Sentences with phrase «style academic competition»
In October 2015, Arete (originally named Interstellar), a software program created by entrepreneur Tim Kelley, received a grant from the National Science Foundation to further develop its NCAA tournament - style academic competition, which reached over 15,000 students at 600 schools in 2014.
http://educationnext.org/ Not exact matches
Kelley has spent most of the past six years cold - calling school administrators, flying around the United States, and figuring out how to build NCAA - style bracket competitions in academic subjects.
«After an art history lesson up through Barbara Kruger, Hans Haacke and Jeff Koons, Rothko finally concludes that regional painting «isn't about a specific look or style» but «an argument for an alternative model,» advocating for community instead of academic esotericism and rigorous contemplation instead of cutthroat competition.»