Sentences with phrase «focus of her academic work»

The focus of academic work has been on equity markets, where momentum is most commonly embodied as a cross-sectional effect, and is used to predict relative, rather than absolute, returns of stocks [2, 3].

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Much of the academic work on agency theory in the decades since has focused on ensuring that managers seek to maximize shareholder returns — primarily by aligning their interests with those of shareholders.

The TTP (Technical Transfer Partners) is a Micro Focus - sponsored community of technical implementers who work in computing services for academic sites around the world.

i His writing and his work with Impact Investing draws on broad experience as an artist, bio-dynamic farmer, Waldorf teacher and co-founder of three social enterprises: 1) From 28 - 34 a farm based campus for young people who wanted a college experience without intellectual academics; 2) from 43 - 46 a biological healthcare company and 3) from 46 - present a workflow technology firm focused on personalizing healthcare.

In this work, Marion, who divides his academic year between the University of Chicago and the Sorbonne, focuses primarily on the Confessions, though he reads it in the light of the entire Augustinian corpus.

He was ordained a priest in 1959 in Communist - controlled Poland, and after a period working in a parish, returned to academic studies in the Catholic University of Lublin, where his research focussed on general relativity and cosmology.

«Students who completed more hours of homework per night were at greater risk for these negative outcomes; they were also more likely to drop activities or hobbies they enjoyed in order to focus on their academic work.»

Inspired by the 1980s solidarity movement in Poland and the more recent Orange Revolution in Ukraine, Ms. Onuch's academic work focuses on «Revolutionary Moments and Revolutionary Movements», the title of her dissertation which inspired her and her father to host a 2009 exhibition and symposium in Kiev, aptly called «Revolutionary Moments».

Ruth Müller, a postdoctoral research fellow at the Research Policy Institute at Lund University in Sweden, who focused her Ph.D. on studying how the academic landscape influences the working practices of postdocs in the life sciences, notes that while the study acknowledges the diversity of the European system, it uses just one European country — Germany — in its quantitative survey.

Previous social science research has focused on the views of academic scientists and those working at elite universities while studies of religous views of science have focused primarily on the issue of evolution, said Ecklund.

The «Research Funding» working group focused on defining a sustainable funding level and aligning the academic community with industry and patient advocacy groups in support of increased and stable funding.

As a scholar of science and technology studies (a social science field that aims to understand the social processes of knowledge production), I focused the 4 years of my Ph.D. on studying how the academic landscape in which today's postdoctoral life scientists develop their careers influences their working practices.

According to Dawna Levenson, associate director for academic programs, MIT's program was originally intended to help women re-enter the work force after child - rearing, but the focus of the program has become broader.

Yet in the culture of academic science, there is a widespread belief that an excessive focus on safety can work against the goal of discovery.

The manager asked questions focused on René's ability to crank out good work under pressure, and René kept going back to the intricacies of the science involved, at a pace that sounded far too academic.

When, in the last year of his Ph.D., Thales decided to build a prototype based on his experiments, Schwartz moved over to his academic lab to work on a related but more fundamental project focused on the use of atoms — instead of photons — to detect movement.

His work focused on drug company payments to a psychiatrist at the University of Cincinnati, another at Stanford University, and Charles Nemeroff, then with Emory University — causing much chaos and agitation among researchers — and changes in numerous academic conflict - of - interest policies.

By providing student - focused services to students in treatment throughout McLean Hospital, the College Mental Health Program is prepared to work closely with students and with institutions of higher education to support both mental health and academic goals.

At past symposia, FoR worked to highlight some of the problems facing postdocs and graduate students, and started to define solutions but this year, together with Academics for the Future of Science and the MIT Graduate Student Council, we shift our focus toward advocacy and action with sessions specifically chosen to better define productive routes for advocacy efforts and help participants develop the efficacy of their advocacy skills.

Whether students plan to do research at universities or work in the private sector or public institutions, Mobilities & Urban Studies at Aalborg University offers a leading and international oriented academic education focused on mobilities - one of few in fact.

FOCUS on Health & Leadership for Women (FOCUS) has been an active program at the Perelman School since the 1990s, working to support the advancement and leadership of women in academic medicine and to promote education and research in women's health and women's careers.

Quanterix has a strategic focus in neurology and neurodegeneration and is working with a rapidly growing network of academic researchers and pharmaceutical and biotech partners to drive advancements in head health research.

