016 to explore new school models.

The Social Studies Assessment, Curriculum, and Instruction (SSACI) State Collaborative on Assessment and Student Standards (SCASS) harnesses the collective wisdom of state leaders and national experts to explore opportunities and address challenges within the field of social studies.

ExcelinEd Policy, Pilots and the Path to Competency - Based Education: A National Landscape This report, published together with EducationCounsel, offers a survey of current state laws and policies on competency - based education in K - 12 systems and explores the potential challenges they may pose for states implementing this innovative learning model.

This resource, which draws upon national, state, and local research and data, provides snapshots of the education and workforce outcomes of these populations and explores the challenges they face.

Our participation in the National STEM Video Game Challenge allows us to help kids create and explore through their inspiring game designs, and reemphasizes our commitment to education,» said Kathleen Schwille, vice president of curriculum at the National Geographic Society.

Raising the Bar: Why Public Charter Schools Must Become Even More Innovative, was a joint effort between The Mind Trust and Public Impact, a national education policy and management consulting organization based in North Carolina that explores these challenges.

Just in time to celebrate National Poetry Month, we're exploring three new collections that address the joys and challenges of contemporary existence with compassion, wit and linguistic ingenuity.

At age sixteen, Sara Shandler read Mary Pipher's Reviving Ophelia, the national bestseller that candidly explored the unique issues that challenge girls in their struggle toward womanhood.

The present work critically explores how the pan-Asian phenomenon of Confucianism offers alternative values and depths of ethical commitment that cross national and cultural boundaries to provide a new response to these challenges.

For something more challenging, you can drive 178 kilometres north west of the town to explore the spectacular scenery and wildlife of the Peak National Park.

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The exhibition will explore the artists» commentary on and challenge of social values, expectations, and conventions that are a part of everyday life — raising questions about national and global issues including gender - specific violence and sociopolitical conflict.

In the same month, Imperial War Museum London explores the challenges of Fashion on the Ration during the Second World War, while photographs, magazine covers and film stills celebrate style icon Audrey Hepburn at National Portrait Gallery from July.

Writing in his foreword to the catalogue of the new exhibition, «Artist and Empire», Nicholas Serota — who has been in charge of the Tate group of museums since 1988 — admits that the show is overdue, but says Tate Britain has a unique mission to take on this project, as an institution «where national identity is explored and challenged».

Another series, Redefining the Power, uses performance, photography and video to explore postcolonial identity and challenge the formation of a national consciousness.

Arranged in three sections — Landscape and Identity, The Avant - Garde Explosion, and Breaking Boundaries: Post 1960s Diversity & Dystopia — the show will explore the modern colonial history of Latin America; the importance of landscape painting in the formation of distinctive national identities; the influence of Symbolism, the Latin American role in the formation of an international style; the variety of Latin American avant - gardes including Surrealism and hard - edged Abstraction; modern depictions of indigenous peoples and customs; progress and modernity in the age of the metropolis; and transgressive challenges to prevailing artistic idioms.

He will also doubtless be keeping a watchful eye on the National Gallery's Picasso: Challenging the Past (www.nationalgallery.org.uk, 25 February to 9 June) which explores the Spaniard's own career as a copyist.

It explores how guarantees can respond to those challenges and highlights the crucial role national development banks can play in structuring and funding credit - guarantee schemes for their domestic markets.

Key Findings From a 2009 National Parent Survey: Implications for Infant - Toddler Public Policy (PDF - 42 KB) ZERO TO THREE (2010) Explores issues and challenges that parents of young children confront today, where gaps in knowledge of early development exist, what sources of information and support these parents turn to, and what factors influence their approach to parenting.

Join Kyle Snow, Director of the Center for Applied Research at the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) in this webinar to explore the challenges and ideas about how to reconcile DAP with these demands.