Sentences with phrase «prominent education authors»

In 1996, Breaux's district contacted Dr. Harry K. Wong, a former high school science teacher who is now one of America's most prominent education authors and lecturers, and asked for assistance.

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Anthony Carnevale, the lead author of this report, gave me the scoop on this important data, noting that «Good jobs that have been prominent in this recovery include managers, software developers, physicians and surgeons, registered nurses, financial analysts and computer occupations,» all pointing toward the continued importance of a college education, despite what certain pessimists might claim.

Prominent speakers have included U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, former U.S. Secretary of the State Condoleeza Rice, American Federation of Teacher's President Randi Weingarten, The Silk Road Ensemble with Yo - Yo Ma, and authors Eric Carle and Diane Ravitch.

Conference offers much more: The conference programme has by now been enriched with an attendance of Northern Ireland Minister for Education John O'Dowd, the key - note speeches from several prominent historians, including prof. Tony Gallagher (Queens University), Eamon Phoenix (Stanmillis College), Philip Orr (Author of several books and Historian).

Prominent speakers have included U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, historian Noam Chomsky, edX President Anant Agarwal, mindfulness guru Jon Kabat - Zinn, former U.S. Secretary of Defense Colin Powell, filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan, autism activist Temple Grandin, media mogul Oprah Winfrey, Khan Academy founder and director Sal Khan, and Whistling Vivaldi author Claude Steele.

Hrabowski — a child of prominent Civil Rights activist of the 1960s — has long advocated for minority rights and education throughout his career as an activist, educator, administrator, author, and consultant.

The dispute between the reports» authors — which flared into the open on a national network news program Sept. 6 — pitted Lynne V. Cheney, chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, against Diane Ravitch, a prominent education historian, and Chester E. Finn Jr., an assistant secretary of education.

Prominent speakers have included U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, historian Noam Chomsky, edX President Anant Agarwal, mindfulness guru Jon Kabat Zinn, former U.S. Secretary of Defense Colin Powell, filmmaker M.Night Shyamalan, autism activist Temple Grandin, media mogul Oprah Winfrey, Khan Academy founder and director Sal Khan, and Whistling Vivaldi author Claude Steele.

Prominent speakers have included former U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, New York Times journalist David Brooks, former U.S. Secretary of Defense Colin Powell, American Federation of Teacher's President Randi Weingarten, pop singer Lady Gaga, media mogul Oprah Winfrey, and authors Eric Carle and Diane Ravitch.

Author C.M. Rubin has asked six people prominent in the world of education what they would do if they had the job, and this is the first of six posts in which we will hear from them all answering that question.

Prominent ASCD authors, experts, and education thought leaders will also present.

The current era of corporate education reform began with the 1983 publication of the Reagan administration's report A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Education Reform, prepared by a committee of prominent professors, politicians, teachers, and business executives.5 Not only did the report attack many of the equity - minded federal education reforms that preceded it, A Nation at Risk also manufactured a narrative of public education in crisis, steeped in the language of Cold War military paranoia: «If an unfriendly foreign power had attempted to impose on America the mediocre educational performance that exists today, we might well have viewed it as an act of war,» the authoeducation reform began with the 1983 publication of the Reagan administration's report A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Education Reform, prepared by a committee of prominent professors, politicians, teachers, and business executives.5 Not only did the report attack many of the equity - minded federal education reforms that preceded it, A Nation at Risk also manufactured a narrative of public education in crisis, steeped in the language of Cold War military paranoia: «If an unfriendly foreign power had attempted to impose on America the mediocre educational performance that exists today, we might well have viewed it as an act of war,» the authoEducation Reform, prepared by a committee of prominent professors, politicians, teachers, and business executives.5 Not only did the report attack many of the equity - minded federal education reforms that preceded it, A Nation at Risk also manufactured a narrative of public education in crisis, steeped in the language of Cold War military paranoia: «If an unfriendly foreign power had attempted to impose on America the mediocre educational performance that exists today, we might well have viewed it as an act of war,» the authoeducation reforms that preceded it, A Nation at Risk also manufactured a narrative of public education in crisis, steeped in the language of Cold War military paranoia: «If an unfriendly foreign power had attempted to impose on America the mediocre educational performance that exists today, we might well have viewed it as an act of war,» the authoeducation in crisis, steeped in the language of Cold War military paranoia: «If an unfriendly foreign power had attempted to impose on America the mediocre educational performance that exists today, we might well have viewed it as an act of war,» the authors wrote.

Fritz Bultman was born into a prominent New Orleans family and surrounded by artists, authors, and musicians; his education in the arts began at a very early age.

The IPCC probably falls into these claims because these are weather events which can not be predicted on climate time scales and most prominent advocates of action (Hansen, Schmidt, Schneider) and many IPCC authors lack an education in meteorology.