Sentences with phrase «improving early science»

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«Building on a well - established knowledge base more than half a century in the making, recent advances in the science of early childhood development and its underlying biology provide a deeper understanding that can inform and improve existing policy and practice, as well as help generate new ways of thinking about solutions.

Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University, National Forum on Early Childhood Program Evaluation, and National Scientific Council on the Developing Child, A Science - Based Framework for Early Childhood Policy: Using Evidence to Improve Outcomes in Learning, Behavior, and Health for Vulnerable Children, Cambridge, Mass.: Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University, 2007.

Known as Betty, her contributions to public health policy came during her tenure from 1992 to 1998 as president of the William T. Grant Foundation, a social science research nonprofit focused on inequality and improving the lives of young people, and through her earlier work in 1977 as the director of studies of the President's Commission on Mental Health during the administration of President Jimmy Carter.

Lin Zheng, a leading Chinese communications professional, traveled earlier this spring from Beijing to Wuhan, an ancient city with a growing scientific presence, to address a group of media officers eager to improve their science communication skills.

2 March 2007 Explicit ethical commitments could improve the practice of science — and the treatment of early - career scientists.

Earlier this year, to surprisingly little fanfare, the White House announced a change in science policy that may significantly improve the status of some postdocs.

Explicit ethical commitments could improve the practice of science — and the treatment of early - career scientists

Science has learned that the president's 2005 budget request, due out early next month, would phase out the National Science Foundation's (NSF's) largest program to improve student achievement in science and math and shift responsibility for it to the Department of Education, which now runs a similar pScience has learned that the president's 2005 budget request, due out early next month, would phase out the National Science Foundation's (NSF's) largest program to improve student achievement in science and math and shift responsibility for it to the Department of Education, which now runs a similar pScience Foundation's (NSF's) largest program to improve student achievement in science and math and shift responsibility for it to the Department of Education, which now runs a similar pscience and math and shift responsibility for it to the Department of Education, which now runs a similar program.

«This development has the potential to enable earlier detection of solid tumors through a simple blood draw by substantially improving our ability to detect very low quantities of circulating DNA derived from tumor cells,» says corresponding author Hunter Underhill, M.D., Ph.D., who initiated the research while in the lab of senior author Jay Shendure, M.D., Ph.D., a professor in genome sciences at the University of Washington.

In February, at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in St. Louis, he captivated the crowd with early results from a project in Africa that uses low - cost fertilizers and improved farming techniques to increase crop yields several times over.

Increasing access to advanced science coursework in high school and the early years of post-secondary school can improve chances of students — most notably girls — entering these fields.

«Luis Echegoyen, a professor of chemistry at the University of Texas, El Paso, notes the percentage of underrepresented minorities (URMs) in chemistry faculty positions hasn't improved much since he was a program officer in the Chemical Dynamics Program at NSF [the National Science Foundation] in the early 1980s.

«The notifications will not be fast initially — not fast enough for early warning — but it puts into place the technology to deliver the alerts and we can then work toward making them faster and faster as we improve our real - time detection system within MyShake,» said project leader Richard Allen, a UC Berkeley professor of earth and planetary sciences and director of the seismology lab.

«This shows that measuring high frequency variability during this early critical window of postnatal development has value for identifying NEC risk at a time when symptoms are not evident and interventions to improve the parasympathetic nervous system activity can be given,» said researcher R. Alberto Travagli, professor of neural and behavioral sciences.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University]-- In recognition of his work to understand and improve treatments for psychiatric conditions including autism and severe intellectual disability, the White House on Monday, Jan. 9, named Dr. Eric Morrow as winner of a Presidential Early Career Award in Science and Engineering.

A vegan diet improves health and protects against early death from disease, according to a meta - analysis published online in Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition.

Explore key learnings from the science of child development to improve the quality of early education, shape the ongoing work of program leaders, and recognize how relationships impact early learning.

ECU School of Education researcher Dr Michael Fitzgerald received a $ 384,996 Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) to investigate whether providing high school science teachers with authentic science research experience improve outcomes for both teachers and students.

Extensive research in neurobiology and the developmental sciences indicates that adult caregivers hold the key to improving child outcomes, especially in the early years when the foundations of self - regulation and executive function skills are strengthened through responsive, «serve and return» interactions between children and their parents (as well as with other adults).

The Center on the Developing Child (CDC) is committed to catalyzing a new, science - driven era in early childhood policy and practice to dramatically improve the life prospects of all children, particularly those who face significant adversity.

This task of translating the science of early childhood development begins by determining what needs translating, then identifies obstacles to public understanding, and concludes by developing and verifying the impact of simplifying models or metaphors that improve public thinking (e.g. «brain architecture,» «serve and return,» and «toxic stress»).

When early elementary teachers integrate music and theater, student learning improves in reading, math, and science as they become better critical thinkers and problem solvers.

This book is compiled by Education Week and offers information and opinion on Obama's key educational priorities, which includes expanding early education, improving teacher quality, supporting school innovation, making math and science a national priority, addressing the dropout crisis, and improving college access and affordability.

Among its recommendations: expand early education, improve teacher quality, support school innovation, make math and science national priorities, address the dropout crisis, and improve college access and affordability.

