Sentences with phrase «school on a project like»

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I liked seeing it there, blinking optimistically on my computer screen, but it felt a little like getting an A on a school project that I hadn't really worked at.

But for all the big talk, Ivey has a lot of walk.MBA graduates, according to the school's owndata, can expect an average starting salaryof over $ 98,000 a year upon graduation.Every class evolves from students tacklingreal - world problems on their own, to doing so in groups, then as an entire class.Outside the classroom, the school offersscores of special projects, internationalinternships and one - of - a-kind programs, like the Ivey Consulting Project, the largestand longest - running Canadian programpairing MBA students with real - world businessesin need of help.

«Giving young founders the opportunity to pursue projects that they are highly motivated to work on is what school should look like.

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.

Reflecting on Kevin Kiley's article «Long Reads» at Inside Higher Ed, Erin O'Connor writes: Teaching high school for a year at a very interesting little Berkshire boarding school got me onto shared class reading projects — the kids I was teaching were very smart, but, like....

There are a lot of methods that we use that don't work well in group classes, like one - on - one discussion, hands - on activities, more field trips, special interest projects, etc. and some of their methods don't work well for home schooling, like lectures and extensive workbook work (especially for the younger children, under grades 5 or 6, where hands - on experience is what they remember).

She shared some creative ideas on how anti-hunger groups can help school nutrition programs through initiatives like school meal application campaigns and grant writing, and she punctuated her points with success stories from DC Hunger Solutions and DC public schools, Ohio's Children's Hunger Alliance, and Project Bread, among others.

One elephant I liked was the one by School of Moxie This blog has some helpful pictures if anyone is struggling on a step of this sewing project.

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The links include information on how to start a garden at your child's school or take on garden themed projects like a dandelion salad.

Kidspace Children's Museum and the California Institute of Technology have partnered to bring a unique science program to Five Acres residential youth, working with the Five Acres Therapeutic School 9th and 10th graders» on various projects like hydrogen rockets and re-useable energy

«That kind of across the board cut comes with serious consequences — and I simply can not support it,» she said, arguing that too many jobs depend on the projects, which include things like repairing bridges and building schools.

The plan continues a pattern of increased spending by the administration, tacking on pricey projects like gym facilities for all public schools.

Speaking to the BBC, former head teacher and government consultant on the planned pilot project, Peter Walker said: «It doesn't cause any harm whatsoever, a child still has a right to say no, indeed so does a parent, it doesn't disrupt the running of the school, it's relatively cheap to do and brings great benefits like improved performances.»

That excludes major items like school aid and Medicaid — both of which are projected to grow at roughly four percent, and which also vary with federal funding — as well as spending on major capital items.

But it is about the lives of people, in all areas of our society, who are working on essential projects like hospitals, schools, and roads.

«People on East Campus are more likely to carry out these kinds of crazy projects,» says Vincent, who, like 10 percent of graduates, plans to go on to medical school.

2) Sometimes I will eat ice cream or frosting for breakfast 3) My best purchase ever was my dog, Liat 4) I still love glitter (and when I was a kid I tried putting glitter on every school project, even when it was completely inappropriate) and 5) I'm so thankful to have met bloggers like you through out this journey.

When the school put blocks on their computer network to keep students from accessing non-educational websites, like Myspace, Jack found a project he was eager to work on.

Born in the South and schooled in the Midwest, she escaped to New York and worked on a number of projects as a theatrical collaborator with the likes of Eric Bogosian and Joey Arias.

Borrowing its title from Disney World's planning - stage moniker and not the focal motel which resembles a kitschy housing project on the outskirts of the Magic Kingdom, Sean Baker's The Florida Project is aptly named for another reason: with its largely non-pro, local, and grade school — age cast, it invariably feels like a documentary on its own project on the outskirts of the Magic Kingdom, Sean Baker's The Florida Project is aptly named for another reason: with its largely non-pro, local, and grade school — age cast, it invariably feels like a documentary on its own Project is aptly named for another reason: with its largely non-pro, local, and grade school — age cast, it invariably feels like a documentary on its own making.

And for every Superbad, there are four or five lesser films like Project X. And sure, occasionally you'll get a high school movie that actually has something to say about the academic and societal pressures of being a student (Justin Lin's Better Luck Tomorrow is a great example), but even that focused primarily on male characters.

Projects like this can be carried out on a class - by - class basis or can be implemented on a school - wide level.

Students from Allston - Brighton, Jamaica Plain, and Roxbury came to campus for the event, Leadership and Learning: Celebrating the Accomplishments of our Young Men, cosponsored by Harvard Public Affairs & Communications and the Harvard Graduate School of Education, during which they presented their year - long projects, met with their mentors, and saw firsthand what it's like on a college campus.

EcoMUVE also builds on Dede's interest in virtual and shared learning environments, as exemplified by earlier projects like River City, a science - based interactive computer simulation designed for middle - schoolers.

When you get that working, [schools] will have an issue they want to focus on and the Research Schools will be signposting them, they'll be linking them up to other schools who might be doing innovations, they might be involved in projects, they might be particularly good at exemplifying what the evidence looks like in prschools] will have an issue they want to focus on and the Research Schools will be signposting them, they'll be linking them up to other schools who might be doing innovations, they might be involved in projects, they might be particularly good at exemplifying what the evidence looks like in prSchools will be signposting them, they'll be linking them up to other schools who might be doing innovations, they might be involved in projects, they might be particularly good at exemplifying what the evidence looks like in prschools who might be doing innovations, they might be involved in projects, they might be particularly good at exemplifying what the evidence looks like in practice.

