Sentences with phrase «focused on common issues»

One thing that attracted me to academia was the potential to build networks — both within a single school and among campuses focused on common issues — for sharing new ways to learn and for building collaborative projects.

Not exact matches

This one from McMaster University via Coursera is focused more on career issues, and the topics covered sound like a top hits list of common work questions: «Mindshift teaches you essentials such as how to get the most out of online learning and MOOCs, how to seek out and work with mentors, the secrets to avoiding career ruts (and catastrophes) and general ruts in life, and insights such as the value of selective ignorance over general competence.»

Interesting Pope for sure — but BTW: None of his core beliefs differ AT ALL from the two previous Popes, it's just that his communication style is more focused on everyone's common ground — the other Popes had the same beliefs, it just that they were more outspoken on the controversial issues — so the media did not warm to them as much.

It was clear that the women gathered often entered the struggle from different vantage points, they did not always agree with all that was spoken, but what could not be ignored was that there were some common issues that did draw them together — it was not accidental or designed that over one - third of the 4,000 workshops by different women's groups, from all regions of the world, focuses on the issue of violence against women — some of the best being organized by Indian women, What was at the heart of Huairou was the commitment of the women present to draw energy and support from each other — it was a consciousness that they were doing it all «for the common good.»

Topics include how to prepare for the change in lifestyle you will confront as a breastfeeding parent, initiating your breastfeeding relationship, handling common issues in the early weeks of breastfeeding, pumping / hand expressing and storing breast milk, and other topics that can be tailored to focus on your individual needs or concerns.

Cuomo says he «disagrees» with Cardinal Dolan about choice issues, but tries to focus on what the two have in common instead.

While Martins jumped from issue to issue, from fixing county finances to combating gang violence, Curran was laser - focused on ethics, making it the common thread in all of her mailers and TV ads.

It might seem that there is no common ground between these three parties, aside from two of them being heavily focused on regional issues (only this weekend the SNP came out in support of Plaid's call for government in Wales to receive the same funding settlement as Scotland).

Killian during the campaign has focused heavily on education issues, especially the politically potent Common Core education standards.

LaValle said in the remaining weeks of session, the Senate GOP will «focus» on issues including renewal of New York City's rent laws, and changes to the controversial Common Core learning standards and related standardized tests.

The 80 minutes of occasionally spirited argument at the high court this morning focused on the two main issues in the greenhouse gas litigation: For the case to go forward, the plaintiffs must prove that the case has legal standing (they must show that the court is the right venue for resolving this dispute), and that the common law definition of nuisance can support suits over greenhouse gases.

The conferences have focused on international ocean affairs with topics ranging from arms control, and monitoring and surveillance in the oceans to management and conservation of marine resources; the feasibility of common shipping lines or on ocean development tax; and more recently on emerging issues and challenges presented by climate change, coastal cities and ocean related hazards.

Instruction in therapeutic techniques and treatment protocols for specific, non-pathological conditions will focus on trauma, sports injuries, pre - and post - cosmetic surgery, dermatological indications, acute inflammation and common stress related conditions including digestive issues, insomnia, sinusitis and headaches.

While common allergy medications (antihistamines, decongestants) most often focus on relieving those irritating symptoms — itchy eyes, sneezing, difficulty breathing — they don't necessarily get to the root of the issue, which is the body reacting to a certain trigger.

Week three focuses on mistakes that repel men and cause them to pull away, which is a common issue for women, Samantha said.

But they had common practices across the schools which enabled them to focus on issues that were related to behaviour as a problem that needed to be solved in usually educative ways.

«A common issue for the schools we worked in and spoke with was that the opportunities they were able to offer for students to travel abroad didn't have the same deep focus on learning as the rest of the curriculum,» says Leighton.

Issues in Analyzing Alignment of Language Arts Common Core Standards With State Standards Educational Researcher, May 2011 A commentary on «Common Core Standards: The New U.S. Intended Curriculum,» the author offers possibly reasons for the lack of focus found in the CCSS.

Hopefully, all can agree on them and focus on the issues with which we really need to grapple: Is there good reason to think common, rigorous state standards will improve outcomes?

Flexibility, Transparency While many of the comments focused on the broader school improvement issues entangled in the Race to the Top program, common themes on some of the finer points of the criteria emerged, too.

What is amusing is that Campbell Brown thinks that she and her staff of 12 will produce some pieces focused on Common Core and clear up the issue once and for all.

«The newest PD Online courses focus on critical 21st century issues — educational technology, STEM education, and the Common Core standards — and are designed for interactive, self - paced professional learning.»

He spoke on Wednesday evening before about 100 public school teachers at a panel hosted by Educators 4 Excellence, an advocacy group for public school teachers, at the Scholastic Corporation headquarters in SoHo, focusing on two of the most controversial issues of the last year: Common Core implementation and teacher evaluations.

Ohioans Against Common Core focuses on issues related to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), CCSS assessments, Race to the Top (RTTT), student privacy and state longitudinal data systems (SLDS).

Over recent weeks the focus of this blog has been on parental right and the importance of opting out of the unfair, inappropriate and discriminatory Common Core Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) test, but that issue is only one piece of the puzzle when it comes to the unprecedented activities of the Corporate Education Reform Industry and their supporters like Governor Dannel Malloy.

