Sentences with phrase «practices at particular schools»

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In the end, it all comes back to education: In the ideal world, a parent's decision about whether to allow a child to start playing or continue playing collision sports before high school under current rules of play (which are evolving in the direction of safety, fortunately, as seen, for instance, in USA Hockey's ban on body checking at the Pee Wee hockey level and below, and limits on full - contact practices instituted at every level of football, from Pop Warner, to high school, college, and the NFL), will be a conscious one; a decision in which the risks of participating in a particular sport - provided it is based on the most up - to - date information about those risks and a consideration of other risk factors that might come into play for their child, such as pre-existing learning disabilities (e.g. ADHD), chronic health conditions (e.g., a history of history of multiple concussions or seizures, history of migraines), or a reckless and overly aggressive style of play - are balanced against the benefits to the child of participating.

If you have a particular practice in your school that you think is successful at supporting the individuals in their development — whether it is a successful orientation program, a volunteer rewards program, professional development plans for trustees or anything else, click here to go to the post and add a comment telling us about your success.

«Every year, the particular group of viruses is mutable, keeps modifying genetically, so the shot you got last year may not work this year,» says Elaine Leventhal, professor emerita of medicine at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, in whose practice the study was conducted.

Teachers would stop projecting the day's standards - to - be-tackled on the board; they would stop asking students to determine whether they have mastered a particular standard, and how to know when they've mastered it — practices I saw at the school I visited.

A third report, Small High Schools at Work: A Case Study of Six Gates - Funded Schools in New York City, from the Academy for Educational Development, takes a close look a handful of these new small schools, focusing on particular practices associated with student success: intermediary support, personal and academic support, effective instructional practices, and college prepaSchools at Work: A Case Study of Six Gates - Funded Schools in New York City, from the Academy for Educational Development, takes a close look a handful of these new small schools, focusing on particular practices associated with student success: intermediary support, personal and academic support, effective instructional practices, and college prepaSchools in New York City, from the Academy for Educational Development, takes a close look a handful of these new small schools, focusing on particular practices associated with student success: intermediary support, personal and academic support, effective instructional practices, and college prepaschools, focusing on particular practices associated with student success: intermediary support, personal and academic support, effective instructional practices, and college preparation.

Students whose projects do not demonstrate mastery of particular competencies may be assigned additional face - to - face tutoring or online practice exercises at the school's learning lab to fill in those gaps before they move on to new projects.

Some use perfunctory practices like zero - based budgeting, but others empower site leaders and community members to engage in thoughtful planning and budgeting guided by the actual needs of the particular flesh and blood students enrolled at each school.

Still, though, while we have seen that schools can excel in many different ways, we have also found that no school can create a truly welcoming and engaging learning environment for all students without having at least two core practices in place: broadening and enriching learning opportunities (in particular, enrolling all students in challenging courses) and creating and maintaining a healthy school culture (including the use of discipline approaches that resist the trend of pushing students out of school).

Anthony Cocciolo, an assistant professor in Pratt Institute's School of Information and Library Science, was recently recognized with The Library of Congress» National Digital Stewardship Alliance Innovation Award for his innovative approaches to teaching digital preservation practices at Pratt, in particular his work partnering classes with archival institutions to work on the digitization and digital preservation of analog audio collections.

Assaël — who became intrigued by mathematics, physics, and their relation to art while in high school in Rome in the mid -»90s; who, still a teenager, knocked on arte povera artist Jannis Kounellis's door to discuss tragedy and the notion of necessity; who later studied the philosophies of Kant, Hegel, and Heidegger at university; and who now, an artist in her own right, has particular enthusiasm for the work of Bruce Nauman, Gordon Matta - Clark, and Richard Serra — creates inspiring artworks that re-place the body and authentic experience at the center of artistic practice after

I'd written to the publication, asserting that the career office at our law school encouraged us to lie on interviews by, for example, feigning interest in a particular practice area and expressing enthusiasm about working long hours.

Through a detailed look at classroom life in racially and socioeconomically distinct public high school settings, it explores how local notions of ability shape the implementation of classroom practices in general and of detracking reform in particular.