One
of the great education stories in Georgia has been the success of a distinguished group of charter schools dedicated to serving low and...
One
of the great education stories in Georgia has been the success of a distinguished group of charter schools dedicated to serving low and mixed - income students.
Not exact matches
In fact, if nothing else, you could say that the
story of Andy Grove — a busboy who fled a life lived under Fascists, Nazis, and Communists to get an
education at an institution free to all, including refugees, then taking that knowledge and using it to help invent an entire industry — illustrates exactly what makes America
great.
All
of this — his deeply felt ideas, his biblical knowledge, his autodidactical
education, and his convoluting development
of a theme — shows to clear effect in what most critics think his
greatest story, «Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street.&r
story, «Bartleby the Scrivener: A
Story of Wall Street.&r
Story of Wall Street.»
News 12 Brooklyn
story on BP Adams leading City University
of New York (CUNY) students in a rally calling for
greater affordability and investment in public higher
education by the State.
Ken Silburn, who was the only Australian educator amongst the $ 1 million prize's coveted final 10, shares the
story of a music teacher who had the
greatest influence on his passion for
education.
Hearing her side
of the
story, told a
great deal through conversations with her multiple - job - working - yet - still - struggling mother, put a human face on broader debates on
education, social policy, and culture.
Read a review
of that book and find another
great activity in the
Education World
story, Summer BOOK - TIVITIES # 2.
It's a very different
story in the
greater - Phoenix area, where school administrators involved in three highly publicized cases
of alleged sexual abuse by teachers are being investigated by Arizona
education officials for possible mishandling
of the incidents.
That is the question that author and educator Bill Nave aims to answer in his new book from Harvard
Education Press, Student - Centered Learning: Nine Classrooms in Action, in which nine teachers tell the
stories of their own classrooms and how they altered their own methods to achieve
greater student success.
It was this feeling I had while mulling how to react to Sabrina Tavernise's front - page New York Timesstory from last week, «
Education Gap Grows Between Rich and Poor,» a
story which generated a
great deal
of attention.
For those interested in the finer points
of education policy, I'd also recommend: Alyson Klein on helping long - term English - language learners, Chad Aldeman on the difficulty of «raising the bar» for teacher preparation entry, Mike Petrilli's Education Next piece on a schools agenda for working - class families, Kathleen Porter Magee on a great - news story for Catholic schools, Nat Malkus on the Title I funding fight, and Paul Peterson on the «Bush - Obama» approach t
education policy, I'd also recommend: Alyson Klein on helping long - term English - language learners, Chad Aldeman on the difficulty
of «raising the bar» for teacher preparation entry, Mike Petrilli's
Education Next piece on a schools agenda for working - class families, Kathleen Porter Magee on a great - news story for Catholic schools, Nat Malkus on the Title I funding fight, and Paul Peterson on the «Bush - Obama» approach t
Education Next piece on a schools agenda for working - class families, Kathleen Porter Magee on a
great - news
story for Catholic schools, Nat Malkus on the Title I funding fight, and Paul Peterson on the «Bush - Obama» approach to reform.
Along the way, Green tells fascinating
stories of teachers and researchers on a quest to create a true science
of education — and pushes back against the notion that
great teachers are born, not made.
Sullivan's bios are bound to motivate students to explore library and Internet resources to learn more about these important men and women, but the
stories have
great potential for serving an even higher purpose — for instilling in readers
of all backgrounds the importance
of discipline, pride, perseverance, and
education!
While we have
great understanding
of the circumstances and experiences
of some
of the most marginalized and vulnerable in our
education systems, we know very little about each other, our
stories, and how we impact each other every day through interpersonal interactions.
That
Education World
story from last fall is full
of great ideas!)
KIPP, the nationwide network
of charter schools and one
of the
great success
stories of the charter movement, has 125 schools serving 41,000 students, making it less than one - twentieth the size
of the New York City Department
of Education.
Interestingly, today's extraordinarily high - performing urban charter schools — arguably the
greatest story in public
education in a generation — bear a curious resemblance to the Catholic schools
of Baby Boomer memory.
He tells the
story of how American
education experienced a
great leap forward after World War II with the GI Bill, which he calls «the biggest voucher program in history.»
Her
story is unique, but she's also one
of the tens
of thousands
of New York parents fighting for school choice, parents who want their kids to have a
great education — parents who will stop at nothing to make that happen.
If we could get back to the basics —
great schools — and empowering families to make the decisions that best suit their child's
education, we might see more success
stories for students, which is at the heart
of why educators like McKeon signed up for this work in the first place.
