Sentences with phrase «study circles about»

SEDL staff worked with two statewide organizations, Arkansas Friends for Better Schools and the Oklahoma League of Women Voters, to organize and conduct study circles about education reform in 15 communities across both states.

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New York City's center - left political circles have been studying Mayor Bill de Blasio's polling weaknesses, vetting challengers and even whispering about a long shot bid by Hillary Clinton.

The understandability of the natural world is all the more impressive when one considers the fact that fundamental human assumptions about time and space — the idea that there are 60 minutes in an hour, and that a circle can be broken down into 360 degrees — come from a time with «no articulated sense of nature... no reference or word for it,» according to Francesca Rochberg, professor of Near Eastern studies at the University of California, Berkeley.

Here's a general thought on the mice / rat studies that has been brought up in Calorie Restriction circles when they also talk about fasting (especially alternate day fasting): the shorter lifespan of the rodents completely screws up the data.

Medford, Massachusetts About Blog CIRCLE, the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning & Engagement, is a nonpartisan research center studying youth civic engagement and civic education.

Life After Death Workbooklet includes a learning circle, marking decoder, homework takeaway task bank, literacy placemat, topics covering the Paranormal, Christian beliefs about the afterlife including biblical teachings and a heaven and hell activity, A Jewish and Muslim funeral, Reincarnation Story, Karma activity and also an assessment on a real life study on reincarnation.

Currently MCPS has about ten active study circles meeting at different schools.

In the first meeting of a study circle, people share information about themselves and the nature of their approach to issues, so people feel comfortable and build trust.

Participants in other study circles talked about why some parents did nt feel comfortable coming to school.

Each study circle has about 15 people and meets for two hours each week for six weeks.

My school used Harvey Daniels» & Stephanie Harvey's book, «Comprehension & Collaboration: Inquiry Circles in Action», a few years ago for our Professional Development study and I learned a whole lot about keeping the kiddos engaged.

The «Calling the Roll: Study Circles for Better Schools» video tells the story of policymakers and community members exchanging ideas about education policy.

They learned about weekly study circles where parents can learn English or other topics of interest.

I reread Edith Wharton's searing character study of Lily Bart about once a year, not only for Wharton's precise diction and syntax, but also for her exquisite depiction of the daughter of a bankrupt man who can not afford the lifestyle of the jaded, wealthy circle in which she moves.

These sharks have been studied for many years; the larger ones are about 3m (9 ft) long, and it is an awesome experience to see them circling only away.

Medford, Massachusetts About Blog CIRCLE, the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning & Engagement, is a nonpartisan research center studying youth civic engagement and civic education.

She is also a researcher and wrote a thesis n 1985 about the transformation of democracy within the Swedish labour movement after having worked with study circles in an iron area where the working places were shut down.