Sentences with phrase «like education pioneers»

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Both William Olaf Stapledon, early twentieth century philosopher and science fiction author, and Professor Sir David Weatherall, distinguished medical scientist, have strong ties to Liverpool; and Birmingham has historically been home to a wide range of humanist thinkers like John Baskerville, nineteenth century avowed atheist and renown printer, Harold Blackham, first director of the BHA; George Holyoake, nineteenth century writer who coined the term «secularism», sex education pioneer Martin Cole, leading international humanist and philosopher - physicist Sir Harry Stopes - Roe; and writer and comedian Natalie Haynes.

Although students» success because of how much their parents» care about their education (a point Duncan does understand) seems to have helped the Korean economy experience miraculous growth, given that Korea now needs to pioneer another wave of disruption to continue to grow, other skills that have not been fostered — like creativity — may now increase in importance.

Like all classroom solutions from LEGO Education, this set is based on «Constructionism,» a school of thought pioneered by progressive theorists Jean Piaget and Seymour Papert.

Some educators say they are fueled partly by their war with Ducey over his latest expansion of a voucher - like program — a pioneering «education savings account» that allows virtually any family to get public dollars to pay for private school expenses.

When and if we find out about MassInsight's contracts, I'd like to know about Education Pioneers.

She pioneered projects like our Teacher & Administrator Contract Database, which is now visited more than 20,000 times a year, and the Field Guide to Education in Connecticut, which has reached more than 10,000 readers across the state.

And while such schools have contributed to the local health jobs pipeline in cities like Houston and Dallas, IDEA will be the first to pioneer a school for the health professions that begins to build strength in STEM education among students in preK - 12th grade.

Recognizing the contributions of pioneers in ed - tech and digital learning, Digital Promise — an independent nonprofit organization committed to spurring innovation in education — launched a series of awards showcasing examples of how companies like DreamBox use and conduct research to build better products and services in three categories: Learning Sciences, User Research, and Evaluation Research.

This list doesn't even include the education entrepreneurs that are working to educate girls (Drawdown Solution # 6), like Lekki Peninsula Affordable Schools, a low - cost private school chain in Nigeria with an all - inclusive fee structure and flexible payment system, or Sudiksha, which has pioneered a train - the - trainer model for training new preschool teachers in India.