The focus of his academic research included a cultural exploration of sustainable agriculture practices, and work with native peoples in the Hawaiian sovereignty movement.

A human investment strategy for education would have an explicit strategic focus: to increase access of all students, particularly low - income, minority students, to high - level academic work, and to invest in the human capital infrastructure for schools that will promote this access.

Harvard Graduate School of Education will work with the Strategic Education Research Partnership and other partners to complete a program of work designed to a) investigate the predictors of reading comprehension in 4th - 8th grade students, in particular the role of skills at perspective - taking, complex reasoning, and academic language in predicting deep comprehension outcomes, b) track developmental trajectories across the middle grades in perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension, c) develop and evaluate curricular and pedagogical approaches designed to promote deep comprehension in the content areas in 4th - 8th grades, and d) develop and evaluate an intervention program designed for 6th - 8th grade students reading at 3rd - 4th grade level.The HGSE team will take responsibility, in collaboration with colleagues at other institutions, for the following components of the proposed work: Instrument development: Pilot data collection using interviews and candidate assessment items, collaboration with DiscoTest colleagues to develop coding of the pilot data so as to produce well - justified learning sequences for perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension.Curricular development: HGSE investigators Fischer, Selman, Snow, and Uccelli will contribute to the development of a discussion - based curriculum for 4th - 5th graders, and to the expansion of an existing discussion - based curriculum for 6th - 8th graders, with a particular focus on science content (Fischer), social studies content (Selman), and academic language skills (Snow & Uccelli).

The Center will be housed at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and will draw on intellectual resources from across the university, working with faculty who focus on gender from a broad range of academic perspectives.

While there is more emphasis on academics at all grade levels today and evidence that the middle school burden can be overcome (Williams and colleagues showed in a major 2010 study, called «Gaining Ground in the Middle Grades: Why Some Schools Do Better,» that an intense focus on academics can work), it is odd that Walcott would favor reforming middle schools instead of doing what the research suggests is better and easier — creating smaller, «elemiddle» (K — 8) schools — and what the trends are showing is happening all over the country — as David Hough, managing editor of the Middle Grades Research Journal, told me, «the trend is definitely away from stand - alone middle schools.»

In addition, the commission will focus on student access to vocational education, changing job requirements and working conditions, and the coordination of vocational and academic training.

Such programs seem to encourage teachers to focus their work efforts on the areas of student performance that are being measured — primarily the core academic areas of mathematics, science, social studies, and reading.

In a separate report, a council of 28 scientists called on schools to focus on SEL, making the argument that student success is tied not only to academic ability and cognitive skills (such as working memory and self - regulation) but also to emotional skills (such as the ability to cope with frustration) and interpersonal skills (including empathy and the ability to resolve conflict).

The positive by - product of these focused transitions is that students actually produce higher quality academic work.

The Fund, which focuses on supporting disadvantaged pupils, will offer approximately five grants of up to # 150,000 for projects working over two academic years.

Proponents say academies help students seethe relevance of academic work, focus thinkingabout their careers, and develop broadlyapplicable skills such as teamwork and imaginativeproblem solving.

Central to the new approach is the notion that this group of young people are turned off by traditional academic education with a focus on pathways into higher education and that these young people need to be energised by a different approach to education which sees the world of work at its core.

They include Emily Callahan and Amber Jackson, who are using their skills and intellect to turn oil rigs into coral reefs; Nate Parker, the activist filmmaker, writer, humanitarian and director of The Birth of a Nation; Scott Harrison, the founder of Charity Water, whose projects are delivering clean water to over 6 million people; Anthony D. Romero, the executive director of the ACLU, who has dedicated his life to protecting the liberties of Americans; Louise Psihoyos, the award - winning filmmaker and executive director of the Oceanic Preservation Society; Jennifer Jacquet, an environmental social scientist who focuses on large - scale cooperation dilemmas and is the author of «Is Shame Necessary»; Brent Stapelkamp, whose work promotes ways to mitigate the conflict between lions and livestock owners and who is the last researcher to have tracked famed Cecil the Lion; Fabio Zaffagnini, creator of Rockin» 1000, co-founder of Trail Me Up, and an expert in crowd funding and social innovation; Alan Eustace, who worked with the StratEx team responsible for the highest exit altitude skydive; Renaud Laplanche, founder and CEO of the Lending Club — the world's largest online credit marketplace working to make loans more affordable and returns more solid; the Suskind Family, who developed the «affinity therapy» that's showing broad success in addressing the core social communication deficits of autism; Jenna Arnold and Greg Segal, whose goal is to flip supply and demand for organ transplants and build the country's first central organ donor registry, creating more culturally relevant ways for people to share their donor wishes; Adam Foss, founder of SCDAO, a reading project designed to bridge the achievement gap of area elementary school students, Hilde Kate Lysiak (age 9) and sister Isabel Rose (age 12), Publishers of the Orange Street News that has received widespread acclaim for its reporting, and Max Kenner, the man responsible for the Bard Prison Initiative which enrolls incarcerated individuals in academic programs culminating ultimately in college degrees.

