Sentences with phrase «important area of the school»

It's taught by people who are not specialists in teaching this important area of the school's curriculum and it doesn't work.

As we continue with this project, we hope to shed light on successful practices in this important area of school reform.

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Smith School of Business has been a pioneer in the important area of team - based learning and utilizes an approach that is far more sophisticated than that used in other MBA programs.

Now comes an even more comprehensive claim about the positive impact of these schools: For, according to two law professors at the University of Notre Dame, Margaret F. Brinig and Nicole Stelle Garnett, inner - city Catholic schools are important factors in urban renewal as builders of «social capital» on inner - urban areas.

The technical emphasis in recent theological education has given us better pedagogies, opened up the larger society as a field for ministry, redistributed authority and power in the schools, and added new and important areas of study.

To address the issue of drug abuse in your area, it is important to get involved in drug abuse prevention programs in your community or your child's school.

BHA Education Campaigner Richy Thompson commented, «We welcome the conclusions of these three reports, each highlighting important areas of sex and relationships education and coming to the rational conclusion that the subject should be compulsory in schools.

As such we felt it was important to look at potential savings that could occur in the area that is the biggest cost driver of property taxes — school districts.»

«Shedding light on trends in the burden of stroke among Medicare beneficiaries may provide important information for policy purposes, including describing the past and current scope of the condition, assessing the potential effect of stroke prevention interventions on a national level, and identifying areas where resources can be targeted more specifically and effectively,» says lead investigator Margaret C. Fang, MD, MPH, an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, who also serves as the Medical Director of the UCSF Anticoagulation Clinic.

«This is a new record from a very important area of the world,» said Kim Cobb, an associate professor in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Professor James Tam, dean, School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, and Professor Lee Eng Hin, dean of the faculty of medicine, National University of Singapore, announced some very good news in human capability development — that is, education and training — which remains an important area of focus for the nation's new initiatives.

For Jersey City Public Schools teachers, hands - on STEM education is an important area of focus — but one that is often difficult to adequately fund.

«In the area of oncology, but even more generally, embracing the genetic diversity of disease is really important,» says Golub, who is also director of the Broad's Cancer Program, the Charles A. Dana Investigator in Human Cancer Genetics at Dana - Farber, professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator.

Just small steps can be taken in order to prevent against these threats, including regularly updating software and malware protection, ensuring firewalls are robust and up to date and ensuring that access to certain areas of the network are restricted to specific users — this is particularly important in schools, as students and staff alike should only be able to access a certain proportion of the network.

I include in my recent work insights from the «decolonial school» that contests the coloniality of power, I include advances in critical race theory, feminist theory, and ecopedagogy, to name several areas of interest that I feel are important.

At the launch event Sally Williams, head of the Design & Technology faculty, made the insightful comment: «With skills shortages in areas such as design, manufacturing, construction and engineering it is important that Design & Technology and arts subjects remain in the school's curriculum, the students of today will be the designers and engineers of tomorrow.

On the subject of e-safety, Caroline added: «Nowhere is this more important than in the area of e-safety, which now permeates all aspects of the school.

In these schools, they placed a real important priority on what we called «the place and space» — and that's the architecture, the design of the buildings, the furniture, how things were laid out, the outside areas.

The job of elementary schools, then, should be to systematically build students» content knowledge in important areas like history, geography, civics, science, art, music, and literature.

«We said, «Let's say that all of these areas of intelligence are equally important for all children, and we will design a school that honors that starting principle.»»

It's important for youngsters to seize every opportunity and I'm pleased through my Foundation to give back in such a wonderful way in association with not only the scholarships but also in supporting further enrichment programmes with Raynes Park High School in the areas of science, technology, engineering and maths, computer coding, through sport and helping the growth of a community tennis programme.»

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Here is a template given from Essex LEA and filled in by myself and collegues in school showing how the new EYFS will be implemented throughout the learning without needed to change any plans that are currently in place, these docs have been done for 8 areas of learning which we thought important.

An important learning was to plant only varieties of crops that are harvested early in the area so that we could collect and eat our lessons before school got out for the summer.

In the area of teacher pension reform, however, it is important to recognize that school administrators reap the largest net benefits from the current system, which has rising costs and clear inefficiencies.

Starting off school in the right way is important, as it is in many areas of life.

