Sentences with phrase «great education tool»

It also gives some in - depth insight into what's involved with organic farming, making it a great education tool for school children.

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With the right parameters, an allowance can be a great teaching tool, said Paul Golden, a spokesman for the National Endowment for Financial Education.

They have created Prelude, a suite of educational tools that develops soft skills — imagination, intuition, hunch, affect and creativity — the value of which is beginning to be properly recognized in the education system and greater society.

In that case, private student loans can be a great tool to finish off the funding for your education.

So the reason THE FEDERALIST is LIBERAL EDUCATION is that's a great tool for teaching how to follow partisan but deep political arguments in tough — but not that tough (each FEDERALIST is pretty self - contained and short, for one thing)-- texts.

Through their associated non-profit, Sudara Freedom Fund, they have an even greater impact on the lives of women and children in India by equipping even more women and their children with education and housing and micro-loans — tools needed to build and sustain a new life such as the Sunetha Home, supporting long - term, systemic change by directly addressing issues that lead to generational sex work.

Serving locally produced foods is a great lunchroom education tool that develops student's taste for vegetables and fruits.

I think it's great that BGCA is on a mission to help set kids and teens on a path to success by giving them the education and basic tools that they need in order live happy, healthy lives.

The tools of technology and media exposure are sidelined in favor of giving each child a greater opportunity to become completely immersed in the experience of their education.

Not only is Sphero a great tool for education, it's a lot of fun too.

We have included all these teaching tips, so that you will have the biggest selection of «tools» to choose from, so that you can do an even more excellent job of providing the greatest education for your child.

Email is great as an education and mobilization tool, but blast - emails aren't much for actual engagement since there's no real back - and - forth with supporters.

Access to education, libraries, a revolution in communication mediums and tools, including the media, open government and freedom of information have been great levellers.

Among their priorities: local funding support to combat opioid drug addiction, state lobbying for tougher laws against drug dealers, greater education and outreach regarding drug addiction and prevention, and better assessment tools for health professionals and first responders to help those at risk of becoming addicts and those in danger of repeat overdoses.

«DART looks like a great new tool for solving the biggest outstanding question in undergraduate science education?

Searching tool is great here and gives you the best of best results based on your location, age, income, education and other criteria.

Video conferencing has given us a great tool to stimulate an interest in these subjects and give students a fuller, more rounded education.

«New innovations offer the chance for teachers to shake up their traditional methods and the Canvas Network is a great tool to help facilitate this,» said Sam Blyth, Director of Further Education & Schools at Canvas.

Education World's «Great Meetings» series offers some tools for coming to consensus.

The community has also taken a great interest in how the store, which the students have named the Paw Shop, works as an education tool, added Swanson.

A great presentation tool, such as emaze for education, makes it easy to keep students focused with beautiful, engaging presentation templates.

Read «A Parent's Guide to Twitter and Education» by Edutopia blogger Joe Mazza for a basic overview of how Twitter can be a great tool for anyone interested in eEducation» by Edutopia blogger Joe Mazza for a basic overview of how Twitter can be a great tool for anyone interested in educationeducation.

With the more cost effective alternatives to enterprise Learning Management System software, such as WordPress web development tools and availability of free resources for setting up an education website, it is becoming easier for local schools and individual tutors to build a great site with minimum investments.

Video conferencing for education isn't just restricted to imparting knowledge alone; it acts as a great admin tool for educational institutes as well.

The offering is aimed to provide the novice Twitter user a general overview of the social media tool, as well as «hand hold» participants through the basic steps of registration and initial connecting to the greater education world.

While most feel that education is a necessity, they tend to use it as a tool for reaching a specific target or personal mark, after which there is no further need to seek greater education.

Educate Effectively: While engagement is a great way to generate excitement about new technology or software tools being implemented across your organization, it's not a substitute for effective education about the tool or system being adopted.

School choice has been one of the great successes of the education - reform movement in recent years, and taxpayer - funded vouchers have been one of the movement's primary tools.

As AR, QR, and VR continue to play a bigger role in education, this book is a great starting point for teachers who want to integrate engaging, powerful tools and strategies in their classrooms.»

