Sentences with phrase «values of the school while»

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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.

It may be an arrangement that factors out different aspects of the school's common life to the reign of each model of excellent schooling: the research university model may reign for faculty, for example, or for faculty in certain fields (say, church history, or biblical studies) but not in others (say, practical theology), while paideia reigns as the model for students, or only for students with a declared vocation to ordained ministry (so that other students aspiring to graduate school are free to attempt to meet standards set by the research university model); or research university values may be celebrated in relation to the school's official «academic» program, including both classroom expectations and the selection and rewarding of faculty, while the school's extracurricular life is shaped by commitments coming from the model provided by paideia so that, for example, common worship is made central to their common life and a high premium is placed on the school being a residential community.

At the same time build autonomy while — at once — recognizing the value and complexity of the interdependence between the individual self and the larger world as they ready themselves for high school.

While experiencing a similar scenario is no - doubt cringe - worthy, Deborah Gilboa, M.D, a board certified Family Physician and a Clinical Assistant Professor at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, assures that these horrifying moments «offer up great opportunities to instill values about boundaries, privacy, specialness and appropriate behavior.»

It is a very special school for many reasons, not just the options available for attending... the staff at Hollinsclough have a very flexible approach to teaching and learning and they treat the children as individuals and value their diverse experiences, while also creating a group of children who are very close to each other.

It became evident that it was time to advance the school's governing practices in order to best meet the needs of our students and families in this dynamic 21st century while maintaining the principles and community values of Hartsbrook's founding.

«While still relatively new in New York state, the community school program has already demonstrated its value here and nationally by increasing student performance and reducing level of violence, bulling and other problem behaviors.»

The crux of the difference is that this school of thought contends that the natural resources, while they do exist and everyone has an equal right to them originally, it is only through the labor of man (the owner) that can realize any value from those natural resources.

While impossible to prove a causal relation, the WA people are convinced of the value of exposing school students to university science and technology.

While in school, he was an active member of the Catholic Newman Club, a popular Catholic club, and had a strong social network based on faith — but, as an adult, he had fewer avenues to meet single women who shared his beliefs and values.

While well - meaning progressive educators might be willing to criticize the manner in which humans are turned into dead objects that Marxists refer to as fetishized commodities, they are often loathe to consider the fact that within capitalist society, all value originates in the sphere of production and that one of the primary roles of schools is to serve as agents or functionaries of capital.

The United Neighborhood Organization (UNO), the community group that I lead in Chicago, and its network of charter schools provide Hispanic immigrant families with access to a high - quality education, thereby challenging them to fulfill their great potential while promoting American values, ideals, and our collective successes.

The most popular age that parents chose for a child to start working at was 14, at 27 %, while just 4 % selecting 17, suggesting that parents still appreciate the value of teens starting weekend jobs while at school, even if the specific benefits are becoming less clear.

A teacher's contribution to a school's community, as assessed by the principal, was worth 10 percent of the overall evaluation score, while the final 5 percent was based on a measure of the value - added to student achievement for the school as a whole.

Our students are learning on their own, outside of school, on the internet, and while what they are learning may not be of «great social value,» it does have the potential to add great social value to our schools.

In 1959, Coleman found that 40 percent of high school students wanted to be «star athletes» while less than 30 percent valued being «brilliant students.»

While I have come to recognize the value of such schools for some students, parents, and teachers, I continue to subscribe to the ideal of a humanistic liberal arts education that is highly prescriptive and, while global in scope, grounded in the intellectual, aesthetic, and moral traditions of western civilizaWhile I have come to recognize the value of such schools for some students, parents, and teachers, I continue to subscribe to the ideal of a humanistic liberal arts education that is highly prescriptive and, while global in scope, grounded in the intellectual, aesthetic, and moral traditions of western civilizawhile global in scope, grounded in the intellectual, aesthetic, and moral traditions of western civilization.

While the promotion of global values, tolerance, and cosmopolitanism in schools around the world is both desirable and achievable, it faces considerable challenges.

While the Becta framework provided schools with a list of ten approved suppliers who were deemed to deliver high - quality, value - for - money learning platform services, it appears that the level of training, advice, guidance and change management provided was not standardised.

But the relationship is actually the opposite of what one might expect: while all parents place a high value on teacher quality, low - income parents are more likely to emphasize the importance of school safety, test scores, and discipline.

On Friday, sterling lost more than 7per cent of its value against the dollar, a dramatic slump that while detrimental in some areas, might mean independent schools in the UK become a lot more affordable for foreign families looking to send their children overseas.

In an essay that is sure to provoke both those who want schools to advance patriotic values and those who preach social change, Murphy argues that public schools should focus on teaching students the knowledge and skills necessary to be intellectually engaged citizens, while remaining neutral on questions of civic values.

