Sentences with phrase «interesting in the world of education»

Back in 2013, Andy Smarick conducted a series of interviews with people he admired and found interesting in the world of education policy.

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That emerging church, I believe, will combine elements of these three decades — the emphasis of the «50s on commitment to training and to significant Christian education; the emphasis of the «60s on the claim that God is involved with all of life and the willingness of Christians to be involved in the pain of the world at the price of jeopardizing their institutional vested interests; and the emphasis of the «70s on a renewed search for a significant sense of the holy.

An opportunity to explore Waldorf teaching and Waldorf teacher education, Open Day is designed for prospective students of Sunbridge Institute's Waldorf teacher education programs (Early Childhood, Elementary, World Language, and Music) as well as individuals interested in finding out more about Waldorf Eeducation, Open Day is designed for prospective students of Sunbridge Institute's Waldorf teacher education programs (Early Childhood, Elementary, World Language, and Music) as well as individuals interested in finding out more about Waldorf Eeducation programs (Early Childhood, Elementary, World Language, and Music) as well as individuals interested in finding out more about Waldorf EducationEducation.

Waldorf Education has been getting a lot of media coverage lately due to its rejection of high - stakes testing and its interest in developing individuality and creativity in an otherwise increasingly mechanized world.

Siew, Susan IMAGES OF BREASTFEEDING WORLDWIDE WABA, 1999 A unique collection of black and white breastfeeding images from around the world compiled by the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action for use by anyone interested in breastfeeding promotion or educatioOF BREASTFEEDING WORLDWIDE WABA, 1999 A unique collection of black and white breastfeeding images from around the world compiled by the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action for use by anyone interested in breastfeeding promotion or educatioof black and white breastfeeding images from around the world compiled by the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action for use by anyone interested in breastfeeding promotion or educaworld compiled by the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action for use by anyone interested in breastfeeding promotion or educaWorld Alliance for Breastfeeding Action for use by anyone interested in breastfeeding promotion or education.

The group's original mission statement read: «To provide a medium through which parliamentarians and organisations with an interest in religious education can discuss the current provision of religious education, press for continuous improvement, promote public understanding and advocate rigorous education for every young person in religious and non-religious world views.»

His leadership and guidance led to the establishment of a world center that serves as a home for scholars and fellows, from both the humanities and the sciences, to pursue interests in education and research on ethical and policy issues in the life and social sciences, in medicine and in the professions.

How can today's education prepare them to make sense of how the world works; to think critically and independently; and to lead interesting, responsible, and productive lives in a culture increasingly shaped by science and technology?

The American Academy of Forensic Sciences, the largest forensic science organization in the world, is composed of over 7,000 scientists organized into eleven sections representing the different areas of interest, activity, education, and expertise of individual members.

He is the founder of Fill Education and Manifest Education, two of the most interesting math - ed start - ups in the world today.

Education World: Mr. Timmer, can you tell us how your own life experience led to your interest in assistive technology and the founding of Premier Assistive Technology?

Guest bloggers Kelly Teng and Cameron Baker, game developers with an interest in education, suggest that the gaming world can teach educators lessons about abstract thinking, enthusiastic engagement, and creative play in pursuit of knowledge.

«Even if you interview with someone who is not interested in looking through a portfolio, the process of preparing it will help you think through your strengths and areas where you need to grow,» Ryan tells Education World.

The newly minted secretary of education is pushing for schools to take advantage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) to give every child the kind of broad background «that engages and intrigues kids, allowing them to discover interests in the arts and the sciences and world languages and so much else.»

«I've had an interest in Charles Dickens for several years,» Marsha Perry, creator of Gad's Hill Place, told Education World.

Reimers, who worked as an education specialist advising governments at the World Bank and the Harvard Institute for International Development, is very interested in the quality of education children receive, the relevance of what they learn, and the relationship between instructional improvement and social and political development.

Minority teacher candidates and paraprofessionals interested in special education in Wichita, Kansas, receive financial support, Kenneth V. Jantz, principal of Mueller Elementary, told Educatieducation in Wichita, Kansas, receive financial support, Kenneth V. Jantz, principal of Mueller Elementary, told EducationEducation World.

Teng and Cameron Baker, game developers with an interest in education, suggest that the gaming world can teach educators lessons about abstract thinking, enthusiastic engagement, and creative play in pursuit of knowledge.

«As a scholar, I am both surprised and humbled by the interest shown in the education world about the theory of multiple intelligences,» Gardner said.

