Sentences with phrase «piece of a good education»

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Chapman: Yeah, and that's a good piece of work and what it did for me — to go on to continue that thought about the way in which it was an education — is what I saw was that it was possible for a complicated scientific subject to be discussed in front of a lay audience, not be patronizing to the lay audience, get across a lot of information and excite people because the local people were meeting outside the court and they were saying, «Well did you hear the things about the bacterial flagellum?»

Some pieces of paper are good, and education is good — if in the pursuit of it you find yourself closer and more able to pursue your chosen craft.

Good way of telling, and nice piece of writing to take facts concerning my presentation topic, which i am going to deliver in institution of higher education.

I caught some of the titles: Nugu - ui ttal - do anin Haewon (Nobody's Daughter Haewon) is a delightful film from the South Korean auteur Hong Sang - soo, the story of a female student's «sentimental education» as it were, as she traverses through reality, fantasy, and dreams, we viewers never quite sure what we are watching; Jim Jarmusch's Only Lovers Left Alive (TIFF's Opening Night film) is an engaging and drily humorous alternative vampire film, Tilda Swinton melding perfectly into the languid yet tense atmosphere of the whole piece; Night Moves is from a director (Kelly Reichardt) I've heard good things about but not seen, so I was curious to see it, but whilst the film is engaging with its ethical probing, I found the style quite laborious and lifeless; The Kampala Story (Kasper Bisgaard & Donald Mugisha) is a good little film (60 minutes long) about a teenage girl in Uganda trying to help her family out, directed in a simple, direct manner, utilising documentary elements within its fiction.

When I published a piece earlier this year about the tense estrangement between conservative education reformers and the movement's increasingly dominant social justice wing, it did not sit well with members of the latter group, including Rhames, who penned a response on Education Post titled, «An Open Letter to White Conservative Education Reformereducation reformers and the movement's increasingly dominant social justice wing, it did not sit well with members of the latter group, including Rhames, who penned a response on Education Post titled, «An Open Letter to White Conservative Education ReformerEducation Post titled, «An Open Letter to White Conservative Education ReformerEducation Reformers.»

They are pieces of a whole, complementing each other to produce the desired result — a better education for our kids.

In fact, one recent piece of research — a 2015 report from the Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) at Stanford University — suggests that students in online charter schools aren't doing as well as their peers.

In a piece for Quartz this past week, I addressed how moving to a blended learning, competency - based education system in which students advance based on mastery, not time, could address many of the concerns by better preparing citizens for the demands ahead.

* Non-white and non-Asian parents were more likely than white and Asian parents both to choose «better education» as their top reason for choosing a private school (40.5 percent versus 23.7 percent) and to place high school graduation rates and postsecondary information in their top two pieces of important decision - making information (54.1 percent compared to 27 percent).

Get Rid of Compulsory Schooling In the April 1924 issue of The American Mercury, journalist and satirist H.L. Mencken ginned up a well - constructed piece on the true purpose of public education: «The aim... is simply to reduce as many individuals as possible to the same safe level, to breed and train a standardized citizenry, to put down dissent and originality.»

Or the student may be frustrated by the slow, piece by piece, step by step, method of traditional education, when he learns best in large chunks instead of individual steps or pieces.

And even though the Republican majority can breathe a little easier now that it has maintained control of both chambers, that's not a good reason to keep putting off key pieces of education reform.

The piece highlighted the Dept. of Education's recommendations on how funds can be spent for a «well - rounded educatioEducation's recommendations on how funds can be spent for a «well - rounded educationeducation.»

Last week, American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten wrote a piece in Huffington Post that typifies the union mentality, trashing school choice, before donning the good - witch mask to end with «We are at a pivotal moment — a moment when we must reclaim the promise of public education without further detours, distractions and delays.»

In a recent opinion piece for Education Week, Arthur Wise of the Center for Teaching Quality writes that current mainstream ideas on how to improve American public schools will result in «at best, a marginal improvement for small numbers of students.»

In this piece we had a chance to connect with three members of the East Bay Innovation Academy (EBIA) special education team to learn how the school's model of personalizing learning creates a supportive frame for their students qualifying for special education services to be well served in inclusive, general education classrooms.

No single assessment or piece of student work can provide the robust information needed to inform teaching, learning, and supports, as well as public accountability and continuous improvement of education systems through families, policymakers, and other stakeholders.

But the most - interesting piece came not from either Haimson or the generally stellar Carey or Noguera (whose idea of treating schools like hospitals is a good one, even if he can't get the rest of his ideas right), but from Thomas B. Fordham Institute education czar Mike Petrilli, who once again tried to defend the idea of rolling back No Child's powerful Adequate Yearly Progress accountability provisions (even if the approach taken by the administration is none to his liking).

Sheila Cohen, President of the Connecticut Education Association, summarized the issue well in an op - ed piece for the Hartford Courant, «The driving force behind decisions affecting Connecticut public schools should be what is best for children.

But while the company has successfully cornered a large piece of the virtual education market, the company's school hasn't necessarily performed well in all states.

To get a piece of the billions authorized for the federal School Turnaround Grant program, states must ensure that districts use one of four strategies for each target school: fire the principal and at least one - half of the staff; reopen the school as a charter school; close the school and transfer students to better schools in the district; or fire the principal and overhaul teacher evaluation, schedules, and instruction (U.S. Department of Education, 2009).

The Courant's observations are usually well thought out and on - track, but in their first piece entitled, «Agenda 2015: Ambitious Goals For The State,» they mistakenly bought into the rhetoric espoused by Governor Malloy, the corporate education reform industry and the spin coming out of Connecticut's charter schools and their lobbyists.

Used in education, they may be intended to focus on «best pieces» or be a wider sampling of student work.

I did, however, receive a good education and now know that my initial instinct was correct: «no writer of a worthy piece of literature should have to pay to be published.»

The answers to each of these questions will lead to various points of education (the size issue for instance, is often revised when I ask the family to think of the foot - length they mention as a coiled up piece of rope... «oh, well it could be bigger than the one foot length you mentioned, then») and help provide the family with good choices.

But if you break it down I think there's an education piece: how can we better communicate to individuals the importance of a balanced diet and taking care of themselves?

It can be a great little piece of education as well for those future scientist, and give a nice look into evolution of species in their environments.»

«With the generosity of Christie's and the artists who have contributed pieces to the auction, David and I are working to help raise funds, so that the children of Haiti have an opportunity to receive the education they need to lead a better life and fulfill the potential of this vibrant and important culture.»

Postscript: Randy Olson has posted an interesting piece on his Web site today proposing that the community seeking public trust and engagement on climate change would do well to study the practices of two organizations fighting for science - based behavior in very different arenas: the federal Centers For Disease Control and Prevention and the National Center for Science Education (on evolution in the classroom).

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It seems to me that central idea here is that legislation should be intelligible on its face, or, more specifically, that the average citizen, possessed of average intellect, average education and average fluency in an official language, should be able to read and understand the text of a particular piece of legislation as well as its application to her circumstances.

Narrow your education only to what's relevant, but use our example for a demonstration of how best to format this crucial piece of information.

Posts are generally thoughtful and well written, with a good mix of math, stats and education focused pieces.

While attempting to present a balanced viewpoint about America's emerging class divide regarding marriage, the work of the First Things First organization in Chattanooga, as well as the state of research in the field of Relationship and Marriage Education, their ambitious recent piece ended on the simplistic note of «one marriage saved» [1].

Every piece of my son's education feels like a well oiled machine that will lead to my son's life long success.