Sentences with phrase «move us toward common»

Reconciliation occurs as people with differences move toward common concerns.
The Anglo proposal for moving toward the common good was in terms of finding a common story, or at least common themes in the multiple stories.
As we move toward Common Core implementation and proficiency in working with Design Question 4 (Helping Students Generate and Test Hypotheses) in the Marzano Teacher Evaluation Model, it's important to remember that the main reason we work toward creating a DQ 4 classroom is the benefit for students.
Key areas of support include (1) developing English Language Proficiency Standards, (2) facilitating the development of English Language Proficiency Assessments, (3) development of guidance on moving toward a common definition of ELs, (4) inclusion of ELs in state accountability systems, (5) compliance with federal law related to ELs, and (6) guidance on identifying ELs with disabilities.
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With a move toward the Common Core State Standards and a plethora of district initiatives, the effectiveness of Sennett's multi-age model is again under scrutiny.
It's not work that will change minds or move us toward common values.
Let us join together, channeled by the efforts of the Chinese Shar - pei Charitable Trust, to move toward our common mission: to support and improve the health of the Chinese Shar - Pei breed through continued research.

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It also begins to move European countries further toward a common fiscal policy by linking their budgets and governments.
The biggest common thread at #TBCCSF 2016 was a need for collaboration toward a scalable industry standard for blockchain technology to fundamentally change the way the world moves money.
Pyongyang has confirmed with the South that it shares the common goal of realizing a nuclear - free Korean Peninsula, North Korean state - run media said Saturday, in the first local report about its leader Kim Jong Un's intention to move toward complete denuclearization.
With resolve that their not tired but move unrelenting toward that common good.
«I think it's a perfect time and a great time for Congress to start moving toward this representation on diversity and really this common ideal that regardless of what our differences might be, we all need to come together now to do what's best for the people,» Gabbard said.
The common principle here is only that each human should be moving toward actualization, with others, in and under the divine Love — a Love, one may be sure, that prefers variety, novelty, and even oddity (if I may say so!)
It was a society able to feel its own interior life, to appreciate its enormous and apparently irreconcilable internal differences, even its spiritual differences, and to harmonize those differences without diminishing their the Ideas or symbols that could provide such harmony were visions of whole, comprehensive enough to digest a society's differences in worldview, and to begin to move those different worldviews toward a common vision.
Japan and Russia have, during the past twenty years, moved with breath - taking speed toward the employment of a common industrial technique.
An inseparable part of the ecumenical task is to move the churches toward visible unity in, as the New Delhi statement put it (I abbreviate), «one baptism, one gospel, breaking the one bread, joining in common prayer, a corporate life reaching out in witness and service to all, a ministry and membership accepted by all, and the ability to act and speak together as occasion requires.»
But they are essential if we are to understand our moral ambivalences and our disagreements over the conduct of our common lives, and to move toward their resolution.
/ Decide what changes you must make in your lives to move toward the goals you discovered you have in common.
One result of television «s influence is that, within the religious community itself, the balance of authority is moving away from those denominations which emphasize the common welfare, toward religious groups that are distinctly privatistic and oriented toward utilitarian individualism.
The discussion about what each person wants and expects from the group and the decisions about guidelines move the group toward a sense of cohesion and common purpose.
ChildObesity180 leverages the experience and assets of senior leaders across four sectors — academia, business, government, and non-profit — to work toward a common goal: making healthy changes to the environments that children move through every day.
You're not the only one — it's a common New York reaction as former governor George Pataki moves toward formally announcing his presidential candidacy tomorrow.
The union — which has overall questioned the state's testing under the Common Core standards — for months has raised concerns about the state's move toward computerized exams.
But her stance on Common Core could factor into Rosa's relationship with state Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia, who has supported the move toward higher standards, as well as the use of student test scores in teacher evaluations.
Thanks to the Common Core standards, New York and other states are moving toward all of that.
«We have a lot of fresh faces ready to work with the administration in moving the City in the right direction toward a common goal,» Weaver said.
By observing that some satellites were moving toward Earth (blue) and some away from Earth (red), scientists determined that the satellites orbit in a coordinated loop along a common plane (gray).
As science continues to move away from print and toward online publishing, with faster turnaround, fewer resources invested in each article, and less and less editorial intervention, errors like these are becoming more common.
«While our study did not directly compare use of the wider margin to a narrower margin, the common practice of removing moles with narrow margins and performing a second «clean - up» procedure suggests a need to move toward wider margins during the initial procedure,» says Polsky.
But, scientists have since identified that the five psychiatric disorders share a common genetic link and are now moving toward understanding the molecular underpinnings of psychiatric illness.
In a mechanism that Tan hopes will become common, his group will now hand off this rational combination to other researchers at the CU Cancer Center and elsewhere who will move the drugs toward a human clinical trial.
Republicans who are informed of his position move toward it on three of the four issues: we observe a 5 - percentage - point increase in opposition to Common Core, a 15 - percentage - point increase in support for charter schools, and a 10 - percentage - point increase in support for tax credits.
The trend is moving toward more horizontal effects, although vertical scrolling is most common.
These and other distinctions mean that assessments that truly measure the Common Core will likely look different from current state tests, necessary as we move from fill - in - the - bubble tests toward more engaging assessments that better mirror good instruction in the classroom.
For example, both the Common Core State Standards effort and the move toward rigorous teacher evaluations could lead to dramatic increases in student achievement, if implemented faithfully by states and school districts.
Common Core requires teachers to move away from teaching skills in isolation and toward the integration of reading, writing, speaking and listening, and language into long - term unit plans.
As schools across the country move toward implementing the Common Core State Standards, district officials face a major challenge: How do they make the new academic expectations understandable to parents?
«With the transition to the Common Core State Standards and its emphasis on Mathematical Practices and 21st Century Skills, schools are moving toward project - based teaching methods,» said Kim Jones, Curriki CEO.
Common Core is already moving the nation's education system toward greater uniformity.
Comprised of research - based teaching strategies and laid out like a road map, this lesson segment gives educators directions for moving classroom instruction towards rigor, to the demands of Common Core State Standards, and toward preparation for CCSS's aligned assessments, such as PARCC and SBAC.
I believe the new and much - discussed Common Core standards will move us toward that goal...
This move toward a single set of standards has been embraced by a bipartisan crowd of politicians and educators largely because of what the Common Core standards are replacing: a mess.
«Standards - based» IEPs allow individualized instruction in pursuit of a common goal: helping students with disabilities move toward meeting the same grade - level academic standards that general education students are supposed to meet.
Use the checklist to determine areas where you have made progress toward Common Core implementation as well as areas to focus on as you move forward.
In any case, the reality is that most states were moving toward embracing common curricula standards anyway, largely because of the successful advocacy of reformers (including politicians, chambers of commerce and families) on the ground.
He wants states to use funds to ease limits on charter schools, tie teacher pay to student achievement and move for the first time toward common academic standards.
They view themselves as part of a collaborative effort (in their schools, districts, and beyond) to learn from others and move toward two common purposes — becoming better educators and nurturing student achievement.
[1] Although this model exists in conjunction with the Common Core standards that largely govern what is taught, it certainly represents a move toward local flexibility and choice concerning how material is taught.
While there has been plenty of discussion on the shifts to Common Core instruction and Deeper Learning outcomes, there hasn't been enough focus on the leadership it will take to move systems toward deeper learning experiences for every student, especially those who have been historically underserved.
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