; Scott Harrison, the founder of Charity Water, whose projects are delivering clean water to over 6 million people; Anthony D. Romero, the executive director of the ACLU, who has dedicated his life to protecting the liberties of Americans; Louise Psihoyos, the award - winning filmmaker and executive director of the Oceanic Preservation Society; Jennifer Jacquet, an environmental social scientist who focuses on large - scale cooperation dilemmas and is the author of «Is Shame Necessary»; Brent Stapelkamp, whose work promotes ways to mitigate the conflict between lions and livestock owners and who is the last researcher to have tracked famed Cecil the Lion; Fabio Zaffagnini, creator of Rockin» 1000, co-founder of Trail Me Up, and an expert in crowd funding and social innovation; Alan Eustace, who worked with the StratEx team responsible for the highest exit altitude skydive; Renaud Laplanche, founder and CEO of the Lending Club — the world's largest online credit marketplace working to make loans more affordable and returns more solid; the Suskind Family, who developed the «affinity therapy» that's showing broad success in addressing the core social communication deficits of autism; Jenna Arnold and Greg Segal, whose goal is to flip supply and demand for organ transplants and build the country's first central organ donor registry, creating more culturally relevant ways for people to share their donor wishes; Adam Foss, founder of SCDAO, a reading project designed to bridge the achievement gap of area elementary school students, Hilde Kate Lysiak (age 9) and sister Isabel Rose (age 12), Publishers of the Orange Street News that has received widespread acclaim for its reporting, and Max Kenner, the man responsible for the Bard Prison Initiative which enrolls incarcerated individuals in academic programs culminating ultimately in college degrees.

In the absence of a strong external force, there may not be an incentive for these actors to work together and focus on issues directly relevant to academic achievement.

Academic Gains, Double the # of Schools: Opportunity Culture 2017 — 18 — March 8, 2018 Opportunity Culture Spring 2018 Newsletter: Tools & Info You Need Now — March 1, 2018 Brookings - AIR Study Finds Large Academic Gains in Opportunity Culture — January 11, 2018 Days in the Life: The Work of a Successful Multi-Classroom Leader — November 30, 2017 Opportunity Culture Newsletter: Tools & Info You Need Now — November 16, 2017 Opportunity Culture Tools for Back to School — Instructional Leadership & Excellence — August 31, 2017 Opportunity Culture + Summit Learning: North Little Rock Pilots Arkansas Plan — July 11, 2017 Advanced Teaching Roles: Guideposts for Excellence at Scale — June 13, 2017 How to Lead & Achieve Instructional Excellence — June 6, 201 Vance County Becomes 18th Site in National Opportunity Culture Initiative — February 2, 2017 How 2 Pioneering Blended - Learning Teachers Extended Their Reach — January 24, 2017 Betting on a Brighter Charter School Future for Nevada Students — January 18, 2017 Edgecombe County, NC, Joining Opportunity Culture Initiative to Focus on Great Teaching — January 11, 2017 Start 2017 with Free Tools to Lead Teaching Teams, Turnaround Schools — January 5, 2017 Higher Growth, Teacher Pay and Support: Opportunity Culture Results 2016 — 17 — December 20, 2016 Phoenix - area Districts to Use Opportunity Culture to Extend Great Teachers» Reach — October 5, 2016 Doubled Odds of Higher Growth: N.C. Opportunity Culture Schools Beat State Rates — September 14, 2016 Fresh Ideas for ESSA Excellence: Four Opportunities for State Leaders — July 29, 2016 High - need, San Antonio - area District Joins Opportunity Culture — July 19, 2016 Universal, Paid Residencies for Teacher & Principal Hopefuls — Within School Budgets — June 21, 2016 How to Lead Empowered Teacher - Leaders: Tools for Principals — June 9, 2016 What 4 Pioneering Teacher - Leaders Did to Lead Teaching Teams — June 2, 2016 Speaking Up: a Year's Worth of Opportunity Culture Voices — May 26, 2016 Increase the Success of School Restarts with New Guide — May 17, 2016 Georgia Schools Join Movement to Extend Great Teachers» Reach — May 13, 2016 Measuring Turnaround Success: New Report Explores Options — May 5, 2016 Every School Can Have a Great Principal: A Fresh Vision For How — April 21, 2016 Learning from Tennessee: Growing High - Quality Charter Schools — April 15, 2016 School Turnarounds: How Successful Principals Use Teacher Leadership — March 17, 2016 Where Is Teaching Really Different?

