Sentences with phrase «model schools build»

These instructional designs and new - model schools build on decades of research about how students learn best and the supports they need to succeed both academically and after high school.

Akinola said the team of the UNICEF officials will be visiting some model schools built by the Aregbesola's administration where the school feeding programme of the state will be acknowledged.

Not exact matches

It is no coincidence that the school system in Finland, the darling of the international educational community for its superior test scores, is built on an experience - based model, where science and math are taught through doing, and labs take precedence over textbooks.

The retailer has been buffeted by major structural shifts in an industry where electronics heavyweights JB Hi - Fi and Harvey Norman, and the rise of online players like Amazon and Kogan.com, have undermined the old - school Godfreys retailing model built around stand - alone stores.

We hope that what happens at Emory over the next few years will stimulate discussion, debate and creative ideas at other graduate schools, leading them to take up these challenges in their own ways and build other educational models for preparing practical theologians.

Those skeptics (and others) point out that in the 1960s and 1970s, «project - based learning» was used in some low - income schools as a euphemism for the practice of having poor kids build Lego models and doodle in coloring books while the rich kids across town learned how to read and do math.

The Expeditionary Learning model was developed 25 years ago out of a collaboration between the Harvard Graduate School of Education and Outward Bound USA, and the Outward Bound principle of building confidence and knowledge through shared challenges is still at the heart of the EL model.

As well as being the first time in recent memory that meals have been made from scratch in D.C. Public Schools, the program represents the culmination of innovative efforts by D.C. Central Kitchen to build a successful economic model around concepts that don't normally associate in the public mind: local farming, job training for the down - and - out, and feeding the indigent.

Highlights include establishment of a trail system that is mostly wheelchair accessible; programs reaching out to 40 schools and 230,000 residents within a two - mile radius; and, in partnership with the city of Boston, creation of the George Robert White Environmental Conservation Center, which models environmentally sound building practices.

We work with families, schools, and agencies in a strength - based model to build skills that help change interactions.

New housing, combined with the conversion of School # 17 to a community - school model and demolition of blighted commercial buildings, has changed the fabric of the neighboSchool # 17 to a community - school model and demolition of blighted commercial buildings, has changed the fabric of the neighboschool model and demolition of blighted commercial buildings, has changed the fabric of the neighborhood.

Lavine's single, unified vision leading the school district and city could build off the successful Career and Technical Education model in Syracuse.

Like the Utica facility, which is being built at the SUNY Institute of Technology, the Syracuse chip center would be modeled after the SUNY College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering in Albany, at which chip companies like IBM and Intel do cutting - edge research in partnership with the school through programs totalling $ 17 billion.

«We're trying to build models that describe how tumors grow and respond to therapy,» said Yankeelov, director of the Center for Computational Oncology at The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) and director of Cancer Imaging Research in the LIVESTRONG Cancer Institutes of the Dell Medical School.

The tool itself, which projects a worse - case scenario of 14,176 Ebola cases in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone by October 26, is currently built on a model developed by a Toronto - based team of medical and public health researchers, although HealthMap may try other methods down the road, says John Brownstein, HealthMap co-founder and an associate professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School.

In research published this week in Astrophysical Journal Letters, Dr Zoe Leinhardt and colleagues from Bristol's School of Physics have completed computer simulations of the early stages of planet formation around the binary stars using a sophisticated model that calculates the effect of gravity and physical collisions on and between one million planetary building blocks.

Eleftheria Alexandri and Phil Jones at the Welsh School of Architecture, at the University of Cardiff in the UK, mimicked the microclimate around and inside buildings using computer modelling.

But for several years scientists at Stanford University's School of Medicine have been working to mimic in a petri dish critical features of development of a human cerebral cortex — essentially working to build models for watching a brain grow.

The workshop, building on the knowledge and practical skills acquired during the school, aims to bring together expertise on large - scale atmospheric and oceanic dynamics, small scale cloud and precipitation processes, hierarchical climate modeling and observation.

AMES, Iowa — Seventeen middle school team representatives from 11 schools around Iowa converged on the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory on Feb. 22 to learn about hydrogen fuel - cell technology and to build hydrogen fuel - cell model cars.

Their entire brand is built on an anti-bodybuilding sentiment, a philosophy of anti-competitiveness and «no gymtimidation» and the chain is aggressively marketed as a friendlier alternative to traditional gyms, the antithesis of both the old - school hardcore gym and the boutique fitness model: a judgement - free zone away from those sweaty, steroid - addicted meatheads obsessed with lifting heavy stuff off the floor or gorgeous women with perfect bodies who'll fat shame you to death.

I am very athletic, model type build, short hair like Amber Rose, just moved to Cary NC area, in school, goal is to be a pharmacist.

