Sentences with phrase «school is well on»

In following the recommendations to infuse technology into its content teaching methods courses by providing faculty models for effective technology integration (Handler & Marshall, 1992; ISTE, 1999; NCATE, 1997; PCAST, 1997; U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment, 1995; Wetzel, 1993; Willis & Mehlinger, 1996), the Education School is well on its way to producing teachers who are effective at integrating technology into specific content.

If a school has achieved this and has the leadership of an astute principal, then the school is well on the way to shaping the desired growth and evolution.

By the fall of 2008, Greenfield Elementary School was well on its way to integrating its core values of respect, responsibility and kindness into our school culture.

Management practices in UK state schools are better on average than those in other countries.

Some schools are well on their way with the policy detail and I would recommend reading the blogs of John Tomsett, Tom Sherrington and Liam Collins in the state sector and Mark S Steed in the independent sector to get a sense of what some schools are doing.

This driving school is the best on the island.

Not exact matches

I didn't recognize I was good at advising others on their careers, nor was I aware I had such a strong passion for this job until after many career - shaping decisions had already made (aka law school).

On top of having one of the best cohorts of teachers in the world (even primary school teachers are required to hold master's degrees), Finland has made hands - on subjects a prioritOn top of having one of the best cohorts of teachers in the world (even primary school teachers are required to hold master's degrees), Finland has made hands - on subjects a prioriton subjects a priority.

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

He was featured in Crain's «40 under 40»; awarded Irish America's Business 100 profile four years running; and was honored to be guest speaker at The Wharton School of Business on entrepreneurship and leadership as well as Cornell and DePaul Universities.

Mark Kantrowitz, an expert on student aid and publisher of the Edvisors Network, believes students should receive better counseling about their loan repayment options — especially students who are about to drop out of school.

Some of the photos showed Nancy Lanza's NRA basic pistol training course certificate, as well as various knives, firearms, and several articles on school shootings with which Adam Lanza was reportedly obsessed.

He noticed there was an opportunity to develop such modules, as well as virtual reality simulators, for so - called «ground school» training for helicopter pilots or the maintenance crews working on military airplanes such as the Royal Canadian Air Force's Hercules transport.

And there's a good chance that the device, which offers old - school gaming for today's televisions, like Super Mario World, Donkey Kong Country, and The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, will be hard to find, based on early pre-orders.

Opened two years ago, Potomac Law Group leans heavily on cloud technology and is itself a kind of cloud — a constellation of 40 lawyers who went to the best schools, trained at the best firms, and are now working, mostly from home, to their own schedules, for about half the price bigger firms charge.

Pedestrians strolling through downtown Toronto will be well accustomed to seeing the Rogers name on stores, streets and billboards, but the moniker of Ryerson's business school is perhaps the most fitting tribute to telecom titan Ted Rogers.

«When you do outdoor events,» says Russell, who went to high school across the river on 98th Street and played sports on Governors Island's athletic fields as a kid, «you are expected, both contractually and on a personal level, to return the park in the same condition, if not better than, it was in when you first took it over.

Adding to the rankings were how well programs equipped their students with skills recruiters seek and student feedback on the school's academics, career services and more.

Sixth - grader Mira Modi is on a roll peddling Diceware passwords, and she says it's «so much better» than being popular in school.

Wilfrid Laurier is proud to be the first school in Canada to offer a fully integrated MBA / CMA program, and according to the school, graduates consistently perform well on the CMA Case Exam.

«Spider - Man: Homecoming» leaves out the radioactive spider bite, the death of Parker's uncle Ben, and focuses heavily on the difficulty that comes with trying to build confidence while still in high school, and is all the better for it.

«I was the type of person that had no problem following the boss or leader in the room, but working on school projects, I realized I had really good leadership skills.»

As she and her husband struggle to find the best school for their daughter, «I worry about the experiences she'll have early in her life on the other side of town where the parks are picturesque and pristine and none of the other kids have beads and braids like her, and how that might impact her culturally.»

