Kerri Briggs, Director of Education Reform at the George W. Bush Institute and Cynthia G. Brown, Vice President of Education Policy at the Center for American Progress,
said of Change Agents: «Our two organizations applaud the release of this timely report that will help states to ensure that a high - caliber principal leads every school in the nation... This report and the accompanying companion guide build on New Leaders» experience in the field and give states tools and strategies to reframe policies to bolster the principal talent pipeline.»
Arthur Levine, President of the Woodrow Wilson Foundation,
said of Change Agents: «In the face of dramatic demographic, economic, technological, and global change, the demands being made upon schools, and the principals and superintendents who lead them have changed profoundly.
Not exact matches
Most businesses are over-managed and under - led,
says business coach and «
change agent» Jennifer Elliot
of Soft Skills Australia.
Agents also
said the
change could spur some innovation in the disability income market and one area companies may push further into is to bundle disability insurance with other forms
of coverage like long - term care in a hybrid policy.
«A particularly strong factor in deciding to publish this new edition was driven by the continuous
change in terms
of the standards
of practice required not only
of agents and brokers, but also
of lawyers, mortgage brokers, lenders, financial advisors, appraisers and other involved parties,»
says Rumack.
This is Aristotle's way
of saying that the «
agent» is in the «patient»; that the Entity effecting
change in another is, precisely in that respect, in the other.
We can choose to live this way, but then we also have to relinquish any notion
of being
agents of change in our culture; and we have to accept that the world will not care about what we have to
say.
While I've spoken at many
of them, and Passion has influenced them around the world, I want to be able to lay down at the feet
of Jesus and
say I gave it a shot — I tried to build into the local community
of faith that he gave his life for, that he loved, and that he believed is the best
agent for
change in the world.
Asked if he would ever
change his mind if the «ultimate role offer» came his way, he
said: «I've got one
of the best
agents in the world, I've got all these things that I don't feel comfortable doing, and she respects that.
The chairman
of the Association
of Sales and Merchandising Companies Australasia, Paul Meyer,
said the peak body representing field
agents had not been approached by Coles in regard to
changes to its merchandising rules.
«Some properties in these tightly - held regions have been on the market for prolonged periods
of time but are now
changing hands and participants have an optimistic view for the future,»
said selling
agent Nick Goode
of Colliers International.
The Yankees could still
change their minds or claim they never
said anything about avoiding pitchers for seven years and $ 28 million per, or the Nationals could deal one
of their impending free
agents to make space and then decide to go all - in on Scherzer.
«In an off - season
of change and uncertainty, the overriding factor in Mark's signing with Miami was Ozzie Guillen and the level
of comfort his presence provided Mark and his family,» (
agent Jeff) Barry
said in his statement.
The
changes comes in the wake
of an ESPN story that
said Miller and a sports
agent discussed a $ 100,000 payment to Arizona freshman Deandre Ayton, and seven months after the FBI arrested assistant coach Book Richardson as part
of a larger investigation
of corruption in college basketball.
The
agent of AC Milan defender Gustavo Gomez
says a move to Fenerbahce has fallen through after the Turkish club
changed the transfer conditions.
«At a time when New Yorkers are demanding
change, Chris McGrath steps forward as the ultimate
agent of the corrupt status quo,»
said Democratic Senate Campaign Committee spokesman Mike Murphy.
«1199 is the biggest
change agent in New York,» said Jonathan Westin, the director of New York Communities for Change, a progressive
change agent in New York,»
said Jonathan Westin, the director
of New York Communities for
Change, a progressive
Change, a progressive group.
By a margin
of 63 - 23, poll respondents
said the AG is someone who'll help clean up Albany rather than too much a part
of its dysfunctional culture to be truly effective as a
change agent.
He
said: «The Labour Party is the greatest
agent for social
change this country has ever known and I have always welcomed growth
of our party and wider movement.
She defends her record,
saying she was an
agent of change in an administration not willing to upset the status quo.
Lhota
said the agency needs a «
change agent,» and also suggested that the first floors
of NYCHA buildings be converted into stores and restaurants to build community and drive revenue that could then be used to fund repairs.
I stand on the platform that
change is possible and human beings are
agents of change,» he
said.
