Sentences with phrase «reforming current practice»
It is certainly an effort at reforming current practice in almost every aspect of worship.
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Wes Jackson, president of the Land Institute in Salina, Kansas, insists that we must reform agriculture instead of intensifying current agricultural practices.
At 6 p.m. Tuesday, the New York City Bar Association will host «The State of Criminal Discovery in New York State,» discussing «the current law applicable to criminal discovery in New York State courts; responses to the Criminal Law Committee's statewide survey of the judiciary, defense bar and district attorneys regarding current practices; criminal discovery law in other states; and proposed reforms.»
They said the act partially addressed the issue of over-incarceration and crowding in corrections facilities, but said additional reforms are necessary, including a comprehensive review of current summons practices.
A practicing internist, his current research focuses on ethical issues in health reform (focusing on accountable care organizations, ACOs).
In a forum released today by Education Next, Nonie Lesaux of Harvard's Graduate School of Education and Juan Rangel of a Chicago charter school organization, UNO, discuss whether these changing demographics call for substantial reforms in the current instructional practices designed to address Hispanic students» needs, or whether improving education practices across the board is the best way to meet the needs of Hispanics.
So my inclination is to rely (probably more heavily than my reform - oriented friends) on the accumulated wisdom reflected in current practice.
His statistical gymnastics are used most often in the service of defending current school practices against most reform proposals, usually by denying the need for reform in the first place.
Many of the current reformers at the policy and administrator levels are embracing neoliberal market - based, corporate - style reforms, which promote practices that I saw lead to such greed and corruption on Wall Street.
The essays have rightly suggested — whether arguing for or against alternative routes, for or against current practice in schools of education — that unless the present and growing shortage of good teachers is overcome, no other efforts at school reform can succeed.
Her current research focuses on market - based education reforms in urban communities, and its cultural and pedagogical impact on teacher dispositions, teacher professional autonomy and identity, and the development of inclusive classroom practices.
Based on study of current Israeli school reform program, I argue that this relationship has been inadequately addressed, both in theory and in practice.
Praise and agreement can not lead to teachers reforming their teaching practices; it can only confirm and entrench teachers» current practices.
Assessing educational reforms for their impact on democracy is particularly relevant in the current educational policy climate that favors practices potentially antithetical to civic education.
The author situates student voice as a key component among current education reform practices and literature.
This collection of research studies from across the nation offers a compelling backdrop to current school reform practices.
Despite growing momentum to reform teacher evaluation in order to increase its impact on teachers» practice and persistence in the profession, very little research examines how current reforms influence teachers» attitudes or reported instructional practices.
Current reforms in science education aim to engage students in science knowledge building practices (NGSS Lead States, 2013; NRC, 2012), which requires substantial amounts of talk, interaction, and discussion (Quinn, Lee, & Valdés, 2012).
The book crystallizes the successful practices and patterns emerging from these top performers and then «takes the gloves off» to contrast the efforts of high - achieving countries with current reform thinking in the U.S....
This guide was created by the International Youth Foundation with the goal of fostering connectivity between current school reform beliefs and practices with the growing field of youth development.
Austin, TX — U.S. Housing News — The current version of the financial reform bill (H.R. 4173) would eliminate certain types of high - risk lending practices.
Although the current system of MPs» allowable expenditure is subject to possible reform, with changes having been introduced in relation to claims supported by receipts, the prevailing system may be subject to improvements on the following basis on a par with prevailing good business practice in the private sector:
The Minister of Crown - Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs, Carolyn Bennett, has indicated that the Government of Canada will engage various groups on the legislative and policy changes necessary to reform current government policies and practices so that the starting premise for all federal government action is the recognition of Indigenous rights from the outset.
The report outlines current critiques of public housing, contains a detailed consideration of the proposed reform to the public housing industry and gives several examples of best practice in the area of housing and infrastructure policy for Indigenous people.
The purpose of the review is to: - Identify what is working well within the legislation including its impact on policy and practice - Address any identified gaps, operational improvements and new areas for development - Capture current legislative, policy and practice developments - Building on those steps, revise the original legislation Please note that the reform of current Guardian ad Litem arrangements (under section 26 of the 1991 Act) is being progressed separately to this review and has already been the subject of public consultation.
Austin, TX — U.S. Housing News — The current version of the financial reform bill (H.R. 4173) would eliminate certain types of high - risk lending practices.
David Kessler, National Director of Real Estate Practice at CohnReznick, joins show host Michael Bull to discuss current strategies for commercial real estate in the midst of tax reform.