We are continually learning more about what does work to improve both teaching and
learning climates in our schools.
«The misuse of standardized tests and the state's over-reliance on testing continue to plague
the learning climate in our classrooms,» NYSUT President Andy Pallotta said.
Strive to meet the standards set out in the California Standards for the Teaching Profession, and assist in establishing and maintaining an effective, and
learning climate in the school
Not exact matches
Deep
learning is being touted as a way forward for
climate science, medicine and genomics; it's already embedded
in the way you search for something online, when you Google image search for, say, «cat,» and feline photos come up as a result of AI
learning of what «cat» means.
Trajano lauds Amazon founder Jeff Bezos as «the best CEO
in the world,» but said his company will face a steep
learning curve
in Brazil, given its notoriously tough business
climate.
During the training
in Seattle I
learned skills and strategies for effectively communicating about
climate change.
Connect with groups like the Micah Challenge (www.micahchallengeusa.org) to
learn the spiritual elements involved
in climate justice.
In Sulawesi, cocoa bean yields could drop by as much as 62 percent — which makes it all the more critical that farmers like Syamsuddin
learn and apply
climate - smart methods now.
Having just recently moved to this area, I am looking forward to
learning more about gardening
in this
climate.
In this critical
climate - focused Natural Products Expo West session moderated by Lisa Spicka, associate director for the Sustainable Food Trade Association,
learn what both the trade and three inspiring natural retailers have to share about their...
I encourage farmers and ranchers
in rural areas throughout the world to
learn about the positive impact organic farming can have on protecting the environment, mitigating
climate change and improving the health for future generations,» Straus added.
Learn more about how we advance
climate resilience, improved livelihoods, and conservation
in communities throughout Latin America.
Helping students make the shift
in attitude that Sommers describes can seem daunting
in our current educational
climate, where performance is valued over
learning, and where parents and teachers often resort to questionable motivational techniques («if you don't do well, you'll end up working at McDonald's») to encourage students.
By focusing on the day - to - day necessities of a healthy schedule; an engaging, personalized, and rigorous curriculum; and a caring
climate, this book is an invaluable resource for school leaders, teachers, parents, and students to help them design
learning communities where every student feels a sense of belonging, purpose, and motivation to
learn the skills necessary to succeed now and
in the future.
We can go a long way
in creating a good
climate in which that
learning can take place.»
Cons: - Too warm for summer babies
in hot
climates - No options for pockets -
Learning curve, but luckily there are plenty of videos on you tube
Learn more
in the Massachusetts
Climate Change Advisory Report (September 2011).
California's evolving knowledge and commitment to social emotional
learning can be seen
in the state's adoption of school
climate and parent engagement, as meaningful state indicators.
Learn simple, fun and easy ways to create a
climate of gratitude and kindness
in your home, for and with your children.
You can
learn more about Mass Audubon's efforts to identify areas that are critical for conservation
in the face of
climate change by reading our Losing Ground report.
And
in today's classroom, where teachers must compete with digital distractions for their students» attention while trying to satisfy increasingly demanding academic standards, it is more important than ever that educators be able to combat apathy, instill vital problem - solving skills, and create a
climate that maximizes
learning.
It is highly likely that if the baby is living
in a warm
climate they are starting to
learn how to swim (yes, it starts that young!).
I had hoped the people would have
learned from his father, but noooo, we just had to have another Cuomo
in Albany to keep up the
climate of driving industry, younger people and business out of the area.
The format of the initiatives meant that they not only
learnt about the science of environmental problems such as
climate change, but were also engaged
in considering solutions and how to bring them about, both
in terms of their own lives and community and the wider political context.
In this current economic climate, we could learn much from her resolve in addressing the economic crisis that she inherite
In this current economic
climate, we could
learn much from her resolve
in addressing the economic crisis that she inherite
in addressing the economic crisis that she inherited.
UFT President Michael Mulgrew and other educators at the Changing School
Climate breakfast discussion on March 23 at union headquarters
in Manhattan said the Positive
Learning Collaborative and Community
Learning Schools are proven methods to help students cope with emotional issues and improve school discipline.
Its UFT Teacher Center helps our members devise strategies that help them to enhance instruction, and the UFT — DOE restorative justice partnership, the Professional
Learning Collaborative, trains every staff member
in the building, reducing behavior incidents and improving school
climate.