This is despite research from the Sutton Trust that found that in selective areas on average 18 per cent of pupils are entitled to free school meals - an important indicator of social deprivation - but make up only three per cent of grammar school entrants.

More than one size It is also important to allow relevant experts to design and fit out different areas of a school, which will allow the school to benefit from their specific experience and expertise, rather than adopting a «one size fits all» approach.

The new training aims to put teachers «at the forefront of knowledge for this important area» and will support schools in making effective decisions about how to manage incidents of sexting and when to refer them to external agencies like the police or social care.

As Dr. Joyce Epstein (Director of the Center on School, Family and Community Partnerships at Johns Hopkins University, who spoke at the Celebration in a different session), pointed out, while we all know that home, school and community partnerships are important, and most of us even know what quality home, school and community partnerships look like, we often fall flat in one key area: how to getSchool, Family and Community Partnerships at Johns Hopkins University, who spoke at the Celebration in a different session), pointed out, while we all know that home, school and community partnerships are important, and most of us even know what quality home, school and community partnerships look like, we often fall flat in one key area: how to getschool and community partnerships are important, and most of us even know what quality home, school and community partnerships look like, we often fall flat in one key area: how to getschool and community partnerships look like, we often fall flat in one key area: how to get them.

Physical security measures are the first and arguably one of the most important aspects of school security, as they serve to deter criminals and are aimed at physically keeping intruders out of the vulnerable areas of the site.

Ranging from automatic security gates, to a standard driveway gates, there is one important type of gate that often goes unnoticed - gates and access to play and sports areas in schools.

Also, it's important to create a school - wide professional learning community that allows RJ practitioners at the site to continually reflect throughout the school year on what is working, what are areas of growth, and what tweaking is needed.

To illustrate how important individual schools» test scores can be to a community, Phyllis Jordan, an assignment editor at The Washington Post, said that real estate agents in her newspaper's circulation area carry laminated copies of published test scores to show prospective home buyers.

Making good decisions is one of the most important life skills that a school leaver should have and we know that lots of adults still struggle in this area, particularly with finance.

Lead author Lauren K. Williams, Ph.D., formerly of the Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences at Deakin University in Victoria, said that education is particularly important for women with low incomes who live in deprived areas.

A strong body of research shows that «non-cognitive» skills are important to children's success in school and in life, but current national discussion of the domain is beset by dilemmas about how best to measure and promote skills in this area.

As we continue to gather information about how charter schools innovate in both of these areas, it is important to share this knowledge with the larger public - education system.

«It's important to know community expectations, and identify key areas of the district where you can evaluate road conditions,» added Dr. Dennis Fisher, deputy superintendent of Park Hill School District, Kansas City, Missouri.

[354] It is very difficult for a half - day program to provide sufficient time for teachers to conduct learning activities and intentional instruction in small group and one - on - one interactions in the areas of skill development experts believe are important to later school success.

Therefore, the finding that a group of charter schools in the Boston area is closing a substantial portion of the achievement gap each school year is not just good news for many Boston families; it is historically important.

As I indicated previously, there is a lot of evidence that racial / ethnic groups prefer to live in areas in which their own group predominates, and that racial composition is very important when families search for schools.

The balance between the demographics of a school and its catchment area is critically important notwithstanding the demographics of the district itself or the larger metropolitan area.

Describing the most important aspects of instructional leadership in more detail and clarity, this refined version of the framework helps school leaders better identify areas for instructional improvement and focus their time and energy on academic achievement for all students.

Breaking down traditional silos between reading class and content area instruction to make all educators responsible for student literacy is another important shift in school culture being spearheaded by principals, say experts like Marcie Craig Post, executive director of the International Literacy Foundation, formerly the International Reading Association.

There are potential savings to food programs and other important areas of infrastructure because the school district is closed 1 additional day each week.

Deeper understanding of readiness: In addition to the 1 — 36 scoring scale that colleges know and trust, ACT also provides college and career readiness indicators designed to show student achievement and preparedness in areas important to success after high school.

By helping education decision makers identify and apply what works in the area of comprehensive school reform, the CSRQ Center can help raise student achievement and improve other important student outcomes for millions of America's children.

Without full funding of SSAEG, schools will struggle to meet expectations in these important target areas.

But, as Maryland Schools Superintendent Lillian Lowery told us, the tests still provide important information about areas of strength and needed improvement.