The growing amount
of educational exchanges and joint projects in between students, instructors, teachers, schools and diverse institutions in order to organize activities with similar goals and strategies contributed greatly to the development of common research, reflection and practices that enriched their work and created strong tights in the process of building human rights knowledge.
Not exact matches
-- Peter Neill, director
of the World Ocean Observatory, an online place
of exchange of information and
educational services about the ocean.
An
educational canon, properly understood, marries modernists and post-modernists, shows their current dispute to leave them trapped in an ideological isolation
of partial truths, and invites them instead to
exchange rings in celebration
of a vow to share in the adventure toward a better American culture and a better world, an adventure that requires them both.
Cultural Care Au Pair is a leading provider
of intercultural childcare and
educational exchange.
Each year, for 12 years, give or take, my family and I have been making a similar crossing, albeit
of the ocean, to live in Italy for cultural
exchanges, language learning,
educational growth, and to show our children a different way
of life than the one we lead in Massachusetts, USA.
Run by Canada's Department
of Foreign Affairs, this
exchange program is administered by the Ottawa - based Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE), an umbrella nongovernmental organization comprising 200 colleges, universities,
educational organizations, and businesses across Canada.
One
of the preeminent
educational exchange programs in the United States is the Fulbright Program, which sends American students and faculty members overseas and brings visiting scholars to American universities.
These
educational activities constitute a unique opportunity for researchers around the world to expand their knowledge in the rapidly evolving field
of Genomic Medicine and to
exchange innovative ideas in the conductive environment
of the Greek islands.
Through a Memorandum
of Understanding the IOI Centre in the Islamic Republic
of Iran will help to promote effective and wise management
of ocean and coastal resources, eradicate poverty in coastal areas, organise efficient protection
of the marine environment as a common heritage
of mankind and facilitate
exchange of knowledge and information, enhance the national scientific capabilities and carry out training and
educational efforts, focusing its activities on the Persian Gulf area and cooperates with IOI Caspian Sea.
The
educational and training elements
of these
exchanges helps us examine the critical environmental impact issues that have been raised by our Asian partners.
The question is whether such
exchanges, as well as the practice
of having students call out their own scores so the teacher may record them, amount to a violation
of a federal law that guarantees the privacy
of educational records.
Listening to Sal Khan, founder
of the Khan Academy, speak on stage to several hundred attendees at the 5th Anniversary Gala last week for Innosight Institute — the non-profit that I co-founded — I thought about how Clayton Christensen and I have speculated for some time that the long - term future
of much
of educational content will be in the business model
of a facilitated network, a platform in which users essentially
exchange modular pieces
of educational content with each other.
Foreign leaders, in countries from the United Kingdom to Japan to Brazil, have also committed their nations to expanding international
educational exchange and comparison as a component
of both foreign policy and their broader education reform agendas.
Educational resources are no longer static and scarce, but adaptable and widely available, allowing
educational institutions, teachers, and learners to actively participate in a global
exchange of knowledge via Open
Educational Resources (OER).
The U.S. Department
of Education has invited each State education agency (SEA) to request flexibility regarding specific requirements
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
of 1965 (ESEA), as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act
of 2001 (NCLB) in
exchange for rigorous and comprehensive State - developed plans designed to improve
educational outcomes for all students, close achievement gaps, increase equity, and improve the quality
of instruction.
Has personally developed and implemented global collaboration projects, bringing students from different continents into meaningful
educational exchanges through a variety
of media.
Under this plan, state education agencies would be granted flexibility in meeting certain NCLB requirements in
exchange for «rigorous State - developed plans designed to improve
educational outcomes for all students, close achievement gaps, increase equity, and improve the quality
of instruction» (Department
of Education, October 2011).
Morning Plenary — All Politics is Local: State Association Perspectives A panel
of state association executive directors will react to the morning's
exchange and reflect their own experiences dealing with proposed or passed oppositional local legislation that would impact the
educational landscape.
Additionally, the importance
of grounding change efforts in
educational change theory, relevant literature, and collaborative
exchanges with others working toward similar goals can not be underestimated.
He created Project S.A.M.E. a US - Soviet Youth
Exchange that brought students from the US and USSR together to advocate for peace; founded Students Concerned about Bias in Society (SCABS) who fought for implementation
of Title IX in Maine schools; directed the University
of Maine Aspirations Project and launched 35 statewide student leadership teams to bring students» voices to
educational reform; conducted program evaluation research on the effects
of the Maine Civil Rights Teams Project whose 50 student teams fought against bigotry and intolerance in Maine communities; founded the Center for School Climate and Learning and worked in hundreds
of schools supporting students, teachers and administrators to bring youth voice to school reform in the US; co-authored two books, The Respectful School, and Transforming School Climate and Learning to share what I have learned.
In
exchange for a parent's agreement not to enroll their special needs student in a public or charter school, the state agrees to make quarterly deposits into an
educational savings account in an amount slightly less than the public school would have received to educate the child.14 Parents are required to «provide an education for the qualified student in at least the subjects
of reading, grammar, mathematics, social studies and science.»
Synergy & Leadership
Exchange (Minnesota) Synergy & Leadership
Exchange is a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering collaboration to advance the development
of ethical citizens, providing
educational resources, and celebrating achievement and best practices in Minnesota schools, businesses and communities.
