Sentences with phrase «other academic policies»

(Wash.) A second study on enrollment trends in a major metropolitan area further absolves charter schools from complaints they systematically exclude too many special education students through admission or other academic policies.

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Dr. Ryan has authored and co-authored many public policy reports, conference papers and academic articles relating to these diverse projects, including «Why Some Venture Capitalists Escalate And Others Don't», «The Psychology of Microfinance» and «The Future of Social Entrepreneurship and Impact.»

this week the Minister of Finance held his seventh National Policy Retreat with business, academic and other «experts» to discuss job creation and economic growth, particularly «issues» related to «skill shortages, labor mobility, internal trade and promoting investment in Canada.»

Webcast live, the invited audience included academics, other central bankers, private sector economists and financial market experts, labour union representatives, senior officials from government departments and Crown agencies, representatives from policy think tanks, and the media.

«He is in a unique position to redefine the way we think analytically about how monetary policy operates in the real world and to do it in a way that other academics will have to pay attention to.»

Academics can publish pseudo-scholarly essays excoriating «fundamentalism» and its role in public life, but scholars who criticize feminism or race - based policies or any other liberal piety make many professional enemies.

This series provides economic data to inform policy makers about how breastfeeding leads to savings in health costs and other costs, raises awareness among the academic and wider community and highlights a new and publicly relevant area of research.

Further testing was also conducted with other key stakeholders (policy officers, public health academic, nutritionists, health promotion officers) via the use of a response form on a website.

Among academics, at conferences in Oxford and other academic venues, they are more willing to speak freely and to voice criticisms of their government and its policies.

The effect is to dump existing Liberal Democrat policy which seeks integrated education — in other words all young people to have opportunities to do vocational and academic study as part of a single curriculum..

The Centre engages with policy makers, practitioners, and other academics to ensure its research is relevant and creates impact.

Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña on Aug. 4 announced a new task force to investigate allegations of cheating and other violations of academic policy in the public schools.

With this in mind, a research team including academics and practitioners inside and outside of government examined existing studies to evaluate the relative cost effectiveness of nudges and other policy interventions.

Greater emphasis is also being put on transferable skills that serve not only academic scholars but also professionals who «may have research careers in other parts of society,» says David Crosier, education system analyst at Eurydice, the E.U. organization that provides information on European education systems and policies.

The data provided by the individual schemes presented at the conference should persuade other HE institutions that they need to adopt policies that increase the visibility of women in scientific academic posts.

People will enter knowing, Freeman proposes, that when their support ends in a few years, the also - rans must leave academic research and move on to other types of work, preferably using their scientific knowledge, in industry, government, patent law, science policy, high - school or community college teaching or other fields.

They would also like to study whether policies regarding lunch and recess affect risk for obesity, success in academics and other markers of cognitive development in children.

Tennessee now joins Louisiana, the only other state with a so - called academic freedom law — a policy that allows instructors to challenge established scientific theories like evolution and teach unfounded alternatives.

In this way, we seek to avoid the two - sided performer - user pitfall that we have observed in earlier and related federal agency endeavors to promote research / knowledge utilization: on the one hand, requiring or inducing academic grantees to torque or overstate their research findings in order to connect to immediate policy issues; on the other hand, creating unrealistic or premature expectations on the part of users that early stage fundamental research will be directly relevant to their immediate needs, leading them to be disappointed or disenchanted when well conceived and implemented academic studies fail to produce such information.

