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Mulvey, Patrick; Pold, Jack – AIP Statistical Research Center, 2020
By the time physics students receive their PhDs, they have a broad understanding of many areas of physics and in-depth knowledge in a specific subfield. They have developed a comprehensive knowledge of mathematics, modeling, and programming. Graduate students in physics also develop skills in areas not specifically related to physics and not…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Physics, College Graduates, Outcomes of Education
Bayerl, Katie – Nellie Mae Education Foundation, 2020
The Better Math Teaching Network offers a promising, practical model for teacher learning. Its practitioner members--who all teach at least one section of high school algebra and all joined voluntarily--are working with each other and a team of researchers to make their teaching more student-centered through an improvement science approach. With…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Secondary School Mathematics, High School Teachers, Algebra
Sherer, Jennifer Zoltners; Iriti, Jennifer; Russell, Jennifer Lin; Matthis, Christopher; Long, Courtney – Nellie Mae Education Foundation, 2018
The Better Math Teaching Network (BMTN) is organized as a networked improvement community, which is a structured network of researchers and practitioners working together to address a common problem of practice, in this case, how to improve opportunities to increase student engagement in high school mathematics. During the 2017-18 school year, 41…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Secondary School Mathematics, High School Teachers, Algebra
Montgomery County Public Schools, 2015
Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) is more than a school system, it is a community. It's a community of people working together to provide Montgomery County students with an education that prepares them for success today, tomorrow, and in the years to come. That is MCPS' core purpose: to prepare students to thrive in their future. The Annual…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Counties, Achievement Gap, Academic Achievement
Wilson, Jeremy M.; Chermak, Steven; McGarrell, Edmund F. – RAND Corporation, 2010
In 2006, more than 6 million individuals were victimized by violent crimes. Although violence is below levels of the early 1990s, it remains high. The extent of violence and its impact highlight a critical need to develop and implement effective programs to reduce violence and victimization. Communities have initiated a wide range of such…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Crime, Prevention, Community Programs
McIntyre, Chuck; And Others – 1988
In 1988, the Chancellor's Office of the California Community Colleges (CCC) employed the Delphi Technique to gather opinions from individuals throughout the CCC system about the major issues confronting community colleges and about possible solutions to these issues. Undertaken to assist the Board of Governors in preparing its 1988-89 Basic…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Administrative Problems, College Planning, Community Colleges