At the annual conservative American Legislative
Exchange Council (ALEC) meeting this year, Dr. Steve Perry — a liberal charter school leader and passionate
educational choice advocate — spoke about the poor state
of K — 12 education for families
of color and those in poverty and inspired the audience with his ideas on how to bridge the political divide to advance universal
educational choice.
The carrot that lawmakers were reaching for was hundreds
of millions
of dollars in federal stimulus funding Obama is offering as part
of Race to the Top in
exchange for improvements in the
educational system.
It seemed like a great idea: offer $ 4.35 billion to states in
exchange for adopting a host
of educational policies --- including «common standards» — designed to transform America's K - 12 education.
These programs aim to promote the recruitment and retention
of health care professionals by repaying their qualifying
educational loans in
exchange for their two - year commitment to provide primary care services in federally designated
Common fraud attempts include offers for «
educational» investment meetings, or being offered a large sum
of money in
exchange for paying a fee or making an initial deposit.
National Sleep Foundation's logo, name, materials and / or insights used under license from NSF in
exchange for Serta's financial support
of NSF's sleep research and
educational activities.
The purpose
of the program is to provide legal
educational loan repayment assistance in
exchange for public service to low income or underserved residents in New Mexico.
The club also serves as a wonderful «forum» for the
exchange of ideas on the breed as well as
educational possibilities for the general public.
In close cooperation with the Anne Frank House and other partners, the Anne Frank Zentrum in Berlin brought together teachers and
educational policymakers to
exchange ideas and experiences on teaching about anti-Semitism in relation to other forms
of discrimination.
An affiliated group
of management agencies, landowners, academics, and non-profits concerned with the conservation
of the island fox has convened since 1999 to
exchange information regarding the status and trend
of the six island fox subspecies, and to work cooperatively on island fox conservations issues in such areas as captive breeding, wild population management, veterinary issues, and
educational / outreach.
The gathering, tagged aptly online as a summit for #WHTravelBloggers, was a full day
of exploration and discussion about the benefits
of cross-cultural
educational and cultural
exchange and boosting international student travel and study abroad.
This seminar will provide a forum for interested parties in
exchanging their methods, projects, best practice in the area
of the use
of games for
educational purposes in an Irish Context.
FIELD / WORK, Chicago Artists Coalition's education program, is a year - round program
of workshops, personalized consultations, peer learning
exchanges, and tutorials providing artists
of all disciplines and career stages with the
educational skills needed for creative and professional success.
The
educational atmosphere at Tyler is characterized by a system
of mentorship that encourages diversity, respect for individual direction, and a rigorous
exchange of ideas and creative challenges.
Ella Cisneros is president
of the Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (CIFO), which supports artists exploring new directions in contemporary art and fosters cultural understanding and
educational exchange.
Operating within two gallery spaces and across Providence College's campus, the Galleries support the
educational, service and community - oriented mission
of the College with dynamic visual arts productions, including those that foster audience participation, cross-departmental collaboration at the College and cultural
exchange at local, national and international levels.
The mission
of the Pizzuti Collection is to foster cultural understanding and
educational exchange.
The Pizzuti Collection is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering cultural understanding and
educational exchange by championing a diversity
of voices from around the globe.
Originally an itinerant
educational platform, since 2013 Rupert has also operated as a successful Residency center, welcoming artists, theorists, curators and various other practitioners from the fields
of contemporary art, creative writing, critical design, architecture, cinema and others in its three programs in an effort to inspire and encourage inter-disciplinary
exchange, alternative education and exhibition structure experimentation in Lithuania and abroad.
In addition to these influences, the challenges that came with the ongoing precariousness
of academic life — a lack
of tools, materials and a quality
educational program — led the young creators to meet and
exchange their reflections on the artistic production they observed around them, as well as the situations and challenges that emerged from an
educational program that took up techniques but that neither made the media needed to master them available nor contemplated the option
of the gesture as a solution.
As part
of the joint residency programme, the exhibition will be accompanied by research, production and cultural
exchange through
educational sessions.
Ms. Jonas, 78, was selected by the State Department's bureau
of educational and cultural affairs, which promotes cultural
exchanges worldwide.
The presenting organizations —
of which there were eight — all met a determined and focused criteria that included: a focus on community building;
educational programming for practicing artists; and commitment to international dialogue through residency programs and
exchanges.
The Western Federation
of Watercolor Societies was formed to stimulate interest in water media,
exchange educational information, and to present annual exhibition.
In 2012, Eliasson relocated his Institut für Raumexperimente (Institute for Spatial Experiments), an experimental platform for arts education (2009 — 14) affiliated with the Berlin University
of the Arts, to Addis Ababa for an intense programme
of artistic
exchange and
educational collaboration.
The symposium was one
of several public and
educational programs the Bronx Museum launched in conjunction with Wild Noise: Artwork from The Bronx Museum
of the Arts and El Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes — the first visual arts
exchange between the U.S. and Cuba in 50 years.
Since its inception in 1994, Ashkal Alwan has become an international platform for the creation and
exchange of ideas around artistic practices and
educational processes.
Wild Noise: Artwork from The Bronx Museum
of the Arts and El Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes represents the most extensive visual arts
exchange between the two countries in more than 50 years, and will include major exhibitions at MNBA and the Bronx Museum; an artist
exchange with U.S. artist Mary Mattingly and Cuban artist Humberto Diaz; a teen
exchange program; a series
of educational and public programs; and the publication
of a dual - language publication that will extend the impact
of Wild Noise beyond the audiences that participate directly in the initiative.