As an initial step towards building science of science policy communities among National Science Foundation Science of Science and Innovation Policy (SciSIP) grantees and between these grantees and other science policy researchers, analysts and policy makers in related academic, governmental, scientific and professional organizations, we have organized a one - and - a-half day workshop of awardees under SciSIP's first and second rounds of awards, augmented by a limited number of representatives from NSF, the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) and other Washington - based science policy netpolicy communities among National Science Foundation Science of Science and Innovation Policy (SciSIP) grantees and between these grantees and other science policy researchers, analysts and policy makers in related academic, governmental, scientific and professional organizations, we have organized a one - and - a-half day workshop of awardees under SciSIP's first and second rounds of awards, augmented by a limited number of representatives from NSF, the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) and other Washington - based science policy netPolicy (SciSIP) grantees and between these grantees and other science policy researchers, analysts and policy makers in related academic, governmental, scientific and professional organizations, we have organized a one - and - a-half day workshop of awardees under SciSIP's first and second rounds of awards, augmented by a limited number of representatives from NSF, the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) and other Washington - based science policy netpolicy researchers, analysts and policy makers in related academic, governmental, scientific and professional organizations, we have organized a one - and - a-half day workshop of awardees under SciSIP's first and second rounds of awards, augmented by a limited number of representatives from NSF, the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) and other Washington - based science policy netpolicy makers in related academic, governmental, scientific and professional organizations, we have organized a one - and - a-half day workshop of awardees under SciSIP's first and second rounds of awards, augmented by a limited number of representatives from NSF, the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) and other Washington - based science policy netpolicy networks.

The NPA believes that implementation of reporting requirements around all types of harassment will provide a safer academic research environment and hopes that other funding agencies will follow suit with similar policies.

While retired, because of my ongoing interest in the importance of credible, sound science driving public policy and regulation of food safety related issues, I joined with other academic colleagues and helped to found a 501c3 non-profit organization we call Academics Review.

The same can not be said of those seeking to use important freedom of information laws to disparage academics and other public - sector scientists and abuse the freedom of information process to drive them away from ongoing important collaborations in the furtherance of sound, science - driven public and commercial policy development.

With dramatic changes occurring in models of health care delivery and payment, research funding, and ACGME policies, AECD offers up an opportunity for leaders in academic Endocrinology to support and learn from each other.

Alice Hogan is currently an independent consultant, working with Harvard University, the University of Michigan, Simmons College Center for Gender in Organizations, and other academic institutions on programs and policies to advance the participation of women in academic science and engineering.

The poll was conducted by the University of Michigan Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, and is sponsored by AARP and Michigan Medicine, U-M's academic medical center.Those who turn to medications may not realize that prescription, over-the-counter and even «natural» sleep aids carry health risks, especially for older adults, either alone or in combination with other substances.

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Shabazz students must commit to the academic expectations of the school and give assurance, in writing, that they will observe nonharassment, alcohol and other drug, and attendance policies.

Contractual promises are legally binding, and AAUP's policy on academic freedom holds that professors should have complete freedom to teach any topic, other than those that «suggest disciplinary incompetence.»

In addition, Hill's research ideally positions her to collaborate with Radcliffe faculty leaders on the Institute's new policy studies initiatives as well as other academic activities.

Government policies exclude inadequate instruction, cultural and social factors, and emotional disturbance, because there are other categories in special education or other services for these children, not because their academic difficulties are different or because these excluded children need different types of interventions.

Independent Thinking founder Ian Gilbert's increasing frustration with educational policies that favour «no excuses» and «compliance», and that ignore the broader issues of poverty and inequality, is shared by many others across the sphere of education — and this widespread disaffection has led to the assembly of a diverse cast of teachers, school leaders, academics and poets who unite in this book to challenge the status quo.

«Alyssa Chan exemplifies well the qualities that distinguish students and graduates of the International Education Policy Program: a strong commitment to expanding educational opportunity for the most disadvantaged children around the world, an extraordinary ethic of hard work and rigorous pursuit of academic excellence, and an understanding of leadership as service to others,» says Professor Fernando Reimers, director of IEP.

Each such employee shall be required to complete at least one training course in school violence prevention and intervention, which shall consist of at least two clock hours of training that includes but is not limited to, study in the warning signs within a developmental and social context that relate to violence and other troubling behaviors in children; the statutes, regulations, and policies relating to a safe nonviolent school climate; effective classroom management techniques and other academic supports that promote a nonviolent school climate and enhance learning; the integration of social and problem solving skill development for students within the regular curriculum; intervention techniques designed to address a school violence situation; and how to participate in an effective school / community referral process for students exhibiting violent behavior.

True educational equity comes from comprehensive school reform, which incorporates academic improvements along with health care, housing policy, funding changes, family support and other policies that allow students to go to class safely and actually focus on their work, and that provides teachers with a work environment and enough support to operate creatively, not like infantilized robots.

