Sentences with phrase «higher education organizations»

Teachers from higher education organizations were invited to participate as jury members and now continue working on projects with the students.

We worked with the nation's leading higher education organizations to launch a coalition of college chancellors and presidents committed to supporting more ambitious K - 12 academic goals.

HEHS developed this targeted communications toolkit with suggested activities, sample messages, and case studies of higher education leadership in action to support outreach efforts, and the coalition is working with other higher education organizations and businesses to help implement the campaign.

HEfHS developed a targeted communications toolkit with suggested activities, sample messages, and case studies of higher education leadership in action to support outreach efforts, and the coalition is working with other higher education organizations and businesses to help implement the campaign.

To their credit, national higher education organizations are speaking out about this.

As representatives of U.S. science, engineering, and higher education organizations, we write to you to express our deep concern regarding amendments that were passed in the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act (DATA Act, H.R. 2146) in the House and the 21st Century Postal Service Act (S. 1789) in the Senate, which would place severe restrictions on government employees» abilities to attend meetings and conferences.

Two U.S. higher education organizations have begun collecting data on what graduate students know about their career options and what type of workers high - tech companies are looking for.

In contrast, Rockefeller's bill, co-sponsored by five fellow Democrats, has opened to rave reviews from scientific and higher education organizations.

In a letter to Mick Mulvaney, the director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, the heads of AAAS, the nation's leading societies and higher education organizations highlighted the vital role of scientifically accurate information in government documents and communications, saying restrictions on the use of words threatens the integrity of scientific advice.

A recent letter from the AAAS and 28 other prominent scientific and higher education organizations urged President - elect Donald Trump to quickly appoint a «nationally respected leader» as science advisor, given that scientific questions are deeply involved in almost every issue the president will deal with, from national security to agriculture.

The survey, conducted for the Washington - based American Council on Education, a higher education organization, found that 54 percent of 1,000 registered voters believe students should have to take more math and science courses, and only 31 percent of those polled believe that math and science classes offered to college students not majoring in those fields are «very relevant» to life after graduation.

Not exact matches

Dozens of local organizations have received financial support from the Diamond Foundation over the years, including the BC Cancer Foundation, BC Women's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver, Vancouver Art Gallery, United Way of the Lower Mainland, King David High School, the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre, and many more.

There are other organizations that contribute to this as well — too many to list but they include all the higher education institutions, a large number of startup hubs, funders, etc..

The organization has 550 priests and 2,500 seminarians, and is now moving in a major way into Catholic higher education, most recently with a new university in Sacramento, California.

I would expect nothing less from an organization that markets itself to teenagers as an alternative to higher education.

As Kuyper's heirs immigrated to North America, they brought over his penchant for establishing and maintaining Christian institutions of all sorts, including a network of Christian day schools, a Christian trade union, more than one political organization, and a network of institutions of higher education.

The official organization of higher education, although it achieved the immediate end of the restoration of order, unfortunately led to those characteristics of Islamic education which have come down almost to our time — the addiction to memorization of prescribed texts and study of the same materials in generation after generation.

The two organizations are committed to working together to strengthen the integrity and promote the highest quality of education arising out of the insights of Rudolf Steiner through sharing resources, cultivating collegial relationships, and supporting the ongoing development and professionalism of member schools.

The law, which became effective on June 30, applies not just to high schools that are members of the Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA), but also to youth sports organizations and schools such as physical education, intramurals and out - of - season summer camps and clinhigh schools that are members of the Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA), but also to youth sports organizations and schools such as physical education, intramurals and out - of - season summer camps and clinHigh School Athletic Association (MHSAA), but also to youth sports organizations and schools such as physical education, intramurals and out - of - season summer camps and clinics.

General www.waimh.org World Association of Infant Mental Health www.zerotothree.org Zero - to - Three www.aap.org American Academy of Pediatrics www.civitas.org/index.html High quality parenting resources www.surestart.gov.uk United Kingdom's government website on early development www.mchlibrary.info Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University www.mi-aimh.org Michigan Association for Infant Mental Health www.ounceofprevention.org High - powered service / advocacy organization for young children www.parentsasteachers.org www.talaris.org Talaris institute does education for parents and professionals about young children

She is also the Development Director for a non-profit organization that provides high quality early care and education for more than 400 low - income children in Middle Tennessee.

Through Lemak Sports Medicine & Orthopedics, YSA has direct connectivity and impact with over 40 high schools, colleges and universities and a widespread array of sports organizations comprising numerous community youth and recreational sports and professional sports in complementing sports medicine care and providing education and other resources.

CTA is a not - for - profit organization based in Houston, Texas working to improve the lives of high - risk children through direct service, research and education.

Pediatric Therapy Network (PTN) was founded in 1996 by a handful of therapists, parents and volunteers who envisioned an organization that would provide the community with high quality therapy, research and education as it relates to fostering the best possible outcomes for children with special needs.

Almost every school from kindergarten through high school now includes some sort of program that encourages golden - rule values and behavior, according to Esther Schaeffer, CEO and executive director of Character Education Partnership, a Washington, D.C., umbrella organization.

High school athletic associations, injury prevention organizations, and even professional sports leagues have promoted the implementation of concussion policies, which typically include removal from play for any athlete suspected of having a concussion; clearance by a health professional before return to play; and education of athletes, parents, and coaches about dangers of concussions.

