It is tempting to use a quiet, brilliant child who has already mastered
most of the academic work of the classroom as a tutor or teacher's assistant, especially when there are 30 children in the class, school policies discourage acceleration or ability grouping, enrichment materials are not available, and the gifted education program has been cut.
Not exact matches
We know a lot from various kinds
of evidence: a) the experience
of the real estate sector, where recent studies by Macdonald Realty and Re / Max have confirmed the dominance
of foreign buyers at the top end
of the market especially, as stated for years by individual realtors (accounts often denigrated as «anecdotal»); b) there is the digging
of several investigative journalists, and
most notably by Ian Young
of the South China Morning Post who has boldly and effectively raised issues native journalists have sometimes shied from; c)
academic work, including the books by Katharyne Mitchell (2004) Beyond the Neoliberal Line and David Ley Millionaire Migrants (2011).
Sometimes the
most secular
of scholars found that what Frei was doing, with his attention to narrative and his interest in the language that shapes a particular community, made more sense to them than the
work of many theologians much more systematically concerned to address other
academic disciplines.
In the United States
most colleges require that students be exposed to a spread
of courses, introducing them to a range
of academic disciplines, but students are soon able to order
most of their
work to their anticipated jobs.
Rawls» 1971 book, A Theory
of Justice, is justly called the
most influential
work in political philosophy
of the last century, at least among
academic philosophers.
The
work of Geddes MacGregor (1909 — 98) is strikingly prescient, though insufficient attention was paid to his 1975
work, He Who Lets Us Be.69 Originally from Scotland, he spent
most of his long
academic career in the United States.
For example, although David Ford's
work is much respected among
academic theologians, and he is one
of the
most important public theologians in the UK, his name is probably unknown to
most Christians in the U.S. Educated in Ireland, Germany and the U.S. (as well as in the UK), Ford brings a wide range
of intellectual resources to bear on his interpretation
of the faith.
This intellectual formation
works against the metaphysical foundations
of natural law reasoning, and therefore
most people find the arguments remote and unconvincing — «
academic» in the bad sense
of being about something other than the real world we live in.
One should specialize in the kind
of study and knowledge that is
most needed in liberal arts colleges, not in the kind that advances the
work and status
of academic guilds.
Thus, the rhythm
of the day begins with the
work that requires the
most attention, and each
academic subject can receive a full measure
of attention over the course
of the year.
His encyclopaedic essay «La crisis del Estado» (The State's Crisis), influenced by Carl Schmitt, is arguably among the
most interesting
works in Spanish political literature and his
academic achievements made
of him one
of Spain's rising intellectual stars.
Richard J Aldrich, an
academic historian who
works in intelligence, has used open sources but little help from friends within the system, in producing GCHQ: The Uncensored Story
of Britain's
Most Secret Intelligence Agency (Harper Press # 30).
While the speech was undoubtedly lengthy and did contain some words
of praise for this
most «noble»
of professions, its real agenda was buried within the rhetoric, «idealistic» students being encouraged by leftist
academics to view the people they
work with as «victims
of social injustice» who are to be pandered to.
Interviews and emails between Kogan and his Cambridge Analytica colleagues, provided by Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Christopher Wylie to The Washington Post, reveal Kogan as an ambitious
academic who traveled the world to lecture and made inroads in some
of the
most elite universities in the United States and Europe as he sought new opportunities to build more elaborate databases and profit from his
work, such as by
working with for - profit firms such as Cambridge Analytica.
The House
of Commons Reform Committee reported in 2009 that they had received «universal praise», John Bercow has described them as «pivotal players in politics», and a key conclusion
of the Liaison Committee's 2015 Legacy Report was that «public opinion, commentators and
academic critics have all recognised that Select Committee
work is the
most constructive and productive aspect
of Parliament».
Most jobs (
academic and industrial) require you to
work in teams where you will encounter a variety
of different personality types.
(Advocates counter that the prices for both are too high considering that
most of the editing and all
of the reviewing is unpaid
work done by
academics.)
Most of Davidar's former students
work in conservation, although some are
academic biologists.
For decades, trainees — graduate students and postdocs — have performed
most of the day - to - day
work of academic science.
Most were males (72 percent) 40 years
of age and older (76 percent) and
worked in
academic institutions (70 percent) and government organizations (13 percent).
At
most U.S. education schools, you are required to submit a
work résumé and letters
of recommendation along with your
academic transcripts.
In
most cases, it is next to impossible for a U.S. citizen to
work as a paid member
of the scientific staff in a career position at either an
academic institution or European laboratory such as a Max Plank institute or the European synchrotron light sources.
A demand from Democrats for recorded votes on
most of the 28 amendments before the committee prevented Smith from completing
work on a bill that has provoked strong opposition from
academic leaders, professional societies, and university - industry coalitions that advocate for science.