Build and connect networks of academic, policy, legal and other professionals with community - based and national civil rights organizations

On the other hand, the CCSS can facilitate policies that are good for gifted learners, such as academic acceleration, which depends on clear expectations of what students should know and be able to do at specific grade levels.

Because other states look to Massachusetts — where students overall routinely rank at the top of national and international tests — for lessons on academic achievement and innovation, the Bay State's policies on charter schools are being followed closely, former Florida education commissioner Gerard Robinson told charter advocates gathered in Boston recently.

Other school characteristics associated with better student achievement included: more time spent on English instruction; teacher pay plans that were based on teachers» effectiveness at improving student achievement, principals» evaluations, or whether teachers took on additional duties, rather than traditional pay scales; an emphasis on academics in schools» mission statements; and a classroom policy of punishing or rewarding the smallest of student infractions.

Those include the extent to which they can improve over time, or whether the academic strategies and other policies they put in place out of the gate determine their success as they reach maturity; as well as whether charters can expand beyond their original, flagship schools to form networks of successful charters.

The project unites the expertise of the Public School Forum with the Massachusetts Trauma & Learning Policy Initiative at Harvard Law School and the Duke Center for Child & Family Policy, as well as other nonprofit and academic institutions.

These range from having students choose their own reading books, using student polls, asking students to weigh in on school policies and other issues, and having students select their own academic program including electives and independent study.

The Office of Academics is responsible for the development and leadership of the district's academic goals and policies, directing the instructional program pre-K to grade 12 across all content areas and special programs, and it engages constituent groups, teachers, principals, other staff, parents, and community in the ongoing process of educational reform, curriculum planning and implementation, and program development.

He is the co-editor of Citizenship, Identity and Education in Muslim Communities: Essays on Attachment and Obligation (Palgrave Macmillan, 2010), and author of more than thirty refereed articles in Philosophy of Education, Comparative Education Review, Journal of Thought, Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Asia - Pacific Education Review, Educational Policy, and other academic journals.

The data also suggest that school leaders who involve their teachers in student conduct policy decisions has a greater impact on student academic achievement than many other measures.

Advocates for parent and community engagement see the newly revised federal K - 12 law as an opportunity to expand their impact on states» academic goals, plans for school improvement, and other areas of policy.

Staff members at the Tennessee Education Research Alliance conduct studies and evaluations to guide policy and strategic decision - making at the state agency.47 Other states and districts should follow suit and establish research - practice partnerships with a specific emphasis on academic mindsets and learning skills.

Strong technical skills, particularly in integrating technology in the classroom to drive academic achievement Demonstrated volunteer or community service At least one (or more) of the following: o National Board Certificationo TAP Experience (sign on bonus for TAP certification) o Core Knowledge Experienceo Experience with Blended Learningo At least two years of successful teaching in an urban environment ESSENTIAL POSITION FUNCTIONS: An Elementary School teacher is required to perform the following duties: Plan and implement a blended learning environment, providing direct and indirect instruction in the areas of Social Studies, Science, Language Arts, Health, and Mathematics based on state standards Participation in all TAP requirements, focusing on data - driven instruction Create inviting, innovative and engaging learning environment that develops student critical thinking and problem solving skills Prepare students for strong academic achievement and passing of all required assessments Communicate regularly with parents Continually assess student progress toward mastery of standards and keep students and parents well informed of student progress by collecting and tracking data, providing daily feedback, weekly assessments, and occasional parent / teacher conferences Work with the Special Education teachers and administration to serve special needs students in the classroom Attend all grade level and staff meetings and attend designated school functions outside of school hours Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among the students for whom you are responsible Accept and incorporate feedback and coaching from administrative staff Perform necessary duties including but not limited to morning, lunch, dismissal, and after - school duties Preforms other duties, as deemed appropriate, by the principal Dress professionally and uphold all school policies

The new law significantly reduces the legal authority of the education secretary, who is now legally barred from influencing state decisions about academic benchmarks, such as the Common Core State Standards, teacher evaluations and other policies.

The Effectiveness of» Teach for America» and Other Under - Certified Teachers on Student Academic Achievement: A Case of Harmful Public Policy