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Gerde sees the lack of science instruction in the early years as a missed opportunity to improve skills in all three main subject areas.

They suggested that PLC initiators meet with district / school administrators early on to describe the vision for the PLC, how the PLC efforts are aligned to the goals of the school / district, and the research evidence supporting the effectiveness of the PLC approach in improving mathematics and science instruction.

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With this cadre of professionals, CEI brings 21st century expertise to our work addressing international education; differentiating instruction; early childhood education; science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) curricula; social emotional learning and heart centered education; special education; school leadership; principal mentorships; and improving reading and math instruction.

During Edcamp sessions teachers will pick their own topics - ranging from technology in the classroom, to improving literacy in early education, or boosting science, technology, engineering, and math education - and exchange ideas with colleagues from throughout the region.

Education curriculum company turns to McREL to determine if its online program for early elementary science improved student achievement, increased teacher confidence to teach science, and motivated more students to engage in science.

They include investing more in excellent teacher pre-service training, in early - childhood education, in after - school and summer programs, in improved student health and nutrition programs in and out of schools, and in implementing high standards in math, reading and science curriculums.

Unlike many education reform initiatives, the solutions that directly address student learning through the provision of new or improved forms of instruction have had significant positive impact on student achievement in grades 7 through 11 in mathematics, language arts, social studies and science and on the development of early reading skills.

Eventually he wrote to his sister, Eunice, asking for $ 15 so he could take a bus to New York where he hoped to improve his prospects - the same week the money arrived he found a job in Washington working for Science magazine and received a message from Essence magazine offering him $ 400 for a story he'd submitted a year earlier.

This all jibes with earlier posts here on what is perhaps the most unnerving, and under - appreciated, body of science related to problems like the greenhouse - gas buildup — the sociological work showing how poorly people deal with looming risks (from global heating to Social Security insolvency) and exploring ways to improve the situation.

But examining temperature anomalies separate from atmospheric circulation changes is dubious science at best and blaming global warming does nothing to improve early storm warnings or accurately assess the frequency of extreme events.

As discussed earlier and in the report, given that mainstream news coverage of the fundamentals of climate science remains a hotly debated topic — and the suggestion that we need to invest more resources in improving the portrayal of climate science at these outlets — the media analysis evaluates this question, applying the methodology employed previously by Boykoff.

Carlin: In the 1960s and early 1970s, when I was active in the Sierra Club as an environmental activist and elected Chapter Chairman, the Club supported improving the environment and appeared to be open to using both good science and economics in support of its objectives.

Building on a well - established knowledge base more than half a century in the making, recent advances in the science of early childhood development and its underlying biology provide a deeper understanding that can inform and improve existing policy and practice, as well as help generate new ways of thinking about solutions.

Preventing Early Child Maltreatment: Implications from a Longitudinal Study of Maternal Abuse History, Substance Use Problems, and Offspring Victimization Appleyard, Berlin, Rosanbalm, & Dodge (2011) Prevention Science, 12 (2) View Abstract Presents the findings of a study focused on improving child maltreatment prevention science in terms of specific implications for child maltreatment prevention, including the importance of assessment and early intervention for maternal history of maltreatment and substance use problems, targeting women with maltreatment histories for substance use services, and integrating child welfare and parenting programs with substance use treatEarly Child Maltreatment: Implications from a Longitudinal Study of Maternal Abuse History, Substance Use Problems, and Offspring Victimization Appleyard, Berlin, Rosanbalm, & Dodge (2011) Prevention Science, 12 (2) View Abstract Presents the findings of a study focused on improving child maltreatment prevention science in terms of specific implications for child maltreatment prevention, including the importance of assessment and early intervention for maternal history of maltreatment and substance use problems, targeting women with maltreatment histories for substance use services, and integrating child welfare and parenting programs with substance use treScience, 12 (2) View Abstract Presents the findings of a study focused on improving child maltreatment prevention science in terms of specific implications for child maltreatment prevention, including the importance of assessment and early intervention for maternal history of maltreatment and substance use problems, targeting women with maltreatment histories for substance use services, and integrating child welfare and parenting programs with substance use trescience in terms of specific implications for child maltreatment prevention, including the importance of assessment and early intervention for maternal history of maltreatment and substance use problems, targeting women with maltreatment histories for substance use services, and integrating child welfare and parenting programs with substance use treatearly intervention for maternal history of maltreatment and substance use problems, targeting women with maltreatment histories for substance use services, and integrating child welfare and parenting programs with substance use treatment.

It is designed to help communicators in the field to translate the science of early childhood development and mental health in the Australian context, in order to increase support for evidence - based programs and policies designed to improve child and social outcomes in Australia.

We explore the latest science about early childhood education and translate those theories to the «real world» of our programs, and we rigorously evaluate our programs to collect information that will help us improve our models.

This article, by Center Director Jack P. Shonkoff and Pat Levitt, science director of the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child, advocates for greater synergy between neuroscience and innovation in early childhood policy to improve life outcomes for children experiencing significant adversity.

A Science - Based Framework for Early Childhood Policy: Using Evidence to Improve Outcomes in Learning, Behavior, and Health for Vulnerable Children.

A science - based framework for early childhood policy: using evidence to improve outcomes in learning behavior and health for vulnerable children