The protesters carried placards with several inscriptions including «in unity, we will overcome recession», «
say no to
agents of destabilisation», «Naira will bounce back», «give
change a chance» and «we stand with President Muhammadu Buhari and CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele».
DiNapoli
said he has
changed the culture
of the fund and has done away with placement
agents.
He
said: «The Speaker can either be a road block to reform or an
agent of reform and
change and there's no doubt about it that John Bercow will be that
agent of change.»
The sector minister
said this gives credence to the reason why women must be respected as a partners and
agents of change and development rather than limiting them to the child - bearing chair.
Supernovas are «important
agents of change in the universe,»
says Princeton astrophysicist Adam Burrows.
«I think that NIH can be a
change agent,»
said Walter Schaffer, research officer in NIH's Office
of Extramural Affairs.
She
said the role
of the ob / gyn is
changing as environmental chemicals are gaining more attention as
agents of defects and disease.
Moreover, he
says that the fellowship is an «
agent of change» for the U.S. scientific community.
A critic
of the select
agent program, molecular biologist Richard Ebright
of Rutgers University in Piscataway, New Jersey,
says that several «substantive» and many other «minor»
changes in the memo «will improve U.S. select -
agent oversight.»
Surges
of border patrol
agents responding to unanticipated increases in immigration could not be set two years in advance, which strengthens the argument that border enforcement has driven the long - term
changes in Mexican immigration patterns, he
said.
«
Agents doing the dirty bidding
of the fossil fuel industry know they can't contest the fundamental science
of human - caused climate
change,» he
said in an email.
«The collaborative leadership development model
of ELISS has helped me develop as a
change -
agent,» Paul
said.
«Major disturbances such as cyclones, coral bleaching, climate
change, Crown
of Thorns Starfish and river run - off are thought to be the primary
agents of change on the Great Barrier Reef,»
says study co-author, Professor Mike Kingsford from the Coral CoE.
«Simple
changes to the nerve
agent's molecular structure can
change something that can kill a human into something harmless,»
said Farha, a research professor
of chemistry in the Weinberg College
of Arts and Sciences.
«Instead
of just monitoring
changes in tumor size, we can watch the perfusion
of a contrast
agent as it moves toward, around and through a tumor,» Vannier
said.
«We've heard that word being used ad nauseam,» he
said, «but artists really are
agents of change.
Alcondor
said she was inspired by listening to MLE faculty chair, Professor Robert Kegan, discuss the need for the leaders to become
agents of change.
A few years back, I heard President Obama
say in a speech, «The truest test
of a person's life is what we do for one another... these extraordinary men and women, these
agents of change, remind us that excellence is not beyond our abilities, that hope lies around the corner, and that justice can still be won in the forgotten corners
of this world.»
«As a
change agent, you have to be a student
of change and you have to engage in self - reflection,»
says Fitchue, currently the president
of Payne Theological Seminary in Wilberforce, Ohio — one
of the oldest Black seminaries in the nation.
The idea
of «preparing excellent teachers who are excellent in their subject,» she
says, has been overtaken by other concerns — «professors wanting to be respected in the university, and teachers» colleges wanting to become places where research is done and to be
agents of transformational
change.»
«For far too long, teachers have been treated as subjects
of change, not
agents of change,»
said Sydney Morris, E4E co-founder and co-CEO.
«It did not take long to recognize that Dr. Ross is an
agent of infectious
change,»
said Susanne Thompson, vice president for professional development at Discovery Education and a member
of the selection panel.
As I have
said before, I knew some top
agents were reading these chapters and I hoped that a few
of them would take the lead in some
changes that need to happen.
Tim Knowlton: So much
of [what's going on in digital] has been amazing... I'd
say that awful lot
of what it has
changed about
agenting is about information access.
«Appetites, markets and rates
change, and your
agent should always be aware
of this,» Molinari
says.
«Brandon is a self - propelled, motivating,
change agent in the travel insurance industry,»
said Tiffany Glass, head
of e-commerce, Generali Global Assistance.
Joseph Campbell
said «the artists are the prophets», if that is true, we all have to work harder to be
agents of change; to make the world a better place.
That is to
say, that tribal communities often conflicted over extraction, as a result
of a historic set
of decisions forced upon us, are able to be essential
agents of change in this time.