With 1.5 million iPads already in
use in education institutions, including over 1,000 one - to - one deployments, iPad is rapidly being adopted by schools across the US and around the world,» said Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing.
Not exact matches
That's good news for D2L, of course, whose products are
used in roughly 50 % of all kindergarten to Grade 12 schools and higher -
education institutions in Canada.
In fact, if nothing else, you could say that the story of Andy Grove — a busboy who fled a life lived under Fascists, Nazis, and Communists to get an
education at an
institution free to all, including refugees, then taking that knowledge and
using it to help invent an entire industry — illustrates exactly what makes America great.
Specifically, Defendants made false and / or misleading statements and / or failed to disclose that: (i) the Company was engaged
in predatory lending practices that saddled subprime borrowers and / or those with poor or limited credit histories with high - interest rate debt that they could not repay; (ii) many of the Company's customers were
using Qudian - provided loans to repay their existing loans, thereby inflating the Company's revenues and active borrower numbers and increasing the likelihood of defaults; (iii) the Company was providing online loans to college students despite a governmental ban on the practice; (iv) the Company was engaged overly aggressive and improper collection practices; (v) the Company had understated the number of its non-performing loans
in the Registration Statement and Prospectus; (vi) because of the Company's improper lending, underwriting and collection practices it was subject to a heightened risk of adverse actions by Chinese regulators; (vii) the Company's largest sales platform and strategic partner, Alipay, and Ant Financial, could unilaterally cap the APR for loans provided by Qudian; (viii) the Company had failed to implement necessary safeguards to protect customer data; (ix) data for nearly one million Company customers had been leaked for sale to the black market, including names, addresses, phone numbers, loan information, accounts and,
in some cases, passwords to CHIS, the state - backed higher -
education qualification verification
institution in China, subjecting the Company to undisclosed risks of penalties and financial and reputational harm; and (x) as a result of the foregoing, Qudian's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
You can invest
in any state's 529 plan and
use the money to pay for school
in the United States or abroad as long as the school is considered an eligible
education institution.
Hyderabad, under the Muslim dynasty of the Nizams, had become a center of Muslim culture and Urdu literature and poetry after the establishment of Usmania University, the first
institution to
use Urdu as the medium of instruction
in higher
education.
Rather than preach reform
in the way parents and schools prepare students for higher
education, Stanford and its fellow
institutions could quickly improve student well being by basing admissions on finding the appropriate students rather than on generating statistics the school can
use to promote its brand.
This includes teaching and professional presentations and is required by
institutions, libraries, and health professionals who would like to
use parts or all of this video for
education of their clients or other health professionals,
in accordance with Australian copyright law.
The Ghana
Education Service (GES) has banned the
use of corporal punishment
in schools but some
institutions have maintained that they consider it as an indispensable tool
in the enforcement of discipline.
In another bill signing Tuesday, Cuomo approved legislation requiring a veterinarian to determine if dogs and cats are medically suitable for adoption once they complete their
use as research subjects at higher
education institutions.
In Grutter v. Bollinger, the court recognized the special pedagogical role of higher
education institutions and allowed universities to
use race when pursuing «the educational benefits that flow from a diverse student body.»
«To ensure that researchers and research facilities funded through the DHS [Center of Excellence] award meet the highest safety standards possible,» the UCCLS report states, «DHS requires every recipient to develop a Research Safety Plan» showing, among other things, that the researcher has identified the potential hazards
in the research and will
use accepted and appropriate protocols and practices; that the
institution provides faculty oversight for students and
education and training to develop a culture of safety; and that subject matter experts not involved
in the research review protocols and practices.
Rather than dwelling on shortcomings, she encourages students to take advantage of the Bologna Process to bring about changes at their
institutions and
in their national governments: «If you want to fight for more quality
in higher
education, you can
use Bologna.
In another hot - button education issue, Michigan voters approved a constitutional amendment that prohibits any public institution from using affirmation action in hiring or contracting practice
In another hot - button
education issue, Michigan voters approved a constitutional amendment that prohibits any public
institution from
using affirmation action
in hiring or contracting practice
in hiring or contracting practices.
A Chinese engineer who visited KIT, his former
education institution, with a delegation
in summer 2016, very quickly realized the market potential of KIT's software development that is now
used as a basis of DriveSim.