The series will also focus on the policy issues and decisions affecting Common Core implementation in those states as well.

Drawing from ASCD's Common Core State Standards summits in Arkansas, Colorado, North Carolina, and Utah, the report shares that educators» knowledge of the standards is growing exponentially, but many do not understand the instructional shifts necessary for helping students reach the higher standards; educators are focused on the new common assessments and the technology issues associated with their deployment; and there is widespread initiative fatigue in the field because of the standards implementation efforts, new educator effectiveness initiatives, and other initiatives like Race to thCommon Core State Standards summits in Arkansas, Colorado, North Carolina, and Utah, the report shares that educators» knowledge of the standards is growing exponentially, but many do not understand the instructional shifts necessary for helping students reach the higher standards; educators are focused on the new common assessments and the technology issues associated with their deployment; and there is widespread initiative fatigue in the field because of the standards implementation efforts, new educator effectiveness initiatives, and other initiatives like Race to thcommon assessments and the technology issues associated with their deployment; and there is widespread initiative fatigue in the field because of the standards implementation efforts, new educator effectiveness initiatives, and other initiatives like Race to the Top.

I'm more interested in focusing on the common agenda than on the splinter issues.

In addition, our data shows that the common refrain that active doesn't stand a chance versus passive index funds and ETFs is not true, and the focus on the active - passive debate often obscures the much more important issues of good savings habits, appropriate asset allocation, and taking a long - term view.

U.K. - based The Company of Animals is focused on helping dog owners in the U.S. - and around the world - tackle a variety of common pet issues with an innovative lineup of training and behavior products.

Our focus is on wellness care, and treating a wide range of medical issues common to dogs and cats.

Rounds focus on common clinical situations, pragmatic solutions, ethical issues, and the integration of professional and personal life.

We focus on solutions for common pet skin issues such as dandruff, itchy skin and hot spots — which many pets experience nowadays due to dietary and environmental pollutants — as well as specific breed coat issues.

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Ramsar's focus on wetland tourism to celebrate this year's World Wetlands Day (WWD) has opened the way for the Ramsar Convention and UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) to join forces in exploring common issues and concerns and collaborate in advancing sustainable tourism development in the wetlands.

«Several years ago, I started researching common sense ways to address climate change at the local level and decided to focus on food,» says Radow, a lawyer, professor of Sustainability Action at Manhattanville College and member of the Mamaroneck Sustainability Collaborative, a volunteer committee created to advise the Town on environmental issues.

Although research has focused on diverse issues — from HIV / AIDS to vaccinations to climate change — several common variables have been isolated that determine whether people are likely to reject well - established scientific facts.

This collection of essays examines the shifting legal landscape of federal claims by foreign plaintiffs in the federal courts and focuses on the most common statutes invoked by foreign plaintiffs, as well as the threshold issues of personal jurisdiction and pleading standards that govern such suits.

Beatrice also specialises in cross-border estate planning issues with a particular focus on all issues arising from Roman Law and Common Law application.

Lorelli's panel, «Protecting Your Client's IP,» will focus on identifying common issues in advertising, trademarks, licensing, open source software, and post-grant proceedings, specifically inter partes review.

«Finishing School» is taught by legal consultants, and features courses focused on legal terminology and common legal issues — so the Betties can speak intelligently to you and your clients.

«The keys to successfully litigating these issues for policyholder counsel are: (i) focus on the policy language; (ii) think about what happens if the policyholder wins the liability case; (iii) considering the overwhelmingly common practice of carriers» funding the defense, argue that the burden of dispelling the expectation of coverage is on the carrier to negate defense coverage; and (iv) recognize that while the incurrence of defense costs can be a catastrophic exposure to the policyholder it can also be so for the carrier, meaning that the policyholder must sensitively respond to the equitable force of the insurer's arguments and not simply rely on «punish the drafter» arguments or what the Nabisco court characterized as» «mom and pop» grocery store argument [s]» (unless one has to).

His practice focuses largely on the litigation of complex disputes involving common law, statutory law, contract law, physician and hospital liability law, products liability law, commercial, corporate and business issues, catastrophic personal injury cases and class action / mass torts / pharmaceutical litigation.

Mr. Sistrunk's practice focuses largely on the litigation of complex disputes involving common law, statutory law, contract law, physician and hospital liability law, product liability law, commercial, corporate and business issues, catastrophic personal injury cases and class action / mass torts / pharmaceutical litigation.

In the most common collaborative divorce model that we use in Tampa Bay, a neutral facilitator, who generally has a mental health background, is retained to help the clients focus on the future and the issues (such as parenting) that are most important to them rather than the arguments of the past.

It is common to focus our hand - wringing on coffee shop wireless networks, but a home network or one in an airport, public library, courthouse, or opposing counsel's office poses the same issues.

Lorelli's panel, «Protecting Your Client's IP,» will focus on identifying common issues in...

[T] he issue was job function but the class was carefully defined to ensure class - wide job function similarity; and... where the common issues were focused on the systemic nature of the defendant company's policies and practices rather than on class member entitlements.

The focus of Andres practice and his life - long professional passion has been international corporate and transactional law, concentrating on issues that are common to most industries operating in foreign jurisdictions.

It is probably a good idea not to mix IP infringement questions with cyber-security issues — the policies and the balance of interests are not the same, but the focus on the intermediaries is a common element.