At a place like New Technology High School, what is really going on is kids are doing projects and they have a requirement to present their projects.

Arana is part of the founding team of school designers that opened the Institute's flagship project, Quest to Learn, a New York City public school which focuses on integrating games and game like learning into middle and high school classrooms, where she served as Co-Director of School for 4 school designers that opened the Institute's flagship project, Quest to Learn, a New York City public school which focuses on integrating games and game like learning into middle and high school classrooms, where she served as Co-Director of School for 4 school which focuses on integrating games and game like learning into middle and high school classrooms, where she served as Co-Director of School for 4 school classrooms, where she served as Co-Director of School for 4 School for 4 years.

You worked on a project in the 1990s that ultimately called for every New York City public school to be a charter (or charter - like) school.

«I wanted to create a project that would invite teachers to dream from outside the box about what schools and classrooms should be like,» said Warlick, «and then paint their dreams on the Web for others to see and share.»

All of us have access to the internet and we use it for many different things like researching for some information for school and college projects, downloading music, pictures, wallpapers, and screen - savers, to get updates on the latest happenings all over the world, emails, instant messaging, chats, and many other things.

Ultimately, she sees her research and work on the Justice in Schools project as a means to help bridge the gap among key players like parents, teachers, administrators, school boards, and others involved in decisions.

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Though set on ensuring all students graduate academically prepared for college (like P - Tech, Paramount's project is an early college high school and provides numerous no - cost college courses to enrolled students), each student also completes an apprenticeship at one of Paramount's divisions.

Given what we know about learning, why don't schools look more like California's High Tech High, with its emphasis on project - based team problem solving and the relevance of curricula that cross traditional content domains?

In this sense, projects like Educação: Conquista Coletiva (Education: Collective Conquest) developed by FEAC, has supported public schools that wish to develop activities focused on music and the arts.

On behalf of World Visions International, the creator of the project, Louis August cites, «By creating these global relationships and leveraging the resources of schools and partners, programs like these could rapidly spread across the globe, including in USA schools.

MNCS recognizes that projects like documenting and testifying to legislators on mutated frogs near the school (which led to national attention because others later found similar phenomena) help develop problem - solving, research, and public - speaking skills.

«One of the major advantages of project work is that it makes school more like real life,» says Sylvia Chard, Professor Emeritus of Elementary Education at the University of Alberta and coauthor of Engaging Children's Minds: The Project Approach, a popular book for teachers of young children on learning through prproject work is that it makes school more like real life,» says Sylvia Chard, Professor Emeritus of Elementary Education at the University of Alberta and coauthor of Engaging Children's Minds: The Project Approach, a popular book for teachers of young children on learning through prProject Approach, a popular book for teachers of young children on learning through projects.

HTH — with its emphasis on integrating academic and technical education through project - based learning — attracts a number of people like Duffy with «deep content knowledge who had very successful academic careers and wanted to work in an urban school at a time of profound teacher shortage,» says founding principal Larry Rosenstock.

In Advisory, students talk about school or personal issues, work on action plans for tackling projects (like the College Success Portfolio Defense), and get help in a wide variety of areas.

School based stats echoed by the students who feel like the project has had a real impact on their attitudes and behaviours around sSchool based stats echoed by the students who feel like the project has had a real impact on their attitudes and behaviours around schoolschool.

A: In terms of why I do things like ReadBoston and WriteBoston, I started to feel at some point that, because there are so many small projects that schools and communities are involved in, it's very important to get everyone on the same highway — singing from the same hymnbook — about certain goals for kids.

B. Base 80 % of teacher evaluation on student performance, leaving the following options for local school districts to select from: keeping the current local measures generating new assessments with performance — driven student activities, (performance - assessments, portfolios, scientific experiments, research projects) utilizing options like NYC Measures of Student Learning, and corresponding student growth measures.

And in light of the recent critical study of teacher professional development by The New Teacher Project, schools and districts are asking hard questions about the impact of professional development on teacher practice in specific content areas like math or literacy.

The elective meets every day during the school's reading workshop block, and kids work on projects that range from the personal, like a digital self - portrait collage, to the global, like a stop motion animated film on industrialization.

Speaking to Schools Week ahead of the report's launch today, Leadbeater (pictured above) said that although a lot of schools were already trying to change their practices using tools like the international baccalaureate, improvement across the board would require government action on assessment and «more room» in the curriculum for project - based leSchools Week ahead of the report's launch today, Leadbeater (pictured above) said that although a lot of schools were already trying to change their practices using tools like the international baccalaureate, improvement across the board would require government action on assessment and «more room» in the curriculum for project - based leschools were already trying to change their practices using tools like the international baccalaureate, improvement across the board would require government action on assessment and «more room» in the curriculum for project - based learning.

Rigorous studies — like one based on a program in Michigan called the Perry Preschool Project and another on a program in North Carolina called the Abecedarian Project — have bolstered claims that preschool can provide benefits that continue to high school, college and even lead to better physical and financial health in adulthood.

The city also benefited from Mr. Klein's role as a national symbol of school reform, Ms. Tisch said, with private donors giving millions of dollars to help create new projects and experiments, like teacher performance bonuses and cash rewards for students who did well on exams.

She acknowledges that the coalition is dominated by schools like Bricolage, schools that embrace progressive teaching approaches that tend to rely much more on projects and much less on testing than traditional schools.