Sentences with phrase «of pockets of excellence»

The team conducted a literature review of pockets of excellence from multiple countries whose programs and teaching strategies spoke to the needs and context of education in Jamaica.

Without saying that music these days simply stinks, and without denying that plenty of pockets of excellence exist, I do take it as obvious that there has been a decline.

Not exact matches

Today, we have pockets of excellence in particular functional areas, but there is much more to do, and we are on the case.»

Below is her list of pantry items that are essential for excellence in back pocket pasta artistry.

Despite myriad problems in many countries, pockets of excellence thrive in Chile, Colombia, Brazil and Argentina

After having spent the past 24 years «building connections between the physical and biological sciences» in the United States, Trewhella is uniquely qualified to do the same for Australia and she'd like to help Australia develop its «pockets of excellence.»

Read more about how schools and districts can move beyond these «pockets of excellence» to create a broad - based approach — and how to support teachers as they expand their classroom practices, as well as their confidence and capacities.

But the reality is that there are relatively few pockets of excellence to which these families can flee.

What struck us most is that pockets of excellence and promising practices rarely translate across schools and even less across education systems.

«This progress should not be ignored, but we believe more needs to be done to deliver educational excellence everywhere and tackle pockets of underperformance, so that we can extend opportunity to every single child.»

What are some of the obstacles to expanding best practices beyond pockets of excellence?

I have no answers, but I know there are pockets of excellence.

At the district and state level, Board - certified teachers can transform isolated pockets of excellence into system - wide improvement.

Despite pockets of excellence across the country in the ways teachers are prepared in both traditional and alternative routes, there is a need for a new, comprehensive vision.

At least 16 qualify as diamonds in the rough — or as Superintendent Ramon Cortines recently described them, «pockets of excellence.»

As Nadia El - Wady, the president of the World Federation of Science Journalists, put it last year, there are «only a few pockets of excellence in an ocean of mediocrity.»

«Without a doubt, we've seen improvements in health care over the past decade, and even pockets of excellence,» says Susan Dentzer, editor - in - chief of Health Affair, «but overall progress has been agonizingly slow.»

House prices within the country's major metropolitan areas continue to good capital growth, registering healthy growth rates with pockets of excellence such as Cape Town Metro which has experienced house price growth in excess of 20 percent over the past year to date.

So Great!!!! Super thankful for the continued excellence of the Bigger Pockets and the community.