Sentences with phrase «focus school systems»

But there seems to be little evidence that this has happened and a huge body of evidence that high - stakes tests of all kinds focus school systems on teaching and learning.

Finland has a very strong emphasis on whole child development as part of its equity - focused school system.

Widely considered one of the nation's premier open - enrollment STEM - focused school systems, DSST Public Schools is committed to transforming public education in Denver — not just on its own campuses.

Not exact matches

Look at STEM (science, technology, engineering and math)-- if we focused on finding early indicators of high performers in our education system, then treated them differently as they progressed through school as potential Canadian innovators, by the time they got to Grade 12 and were thinking about university, they would be wildly ahead of the innovation curve.»

While the public response to the report focused on the school's athletes, the report found that more than half of the students enrolled in the paper courses were nonathletes — many of them referred through the campus» fraternity system.

While the transition will take some getting used to, having solid systems in place in your home can help you ease the stress, and focus on the enjoyment of an exciting new school year.

hmmmm like what people become in the lovely public school system with no focus on right and wrong?

Devery.io, a blockchain - based start - up focused on supply chain tracking, signed with Tunisia's ministry of education to implement a blockchain - based tracking system for its school meals programme.

San Ramon Softball prides its organization in fielding experienced and professional level coaches, who focus on developing each player by teaching skills to get each and every player throughout our system ready for high school softball and beyond, regardless of their age.

You may recall that the original impetus for focusing on this previously unexplored set of skills, in How Children Succeed and elsewhere, was the growing body of evidence that, when it comes to long - term academic goals like high - school graduation and college graduation, the test scores on which our current educational accountability system relies are clearly inadequate.

Unfortunately, she is typical of a breed of teenagers who have become so focused — by their parents, their schools, the culture, their peers and themselves on gaming the system, cheating when necessary and believing that money and material goods are the foundation of a life well - lived — that they have little opportunity to develop the kinds of ideas that used to be typical of teenagers.

Like you, my focus now extends well beyond school food to include the bigger picture: our broken food system.

I have spent some time writing about school lunch topics on my blog as well, but have recently been focusing on wider subjects in the sustainable food system as they pertain to government policy and activism.

I am glad the show is tackling an entire school system, rather than only focusing on the much - easier - to - mold - and - entertain pre-school and elementary school students.

«At a time when school systems have completely lost focus on what really matters, John Hunter reminds us what we should be teaching our children.

While I do not dismiss the recent grassroots efforts that have gained significant strength via a petition to get pink slime out of school cafeterias, I worry that the focus on it detracts from bigger and more important food system issues, and provides the meat industry with a convenient distraction and an easily fixable problem that can effortlessly be spun into a public - relations success.

I hope we will be able to do that some day, but for right now, any school system can improve their food by just focusing on getting rid of the worst ingredients.

With PrimeroEdge Kickstart, you get more than implementation — you get dedicated partners focused on creating a successful school nutrition software system adapted to your needs.

In addition to lobbying for more funds for school lunch — and the schools as a whole — we need to focus on conserving resources and reducing waste, as Chef Ann has done in her school systems.

By creating one system, it also simplifies administrative processes, allowing schools, principals, and teachers to focus on teaching.

Calling it a «pivotal time in the history of our school system,» UFT President Michael Mulgrew focused on the need to rebuild public education in New York City after Mayor Bloomberg in his speech at the union's annual Spring Education Conference at the New York Hilton on May 11.

A former Plainview - Old Bethpage school board member, Cepeda, 56, says he would focus his legislative attention on revamping the assessment system, ensuring mixed - use development at the Nassau Hub and developing a stable and consistent budget line for public transit.

Focusing on a notion of accountability which is broader than just league tables and published measurement scores, the Big Education Inquiry argued for greater local control over schools and education and a democratic input into local school systems.

«Since 2010 there has been an obsessive focus on structural change and increased autonomy for individual schools and providers, which has compromised the values and ethos of the public education system.

Bill Hammond on this year's education reform battle: «What lawmakers should be focused on is not merely shoveling more cash toward schools, but better spending the billions already in the system.»

After achieving the passage of a new evaluation system that will rely on a mix on at least one standardized test and in - classroom observation, the governor is renewing his focus to areas NYSUT has opposed, including a lifting of the cap on charter schools and a $ 150 million education investment tax credit, which is strongly backed by private and parochial schools.

• The report also states that «Some within the Methodist Church have argued to end our involvement with faith - based schools on the grounds that they generate a privileged elite within the national system and take a disproportionate amount of the Church's attention when it should be focusing on the needs of the poorest community schools... we find it hard to understand how promoting Christianity within all schools will be assisted by removing» the privilege» of greater contact with Methodism and therefore with Christianity in 79 schools.»

