Sentences with phrase «of systemic challenges»

A deep belief in the potential of all kids and a commitment to do whatever it takes to expand the opportunities for students, often with a perspective informed by experience in low - income communities and an understanding of the systemic challenges of poverty and racism

But public education in our city is also facing a number of systemic challenges: DCPS asks why it can't function with the same freedoms as the charter sector.

A former college drop - out, Baskin is conscious of the systemic challenges many women, people of color, and impoverished communities experience in attaining the education credentials needed for economic advancement.

I don't believe companies are doing this intentionally: but rather because of systemic challenges that all organizations face.

I believe that once businesses see the opportunity rather than the risk, many of the systemic challenges of diversity will disappear.

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The challenge for Quantum Dawn 2's victims was not only spotting a problem, but communicating with rivals, exchanges and government authorities to conclude that markets were in the throes of a systemic crisis and needed to be shut down.

It is important to know that in developing nations, where many women are living on less than $ 1 or $ 2 per day, the systemic challenges of extreme poverty create obstacles for good health, especially among women and children.

The appearance of Susan Moller Okin's study of Western political philosophy, Women in Political Thought, helped me to address theoretically this challenge of «Third World» women by developing a feminist systemic analysis that can distinguish between androcentric dualism and patriarchy.

Montgomery, Alabama, based Equal Justice Initiative is challenging America's history of systemic racial and economic injustice.

With a rising emphasis nationwide on mental health and wellness, Challenge Success is on the forefront of providing upstream solutions that support schools in making real, systemic changes that positively impact the health and well - being of students.

«The NASUWT is continuing to support its members in challenging these injustices, but much more action is needed by Government to affect the systemic change which is needed to ensure that no pupil or teacher is held back because of their ethnicity or faith.

Cuomo also announced something called the «MTA Genius Transit Challenge,» which, according to a press release, is intended to «reimagine the solutions to the systemic challenges with the system, all targeted on expanding the number of trains per hour at peak periods to relieve overcrowding and to enable more reliable service with fewer delays.»

A systemic hierarchical culture can be taxing to navigate, but «the biggest single challenge» to Japan's current and future triumph in science is language - related, says James R. Bartholomew, a professor of history at the Ohio State University with a specialty in the history of Japanese science and higher education.

«In the study we challenged the view that the age - dependent impairment in glucose homeostasis is solely due to intrinsic, dysfunction of islet cells, and hypothesized that it is instead affected by systemic aging factors,» says first author Joana Almaca at the Diabetes Research Institute, University of Miami.

Although I am annoyed that the majority of the posts seem to celebrate a very narrow representation of femininity, my real bitterness comes from the systemic challenges that these posts are working to address, and from seeing so many young female scientists compelled to turn to their personal social media pages to try to correct the system's failures.

'' Managing systemic diseases like HLB is a difficult challenge that has faced plant pathologists for many years,» said Johnson «It is a privilege to work with an excellent team of researchers from many different disciplines with the goal of developing new tools that are both effective and safe.»

When such mice were challenged with anti-Neu5Gc antibodies, they developed evidence of systemic inflammation.

It turns out that the most significant challenges that teachers report facing are systemic — number one being «state or district policies that get in the way of teaching,» followed by, «constantly changing demands placed on teachers» and «constantly changing demands placed on students.»

Hence, one of the biggest challenges for the construction of Latin American subject of a new type is conditioned by these new forms of citizen participation, appropriation or reappropriation of them whose potential, both for playing domination as mechanisms for mobilizing systemic anti-social, especially digital democracy, is incalculable.

Zoom out to promote understanding on the systems level: Explore whether there are larger systemic forces that underlie the challenges students have touched on (such as racism, sexism, or lack of access to resources).

But the exclusive survey, conducted by the Education Week Research Center for this year's edition of Technology Counts, found that teachers, on the whole, still face systemic challenges in adapting their instruction to new technologies in transformative ways.

How students use «critical thinking tools» (problem posing, multiperspectivity, reflective skepticism, systemic thinking and dialog) and «rhetorical tools» (positioning of self and others, invoking cultural narratives, justifications, challenges, resistance) provides insight into whether or not discussions deepen student's understanding of controversial issues and foster recognition across groups in conflict, she says.

To borrow his words, he understands that we need real, subverting kind of change at the systemic level in order to make progress on the challenges of American public education.

The program explores the challenges of implementing standards - based reform and equips participants with strategies for overcoming common hurdles and becoming catalysts of systemic change.