(Sec. 4004) Requires the NSF Director to establish a clearinghouse,
in collaboration with four - year
institutions of higher
education, industries, and federal agencies that employ science - trained personnel, to share program elements
used in successful professional science master's degree programs and other advanced degree programs related to science, mathematics, technology, and engineering.
* The notion «low - resource environments» is
used to specify an environment where: (a) resources assigned for genomics research are scarce, (b) access to genomics knowledge and information is low, (c) implementation of Genomics is limited, (d) genomics
education is relatively poor, and (e) collaborative opportunities
in genomic research with other
institutions are rare for geographical, societal, economic or political reasons.
In the postsecondary space, the Gates Foundation made a number of grants — both directly and through NGLC — to intriguing ventures with the potential to improve education dramatically, including some of my disruptive favorites: start - up MyCollege Foundation, which will establish a non-profit college that blends adaptive online learning solutions with other services at a low cost; University of the People, the world's first tuition - free, non-profit, online academic institution dedicated to opening access to higher education globally; New Charter University, a competency - based university that charges only $ 199 per month for students seeking a degree and for which NGLC will fund a research study of its online students and a comparative one of students enrolled in a blended - learning environment delivered through a partnership with the Community College of the District of Columbia; Southern New Hampshire University, which under its President Paul LeBlanc has already created an autonomous online division and will now pioneer the «Pathways Project,» which will offer a self - paced and student - centric associates degree; and MIT, which will use the funds to create a free prototype computer science online course for ed
In the postsecondary space, the Gates Foundation made a number of grants — both directly and through NGLC — to intriguing ventures with the potential to improve
education dramatically, including some of my disruptive favorites: start - up MyCollege Foundation, which will establish a non-profit college that blends adaptive online learning solutions with other services at a low cost; University of the People, the world's first tuition - free, non-profit, online academic
institution dedicated to opening access to higher
education globally; New Charter University, a competency - based university that charges only $ 199 per month for students seeking a degree and for which NGLC will fund a research study of its online students and a comparative one of students enrolled
in a blended - learning environment delivered through a partnership with the Community College of the District of Columbia; Southern New Hampshire University, which under its President Paul LeBlanc has already created an autonomous online division and will now pioneer the «Pathways Project,» which will offer a self - paced and student - centric associates degree; and MIT, which will use the funds to create a free prototype computer science online course for ed
in a blended - learning environment delivered through a partnership with the Community College of the District of Columbia; Southern New Hampshire University, which under its President Paul LeBlanc has already created an autonomous online division and will now pioneer the «Pathways Project,» which will offer a self - paced and student - centric associates degree; and MIT, which will
use the funds to create a free prototype computer science online course for edX.
«With increasing inequality
in our society, and the complexity of our political environment, civics
education is more important, yet more complicated than it
used to be,» Kawashima - Ginsberg said, noting that students today tend to be more disconnected from traditional forms of civic engagement and civic
institutions.
90 % of
education decision - makers believe that video will play a major role
in the future of
education, while 70 % of higher
education institutions are already
using webcasting systems to extend the impact of content 1.
The state has also engaged its higher -
education institutions to revamp assessments
used for placement
in first - year courses to align with the standards, and to redesign teacher - preparation programs.
Harvard Graduate School of
Education will work with the Strategic
Education Research Partnership and other partners to complete a program of work designed to a) investigate the predictors of reading comprehension
in 4th - 8th grade students,
in particular the role of skills at perspective - taking, complex reasoning, and academic language
in predicting deep comprehension outcomes, b) track developmental trajectories across the middle grades
in perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension, c) develop and evaluate curricular and pedagogical approaches designed to promote deep comprehension
in the content areas
in 4th - 8th grades, and d) develop and evaluate an intervention program designed for 6th - 8th grade students reading at 3rd - 4th grade level.The HGSE team will take responsibility,
in collaboration with colleagues at other
institutions, for the following components of the proposed work: Instrument development: Pilot data collection
using interviews and candidate assessment items, collaboration with DiscoTest colleagues to develop coding of the pilot data so as to produce well - justified learning sequences for perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension.Curricular development: HGSE investigators Fischer, Selman, Snow, and Uccelli will contribute to the development of a discussion - based curriculum for 4th - 5th graders, and to the expansion of an existing discussion - based curriculum for 6th - 8th graders, with a particular focus on science content (Fischer), social studies content (Selman), and academic language skills (Snow & Uccelli).