The UFT is currently interviewing candidates to run an independent assessment of the impact of the Community
Learning Schools Initiative on student achievement and school
climate in the participating schools.
Since 1985, Project 2061 has led the way
in science education reform by first defining adult science literacy
in its influential publication Science for All Americans and then specifying what K - 12 students need to know
in Benchmarks for Science Literacy, which helps educators implement science literacy goals
in the classroom; the AAAS Science Assessment website with more than 700 middle school test items; and WeatherSchool @ AAAS, an online resource where students can use real - world data to
learn about the fundamental principles of weather and
climate.
Readers of Scientific American first
learned that excess carbon dioxide could detrimentally affect
climate in a feature article that ran back
in 1959 — that's right, 50 years ago.
Learn more about what the Leshner Leadership Fellows are doing
in Science: AAAS Leshner Fellows help confront
climate impacts.
While the documents show API
learned of potential
climate change risks as early as 1968 and had formed committees to examine smog pollution
in the 1940s, Exxon CEO Lee Raymond said
in November 1996 that
climate science was unsettled.
We are all hopeful that there will be some really significant common lessons
learned, and that at a minimum, we may draw some common understanding about what
climate - sensitive parameters
in fragile states might mean,» said Cynthia Brady, a senior conflict adviser at USAID.
Using the genomic technologies he's
learned at the IGB, Woolbright hopes to develop a research program that investigates
climate - driven changes
in species interactions at the gene level.
His time at the U.K. Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST), during which he helped write a four - page brief about international efforts to reduce deforestation ahead of the United Nations
Climate Change Conference
in Paris, was a tremendous
learning experience, says Richardson, who is now a postdoc at the California Institute of Technology
in Pasadena, working at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).
Academic: includes lectures by international leaders
in the different fields of science diplomacy (energy, environment,
climate, water, global health, nuclear nonproliferation, space, etc.), exclusive online
learning tools, interactive case studies, and experiential
learning through role - playing exercises and simulations.
By
learning more about Earth's ancient
climate, scientists hope to get a glimpse of what's likely to occur
in the future.
My class may be one of few opportunities they have
in their lives to
learn about such vital topics as global
climate change, sustainability, and human biology.
«Carbon release back then looked a lot like human fossil - fuel emissions today, so we might
learn a lot about the future from changes
in climate, plants, and animal communities 55.5 million years ago.»
That finding is meant to contradict the stereotype of Americans
learning little science
in school and being oblivious to or willfully ignorant of the scientific consensus on everything from
climate change to evolution.
60 - Second Earth
In just one minute, you can
learn about the world's energy future,
climate change, what to do with the waste from gold mines and other cool (or hot) topics from Scientific American's 60 - Second Earth podcast.
In every region, with the exception of a number of positive examples where lessons can be
learned, biodiversity and nature's capacity to contribute to people are being degraded, reduced and lost due to a number of common pressures — habitat stress; overexploitation and unsustainable use of natural resources; air, land and water pollution; increasing numbers and impact of invasive alien species and
climate change, among others.
Although scientists can
learn about past
climate by examining ancient lake sediments,
in the Sahara the lakes dried up long ago and their sediments have blown away.
It was Curbelo's willingness to disengage from his party's
climate positions that prompted the fifth - grade letter - writing project at Gateway Environmental
Learning Center
in Homestead, Fla..
The crash of a NASA mission this week to monitor the flows of carbon dioxide
in the atmosphere is a big blow to
climate scientists hoping to
learn more about the fate of CO2 streams
in the air.
Gentine and his team are now exploring ways to model how biosphere - atmosphere interactions may change with a shifting
climate, as well as
learning more about the drivers of photosynthesis,
in order to better understand atmospheric variability.
«Additionally, we
learned that the
climate fluctuates naturally over the last 11,000 years and would have led to cooling today
in the absence of human activity.»
The method is based on Approximate Bayesian Computation (ABC), which is a machine
learning method that has been developed to infer very complex models from observations, with uses
in climate sciences and epidemiology among others.
In addition to finding out what they call the «recipe for disaster», they hope to
learn about Earth's past
climate and the history of the Himalayas.
Hammer, who came to the United States from Guatemala as a child, «has studied how the cities and regions most vulnerable to the effects of
climate change and sea - level rise also have large Hispanic populations — something she
learned firsthand growing up
in South Florida,» according to a White House statement.