School Finance

School Finance
Author: Allan Odden
Publisher: Ingram
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019-02
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781259922312

A World-class Education

A World-class Education
Author: Vivien Stewart
Publisher: ASCD
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2012
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1416613749

Designed to promote conversation about how to educate students for a rapidly changing, innovation-based world, this comprehensive and illuminating book from international education expert Vivien Stewart focuses on understanding what the world's best school systems are doing right for the purpose of identifying what U.S. schools--at the national, state, and local level--might do differently and better.

High-Performance Modelling and Simulation for Big Data Applications

High-Performance Modelling and Simulation for Big Data Applications
Author: Joanna Kołodziej
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2019-03-25
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3030162729

This open access book was prepared as a Final Publication of the COST Action IC1406 “High-Performance Modelling and Simulation for Big Data Applications (cHiPSet)“ project. Long considered important pillars of the scientific method, Modelling and Simulation have evolved from traditional discrete numerical methods to complex data-intensive continuous analytical optimisations. Resolution, scale, and accuracy have become essential to predict and analyse natural and complex systems in science and engineering. When their level of abstraction raises to have a better discernment of the domain at hand, their representation gets increasingly demanding for computational and data resources. On the other hand, High Performance Computing typically entails the effective use of parallel and distributed processing units coupled with efficient storage, communication and visualisation systems to underpin complex data-intensive applications in distinct scientific and technical domains. It is then arguably required to have a seamless interaction of High Performance Computing with Modelling and Simulation in order to store, compute, analyse, and visualise large data sets in science and engineering. Funded by the European Commission, cHiPSet has provided a dynamic trans-European forum for their members and distinguished guests to openly discuss novel perspectives and topics of interests for these two communities. This cHiPSet compendium presents a set of selected case studies related to healthcare, biological data, computational advertising, multimedia, finance, bioinformatics, and telecommunications.

The Program Evaluation Standards

The Program Evaluation Standards
Author: Donald B. Yarbrough
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 385
Release: 2011
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1412986567

Including a new section on evaluation accountability, this Third Edition details 30 standards which give advice to those interested in planning, implementing and using program evaluations.

Preparing Students for College and Careers

Preparing Students for College and Careers
Author: Katie Larsen McClarty
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 375
Release: 2017-08-22
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1317221613

Preparing Students for College and Careers addresses measurement and research issues related to college and career readiness. Educational reform efforts across the United States have increasingly taken aim at measuring and improving postsecondary readiness. These initiatives include developing new content standards, redesigning assessments and performance levels, legislating new developmental education policy for colleges and universities, and highlighting gaps between graduates’ skills and employers’ needs. In this comprehensive book, scholarship from leading experts on each of these topics is collected for assessment professionals and for education researchers interested in this new area of focus. Cross-disciplinary chapters cover the current state of research, best practices, leading interventions, and a variety of measurement concepts, including construct definitions, assessments, performance levels, score interpretations, and test uses.

Here Comes Everybody

Here Comes Everybody
Author: Clay Shirky
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2008
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781594201530

Discusses and uses examples of how digital networks transform the ability of humans to gather and cooperate with one another.

Defence Industrial Strategy

Defence Industrial Strategy
Author: Great Britain: Ministry of Defence
Publisher: The Stationery Office
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2005-12-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0101669720

This strategy document sets out the Government's analysis of the UK's defence industrial capabilities requirement, and is divided into three parts: i) a strategic overview including information on the principles and processes that underpin procurement and industrial decisions, the need for transparency, the evolving defence industry environment, developments and innovation in defence research technology; ii) a review of different industrial sectors and cross-cutting industrial capabilities; and iii) how the strategy will be implemented and an assessment of implications for the Ministry of Defence and industry as a whole.

Culturally Proficient Inclusive Schools

Culturally Proficient Inclusive Schools
Author: Delores B. Lindsey
Publisher: Corwin Press
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2017-05-25
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1506356273

Create inclusive educational environments that benefit ALL learners! As schools become more diverse with students of differing abilities and needs, this self-reflective and action-oriented guide helps you create and support more inclusive schools and classrooms that intentionally educate all students. Using the Five Essential Elements of Cultural Proficiency as a roadmap, this book presents: Students’ learning differences as just that – differences rather than deficits Strategies that show you how to break though the common barriers to culturally proficient and inclusive schooling Assessments that gauge your awareness and show you how to best serve every student’s needs

Acellus Learning Accelerator

Acellus Learning Accelerator
Author: Roger E. Billings
Publisher:
Total Pages: 104
Release: 2019-08-15
Genre: Broadband communication systems
ISBN: 9780963163479

In this book, Dr. Billings shares the "secret sauce" which has made the Acellus Learning System a game changer for thousands of schools coast-to-coast.Acellus makes a science of the learning process. It contains tools to recover discouraged studentsand to accelerate the learning process.In these pages, the author shares the tools, the techniques, and the magic of Acellus that is changingeducation, discussing important aspects of the system: - What is Acellus? - How does it work? - What happens when a student gets stuck?- How does Acellus accelerate the learning process?Dr. Maria Sanchez, Chairman International Academy of Science