The high school environment does not generally promote or support a path to purpose, according to Denise Pope, a lecturer with the Stanford University School of Education and co-founder of Challenge Success, an organization concerned about students who compromise health, integrity and learning due to performance pressure.

New Federal Education Law Gives State Policymakers Chance to Improve Opportunity for All Students — But Risks Retreat from High Standards and Meaningful AccountabilityNew York, NY — A dozen major civil rights, education, parent, and business organizations from across New York State released a policy brief today thatEducation Law Gives State Policymakers Chance to Improve Opportunity for All Students — But Risks Retreat from High Standards and Meaningful AccountabilityNew York, NY — A dozen major civil rights, education, parent, and business organizations from across New York State released a policy brief today thateducation, parent, and business organizations from across New York State released a policy brief today that makes...

New York, NY — As the school year comes to a close, a shocking new report released today by leading education reform organization StudentsFirstNY, The Graduation Facade: How New York City's Diploma Mills Mask College Readiness Crisis, exposes the problem of Diploma Mills — schools where the graduation rates are above average, but the students are not prepared for college or a career after high school.

Executive director of Virginia 21, a higher education advocacy organization based in Richmond.

On Thursday, with the New York State Board of Regents hearing testimony regarding the newly approved teacher evaluation system, leading education reform organization StudentsFirstNY and public school parents offered recommendations and sent letters calling for a system that ensures all public school students have access to high - quality teachers.

The governor proposes increasing education funding by $ 1.1 billion (only half of the $ 2.2 billion that nearly every education and student - focused organization in the state is demanding), but only if the legislature agrees to draconian education reforms that mistakenly blame teachers for poor student outcomes in underfunded, high need, low wealth districts.

Bailey also said she was visiting The Manhattan High School for Girls — the first Orthodox school she's visited as secretary — in response to an invitation she accepted in March from Agudath Israel of America, a Jewish - American organization that promotes yeshiva education.

In addition to Poloncarz and Whyte, entries were evaluated by a judging pool comprised of representatives from environmental groups, higher education institutions, arts and cultural organizations and elected and appointed officials from various levels of government.

Together, these organizations will meet the community's unmet healthcare needs by providing high quality patient care and experiences; offering unique patient, provider, staff, and student education; fostering interprofessional learning experiences; and achieving many other benefits to each organization through collaboration, resulting in healthier communities.

This year, another UK organization, NATFHE (the National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education) is considering a motion for a similar boycott.

The organization also joined 28 other top scientific and higher - education organizations in urging the then president - elect Trump to tap a senior - level science adviser as assistant to the president for science and technology — to ensure scientific knowledge informs and assists the development of policy solutions.

Toward High School Biology is designed to align closely with a new set of science education standards, called the Next Generation Science Standards, which were developed with help from 26 states and organizations like AAAS and the National Research Council, in an effort to teach students to read scientific texts, analyze data and construct coherent explanations of scientific phenomena.

And spokespeople for two organizations that are collating dossiers for Johnson's inbox — Universities UK, which represents British higher - education institutions, and the Institute of Physics — both told Nature on July 20 that despite concerns, they haven't yet seen evidence that Brexit is having a widespread impact.

Last Thursday, Vitae — an organization supported by research funding bodies, that promotes the professional development of early - career researchers in the United Kingdom — released two reports exploring the working conditions and career development of research staff (mainly postdocs) and principal investigators (PIs) in higher education.

«At the moment, there are more higher education systems than there are countries in Europe,» says Guy Haug, the chief adviser to the European University Association, a newly formed organization that represents both European universities and their rectors.

Until now, research in France has been divided among five different types of organizations: universities, elite higher education institutions (the grandes écoles), national research agencies such as the National Center for Scientific Research (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, CNRS), foundations such as the Pasteur Institute, and private labs.

Yesterday, President Barack Obama embraced the PCAST report during a White House ceremony during which he applauded corporate and private - sector CEOs for forming Change the Equation, a nonprofit organization that has pledged to bring «best practices» in STEM education to 100 needy high schools and communities.

However, he has high hopes for the common standards initiative underway in 48 states with the support of the Department of Education and many national educational organizations.

On 10 June 2009, a group of organizations representing higher education, science, and engineering, including AAAS, NAS, AAU, and others, outlined recommendations to revise the visa system to both maintain security and encourage the entry of the best and most qualified scientists.

And Sestek says the organization deliberately sought students who had traditionally had little exposure to high - quality STEM education.

The heads of 29 top U.S. scientific and higher - education organizations — including Rush Holt, CEO of AAAS — wrote to President - elect Donald Trump on November 23, urging him to quickly appoint a «nationally respected leader with appropriate engineering, scientific, management and policy skills» to serve as Assistant to the President for Science and Technology.

So a coalition of 56 higher education and scientific organizations has come up with 20 questions whose answers could help voters choose from among Democrat Hillary Clinton, Republican Donald Trump, the Green Party's Jill Stein, and Libertarian Gary Johnson.

Most higher education lobbying is done by organizations such as the American Council on Education (ACE), the Association of American Universities, and — with a more specific focus on international aspects — NAFSA: The Association of International Eeducation lobbying is done by organizations such as the American Council on Education (ACE), the Association of American Universities, and — with a more specific focus on international aspects — NAFSA: The Association of International EEducation (ACE), the Association of American Universities, and — with a more specific focus on international aspects — NAFSA: The Association of International Educators.

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