With the debt-ceiling crisis, however, the willingness to wait until the last moment removed any chance of learning and, more to the point, there was never much of a commitment to learning on the part of many of the principal actors: over and over again we were informed that such thoughtful exploration was out of the question because of prior campaign pledges made to constituents.
Exploration of 21st century learning or skills has emerged from the concern about transforming the goals and daily practice of learning to meet the new demands of the 21st century, which is characterized as knowledge- and technologically driven.
Now the School of One is certainly no panacea, but I do know that the majority of online learning out there does not even begin to contemplate the use of data like School of One does to drive personalized learning, just to name one aspect of what the School of One does that is interesting.
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Some 500 members who take their hives across the border in early summer to Kyrgyzstan's cooler mountains had been learning the letter of the law to counter the border guards' demands for bribes.
In the spirit of the Nobel season, the exercise above of learning what you need to know also follows the advice of DNA co-discoverer and Nobel laureate James D.
The International Seminar on "the Implementation of National Qualifications Frameworks (NQF): Policies and Strategies" will serve as a platform for the government of Thailand to draw key learning points from the experiences of various countries to help them design specific policies for the future implementation of a Thai NQF.
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By focusing on the wrong part of the story, it may set back our opportunity to leverage the rise of digital learning to transform our system into the student-centric one that each student deserves.
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We consider it an honor to do our part to pass on the learning and to carry the torch of his legacy to future generations of family business owners.
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Mansha's beliefs are reinforced in talks with Raja's spiritual teacher Sheikh Aleey Qadir, a Malaysian cleric in east London from a school of Islamic learning that traces its lineage of learning directly to the Prophet Mohammed.
The IBM Executive School became an exercise in educational mayhem and controlled chaos where the bulk of the learning came through the osmosis of peer to peer interaction.
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And in online education, the addition of elite higher institutions of learning to the mix has really been a game-changer.
Once new institutions figure out how to measure and articulate the true value proposition of student learning to the public, they will be able to compete directly with the traditional Ivory Towers.
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Dragonbox is impressive because, without relying on text, it teaches the rules of algebra step-by-step as if the player is really only learning the laws of the universe particular to the game.
Mr. Velez's attorney, Damien Brown, said his client has maintained he knew nothing of the plot, but Mr. Taub told the jury the driver became an accomplice to murder when he asked for a cut of the proceeds after learning of the robbery plan, agreed to be a lookout, then fled.
Over time, the states have grown accustomed to receiving increasing amounts of federal money while also learning to bend to the will of the federal government.
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Although the main performance practice of Iranian traditional music unfolds through improvisation according to the mood of the performer and in response to the audience, musicians spend years learning to master the radif as the set of musical tools for their performances and compositions.
Perhaps the most important part for all of us is learning to recognize the symptoms of a heart attack.
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This flexible integration of learning is one of the underlying appeals of distance learning, from Kansas to Kolkata.
Dr. LARRY BRAMLAGE (Equine Orthopedic Surgeon, Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital): I'm always amazed that some of the best patients learning to adapt to the problems are some of the biggest, toughest colts.
The mode of coordination and accountability needs to shift from hierarchical bureaucracy to dynamic linking, i.e. to a way of dynamically linking the education system to self-driven learning of the students.
Prioritising investment in lifelong learning for women, creating multi-purpose community learning spaces and centres, improving access to and participation in the full range of adult learning and education programmes for women are among the necessary steps to enhance the status of women and facilitate the achievement of gender equality and equity in and through education.
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Gaining access to the system is the equivalent of learning how to operate a filing system, and not accessing the information contained inside, the person familiar with the matter said.
One would expect there to be some further description of what they want the teaching and learning of science to be or an explanation of why that isn't there.
The study design raises a lot of questions, from the reasonableness of assessing learning growth after only three full semesters of college to the reliability of the C.
In order to enhance the effectiveness of the learning process, the course was designed with the intention of encouraging learners to identify with the characters on screen.
Lawyers for Terry had obtained the injunction a week ago, after learning that the News of the World planned to write about him.
The Group of international experts was tasked with preparing a succinct document that identified issues likely to affect the organisation of learning and to stimulate debate about a 21st century vision for education.
Therefore, I appeal to governments, NGOs and civil society to contribute to the improvement of our intercultural skills through the arts, sport, humanities and language learning and to enhance our diversity for the benefit of all.
The troubled budget picture, amidst the demand for better results, is accelerating the adoption of blended learning by forcing school operators to rethink the structure and delivery of education.
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