The decisive difference
of this collaboration between academia and industry from
most research initiatives is its more integrative nature: BASF researchers from Germany are
working closely with Harvard
academic research teams, easing scientific exchange on the projects, as well as fostering broader interaction between the two institutions.
Further,
most academic research seems to indicate that
most diets fail, whether it stops to
work, or whether it is due to lack
of compliance.
Five principles for practice One
of the
most comprehensive reviews
of research in this area has been undertaken by New Zealand
academic Helen Timperley (whose
work is referenced extensively by John Hattie, among others).
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.
«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.
«Alyssa Chan exemplifies well the qualities that distinguish students and graduates
of the International Education Policy Program: a strong commitment to expanding educational opportunity for the
most disadvantaged children around the world, an extraordinary ethic
of hard
work and rigorous pursuit
of academic excellence, and an understanding
of leadership as service to others,» says Professor Fernando Reimers, director
of IEP.
Those exceptions included the
work of Moynihan himself during his
academic career;
most of the other people responsible for exceptional attention to this problem followed a path similar to his.
Perhaps two
of the
most significant findings from the list above are that students are developing higher levels
of academic engagement, collaboration, motivation, and self efficacy and that deeper learning is
working with students regardless
of their income levels or prior school achievement.
While Summit students spend
most of their time
working on projects, 20 percent
of the day is devoted to Personalized Learning Time (PLT), during which students learn
academic content, choosing the digital tools they'll use to meet their goals.
Admittedly, the critical pedagogues have squarely confronted two
of the
most enduring issues surrounding the
work of education: 1) To what extent should the mission
of public schools be focused on character development, societal reform, and other such affective goals, as opposed to cognitive development and
academic preparation?
Says Pittinsky, the
most honest strategy for addressing
academic inequities today is «an approach that involves not just giving adult family members a sense
of security that the school is
working for their children, but an «all hands on deck» sense
of urgency —
of just how important education is and how helpful and important it is for education to be reinforced at home by the
most important adults in any particular child's life.
Student learning,
academic rigor, the sense
of pride in athletic teams, as well as thriving clubs and activities, were evident in student conversations, in displays
of student
work, in daily announcements, but
most importantly in the hearts
of the young men and women who walk the halls.
Your extracurricular and
work activities, application essay, letters
of recommendation, and (
most importantly) your
academic record are all important.
But the hard
work and focus are worth it, as improving FCE in a school has the immense potential to improve the
academic outcomes
of all students — and especially those who are struggling the
most academically.
During the 2015 legislative session, the Association
worked with lawmakers to consider progress towards
academic performance expectations as one
of the
most important factors in determining charter renewal.
«I'm very aware that the best known private schools do a lot
of work to prepare their
most academic students to apply for Oxford and Cambridge,» said former education minister, Stephen Twigg.
Most recently, Sam served as Chief
of Staff to the President
of Milwaukee's Common Council and as Dean
of Students with Milwaukee Public Schools where he oversaw school safety and
worked to build a school environment that supported student
academic success.
Another major initiative, and the one she seems
most enthusiastic about, is
working on the English Learner Master Plan, the 2012 overhaul
of the district's
academic curriculum to move English learners into mainstream classes.
Some
of our schools were «startup» charters, where we brought in a new population
of students, but
most of our schools are «turnaround» schools, where we
work with an existing school to improve its operations and
academic performance.
«KIPP Philadelphia has a proven record
of working with some
of Philadelphia's
most vulnerable populations and achieving
academic success through strong leadership,» said Mark Gleason, Executive Director
of the Philadelphia School Partnership.
Most low - income students that attempt degrees drop out because
of cost, inadequate preparation, a college
academic program that lacks rigor and relevance, or the daily challenge
of work and family.
The corporate education reform industry, riding high off a successful anti-teacher tenure lawsuit in California, is targeting the single
most important element
of academic freedom and
working conditions for public school teachers and now the only Democratic governor in the nation to propose doing away with teacher tenure is saying that his abusive language about teachers «Wasn't about them.
The
most important aspect
of the teacher's
work becomes that
of gathering data and continuously assessing students» performance in order to make appropriate and timely instructional interventions that ensure that every child achieves
academic success.
Downer and his team point out that while many studies have pointed to increased levels
of engagement and learning related to teacher - student racial and ethnic match, notably,» no studies
of ethnic match / mismatch effects in preschoolers have examined
academic achievement outcomes,» and
most of the
work done in this area has been based on interviews with teachers or classroom observations, Downer said.
We met with the teachers
working with us at least once a month for
most of the
academic year.
When asked what approach would provide the
most accurate picture
of a public school student's
academic progress, respondents
of every demographic — Republican, Democrat, independent, black, Hispanic, white — selected «examples
of student
work» more frequently than written observations or grades provided by the teacher.
«[T] he context in which teachers
work —
most notably, the incoming
academic performance
of their students — plays a critical role in determining teachers» performance» as measured by teacher observations.