The value in reviewing policies regularly is that, in the event of litigation, such evidence can go a long way in convincing courts that educators are doing their best to be up - to - date in maintaining safe, orderly schools while safeguarding the rights of all in school communities in the face of rapid changes in the world of technology.

While working through these objectives, participants will reflect on the role that schools play in supporting girls» long - term achievements and explore the importance of classroom culture and the value of ethos and atmosphere.

Ethan has asthma, so, while I hope he never has a sudden cardiac arrest, I know the value of a school having as much medical help as it can to protect lives of children in their care.»

While all are fundamental, the other side of the learning equation is often overlooked — the value of recess and play at school.

The accompanying risk is balkanization: discordant approaches to civic education as one school emphasizes Athenian values while another stresses those of Sparta.

16 per cent of schools always search or react to special offers to ensure value for money while 30 per cent state that it is of key importance to select their own brand of resources which is an increase on the findings from the 2012 research (26 per cent).

While state education policy makers differed by party in their responsiveness to teacher voices, they did not discriminate between the value of individual and organized voices of school leaders.

«We had to convince voters of the value of charter expansion while [the other side] simply needed to falsely position charters as the root cause of local school funding issues.»

While a growing number of studies have evaluated K - 12 school voucher programs along academic dimensions, few have focused on the development of non-cognitive skills and civic values.

The available empirical evidence on these private school choice programs makes it clear they positively affect the academic performance of participating students, while doing so at a lower cost than public schools and benefitting public school students, decreasing segregation, and improving civic values and practices.

In revising A Time for Living as a character education program, the TFL curriculum committee decided to honor the history and tradition of the school by retaining the Time For Living name, while focusing on universal ethical values that transcend religious or cultural differences.

While the parents and teachers Miretzky studied did not espouse the value of democratic communities per se, the values they did espouse — investment in the school community, direct and honest communication, trust, mutual respect and mutual goals — «all reflect the «communication requirements «of such communities» (2004, p. 814).

NACA, in conjunction with community members, developed «essential values» to ensure the school embraces the future while sustaining the identities, culture, and traditions of students and teachers.

We even went on college tours while in elementary school and I knew I wanted an institution that mirrored both the teaching style and values of New Beginnings.

While that approach may be of value, I think it's far more important to consider the stories that, as far as I can tell, education reporters are not telling, chief among them being the faux retreat from «school reform» by its staunch supporters.

While completing their professional practical experience, the majority of respondents reported being exposed to schools that did not value the arts, instead placing greater emphasis on other academic subjects.

More generally, while research can evaluate the effectiveness of policies that use value - added measures, research can never determine the optimal approach for a given district or school.

The Free Press reported: «She said the district got itself of out an $ 8 million deficit and while test scores were down in 2008, like other districts, the city lost 46 percent of its taxable value when the economy tanked, hurting revenue to the school district.»

While research can inform the use of value - added measures, most decisions about how to use these measures require personal judgment, as well as a greater understanding of school and district factors than research can provide.

After talking with more than 1,300 teachers, professional development leaders, principals, and experts, we were surprised by one thing: While these forms of collaborative PD are backed by research and highly valued by school leaders, teachers are far from satisfied with their implementation to date.

Despite the daunting circumstances many immigrant students face, the solution is rather simple — to show we care, value, and welcome immigrant students as full members of the school community, while respecting the importance of retaining their culture and individuality.

Additionally, while the report argues that increased spending on schools as they presently exist would necessarily be inefficient and ineffective, this contention is undermined by the lack of evidence for more efficient alternatives and by existing research validating the value of traditional resources.

While promising more free schools, the education secretary speech also emphasised the importance of valuing all kinds of schools in England.

While schools teach students these values through the curriculum and school - sponsored activities, school officials must also teach by example by respecting the rights of students and requiring that students respect the rights of one another.

«CCSA has led the way for increased accountability by raising standards that value academic rigor, while also giving schools credit for academic growth, and for taking on the challenge of serving traditionally disadvantaged students,» said Elizabeth Robitaille, senior vice president of Achievement and Performance Management, CCSA.

Main findings from the study reveal that while impact and satisfaction differed by the type of role among teacher leaders (peer coaching vs. modeling roles), principals and teacher leaders across the city reported high levels of satisfaction with the value added to their school in having teacher leadership roles.

While 69 percent of respondents feel that teachers» opinions are heard and valued in their schools, this number decreases dramatically at the district (32 percent), state (5 percent), and national (2 percent) levels.

While teachers at both schools value CPT, findings reveal that better relationships amongst teams, better organization of teams, meeting time structure, and better leadership lead to fewer perceived difficulties with implementation of CPT.