Sentences with phrase «leading education academics»

reports, written by leading education academics and research experts.

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The notion promoted by the Canadian technology council that an arts education leads to better results in a wide range of other areas was repeatedly deflated: «There is no evidence for a link between theatre training and overall academic skill... We found no evidence that dance education improves overall academic skills or reading... There is no evidence that training in visual arts improves overall academic skills or literacy.»

We have placed an ambitious and expensive program at the heart of theological education at the same time that a concern for proving a solid academic preparation has led the faculty to stress a core curriculum.

At the same time, Catholic professors criticized their institutions for intellectual mediocrity, redefined «academic excellence» in line with the standards of leading graduate schools, and turned (with equivocal success) to theology to provide what Holy Cross historian David O'Brien has termed «the bridge between the older Catholic identity and the newer, more excellent version of Catholic higher education.»

(a teacher that gained their education in a leftist led academic environment and a teacher in a lefties led union, a union with an agenda).

Many of my friends believe that the push for diversity in higher education has led to a decline in emphasis on academic achievement.

The prize is endorsed and granted by the Basque Culinary Centre (BCC), a world leading academic institution dedicated to gastronomic education, innovation and research.

Her academic pedigree, experience with education and health promotion, Director of Education roles and motherhood have all helped forge this path to leading the Rainbow Plate education and health promotion, Director of Education roles and motherhood have all helped forge this path to leading the Rainbow Plate Education roles and motherhood have all helped forge this path to leading the Rainbow Plate movement.

The education secretary said the popular series had sought to denigrate British patriotism and had been used by «left wing academics» to portray the first world war as a «shambles» led by an out of touch elite.

It was followed by responses from a panel of leading academics and a panel of representatives from governors» and leaders» organisations and the Department for Education.

Both reports were instrumental in setting up the Faculty of Law at Legon, leading to the current bifurcated legal education system, which includes the academic component at a University followed by a professional component at Makola or an equivalent professional school.

Leading the group's work are two faculty members, Elizabeth Watkins, dean of the Graduate Division and vice chancellor for student academic affairs at the University of California, San Francisco, and Peter Espenshade, associate dean for graduate biomedical education at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Led by researchers at NYU's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, the study builds upon recent findings that the same program generally improves the behavior and academic skills of children and helps shy students be more engaged in their classwork.

England's leading academic centres won the lion's share of funding for research last week, as the Higher Education Funding Council for England directed most of its research budget into the strongest departments.

«There has been a dramatic contraction of the prison education system, particularly those programs focused on academic instruction versus vocational training,» said Lois Davis, the study's lead author and a senior policy researcher at RAND, a nonprofit research organization.

Penn Medicine is one of the world's leading academic medical centers, dedicated to the related missions of medical education, biomedical research, and excellence in patient care.

To explore this topic in full, an expert panel comprising academics and leading figures from higher education will discuss the themes and implications of David's book and the audience will be invited to present their own thoughts and questions on the subject.

Because learning and memory impairments are common after TBI, the goal of this trial is to obtain evidence that RPT is an effective tool that leads to improved academic performance and the attainment of higher education and employment.

Whether students plan to do research at universities or work in the private sector or public institutions, Mobilities & Urban Studies at Aalborg University offers a leading and international oriented academic education focused on mobilities - one of few in fact.

10/8/2007 UC San Diego Medical Center Participates in $ 21 Million Program to Preserve Fertility in Women with Cancer The University of California, San Diego Medical Center, in collaboration with four leading academic medical centers, will share a $ 21 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant for a landmark national research, clinical, and education program... More...

The NCU International Relations Office proposed to the Institute for Promotion of Higher Education at Kobe University the expansion of academic exchange and this led to the conclusion of an academic exchange agreement.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), The National Cholesterol Education Program, The American Heart Association and many academic centers are led and influenced by physicians who receive direct or indirect benefit from the makers of statin drugs.

Similar issues arise in higher education, and yet the benefits of academic mobility have led many state and private universities to offer more portable retirement plans.

In collaboration with leading academics from around the world and the staff at my school, we embarked upon developing what we call Creative Education.

This report was prepared by Informa with contributions from leading organisations including Consilium Education, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Fielding Nair International, The Arabian Education and Training Group, AURA Academic Institutions, Kids First Group, Brighton College International Schools, Blossom Nursery / Blossom Early Learning Centre, American University in Sharjah and Nora systems GmbH.

Shawn Mahoney Technology, Innovation, and Education City: Columbus, Ohio Current job: Chief Academic Officer, McGraw - Hill Education Career highlights: Completing Ph.D. in Educational Technology; leading a world - class product design and development team; serving on the revision committee for iNACOL National Standards for Quality Online Courses; co-presenting at SXSW with Robert Atkinson, Chris Hoadley, and Jeff Bergin on LX Design

With a professional background in the field of academic librarianship and higher education she manages and leads a team of professional librarians and teaching fellows within a learning organization environment.

