Sentences with phrase «true values of our schools»

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Often referred to as the «Wizard of Omaha,» Buffett is chairman, CEO, and largest shareholder of Berkshire Hathaway, where he has largely made his fortune by remaining true to the principles of value investing he first learned from Professors David Dodd ’21 and Benjamin Graham while a Columbia Business School student.

In a 2006 talk, «Journey Into the Whirlwind: Graham - and - Doddsville Revisited,» Louis Lowenstein *, then a professor at the Columbia Law School, compared the performance of a group of «true - blue, walk - the - walk value investors» (the «Goldfarb Ten») and «a group of large cap growth funds» (the «Group of Fifteen»).

Yesterday I covered a 2006 talk, «Journey Into the Whirlwind: Graham - and - Doddsville Revisited,» by Louis Lowenstein *, then a professor at the Columbia Law School, in which he compared the performance of a group of «true - blue, walk - the - walk value investors» and «a group of large cap growth funds».

They saw the value of demonstrating their love for God by being faithful in the little things; a community that was so dysfunctional became one that was a true «school for saints».

«The Course of True Love: Marriage in High School Textbooks» published by the Institute for American Values, Fall 1998.

Culture has many complicated meanings, but I use it here simply to describe a system of beliefs (about God or reality or ultimate meaning), of values (about what is true, good and beautiful), of customs (about how to behave and relate to others), and of the institutions which express the culture (government, church, law courts, family, school and so on)-- all of which bind the society together and give it meaning.

With sockless Eliot Spitzer cootchy cooing his former campaign manager Lis Smith, and because everyone loves a formerly married cheater, and being in June's spirit of true love, romance, bliss and sex, leave us hear it for this happy graduate of the Newt Gingrich School of Family Values.

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Melbourne, Australia About Blog Kimekai MMA is a Premium Mixed Martial Arts School that combines the true values of Martial Arts and Modern Progressive Techniques.

The action implications of these findings, as well as some of the dos noted earlier, are to promote a genuine and broad sense of inclusiveness by educating for true understanding of diversity, especially as manifest in one's own school, to ensure that school codes of conduct and core values are integrated into everyday routines, including opportunities for student reflection and feedback on student report cards (versus being relegated to statements in handbooks or on web sites), and to require that all students are given systematic training in social problem solving or related social - emotional skills and encouraged specifically to use those skills in finding alternatives to mistreating others, seeking help effectively, and upstanding in the presence of injustice and inequity.

I'd always been aware of how effective memory games could be, but it was only when I started teaching primary school pupils that I saw their true value and power.

Maybe you are proudest of your school's test results, your athletic teams» prowess, your teachers» skills at involving parents in the classroom, your school's many cultures and how they blend into a true family, your service - learning program, your media center, your Your six pride statements should tell about the biggest successes, your proudest accomplishments, your most valued resources.

As I had seen in previous work empowering students in such schemes, there is usually a point where teachers in a school see the true value of their Digital Leaders.

It's further true that to judge a school simply on the basis of how many of its pupils clear a fixed «proficiency» bar, or because its «performance index» (in Ohio terms) gets above a certain level, not only fails to signal whether that school is adding value to its students but also neglects whatever is or isn't being learned by (or taught to) the high achievers who had already cleared that bar when they arrived in school.

If that was only true of the school in which he gave his speech — CASSA received a «D» on its Performance Index and an «F» in value - added, a growth measure over a school year.

The true value of our experience is that any urban school can replicate it, as long as visionary leaders are empowered to use successful organizational strategies.

Research has also proven that schools that foster collaboration and reflect and value the true voice of the staff have better student outcomes.

The letter is one of the most powerful statements to date about the failure of the corporate education reform industry agenda and the need to re-take control of our public schools and preserve local control, parental involvement and the values inherent in a true system of public education.

Citizens of the World Charter Schools seeks to build within each school a true community of learners that values the varied strengths of each member.

No statistical adjustments were needed to correct for bias, so a comparison between classrooms within the same school can be regarded as a comparison of «true value - added».

[10] There is debate [11] over whether value - added models accurately capture the true contributions (in statistical parlance, «causal estimates») of schools and teachers as opposed to simply identifying correlational relationships.

He discusses four trends in instruction that encourage shallow thinking and reading and limit both the amount and quality of true reading students engage in: (1) Schools value the development of test - takers more than the development of readers; (2) Schools limit authentic reading experiences; (3) Teachers overteach books; and (4) Teachers underteach books.

Kane's research was, of course, used to support the claim that bad teachers are causing the disparities that he cited, regardless of the fact the inverse could be also, equally, or even more true — that the value - added measures used to measure teacher effectiveness in these schools are biased by the very nature of the students in these schools that are contributing their low test scores to such estimates.

Help us stay true to our mission of remaining focused on our core value of putting students and schools first.

Deresiewicz was dismissive of Austen as a young man, but after a professor he admired assigned Emma in a grad school class, he realized that not only was Austen a pleasure to read, but he could learn a few things from her too, including humility, the value of true friendship and even how to love.

Yesterday I covered a 2006 talk, «Journey Into the Whirlwind: Graham - and - Doddsville Revisited,» by Louis Lowenstein *, then a professor at the Columbia Law School, in which he compared the performance of a group of «true - blue, walk - the - walk value investors» and «a group of large cap growth funds».

In a 2006 talk, «Journey Into the Whirlwind: Graham - and - Doddsville Revisited,» Louis Lowenstein *, then a professor at the Columbia Law School, compared the performance of a group of «true - blue, walk - the - walk value investors» (the «Goldfarb Ten») and «a group of large cap growth funds» (the «Group of Fifteen»).

Jigar Shah has said that the addition of backup power helped persuade a California school district to add energy storage as well as going solar and that adding batteries can help «decision makers» see the true value of PV.

Melbourne, Australia About Blog Kimekai MMA is a Premium Mixed Martial Arts School that combines the true values of Martial Arts and Modern Progressive Techniques.

«As we know, teaching Indigenous content in schools is particularly important, not just for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children who need to see their culture respected and valued in the classroom; but equally for all children to learn the true history of this country.

Melbourne, Australia About Blog Kimekai MMA is a Premium Mixed Martial Arts School that combines the true values of Martial Arts and Modern Progressive Techniques.

We wanted to take a moment to pass along some info about True Value's Painting A Brighter Future program in case you know of a school that could use some new paint!

The True Value Foundation provides grants for up to 40 gallons of paint to more than 100 schools each year, -LSB-...]