Sentences with phrase «key national challenges»

The national survey shows that SEL can help address key national challenges, including that America's educational advantage is slipping.

The national survey shows that SEL can help address key national challenges, including that America's educational advantage is slipping.

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A recent paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research studied what happens to scientific subfields when star researchers die suddenly and at the peak of their abilities, and finds that while there is considerable evidence that young researchers are reluctant to challenge scientific superstars, a sudden and unexpected death does not significantly improve the situation, particularly when «key collaborators of the star are in a position to channel resources (such as editorial goodwill or funding) to insiders.»

In 2013, NPR's Allan Greenblatt listed a few: It's effectively a one - party state, with the Democrats so dominant that there is no political competition and machine politics set the agenda; the elections are expensive, making candidates reliant on donors; many key decisions, such as the shape of the state budget, are made in backroom deals between a few power players; the local media is so focused on national events that it ignores what's happening in the state (especially upstate); and there's no anti-corruption movement to challenge the existing culture.

This month, the Internet Advocacy Roundtable is piping in some of the key players in these efforts from the Human Rights Campaign, which has spearheaded much of the national effort, and from the American Foundation for Equal Rights, which successfully challenged California's Prop 8 in federal court.

The conference which was attended by Fulani herdsmen and policymakers from Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Niger, identified the key challenges facing herdsmen and other stakeholders, and their consequences on national security.

The pharmaceutical industry, the National Institutes of Health, the FDA, academia, clinical research organizations and other key stakeholders will have the opportunity to focus on these disparities and identify the barriers and challenges in educating, recruiting and designing clinical trials.

If a national standard does pass, Misewich says that a key recommendation from the report is that any such standard should be phased in over time to address these challenges.

Consideration of regional trends will be crucial to tackle the diverse health challenges faced by provincial governments, and localised health policies will likely be the key for overall success at the national level.

Part of the Joint Design of Advanced Computing Solutions for Cancer (JDACS4C), a DOE and National Cancer Institute (NCI) collaboration, CANDLE will address three key cancer challenges to accelerate research at the molecular, cellular and population levels.

This funding will support selected industry partners» access to the national laboratories» high - performance computing (HPC) facilities and expertise to help address key challenges in developing, modifying, and qualifying new or modified materials that can perform well in extreme environments.

To bring this same innovation to school report cards, the Foundation for Excellence in Education (ExcelinEd), in partnership with Getting Smart, has launched the My School Information Design Challenge (#schoolinfo)-- a national competition to rethink and redesign the way in which key data is presented on school report cards so that they can drive decisions, spark discussions and support the efforts of state departments of education.

The EBacc is taking its insidious place at Key Stage 4, bookended by two further challenges, the National Curriculum at Key Stage 2 and the so called «facilitating subjects» at Key Stage 5.

The LEGO ® MINDSTORMS ® Education EV3 helps teachers tackle assessment needs and aligns with key skills reflected in national standards, which challenge students to explore real life themes and challenges.

To tackle the facility challenge for «20 in 10» schools, Bluum is partnering with Building Hope, a national, nonprofit lender and turn - key real estate developer.

Ty Goddard, director of the British Council for School Environments, said the key now was to find a system and approach that met the national challenge.

Three recent publications highlight some of the key challenges the National Center for Special Education in Charter Schools faces as we work to ensure students with disabilities have ready access to charter schools prepared to provide quality special education and related services.

The National Board served as a key advisor during the challenge process, working with the challenge's host organizations, Learning Forward and NCTAF.

Education is a key part of the solution to every challenge facing the country and the National School Boards Association (NSBA) and the more than 90,000 school board members are ready to work with Betsy DeVos, President - elect Donald J. Trump's nominee for Secretary of Education to ensure every child has an opportunity to realize their potential.

The 2011 National Survey on STEM Education discovered the three key challenges facing K - 12 STEM education in the United States: inadequate funding (74 percent), a low number of qualified STEM education teachers (55.9 percent), and insufficient STEM professional development for teachers (54.6 percent).

The Vergara lawsuit — in which nine children successfully challenged the constitutionality of key California teacher employment and dismissal provisions — has gone national.

While the field of teacher preparation has made significant advances in recent decades — creating stronger clinical partnerships, developing better performance assessments, making better use of newly available data sources, meeting more demanding state approval and national accreditation standards, and developing new models and patterns of preparation — not all of these advances have been universally adopted at the program level.3 To consolidate the gains and to overcome challenges to implementing universal high standards for admission and academic rigor in teacher preparation, states, school districts, and teacher preparation programs must work together to enact key policy changes.

To mark our 15th anniversary, we asked school leaders from our partner schools, who form our National Schools Forum, to write about the key challenges they face in their schools and communities; the innovative solutions that they have implemented, in collaboration with others, to address these challenges; and to offer thoughts on what more needs to change to ensure that the children from the least advantaged communities have the best possible education.

To bring this same innovation to school report cards, the Foundation for Excellence in Education (ExcelinEd), in partnership with Getting Smart, has launched the My School Information Design Challenge (#schoolinfo)- a national competition to rethink and redesign the way in which key data is presented on school report cards so that they can drive decisions, spark discussions and support the efforts of state departments of education.

It captures national experiences whilst noting key challenges in countries where disaster risk reduction is less clearly prioritised or where specific teacher training doesn't exist.

Ambassador Peter Thomson, President - elect of the United National General Assembly, signalled that unlocking finance for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is a key challenge of our times

When Fortune 500 company 3M, headquartered in St. Paul, entered the National Bike Challenge «they got their butts kicked,» according to Nesselhuf, but they had a key person in a leadership role who wanted to see 3M excel in the cChallenge «they got their butts kicked,» according to Nesselhuf, but they had a key person in a leadership role who wanted to see 3M excel in the challengechallenge.

Section 1 of China, the United States and the Climate Change Challenge, outlines China's National Climate Change Program, the key components of which are:

«If we do not accept that climate change is an enormously important dimension of the energy challenge that we face, and larger environmental challenges that we face, we will not put into the legislation that we need, the key ingredient that we need,» Obama science and technology adviser John Holdren said in his remarks to the National Climate Adaptation Summit on May 27.

The US Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has issued a new Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) soliciting research projects that will address key challenges related to the utilization of coal - biomass mixtures for co-production of power and hydrogen, fuels, and / or chemicals.

In its report, the Committee accepted our key recommendation that the program be expanded in scope to include equality challenges to provincial and territorial laws where the case in question will have national impact.

Six Key Steps to Successful Challenges for Cause in Federal Court «Judicial» Voir Dire, National Trial Lawyers Summit (2014)

Key Findings From a 2009 National Parent Survey: Implications for Infant - Toddler Public Policy (PDF - 42 KB) ZERO TO THREE (2010) Explores issues and challenges that parents of young children confront today, where gaps in knowledge of early development exist, what sources of information and support these parents turn to, and what factors influence their approach to parenting.

The full research report outlines the key strengths and challenges of the IMH network model, the potential outcomes for infants and their families when IMH practice is applied, the impact of IMH knowledge for frontline early years practitioners, and recommendations at national level.

This «Position Statement On the Management Of Challenging Behaviors» from the National Down Syndrome Congress (NDSC) identifies key features consistent with quality programs for the individuals with Down syndrome.

Implementing the Drug Strategy in a coordinated way with the implementation of the Health Plan, the National Strategic Framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples» Mental Health and Social and Emotional Wellbeing (in development at the time of writing)[93] and the 2013 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention Strategy [94] remains a key challenge for 2015 as discussed later.