Either you'll be quoted in an Education World story (and you'll receive advance notice of this) or we may request a bylined article from you on a topic of interest.

Education World: Your interest in outdoor learning was piqued on a school trip with a class of sixth graders.

In 2013 Andy wrote a series of blog entries in which he interviewed interesting people in the world of education policy and these interviews shed a bit of light on what Andy himself is likIn 2013 Andy wrote a series of blog entries in which he interviewed interesting people in the world of education policy and these interviews shed a bit of light on what Andy himself is likin which he interviewed interesting people in the world of education policy and these interviews shed a bit of light on what Andy himself is likin the world of education policy and these interviews shed a bit of light on what Andy himself is like.

An analysis of the most recent assessment of 74 education systems around the world offers some interesting points about how teaching is viewed in top - performing countries.

We want to share our knowledge and experience in the interest of a better deal for children and young people, helping leaders to ensure that resources are managed well, to provide their pupils with an outstanding education that sets them up for life in the adult world.

She is a world renowned expert in the education of very able pupils, and has a long standing interest helping children and young people of all abilities to maximise their educational potential.

Cross-posted at Education Week This is the third in a series of blogs describing our proposals for states interested in taking advantage of the flexibility provided by the new Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) to build a truly world class educatioEducation Week This is the third in a series of blogs describing our proposals for states interested in taking advantage of the flexibility provided by the new Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) to build a truly world class educationeducation system.

Finally, as for the opt - out movement, which was also a source of discussion throughout my visit given primarily New Mexico students» activism in this regard, a related post was recently featured on Gene Glass's «Education in Two Worlds» readers might also find of interest.

From the early days as a newsletter in 1989 to its final printed edition in the Summer of 2011, Education Revolution magazine includes many interesting articles, interviews, and book reviews relating to educational alternatives around the world.

Thank you for your interest in National School Choice Week, the world's largest annual celebration of opportunity in education.

The Pet Professional Guild is a membership business league for individuals and professional pet industry businesses having the common business interest and goal of furthering the public's education and awareness of force - free dog training and pet care methods, techniques and state of research in dog training and pet care and to promote the common interest of spreading «force - free» dog training and pet care methods to the pet industry in not only the US but around the world.

Oppenheim speaks of growing up in Washington and California, his father's Russian ancestry and education in China, his father's career in engineering, his mother's background and education in English, living in Richmond El Cerrito, his mother's love of the arts, his father's feelings toward Russia, standing out in the community, his relationship with his older sister, attending Richmond High School, demographics of El Cerrito, his interest in athletics during high school, fitting in with the minority class in Richmond, prejudice and cultural dynamics of the 1950s, a lack of art education and philosophy classes during high school, Rebel Without a Cause, Richmond Trojans, hotrod clubs, the persona of a good student, playing by the rules of the art world, friendship with Jimmy De Maria and his relationship to Walter DeMaria, early skills as an artist, art and teachers in high school, attending California College of Arts and Crafts, homosexuality in the 1950s and 1960s, working and attending art school, professors at art school, attending Stanford, early sculptural work, depression, quitting school, getting married, and moving to Hawaii, becoming an entrepreneur, attending the University of Hawaii, going back to art school, radical art, painting, drawing, sculpture, the beats and the 1960s, motivations, studio work, theory and exposure to art, self - doubts, education in art history, Oakland Wedge, earth works, context and possession, Ground Systems, Directed Seeding, Cancelled Crop, studio art, documentation, use of science and disciplines in art, conceptual art, theoretical positions, sentiments and useful rage, Robert Smithson and earth works, Gerry Shum, Peter Hutchinson, ocean work and red dye, breaking patterns and attempting growth, body works, drug use and hippies, focusing on theory, turmoil, Max Kozloff's «Pygmalion Reversed,» artist as shaman and Jack Burnham, sync and acceptance of the art world, machine works, interrogating art and one's self, Vito Acconci, public art, artisans and architects, Fireworks, dysfunction in art, periods of fragmentation, bad art and autobiographical self - exposure, discovery, being judgmental of one's own work, critical dissent, impact of the 1950s and modernism, concern about placement in the art world, Gypsum Gypsies, mutations of objects, reading and writing, form and content, and phases of development.

Dr. Albert C. Barnes, the pharmaceutical entrepreneur who assembled one of the world's greatest collections of post-impressionist and early modern art, as well as one of the most historically important holdings of African art in the United States, shared Shonibare's interest in education and social mobility, although their views diverge in important ways.