The challenge is how to identify promising, scalable models of improvement and link them to a systemic model of school change.

«They can be challenging, but when you consider the ecosystem around them — dense poverty, lack of access to resources, gentrification, failing schools, subpar housing — in essence, generations of racism and systemic inequality that surrounds them, I came to understand the «how» and «why» behind it all.»

In a pre-conference meeting of the District Leaders Network on Family & Community Engagement, district leaders from around the country gathered to increase their capacity for implementing successful systemic strategies by identifying solutions to common challenges and sharing best practices.

In this webinar moderated by Dr. Marty West of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, teams from Massachusetts, Tennessee, and Michigan presented their progress to date in establishing systemic use of research evidence, their ultimate goals, successful strategies, and the challenges and roadblocks they have faced.

Mark realised that the challenge of taking a school from «good» to «outstanding» is potentially even more of a challenge: there are no «easy wins» and the improvements need to be systemic.

CRPE, based out of the University of Washington, is focused on the complex systemic challenges affecting public education.

When curriculum materials are expected to take on the role of change agent and transform teacher practice — as in a systemic reform initiative — the challenges of effective implementation are heightened.

A former principal, Snitily understands well the challenges and rewards of systemic reform.

About a dozen of these districts are using cooperation, also commonly referred to as district - charter collaboration, to drive decisions and address systemic challenges, including tracking school performance, student enrollment, and school closure.

There's no doubt that systemic change, for any organization, is hard work with its share of challenges.

Conduct a systemic study of effective principals, particularly those who serve in our most challenging settings.

Such systemic roadblocks are especially challenging when it comes to ensuring that students of color, students from low - income families, and students learning English receive an excellent education.

He was the developer and co-principal investigator for the U.S. Department of Education Technology Challenge Grant «The Virtual High School Collaborative,» developer and co-principal investigator for the National Science Foundation Local Systemic Change Grant «Critical Mathematics and Science Synergy,» and developer and principal investigator for the Massachusetts Department of Education Technology Challenge Grant «Mobile Inquiry Technology.»

Public Advocates Inc. is a nonprofit law firm and advocacy organization that challenges the systemic causes of poverty and racial discrimination by strengthening community voices in public policy and achieving tangible legal victories advancing education, housing and transit equity.

Taking a bit of offense at Petrilli's statement that reformers should use Lewis» challenge as an opportunity to win teachers over to systemic reform, Weingarten declares that Petrilli and others should «change course» and «try listening to what Karen and the Chicago educators are saying about how to improve schools».

The simultaneously good and challenging news is that these shifts seem to require more a change of will than an increase in dollars, and can be accomplished both within the context of a broad, systemic model, or relatively simply, under the auspices of an enlightened administration and faculty.

As we think about the ways we can support broadening access to Austin's opportunity, IDEA Public Schools» (IDEA) new venture to create a preparatory school for the health professions endeavors to widen and diversify the pipeline of students prepared to tackle the STEM challenges and systemic understanding of a transforming health system.

UNITE - LA supports the development of comprehensive P - 16 career pathways that create a systemic approach to meeting the needs of high - demand industry sectors and preparing our youth for the challenging opportunities of the global economy.

A core challenge faced during the initiation of NT3 was the fostering of shared responsibility for systemic improvement.Twitter

A core challenge faced during the initiation of NT3 was the fostering of shared responsibility for systemic improvement in the context of the education sector's current commitment to externally - driven accountability.

Her research employs micro - and macro-level lenses to explore the potential of student voice to challenge systemic racism in education.

But we know that the challenges of poverty, racial isolation, and trauma are huge hurdles that require broad, systemic action.

Although education - related giving accounts for a significant share of philanthropic giving, philanthropic funds amount to less than 1 percent of total public K - 12 funding, which poses a challenge for foundations seeking to effect systemic change in public education.

View the Cover Story Jeff Williams firmly believes his technology company has cracked the code of the central, systemic challenge facing K - 12 education in America.

The Dignity in Schools Campaign (DSC) is a national coalition of 98 organizations from 24 states united to challenge the systemic problem of pushout in our nation's schools and advocate for the human right of every young person to a quality education and to be treated with dignity.

We have continued to advance digital learning in Alaska by creating examples of collaboration between districts, working with vendors to develop unique solutions to our challenges, and conducting demonstration projects and programs resulting in higher learning and systemic changes.