According to the account, the Republicans believe «the [Dept.
of Education] is trying to reassert federal control by exceeding its authority with a rule that would require state and local spending in low - income schools receiving Title I funds to be equal or greater than non-Title I schools... and force schools to include teacher salaries when measuring spending between Title I and non-Title I schools...» At the same time, the story notes that «King is facing pressure from civil rights groups who want to ensure the new education law does not deprive low - income students of equal fundin
Education] is trying to reassert federal control by exceeding its authority with a rule that would require state and local spending in low - income schools receiving Title I funds to be equal or
greater than non-Title I schools... and force schools to include teacher salaries when measuring spending between Title I and non-Title I schools...» At the same time, the
story notes that «King is facing pressure from civil rights groups who want to ensure the new
education law does not deprive low - income students of equal fundin
education law does not deprive low - income students
of equal funding.»
When it comes to helping students who were once like them understand the importance
of a
great education and relieve the fear
of attending a new school, however, their
stories become especially important.
Site visitors are invited to grade their schools and communities on the key components
of ASCD's New Learning Compact; pledge to support whole child
education; share
stories about
great schools and classrooms; contact their local, state, and federal policymakers; and access resources to help them make the case for a well - balanced
education that emphasizes academic rigor as well as the essential skills
of critical thinking and creativity.
This year a passionate network
of educators and
education organizations are working together to encourage educators in every sector
of the community to share the
stories of the
great things happening in their schools.
One
of my
greatest takeaways from my teacher
education program was that in theory everything works but in practice, well, that is a different
story.
Alvin Chang (Vox): An honorary
education writer by virtue
of his frequent coverage
of issues affecting
education, Chang has produced a series
of helpful, accessible
stories on issues like housing segregation, affirmative action, and the impact
of school attendance zones on school integregation that have been a
great pleasure to see in recent weeks and months.
It was a very uplifting experience — and solid evidence that public
education remains one
of the
great success
stories of American life.
With the acute insight that distinguishes all
great writers, Westover has crafted a universal coming -
of - age
story that gets to the heart
of what an
education is and what it offers: the perspective to see one's life through new eyes, and the will to change it.
A
story not often covered in history texts, Susan E. Goodman's The First Step: How One Girl Put Segregation on Trial, illustrated by the
great E.B. Lewis, pays tribute to a young black girl and her family's efforts to bring about equal
education in the public schools
of mid-19th-century America.
The process
of creating that mod was an
education in itself: being able to play a quest I'd written taught me a
great deal about how writing and
story integrate into gameplay.»
It is also a
great education to newer gamers to see where we have come from and how far we have advanced in telling a
story through the medium
of video games.
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Great Barrington, MA Puente, KINMAN, London, UK 2014 The Go Between: Selections from the Ernesto Esposito Collection, Museo di Capodimonte, Naples, Italy Art Basel Miami Beach, Gavlak booth, Miami Beach, FL 100 Painters
of Tomorrow: New York Exhibition, One Art Space, New York, NY Inaugural Exhibition, Gavlak, Los Angeles, CA The Armory Show, Gavlak Booth, Pier 94, New York NY Painting: A Love
Story, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX (catalogue) 2013 Art Basel Miami Beach, Gavlak Booth, Miami Beach, FL (catalogue) This is the
Story of America, Brand New Gallery, Milan, Italy Rema Hort Mann Foundation LA Arts Initiative Auction, Hannah Hoffman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Acid Summer, Curated by Matthew Craven, DCKT Contemporary, New York, NY All Fucking Summer, Gavlak, Palm Beach, FL Whitney Museum Art Party Benefit Auction, Whitney Museum
of American Art, New York, NY MiArt2013, Gavlak Booth, Milan, Italy The Armory Show, Focus: USA, Gavlak Booth # 908, New York, NY (catalogue) Art Rotterdam, Office Baroque Gallery, Rotterdam, Netherlands My Echo, My Shadow, Gavlak, Palm Beach, FL 39
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of Visual Arts, New York, NY Celebrating 15 Years: Young Artists at Heckscher, Heckscher Museum
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Do you have a
great story to share about the impact
of master's or doctoral
education?
This is a
great story of hope,
education and commitment.
A survey
of the
greatest success
stories in commercial building repurposing include the innovative developers who predicted the proliferation
of charter schools in states which offered subsidies and other incentives to court the development
of early and grade - school
education.
Having a
great story to tell as part
of the
education process is the foundation upon which traction from investors can be generated.