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Pub. Date
2019.
Description
Technology has transformed the media landscape. In a world where anyone can produce, publish, and share information globally, it is essential that students learn to access, analyze, and evaluate all forms of media and information. Furthermore, to be fully prepared for the world in which they will work, students also need to know how to appropriately and responsibly create and act using media. the Media Literacy Advisory Committee has prepared recommendations...
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Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
Launched in 2011, ReNUWIt is the National Science Foundation's first Engineering Research Center dedicated to civil infrastructure and water systems. ReNUWIt encompasses a diverse team of researchers who collaborate with entrepreneurs and practitioners on innovative solutions for urban water infrastructure challenges. This diverse team specifically addresses the diffusion of new technologies in complex systems.
Pub. Date
2011.
Description
Title II, Part A (IIA) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) provides funding for district-based initiatives designed to improve the quality of teaching and leadership in schools. Title IIA funds may be used for a vast array of activities including high-quality professional development, recruitment and retention of effective educators, helping teachers become highly qualified, and class size reduction. However, emerging research on...
56) Title II, part A
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Pub. Date
2011.
Description
The Title II, Part A program offers the opportunity to design and implement a wide variety of activities that support teacher and principal quality.
Pub. Date
[2007].
Description
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a fatal neurological disease found in deer, elk and moose. Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) has been recognized in free-ranging deer in Colorado since 1985, but how long it has been present or how it arose are unknown. The lessons in this module are designed to be taught in sequence. For each activity, students assume the role of researchers studying an emerging disease. As they evaluate and analyze information concerning...