Sentences with phrase «old idea of education»

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«The idea of using music to teach math is a thousand years old,» says Marcella Runell Hall, associate director for New York University's Center for Multicultural Education and Programs, who studies hip hop.

With books and films like Half the Sky and Girl Rising capturing people's attention, and the tragic shooting of 15 - year - old Malala Yousafzai for advocating for girls» education in Pakistan dominating international headlines, it's heartening to witness a big idea get bigger.

«I accept the idea that the condition of life in this economy is that kids who are 17, 18, 19 years old will need to be able to continue to learn new things,» he says, «but what I argue is that there are lots of different ways and higher education shouldn't hold the franchise.»

When Hess, a resident scholar and director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research in Washington, D.C., was first approached, he says he was hesitant, wondering if this project would be more rehashing of the same old ideas.

Too many older citizens had been denied the advantages of a formal education and exposure to the arts and ideas.

On Education and Racism: «When I got older and went to the University of California [Berkeley] I learnt about a more subtle racism and how it filters across our education system through tracking, hidden curriculums, social stratification, and things I had no idea oEducation and Racism: «When I got older and went to the University of California [Berkeley] I learnt about a more subtle racism and how it filters across our education system through tracking, hidden curriculums, social stratification, and things I had no idea oeducation system through tracking, hidden curriculums, social stratification, and things I had no idea of before.

But you will find good, old ideas, too — in Mike Rose's words (p. 6), ideas that remind us of «what education looks like when it is done well.»

The idea of society providing a quality, comprehensive education for all children is inspiring and attainable, but the old model for delivering that education — a monolithic government entity led by politicians with a captive audience of students forced into grossly unequal schools — has got to go, one of the nation's pioneers in public school reform told a Tulane audience on Thursday.

As I navigate the world of education on both sides of the spectrum I can't help but to notice a mundane world of old habits instead of a space of fresh ideas and actions.

«In Electricomics, the world's oldest narrative art form and youngest technology combine as a uniquely 21st century medium, establishing a thought - through toolkit of open - source effects enabling its audience to create digital comics themselves, bringing their vital ideas to an exciting new mode of entertainment and education.»

When I go through old writings of mine, I realize «my ideas» long pre-dated my return to formal education.