Teaching to a test not only narrows the curriculum, it means that teachers prepare students specifically for the test.
But now the business principles of factories are being used to prepare students for a markedly different economic environment.
Raising standards so they actually prepare students for success in college and careers.
Hesse was slow to cut back study in Gymnasiums, schools that prepare students for university, from nine years to eight.
And at Darden technology is being used to prepare students to get the most out of a classroom learning experience.
Community colleges are uniquely positioned to provide the education and training that will prepare students for the jobs in the 21st century.
Director Alex Chan explained that the test is about an hour, so the class helps prepare students to gain the necessary concentration.
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By including opportunities to practically apply ethical decision-making models, global MBA programs better prepare students for the challenges they will face in the business world.
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Cisco, for example, has been working directly with community colleges to prepare students and workers for jobs ranging from work in broadband to health IT.
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Keeping citizenship as a statutory subject is integral if we want to better prepare students in England for the challenges of an increasingly complex and interdependent world.
Moreover, tutoring demand is bound to grow even more, as parents and schools increasingly fail to intellectually prepare students for not only collegiate success, but for life.
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However, we all know that in today's economy, a high school diploma is usually not enough to prepare students for the high-skill, high-paying jobs of the 21st century.
We can't prepare students for careers in business just by talking about the way business is done today--or was done in the past--or by adhering narrowly to case studies.
While this might be true today, it is the liberal arts studies that prepare students with the problem solving and critical thinking skills that can be applied throughout their lifetime.
Education Secretary Michael Gove said that the problem was not "elitism or snobbery" but a lack of honesty in higher education about "the subject and qualification choices which prepare students best for university study".
We need to know how to harness the power of the Internet and these new technologies for creating and sharing knowledge that will prepare students with the skills to compete in the 21st century.
He said the diocesan college he attended in the United States -- a type of minor seminary -- was designed to prepare students for their commitments at major seminaries if they decided to continue their studies.
As new technologies emerge and new skill sets are required for the jobs students are hoping to apply for it only makes sense that curricula also adapt to better educate and prepare students for future careers.
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It is encouraging to see, thus, that many schools, in response to the financial crisis, are updating their curricula to better prepare students for the ethical questions they may be forced to answer in the decades to come.
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The entire class of 2016 will receive a Nokia Lumia 900 powered by the Windows Phone 7.5 operating system, to support the university's mission of providing state of the art technology tools to enhance the student experience and prepare students for success in a rapidly changing world.
That means reducing financial aid for eight million students and leaving our community colleges without the resources they need to prepare our students for the jobs of the future.
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We aren't doing enough to prepare all students--especially poor and minority students--for 21st-century workplaces.
How do we transform our education system to prepare our students for the world and challenges of tomorrow?
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This experience will help prepare Rensselaer students for future high-impact, high-value careers in analytics, cognitive computing, and related fields.
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The educational system in Saba is organized to prepare its students for the Caribbean examinations as prepared by the Caribbean Examination Council.
Did business school curricula adequately prepare MBA students to face the ethical questions related to the business practices that brought us to the economic brink?
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Investment is required, not just in technology but in the training and talent development of the educators who must prepare our students for the future.
We prepare our students for jobs and careers, but we don't teach them to think as individuals about what kind of world they would like to create.
We brought together unions and universities to talk about what we can do to support our workers today and prepare our students to outcompete workers around the world tomorrow.
This bill increases investments in community colleges around the country to help these institutions do what they do best -- prepare our students for the workforce of today and tomorrow.
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