The point is that many of the organizational tools that the private sector uses to great effect are rejected by the public sector, often because they are simply too controversial for public education to embrace broadly.

The annual Horizon Report by the New Media Consortium and the Educause Learning Initiative examines the technology tools poised to have the greatest effect on education within the next five years.

We have flexibility which brings greater communication with students.We now have time and space to collaborate, develop, and create together new models & systems for grading, utilize more edtech tools, and find new ways to develop and deliver education experiences.

Imagine Learning is a great tool used at Lafayette for our English Language Learners and Special Education scholars, particularly those identified with a specific learning disability in reading comprehension and / or a language impairment.

«It feels like another initiative that's being thrown at us, a latest and greatest tool to solve problems in education,» she said of the Common Core.

In terms of student achievement measures, Leticia Barrera of the Logan Square Neighborhood Association promoted a more diverse set of assessment tools, while Carlos Azcoitia of the Chicago Board of Education called for greater accountability based on growth.

The New ELL Toolkit — Potentially a Great Resource... but Beware of Misuse The U.S. Department of Education recently released a new, comprehensive English Learner Toolkit, which is a compilation of the latest research findings, current policy and resources or «tools,» such as sample surveys and assessments, for districts and schools to use in addressing the educational needs of their English learners.

Maybe if we covered fewer standards per year in greater depth and gave classroom teachers the education and tools (not just cute tricks) to effectively implement some level of real differentiated instruction, more students could gain by staying in heterogenous classrooms more of the time.

The National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) and the Center on Great Teachers and Leaders (GTL Center) have released a new interactive tool for principals: Principals Action Plan for the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA): Providing All Students with a Well - Rounded and Complete Education.

While traditional foreign policy experts might not place education at the top of the agenda, the truth is that it's one of the greatest tools in our national security toolkit, and one that could use some sharpening.

Social networks and blogging are also on the education system conveyor belt of being banned originally and then realised as great tools for improving learning.

Leading up to Algebra Nation's launch, we've had great partners — from the legislature, to the Michigan Department of Education, to the math education professors from Grand Valley State University, Michigan State University, and University of Michigan - Flint who helped us align our content to the state's standards — and now we're eager to get into schools to introduce Algebra Nation's many benefits as a «virtual co-teacher» and tutorEducation, to the math education professors from Grand Valley State University, Michigan State University, and University of Michigan - Flint who helped us align our content to the state's standards — and now we're eager to get into schools to introduce Algebra Nation's many benefits as a «virtual co-teacher» and tutoreducation professors from Grand Valley State University, Michigan State University, and University of Michigan - Flint who helped us align our content to the state's standards — and now we're eager to get into schools to introduce Algebra Nation's many benefits as a «virtual co-teacher» and tutoring tool.

This makes a great reference tool for not only state legislators, but the broader education community on matters ranging from pre-K and early learning to postsecondary education.

Through good times education is an instrument to catapult ourselves to greater heights and through bad times it is a tool to position ourselves for a speedy recovery.

From Mozilla Popcorn Maker to Minecraft, there are plenty of great online tools that educators can use to teach and involve students in arts education.

«Today's NAEP results make it clear that Connecticut has the tools — and the instances of true progress — to upend steady habits, but we need to make these gains greater, more urgent and possible for every child in the state,» said Marc Porter Magee, interim executive director of ConnCAN, an education advocacy nonprofit.

The Renzulli Profile is the key tool in providing differentiated instruction, so the Renzulli ELL Accelerator was launched to solve one of the greatest challenges in American education.

Custom Material flash cards are another great option to be used as a practice tool for lessons, or for physical education assessments.

While Character.org does not endorse any specific products, these tools may be great resources to add to your school - wide character education initiatives.

Wallace awarded grants to the Southern Regional Education Board and the Education Development Center (EDC) to help LEAD districts build greater capacity to define and realize specific leadership goals; evaluate progress; create new resources and tools to improve professional practice of principals, superintendents and others in leadership positions; and help form a national network enabling LEAD districts to share knowledge more effectively with each other and with many others.

Our hope is to advance ongoing efforts in global citizenship education towards greater rigor, depth and access as we advance the conversation on global education and provide resources which allow large scale collaborations among teachers in developing the tools we need to offer transformative learning opportunities to our students.