Sentences with phrase «pressing learning challenges»

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Enter the DO School, a global institution that, for select programs, borrows students passionate about social change from accredited colleges and offers them experiential learning through doing, challenging them to solve real - world, pressing problems in sustainable ways.

John thinks a non believer is here to learn or bash, we just are glad to hear when more and more folks challenge the religious part of our culture and press them to listen.

«When Success Leads to Failure,» The Atlantic «The Gift of Failure,» New York Times «If Your Kid Left His Term Paper At Home, Don't Bring It To Him» New York Magazine «Books That Changed My Mind This Year,» Fortune «New Book Suggests Parents Learn to Let Kids Fail,» USA Today «7 Rules for Raising Self - Reliant Children,» Forbes «Before You Let Your Child Fail, Read This,» Huffington Post «How Schools Are Handling an Overparenting Crisis,» NPR «Why Failure Hits Girls So Hard,» Time «The Value of a Mess,» Slate «4 Reasons Why Every Educator Should Read «The Gift of Failure,»» Inside Higher Ed «Why We Should Let Our Children Fail,» The Guardian (UK) «Shelly's Bookworms: The Gift of Failure,» WFAA Dallas «Why I Don't Want My Kids to be Lazy Like Me,» Yahoo Parenting «Jessica Lahey,» Celia Walden for The Telegraph (UK) «How to To Give Your Child The Gift of Failure,» Huffington Post «The Gift of Failure,» Doug Fabrizio, Radio West «In the Author's Voice: The Gift of Failure,» WISU / NPR «The Gift of Failure,» The Good Life Project «Giving Our Children the Gift of Failure,» ScaryMommy «Lyme Resident's Book Challenges Parents and Kids on Failure,» Valley News «The Gift of Failure,» The Jewish Press

The AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships (STPF) is the premier opportunity for outstanding scientists and engineers to learn first - hand about public policy while using their knowledge and analytical skills to address today's most pressing societal challenges.

At the film's Los Angeles press day, Woodley talked about how Jennifer Lawrence encouraged her to take the role, what she shares in common with her character and how they differ, what inspired her to take a course in urban survival skills, what the experience was like doing many of her own stunts, her most memorable sweaty palm moments, zip - lining over the streets of Chicago and climbing the Navy Pier Ferris Wheel, her challenging fight sequence finale with Theo James, working again with Miles Teller, and what she learned about herself in the process of making her first large scale studio movie.

The curricula of our higher education programs are rigorous and timely, with cases drawn from and learning applicable to the most pressing challenges the field faces today.

Inquiry - based learning allows them to focus on a pressing question or challenge, then think of new and creative ways to overcome the obstacle with the aid of informal social learning tools.

Among these were a book he co-wrote with me, Liberating Learning (2009), on the revolutionary promise — and disruptive politics — of technology in reforming America's schools, and his most recent book, The Best Teachers in the World (2012), on the pressing challenge of improving the nation's teaching force.

Learn more about how higher education can lead by «owning the challenge of remediation with K - 12» starting with teacher training; for more information, view the press release, read the blog post, including an interview with Chancellor Zimpher.

Research behind VAL - ED (the Vanderbilt Assessment of Leadership in Education tool to assess principal performance, developed by researchers at Vanderbilt University) suggests that there are six key steps - or «processes» - that the effective principal takes when carrying out his or her most important leadership responsibilities: planning, implementing, supporting, advocating, communicating and monitoring.40 The school leader pressing for high academic standards would, for example, map out rigorous targets for improvements in learning (planning), get the faculty on board to do what's necessary to meet those targets (implementing), encourage students and teachers in meeting the goals (supporting), challenge low expectations and low district funding for students with special needs (advocating), make sure families are aware of the learning goals (communicating), and keep on top of test results (monitoring).41

If we want our children to grow into the scientists, researchers, educators and entrepreneurs who will address our most pressing challenges, and if we want our nation to remain a global leader in innovation, we must ensure that all students have access to deep learning in STEM subjects and are taught by talented teachers knowledgeable in these fields.

Students develop effective cognitive strategies and higher - order learning when they are continually pressed to raise questions, accept challenges, explain concepts, and justify their reasoning.

During our morning and afternoon sessions, member schools and partners shared not only lessons learned and successful strategies around engaging community but also leveraging our collective knowledge and skills to address pressing challenges.

By Christopher Magan Twin Cities Pioneer Press «Attorneys for parents challenging Minnesota teachers union laws asked an appeals court panel Wednesday to overturn a lower court's decision to... Learn More

coaches to identify a pressing student learning challenge.

10/27/15: PowerMyLearning Named Winner of NewSchools Ignite Science Learning Challenge [Press Release]