A case study by Meredith Liu titled «Cisco Networking Academy: Next - generation assessments and their implications for K — 12
education» released yesterday by the Clayton Christensen Institute profiles how the Academy, a comprehensive online training curriculum offered to third - party
education institutions to help high school and college students acquire the fundamental skills needed to design, build, and troubleshoot computer networks,
uses technology today to deliver assessments
in ways starkly different from our current
education system.
So, we visited David Fayerman, passionate about new technologies applied to
education, looking for him to tell us which devices can be
used and what
uses are they giving them from training companies,
institutions, and publishers
in Spain.
Participation and discussion will center on the role of social entrepreneurs
in partnering with educational
institutions to
use technology to significantly enhance the quality of
education.
In the K - 12 education market, where countries the world over publicly finance and manage the great majority of their schools, the institutions and policies established by various levels of government must create incentives for school personnel to use their resources in ways that maximize performanc
In the K - 12
education market, where countries the world over publicly finance and manage the great majority of their schools, the
institutions and policies established by various levels of government must create incentives for school personnel to
use their resources
in ways that maximize performanc
in ways that maximize performance.
Students, as well as
education institutions, are beginning to discover the many benefits of
using mobile technology
in the classroom.
Here
in Providence, we've contracted with a firm to look at designs that would be consistent with the kinds of learning activities we imagine students engaged
in, such as the
use of technology, and connects them with learning activities
in business, higher -
education, and cultural -
institution settings.
The main TRAC processes and outputs
used by higher
education institutions are summarised
in Figure 1.
Local Authorities and Further
Education Institutions have proposed # 2.3 billion of projects, which meet the investment objectives of Band B of the Programme including: addressing growth in demand for Welsh medium education; reductions of surplus capacity and inefficiency in the system; expansion of schools and colleges in areas of increased demand for educational services; and making assets available for community use where deman
Education Institutions have proposed # 2.3 billion of projects, which meet the investment objectives of Band B of the Programme including: addressing growth
in demand for Welsh medium
education; reductions of surplus capacity and inefficiency in the system; expansion of schools and colleges in areas of increased demand for educational services; and making assets available for community use where deman
education; reductions of surplus capacity and inefficiency
in the system; expansion of schools and colleges
in areas of increased demand for educational services; and making assets available for community
use where demand exists.
In summary, the share of students who received a Pell Grant is a widely
used proxy for low - income students because grants are awarded mainly to those students; data on how many students at each
institution of higher
education receive a Pell Grant is readily available; and finally, data on student incomes at each
institution of higher
education has only recently become available and does not cover all students at each
institution.
How Changes
in the Characteristics of Borrowers and
in the
Institutions They Attend Contributed to Rising Loan Defaults,» Brookings, Fall 2015, https://www.brookings.edu/wpcontent/uploads/2015/09/LooneyTextFall15BPEA.pdf; The share of students currently
in default is based on the author's calculation
using U.S. Department of
Education, «Federal Student Loan Portfolio,» 2017, https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/about/data-center/student/portfolio.
COACHE The Collaborative on Academic Careers
in Higher
Education is a research group that uses data to make the recruitment and management of faculty talent more effective for higher education inst
Education is a research group that
uses data to make the recruitment and management of faculty talent more effective for higher
education inst
education institutions.
«One of the difficult problems
in using education as a means for eliminating prejudice arises out of the fact that some of our leading educational
institutions are offenders
in this matter.»
«Private, Parochial and Charter Schools» means Pre-K-12 private, parochial and charter
institutions of
education operating
in the Territory, such as schools and school systems that will allocate products to teachers and students who will
use them.
An LEA shall
use these grant funds to support direct student services including: (1) a student's enrollment and participation
in academic courses not otherwise available at the student's school; (2) credit recovery and academic acceleration courses that lead to a regular high school diploma; (3) activities that assist students
in successfully completing postsecondary level instruction and examinations that are accepted for credit at
institutions of higher
education; and (4) if applicable, transportation to allow a student enrolled
in a low - performing school to transfer to another public school.
Educational agencies and
institutions must implement FERPA
in a way that protects the privacy of
education records while allowing for the effective
use of data.
Grow - your - own programs could be delivered
in rural areas
using distance - learning options provided by higher
education institutions and district - provided coaching and mentoring — giving prospective teachers greater access to high - quality training while remaining
in their local community.