Instead of just focusing on the academic preparation found in a higher education classroom, we need to equally emphasize the clinical experience and whether prospective educators can successfully apply the concerns learned in the classes they take while leading classrooms of their own.

Further, though case law surrounding academic freedom issues has clearly established that higher - education leadership can still require a professor to teach certain topics, overly expansive faculty contracts have led to a different outcome.

What College Professors Can Learn From Alan Alda TIME, 1/8/15» «Those who are involved in funding academic research are really keen to see that it's going to lead to something practical,» says James Ryan, the education school's dean, who was trained not as an academic but as a lawyer.

For the most part, he says, the past decade of research on the accountability movement in education has focused on two things: whether or not the tests increased academic achievement, and how high - stakes testing has led to certain behaviors such as teaching to the test or manipulating the data.

The logical extension of Jason's argument is that an all voucher education system would lead to a public education system where all schools would be allowed to reject students based on wealth, academic performance, and behavior.

Accountability measures should inquire into whether schools are taking the steps that research shows can lead to an appropriate, holistic education, not just an academic outcome.

The Arkansas Department of Education is working with 25 school districts to improve academic or financial problems that, if not solved, could lead to a state takeover.

But this liveliness sometimes leads critics to separate arts education from «academic education.»

She has worked closely with academics as a teaching and learning staff developer and currently leads the Research Education and Training Program (RETP) for the WA Health Translation Network (WAHTN) at The University of Western Australia.

While her primary focus — and the focus of many media reports about her — has been on vouchers, tax credits, and education savings accounts, organizations she has led or helped found have also advanced other reform initiatives, such as accountability for student learning and more - rigorous academic standards.

Thousands of schools for African American students across the Jim Crow South were built with the backing of the Rosenwald Fund, one of the earliest and most important foundations in education; philanthropist Grace Dodge founded Teachers College, now at Columbia University, in 1887, which led to training of teachers in pedagogy; the Ford Foundation was involved in promoting the employment of classroom aides, National Merit Scholarships, and the development of Advanced Placement curricula and tests; the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards grew out of work funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York, which also funded the Educational Testing Service to develop objective ways of measuring academic merit, which led to the SAT.

They claim that much of Australia's increased expenditure on education in the last 20 to 30 years has been «wasted» on efforts to reduce class sizes, arguing that this extra funding does not lead to better academic results.

New Project Hopes to Learn Which Pre-K Experiences Lead to Later School Success (Education Dive) Professor Nonie Lesaux and colleagues are seeing success with the Early Learning Study which is designed to identify indicators for long - term academic and social achievement rooted in Pre-K experiences.

«After a span of more than a decade in a series of senior administrative roles at NYU, the Spencer Foundation, and most recently HGSE, Ellen has indicated her desire to devote her full - time efforts once again to her academic work as a leading historian of American education,» Summers added.

Independent Thinking founder Ian Gilbert's increasing frustration with educational policies that favour «no excuses» and «compliance», and that ignore the broader issues of poverty and inequality, is shared by many others across the sphere of education — and this widespread disaffection has led to the assembly of a diverse cast of teachers, school leaders, academics and poets who unite in this book to challenge the status quo.

Belonging to a deliberately small group of academic educators, each with a strong practitioner history, members of Sustainability Frontiers have agreed to collaborate in different combinations as they undertake local, national and international projects, consultancies and initiatives at the leading edge of sustainability education, often in partnership with other organizations.

UTCs provide a secondary education route that is led by a sponsor university and offers a solid academic education, with specialisation in technical and scientific subjects.

Challenging student behaviours are affecting the health, productivity and welfare of Australian teachers as well as the students themselves, a leading special education academic says.

Jessica is the author of the Washington Times article, «Rethinking Education with Charter Schools: Choice Leads to Academic Success,» as well as «We Can Prevent Bullying Before it Starts,» (The Washington Blade) and «Educating for Success in Tomorrow's Economy» (The Current).

An LEA shall use these grant funds to support direct student services including: (1) a student's enrollment and participation in academic courses not otherwise available at the student's school; (2) credit recovery and academic acceleration courses that lead to a regular high school diploma; (3) activities that assist students in successfully completing postsecondary level instruction and examinations that are accepted for credit at institutions of higher education; and (4) if applicable, transportation to allow a student enrolled in a low - performing school to transfer to another public school.

Our mission is to lead public education to unprecedented levels of academic achievement by fostering a strong charter movement.

Our mission is to lead public education to unprecedented levels of academic achievement by fostering a strong charter sector.www.publiccharters.org.

«Across the country, states, districts, and educators are leading the way in developing innovative assessments that measure students» academic progress; promote equity by highlighting achievement gaps, especially for our traditionally underserved students; and spur improvements in teaching and learning for all our children,» stated U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King Jr. «Our proposed regulations build on President Obama's plan to strike a balance around testing, providing additional support for states and districts to develop and use better, less burdensome assessments that give a more well - rounded picture of how students and schools are doing, while providing parents, teachers, and communities with critical information about students» learning.»