Stay tuned to the grant winners: Academy 21 at Franklin Central Supervisory Union in Vermont, which is focused on a high - need, predominantly rural community; Cornerstone Charter Schools in Michigan, which seeks to prepare Detroit students for college and health - focused careers; Da Vinci Schools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadSchools in Michigan, which seeks to prepare Detroit students for college and health - focused careers; Da Vinci Schools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadSchools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadschools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadSchools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadSchools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadership.

At least one blended - learning school, Summit Public Schools, is partnering to build its own solution to the problem and use content from different sources to support the new competency - based learning model it is developing, which seems like a smart backward integration.

APPA is working with ScopeIT Education to support principals in building the capacity of their school to engage digital skills in an integrated model.

During a sabbatical next semester, Fischer will focus on building the research school model at the Ross Schools (the Ross School in East Hampton and the Ross Global Academy in Manhaschool model at the Ross Schools (the Ross School in East Hampton and the Ross Global Academy in ManhaSchool in East Hampton and the Ross Global Academy in Manhattan).

Building on this, Cahill proceeded to set forth a «dynamic model,» arguing that, for true transformation that will allow schools to most effectively move forward with Common Core, schools can not just focus on one area of design, but instead, need to approach reform from a number of different angles.

The CCRP model really builds on this and was borne out of the school collaboratively looking at different observation models with staff.

The school was designed and built by Wynne Construction and is one of the first in North Wales to adopt Building Information Modelling (BIM) to the full level 2 standard.

In our elementary schools, educators capitalized on our existing responsive - classroom model, which has built - in social and emotional conversation time and established routines for safe and open conversations with children.

Building on the pro-active service model, schools could also explore remote network management services, which can help them to stabilise their costs, widen their internal knowledge bank and, crucially, to transfer the risks associated with of day - to - day mishaps to the service provider.

Our guests discussed how one older industrial city is rejuvenating its school district by building a sustainable model for developing its most precious asset — its people.

«Administrators build their credibility as instructional leaders when they consistently demonstrate classroom expertise by modeling instructional practices, collaborating on curricular initiatives, and enacting the classroom culture they envision for the whole school,» she says.

Diane Tavenner, CEO of Summit Schools, sits down with Paul E. Peterson to discuss how Summit has spent the past 15 years building a school model around what we know about what motivates students, how they learn, and what they need to be able to do.

Schools need both support and accountability to implement an educational model built around project - based learning and performance assessment.

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From second graders building their own playground to fourth graders modeling dream cars, it's all in a day's school.

We need gentle pressure, relentlessly pursued toward transparent and defensible targets, esteeming the expertise of educators who make these difference, while building a profession based on this expertise... an education implementation model that is shared between schools and not resident in only a few.»

In a similar vein, some have argued that minority teachers can serve as positive role models and mentors for minority students, capable of building a cultural bridge between home and school.

It's true that Gates is already investing in the development and refinement of the virtual hybrid school model, but a complete commitment to building new rather than reforming old would give him the potential to do what Rockefeller, Stanford, and others did to higher education.

Willow Run Middle School, also in Michigan, responded to the restructuring mandate by moving to a new building, replacing the principal and some staff, and implementing a comprehensive school - reform School, also in Michigan, responded to the restructuring mandate by moving to a new building, replacing the principal and some staff, and implementing a comprehensive school - reform school - reform model.

(Of course, the NYC School of One model was built as a proof point and not with an eye to scale, so a lot of the technology has to be redone anyway.)

Districts» and schools» organizational structures and long standing policies built around traditional seat - time metrics may be inhibiting their ability to move toward competency - based models.

El - Amin admits she came to Harvard with hopes of building a school model steeped in addressing issues of racial inequity in the curriculum and school culture.

Jin plans to work with a team of public school teachers from Minnesota to build the LessonPick database, collecting resources and tagging them across ELL standards and instructional models.

Firefly was built specifically for schools, rather than adapting a model designed for businesses or universities, and can integrate easily with the software they already use.

Citizen Schools has successfully built a scalable model that connects students to community professionals through real - work experiences and apprenticeships.

For the next several years, Mapp and colleagues consulted with USDOE to develop what came to be called the Dual Capacity - Building Framework for Family - School Partnerships, now released by the government as a downloadable, shareable model that schools and districts can use to build the kind of effective, mutually rewarding engagement that will make schools the center of their communities.

The lawnmowers range from small models which can cut large gardens of up to 600m2, to larger models which can cope with the grounds of buildings such as schools and colleges.

For the next several years, Mapp and colleagues consulted with USDOE to develop what came to be called the Dual Capacity - Building Framework for Family - School Partnerships, now released by the government as a downloadable, shareable model that schools and districts can use...