A third report, Small High Schools at Work: A Case Study of Six Gates - Funded Schools in New York City, from the Academy for Educational Development, takes a close look a handful of these new small schools, focusing on particular practices associated with student success: intermediary support, personal and academic support, effective instructional practices, and college preparation.

From improving assessment and placement to creating a supportive first - year experience to academic and career planning that propels students toward their goals, we're working with institutions to tackle the complex problems of improving student success, persistence, and completion.To learn more, select a student success focus area:

Admittedly, the critical pedagogues have squarely confronted two of the most enduring issues surrounding the work of education: 1) To what extent should the mission of public schools be focused on character development, societal reform, and other such affective goals, as opposed to cognitive development and academic preparation?

Working with a partner organization known as Transforming Education, they selected the specific social - emotional skills on which to focus based on a review of evidence on the extent to which those skills are measurable, meaningfully predictive of important academic and life outcomes, and likely to be malleable through school - based interventions.

It doesn't take a genius to work out that if the focus is on the more academic students then a schools overall potential to appear stronger in terms of progress is far greater.

Ms. Sadia White, Chief Academic Officer of the NPS made this point crystal clear to school leaders in that district when she stated «we do not and will not seek a silver bullet, we will focus on the work of improving instruction every day in each of our schools.

«We have been thrilled with our son's education at Meridian because of its focus on very sophisticated, cross-disciplinary work and its high academic standards.

King MS focuses on critical thinking; basic academics; technology; the appreciation of art; democratic values of acceptance, participation and accountability, and the ability to work with a variety of people from diverse backgrounds.

Their descriptors for this key factor of student engagement connect to Carol Dweck's work on growth mindset — focus on effort rather than ability, know that you can get smarter, use feedback to promote growth, and build academic stamina and resilience.

But the hard work and focus are worth it, as improving FCE in a school has the immense potential to improve the academic outcomes of all students — and especially those who are struggling the most academically.

Strong technical skills, particularly in integrating technology in the classroom to drive academic achievement Demonstrated volunteer or community service At least one (or more) of the following: o National Board Certificationo TAP Experience (sign on bonus for TAP certification) o Core Knowledge Experienceo Experience with Blended Learningo At least two years of successful teaching in an urban environment ESSENTIAL POSITION FUNCTIONS: An Elementary School teacher is required to perform the following duties: Plan and implement a blended learning environment, providing direct and indirect instruction in the areas of Social Studies, Science, Language Arts, Health, and Mathematics based on state standards Participation in all TAP requirements, focusing on data - driven instruction Create inviting, innovative and engaging learning environment that develops student critical thinking and problem solving skills Prepare students for strong academic achievement and passing of all required assessments Communicate regularly with parents Continually assess student progress toward mastery of standards and keep students and parents well informed of student progress by collecting and tracking data, providing daily feedback, weekly assessments, and occasional parent / teacher conferences Work with the Special Education teachers and administration to serve special needs students in the classroom Attend all grade level and staff meetings and attend designated school functions outside of school hours Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among the students for whom you are responsible Accept and incorporate feedback and coaching from administrative staff Perform necessary duties including but not limited to morning, lunch, dismissal, and after - school duties Preforms other duties, as deemed appropriate, by the principal Dress professionally and uphold all school policies

This vision is in line with the organizing work of AROS for sustainable community schools in every neighborhood that focus on providing the full funding and wraparound academic, social and health supports that schools and students need to succeed.