Sentences with phrase «other educational efforts»

Other educational efforts by Sherrie include moderation of the message boards for the Veterinary Support Personnel Network and teaching an online program specifically for veterinary professionals as part of Family Paws Parent Education.

GPSN will have separate processes and funding to support other educational efforts, including teacher training programs and charter organizations.

Still other educational efforts will be aimed at the scientific community in general.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo will propose $ 11.5 million for afterschool programs, job training and other educational efforts in a bid to stem gang violence.

But my callings have been as manager of household and business, of running music programs and other educational efforts.

Not exact matches

Other similar efforts would involve him in educational efforts with churches, schools, and agencies on the community level.

We all need encouragement to exercise a new vision of the public good, and to join with others in sacrificial efforts to achieve that good in concrete ways, ranging from providing housing for the homeless to parks for everyone and enriched educational environments for disadvantaged children.

If it is a correct answer, it implies that we must support such organized efforts as that of the APPE4 to deflect current educational momentum into other channels than a mere reshifting of the same materials and approaches, putting forward of dead models as new panaceas, or the temptation to begin with precise discipline where in fact learning should start in a different way.

Besides the 2013 University of Washington study, a number of other recent studies have found education ineffective in improving self - reporting by athletes, adding to a growing body of evidence challenging the conventional wisdom that inadequate athlete concussion knowledge is the principal barrier to increased reporting, and suggesting that one of the best ways to combat underreporting by athletes of concussion symptoms may be to shift the focus of educational efforts towards helping coaches facilitate concussion reporting, the theory being that athletes will be more likely to report concussion symptoms if they no longer think that they will be punished by the coach for reporting, such as by losing playing time or their starting position, perceived by their teammates as letting them down, or viewed by their coach as «weak,» all of which have been documented in numerous studies over the past decade as reasons athletes are reluctant to report concussion symptoms.

We also encourage each woman and partner to take advantage of the many classes and support groups we recommend — from prenatal yoga, yoga for labor workshop, and postpartum mommy and me yoga classes, positive birth story pregnancy circles, community new mother blessing ceremonies, annual family reunion, postpartum mom circles, pregnancy retreats and a variety of other educational, supportive, and fun events, classes, and ways to connect with other likeminded people and build community — in an effort to bring back the needed village it takes to raise a new baby, and new parents.

Part of the educational efforts of the campaign is to reach people other than parents who may care for your children.

I'm looking for educational resources that I can share with others in an effort to engage more citizens in how our election system actually works.

(2) to supplement and complement the efforts of States, the local school systems and other instrumentalities of the States, the private sector, public and private educational institutions, public and private nonprofit educational research institutions, community - based organizations, parents, and students to im - prove the quality of education;

The authors discuss other studies that have shown the success of financial incentives in engaging physicians and residents in quality improvement efforts, particularly when the incentives are combined with an educational component.

But Gates also delivered an optimistic message about the resilience of the American educational and scientific enterprise, and discussed some prescriptions offered by PCAST and others for reinvigorating the nation's research efforts.

Researchers from NYU Langone's Department of Population Health will evaluate these services so that the NYC Department of Education and other urban school districts can continue to improve on efforts to provide high - quality family - centered educational experiences to all children.

Finally, the Golden Helix Foundation organizes, in concert with other scientific societies, other scientific conferences and educational activities, to achieve knowledge transfer to society and produces informational material to outreach society in an effort to educate the general public on timely issues related to personalized medicine.

Evaluation of these new efforts will tell us whether a combined sequence of academic and CTE courses can benefit students not only in career academies but also in other educational settings.

These groundbreakers support innovative efforts so that schools and other educational institutions contribute to peace, progress, social development, developing opportunity, understanding and the expansion of all human capabilities and talents.

In a strongly worded letter sent this month to chief state school officers, legislators, state board of education members, representatives of the National Education Association, and publishers nationwide, the Florida leaders point to the «pervasive» influence of textbooks and other classroom materials on the educational process and say that their state's school - improvement efforts «have been impeded repeatedly by the declining...

To this day there are no good, comparable, city - by - city data on participation rates in NCLB school choice or supplemental educational services, so it's impossible to know if participation spiked in communities where the PIRCs and other groups targeted their efforts.

But while some witnesses at a two - day oversight hearing told the House Subcommittee on Select Education that research efforts can be improved without changing the structure of the office of educational research and improvement, others called for an overhaul.

Organizing efforts are distinguished from other more orthodox forms of educational change by their collective nature and by the active engagement of parents, teachers, and pupils in the politics of school and community change.

The book eschews the difficult effort of determining just why the United States, undoubtedly a leader in educational attainment and possibly educational achievement 40 or 50 years ago, now trails other nations in both.

Instead, teachers view leadership as a collaborative effort, a «banding together» with other teachers to promote professional development and growth and the improvement of educational services (Troen & Boles, 1992).

Thirty of the nation's largest community foundations last week announced the formation of a coalition to help redouble their efforts to address the educational and other needs of low - income youths.

In this forum, Sara Goldrick - Rab, professor of educational policy studies and sociology at the University of Wisconsin — Madison and co-author of a paper that helped shape the president's plan, calls for an even more expansive effort — one that includes funding for students» living and other expenses while they pursue an associate degree at any public institution.