Current research projects focus on the process and outcomes of food system localisation in a globalising environment, the sustainability implications of a large scale transition to agriculturally derived bio-fuels, the effects of school and community context on childhood obesity, and the micro-politics of animal welfare in alternative livestock systems.

That's why Tristram Hunt's emphasis on school standards, and Ed Miliband's call for a renewed focus on the «forgotten fifty per cent», including compulsory English and Maths up to the age of 18, is critical to ensuring our education system equips everyone to get a job.

Larson, whose brother is U.S. Rep. John B. Larson, said he would focus on growing jobs and improving the public school system, two issues that he said are linked.

Mayoral candidates have focused on certain aspects of Albany control, particularly around the MTA and the city school system.

Mr Gove said: «The need to sort out our state education system is urgent, but he won't give schools the powers they need to deal with disruptive children and he won't focus on the fundamentals such as the fact that thousands of children are not taught to read properly.»

«The NASUWT remains clear that a fit for purpose accountability system should consider the performance of schools in the round and not solely on the basis of narrowly focused test and examination results.»

He's expected to focus on reforming the state's public schools and criminal justice system, and economic development in troubled upstate regions.

The petition says he has run the NYC school system «like a ruthless dictatorship,» shutting out parents and teachers, putting the focus on tests, and refusing to cut overcrowding and class size.

«The more weight put on standardized tests for children or teachers, the more school systems will focus on test prep rather than real learning.

«New York's public schools need a leader who can reconcile opposing views among stakeholders over controversial issues, navigate the political complexities of the legislative process, and work with the Board of Regents to forge cogent policies that will make New York's education system student - focused.»

With increased funding for CUNY and SUNY, a new tax credit for teachers and an $ 800 million increase in universal pre-K programs, the governor is clearly focused on our public school system.»

«She has a deep knowledge of schools and our system, and is on record criticizing Mayor Bloomberg's focus on high - stakes testing.

The knowledge system in schools is ultimately a normative standard that can only be understood in a social and historical context,» explains Lucien Criblez, the overall manager of the SNSF project and since 2008 Professor of Education at the University of Zurich with a focus on historical education research and analysis of education policies.

«Hatha yoga and mindfulness meditation both focus the brain's conscious processing power on a limited number of targets like breathing and posing, and also reduce processing of nonessential information,» said Peter Hall, associate professor in the School of Public Health & Health Systems.

STEM - focused high schools are important because they constitute the first U.S. science and mathematics reform that requires whole - school transformation rather than tinkering with peripheral components of an outmoded educational system or serving just a small, select segment of the public school population.

«To date, the focus of diagnosis and management of carotid artery blockages has been prevention of stroke since that was the only harm that these blockages were thought to cause to patients,» said Brajesh K. Lal, MD, with the VA Maryland Health Care System's Baltimore VA Medical Center and the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore.

«In a previous study focused on identification of the first cells in the nervous system to fail during aging of this reflex we found that sensory neuron aging drives aging of the circuit, said Lynne Fieber, associate professor of marine biology and ecology at the UM Rosenstiel School.

The program, which is based in the School of Computing Science, focuses on computing and engineering skills for the programming of biological systems.

«Research at the Center for Sustainable Systems over the past dozen years has focused on helping consumers navigate this complexity and identify opportunities for cost savings and lower environmental impact,» said Keoleian, who is also a professor at the School for Environment and Sustainability.

While most initiatives are focused on sequencing patient genomes, Ken Mandl, Isaac Kohane, and Joshua Mandel of Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School argue that an individual's genetic information could be put to even better use if it was linked to app - fueled, electronic health record systems.

The Harvard China Project is a research program focused on China's atmospheric environment, energy system, and economy, collaborating with researchers at Chinese universities and across the schools of Harvard.

European Space Agency (ESA) organises a series of summer schools on Monitoring of the Earth System to promote the exploitation of Earth Observation EO data across disciplines, with a specific focus on their assimilation into Earth System models.

Collins asked that his visit focus on â $ œhow CTSAs are enabling science.â $ It was an opportunity for the ACTSI, a partnership among Emory, Morehouse School of Medicine, Georgia Institute of Technology and others, including Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Georgia Research Alliance, Georgia BIO, Kaiser Permanente, CDC, the Atlanta VA Medical Center and the Grady Health System, to showcase the unique contributions the ACTSI makes to enabling clinical and translational research.