In 1965, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District in Virginia found in Griffin v. State Board of Education that vouchers from the state's tuition grant program could not lawfully be used to fund schools that discriminate based on race.27 While not citing the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as a legal basis for its ruling, the court nonetheless relied on the law's definition of a public school — any institution that was «operated wholly or predominantly from or through the use of governmental funds or property.&raqu
In 1965, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District
in Virginia found in Griffin v. State Board of Education that vouchers from the state's tuition grant program could not lawfully be used to fund schools that discriminate based on race.27 While not citing the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as a legal basis for its ruling, the court nonetheless relied on the law's definition of a public school — any institution that was «operated wholly or predominantly from or through the use of governmental funds or property.&raqu
in Virginia found
in Griffin v. State Board of Education that vouchers from the state's tuition grant program could not lawfully be used to fund schools that discriminate based on race.27 While not citing the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as a legal basis for its ruling, the court nonetheless relied on the law's definition of a public school — any institution that was «operated wholly or predominantly from or through the use of governmental funds or property.&raqu
in Griffin v. State Board of
Education that vouchers from the state's tuition grant program could not lawfully be
used to fund schools that discriminate based on race.27 While not citing the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as a legal basis for its ruling, the court nonetheless relied on the law's definition of a public school — any
institution that was «operated wholly or predominantly from or through the
use of governmental funds or property.»
d.Work with
in - state educator preparation
institutions to ensure that the required curriculum includes
education on responsible
use of data with particular focus on required protections of student data.
Parents must sign an agreement that says they will
use at least a portion of the ESA funds to provide an
education in, at a minimum, English language arts, mathematics, social studies and science,
use the scholarship funds only for qualifying educational expenses, and not
use funds to purchase nonallowable computer hardware, other technology or consumable educational supplies or on tuition at a higher
education institution or a noneligible nonpublic school.
In that case Jepsen and Malloy
used public funds to come to the defense of Malloy's Commissioner of
Education, Stefan Pryor, when Pryor decided that while the law required that Paul Vallas could only stay on as the head of Bridgeport's school system if he completed a school leadership program at a Connecticut institution of higher education, Pryor would allow Vallas to stay if he only took a three - credit independent study class
Education, Stefan Pryor, when Pryor decided that while the law required that Paul Vallas could only stay on as the head of Bridgeport's school system if he completed a school leadership program at a Connecticut
institution of higher
education, Pryor would allow Vallas to stay if he only took a three - credit independent study class
education, Pryor would allow Vallas to stay if he only took a three - credit independent study class instead.
Unfortunately, even with the advent of new technologies and more tools to collect evidence of student thinking and understanding
in mathematics
in ways that aren't possible without a digital environment, many
education institutions still
use antiquated techniques of measurement.
In this opinion, the New Mexico Attorney General declared that a voucher program under which the parents of exceptional children whose needs were not being met by the public schools could
use the funds the school district would otherwise have spent on the children to purchase special
education at private, nonsectarian
institutions would be consistent with the New Mexico Constitution.
Parents will be able to
use the funds to pay for a variety of educational services, including private school tuition, tutoring, online
education, curriculum, therapy, post-secondary educational
institutions in Florida, and other defined educational services.
The Massachusetts Supreme Court held that
using public funds to pay for special
education services from private schools was not for the purpose of founding, maintaining, or aiding private
institutions in violation of Massachusetts» Blaine Amendment.
Parents can
use the funds to pay for a variety of educational services, including private school tuition, tutoring, online
education, home
education, curriculum, therapy, postsecondary educational
institutions in Florida and other defined educational services.
An additional $ 2.7 billion, authorized by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, will be
used to help K - 12 school districts and schools as well as
institutions of higher
education (IHEs)
in their recovery efforts.
The
USED - GRS recognition award honors schools, districts and postsecondary
institutions that are exemplary
in reducing environmental impact and costs; improving the health and wellness of students and staff; and providing effective environmental and sustainability
education, which incorporates science, mathematics, technology, civic skills and green career pathways.
For the same
institution types
in states outside of this data set, the authors first determined total enrollment
using the U.S. Department of
Education's 2014 release of its Integrated Postsecondary
Education Data System, or IPEDS, by combining two figures for U.S. residents,
in order to be consistent with the CCA's data: «full - time first - time degree / certificate seeking students» and «part - time first - time degree / certificate seeking students» for the fall 2013 cohort.