The case for this being true for kids is pretty well documented (though you might not realize it given the eerie silence on many playgrounds and neighborhood streets after school).

Some schools, such as the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management, don't have a minimum, but if you want to be considered competitive, it's best to score above 600 on the exam.

Depending on your dorm, there's a good chance you might not have air conditioning, making the beginning and the end of your school year pretty rough.

As top schools continue to move into the online market, the quality of the students opting to earn degrees on the web is increasing as well.

While many Harvard biz school soon - to - be-grads are off to investment banks and consulting firms, a good number seem to yearn to have a positive impact on the world.

«I would like my legacy to be represented in the fact that no one inside of McDonough doubts that we are a premier school, and every day we wake up and behave that way, not with arrogance but with a focus on being the best.»

«The return on investment for the best full - time programs is very high and I predict that trend continuing for the foreseeable future,» says Paul Danos, dean of Dartmouth College's Tuck School of Business.

For all the growing interest in Europe, Wilson believes that business schools in Asia are coming on strong as well.

So were the average GMAT scores of its entering classes, which tended to range near 600, more than 100 points below the best schools, which typically report scores in the 700 - plus range on an entrance test where the highest possible score is 800.

Schools are using ERP software tools in order to save millions in management costs and streamlined processes, not only for students on campus, but those who are taking virtual classes as well.

Lyne: A suburban life was very comfortable, lots of great clubs around, lots of good schools for kids, but for somebody who grew up thinking, «I want to do something, I want to have an impact on the world,» it was not necessarily the place you could do that.

«If we were smart, not only would we be focusing on encouraging the best technologists in school to go down this path — with programs designed and incentivized — we would be fighting to become the place where the brainpower of the world wants to come to live.

«UMBC is a very good school with heavy emphasis on the sciences.

The idea is to give an «old school» industry a makeover for the social - sharing era, Ehrlichman says, so that homeowners can easily find out who does good work on homes like theirs, and how much those projects typically cost.

The school is closely managed on student surveys that measure the impact of the education as well as the likelihood that a student would recommend the institute to a friend or colleague.

New research by Dr. Leanne ten Brinke at the Haas School of Business suggests that, while most of us have pretty good instincts when it comes to recognizing liars, we tend to talk ourselves out of believing (or, at least, acting on) what our instincts are telling us.

Schools receive points based on the following weighted ranking: 33.5 % reputation (higher is better), 20.5 % classroom experience (student - teacher ratio and cohort diversity), 13 % average GMAT scores (higher is better), 13 % tuition (lower is better), 13 % required work experience (more is better) and 7 % program length (shorter is better).

The group said its members had been voluntarily trying to reduce sugar consumption by making calorie content information more visible on labels, as well as discontinuing sales of full - calorie sodas to schools nationwide, and replacing them with more lower - calorie or no - calorie beverages, along with smaller portion size options.

With the back - to - school season in full swing, it's a good time for all entrepreneurs to beef up their on their own business skills.

Joel Peterson is on the faculty at the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University and is the chairman of the Board of Overseers at the Hoover Institution at Stanford, as well as the chairman of the Board at JetBlue Airways.

Perhaps a good place to start is by focusing on 10 students in your local high school, with the goal of increasing their chances of graduating.

«One of the best things I ever did was to go back to business school,» Lee said at the Fortune Brainstorm Health conference in San Diego on Wednesday.

To celebrate back - to - school season, here are 10 jobs that made our list of Canada's Best Jobs and figure prominently on most kids» list of their dream jobs.

This is a terrific way to be able to shop at a single store and get the best price in town on school supplies.

Boys, on the other hands, are not encouraged enough to talk about their feelings when they're sad or upset nor encouraged to do well in school, according to over half of Americans.

Last year, some of the absolute best deals on back - to - school items were not found at the usual suspects like Wal - Mart, Target, and Kmart.

Known widely as one of the best pizza joints in Korea, Pizza School means to «educate» you on what proper pizza is.