Yet not to confront the challenges of structure and governance in public education in our time is to accept the glum fact that the most earnest of our other «reform» efforts can not gain enough traction to make a big dent in America's educational deficit, to produce a decent supply of quality alternatives to the traditional monopoly, or to defeat the adult interests that typically rule and benefit from that monopoly.

Yes, I think the state is lagging in educational reform efforts and needs to be studying what other states have done and try new approaches to improve student performance.

Efforts to share information about brain plasticity, learning potential, metacognition, and cognitive and motivational strategies in learning opportunities for parents and other educational stakeholders.

In addition to reviewing the status of national service programs, this brief provides examples of some of the myriad ways national service programs create an infrastructure for traditional and charter schools; alternative certification programs for teachers; nonprofit out - of - school - time providers; and other efforts to expand educational opportunity.

The claim that charter schools achieve superior test results as a result of effort, choice, accountability, educational program, governance structure, or some other reason, is frequently cited by charter school lobbyists at the legislature and the CT State Department of Education.

Additionally, the importance of grounding change efforts in educational change theory, relevant literature, and collaborative exchanges with others working toward similar goals can not be underestimated.

Complex technology projects, such as the development of a statewide educational network to ensure Michigan students have access to the bandwidth needed to support classroom initiatives; expanded use of online learning for students and educators and delivery of online assessments; broad - based technology purchasing strategies; and a host of other capacity - building efforts have been positively impacted by Luke Wittum's leadership and involvement.

Laura Preston with the Assn. of California School Administrators said concerns had grown in the Capitol over the noisy divide between teachers unions and other educational organizations that could impede efforts to pass Proposition 30, the November ballot initiative backed by Gov. Jerry Brown.

City - based education organizations, or «harbormasters» and others who coordinate efforts to improve education within a city to incubate new school models; work to attract talented entrepreneurs to develop break - the - mold innovations; and build an infrastructure of charter school supports that allow operators to focus more energy spent on innovative educational approaches, not operations.

The West Virginia Department of Education, the West Virginia Council for Community and Technical College Education, the West Virginia Department of Education and the Arts, and various other educational organizations are partners in these efforts.

This effort was led by the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) in collaboration with nine other educational organizations including the National Education Goals Panel, AFT, CBE, National Alliance of Business, and Council of Great City Schools (CCSSO, 1996).

In an effort to provide a quality online educational experience for our students, Park City School District and six other school districts have combined efforts to form a consortium called Utah Students Connect.

The experiences of these 10 pioneering states provide valuable examples of strategies and approaches that others might adopt or adapt in an effort to produce an educational system that prepares students to participate fully in our society.

Although critics point out, the nation's public schools are already underfunded and vouchers and other privatization programs further undermine the ability of public schools to provide students with the comprehensive educational opportunities they need and deserve, the Trump administration is likely to «go all in» with the effort to redirect public resources to privately owned and operated school settings.

Privatized systems in other countries (England primarily) can be described in other literature — George Orwell wrote The Clergyman's Daughter in which a portion describes the dismal educational experiences of children in a private girls» school and the young teacher's efforts to do better.

undertake research, and promote research, with a view to reducing barriers to the employment of older persons, and the promotion of measures for utilizing their skills; publish and otherwise make available to employers, professional societies, the various media of communication, and other interested persons the findings of studies and other materials for the promotion of employment; foster through the public employment service system and through cooperative effort development of facilities of public and private agencies for expanding the opportunities and potentials of older persons; Sponsor and assist State and community informational and educational programs.

Among other things, this statute requires educational outreach efforts to help small employers understand and better comply with our regulatory programs, we have continuing outreach efforts to improve our communication with small entities; educate our employees to be more sensitive to small entity concerns; provide training and other educational opportunities, such as training materials and modules that interested entities can reproduce and use, providing guidance on individual rules.

We are also funded by client fees and creditor contributions from non-bankruptcy-related debt management plans, and through grants related to our housing counseling or other charitable and educational efforts in the community.

As the leading authority on Golden Retrievers in the United States, GRCA and its member clubs nationwide continue to promote the health and welfare of the breed and the educational efforts by AKC and other AKC parent breed clubs.

Of course, we will keep enough to maintain what our continuing educational efforts require, as we'll still have the costs of maintaining websites, phone lines, P.O. boxes and other needs such as educational booths and literature.

The bill would also prohibit making an animal available to be used for research or educational purposes unless: (1) the animal has been legally impounded for at least five days; (2) the animal has not been claimed or redeemed; and (3) the animal shelter has made a reasonable effort to find the rightful owner of the animal or to make it available to others.

The new law also prohibits making an animal available to be used for research or educational purposes unless: (1) the animal has been legally impounded for at least five days; (2) the animal has not been claimed or redeemed; and (3) the animal shelter has made a reasonable effort to find the rightful owner of the animal or to make it available to others.

C.L.A.S.S. ™ is also designed to assist trainers build better relationships and networks with local veterinarians, shelters, local officials, and many others to increase their educational efforts to promote training.