Special interest in manufacturing of artist's materials, methods of use, evolution in education about artist's materials, materiality in the world of art curators and museums.

Actually, two of the most striking things about the current situation seem to me (by comparison with recent history) the convergence of interest by people and institutions traditionally separate within jurisdictions (e.g. inhabiting the worlds of PLE, legal aid, self represented litigants) and the degree of international linking helped by HiiL's entrepreneurialism (you can go to few countries in the world and not find that they have been there the week before) but also exampled by links the licensing of material from the Justice Education Society of British Columbia by California courts.

In an ideal world, I would like to see more education of family / interested parties prior to their appointment as a court appointed guardian / conservator through a court sanctioned in - person education class as some states have when a couple is divorcinIn an ideal world, I would like to see more education of family / interested parties prior to their appointment as a court appointed guardian / conservator through a court sanctioned in - person education class as some states have when a couple is divorcinin - person education class as some states have when a couple is divorcing.

According to a 2013 article from the U.S. News & World Report, even parents dedicating as little as $ 100 a month to a 529 college plan with an 8 percent interest rate from the time their baby is born, would have enough to cover a third of their child's college education in 18 years.

KWHS Business Education Blog About - The online journal for students interested in finding out more about the world of business.

The General Assembly, Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, and good faith in the fulfilment of the obligations assumed by States in accordance with the Charter, Affirming that indigenous peoples are equal to all other peoples, while recognizing the right of all peoples to be different, to consider themselves different, and to be respected as such, Affirming also that all peoples contribute to the diversity and richness of civilizations and cultures, which constitute the common heritage of humankind, Affirming further that all doctrines, policies and practices based on or advocating superiority of peoples or individuals on the basis of national origin or racial, religious, ethnic or cultural differences are racist, scientifically false, legally invalid, morally condemnable and socially unjust, Reaffirming that indigenous peoples, in the exercise of their rights, should be free from discrimination of any kind, Concerned that indigenous peoples have suffered from historic injustices as a result of, inter alia, their colonization and dispossession of their lands, territories and resources, thus preventing them from exercising, in particular, their right to development in accordance with their own needs and interests, Recognizing the urgent need to respect and promote the inherent rights of indigenous peoples which derive from their political, economic and social structures and from their cultures, spiritual traditions, histories and philosophies, especially their rights to their lands, territories and resources, Recognizing also the urgent need to respect and promote the rights of indigenous peoples affirmed in treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements with States, Welcoming the fact that indigenous peoples are organizing themselves for political, economic, social and cultural enhancement and in order to bring to an end all forms of discrimination and oppression wherever they occur, Convinced that control by indigenous peoples over developments affecting them and their lands, territories and resources will enable them to maintain and strengthen their institutions, cultures and traditions, and to promote their development in accordance with their aspirations and needs, Recognizing that respect for indigenous knowledge, cultures and traditional practices contributes to sustainable and equitable development and proper management of the environment, Emphasizing the contribution of the demilitarization of the lands and territories of indigenous peoples to peace, economic and social progress and development, understanding and friendly relations among nations and peoples of the world, Recognizing in particular the right of indigenous families and communities to retain shared responsibility for the upbringing, training, education and well - being of their children, consistent with the rights of the child, Considering that the rights affirmed in treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements between States and indigenous peoples are, in some situations, matters of international concern, interest, responsibility and character, Considering also that treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements, and the relationship they represent, are the basis for a strengthened partnership between indigenous peoples and States, Acknowledging that the Charter of the United Nations, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (2) and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 2 as well as the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, (3) affirm the fundamental importance of the right to self - determination of all peoples, by virtue of which they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development, Bearing in mind that nothing in this Declaration may be used to deny any peoples their right to self - determination, exercised in conformity with international law, Convinced that the recognition of the rights of indigenous peoples in this Declaration will enhance harmonious and cooperative relations between the State and indigenous peoples, based on principles of justice, democracy, respect for human rights, non-discrimination and good faith, Encouraging States to comply with and effectively implement all their obligations as they apply to indigenous peoples under international instruments, in particular those related to human rights, in consultation and cooperation with the peoples concerned,

The seminar is initiated by the organizing committee of the International Conference «Early Childhood Care and Education» to meet the needs of professionals that are interested in developing early childhood education all over tEducation» to meet the needs of professionals that are interested in developing early childhood education all over teducation all over the world.