This short video, to be used in conjunction with the New York City Department of Education’s Blueprints for Teaching and Learning in the Arts, will assist school leaders in implementing and enriching arts programs in their schools.
The National Council on Technical and Vocational Education and Training hosted its Quality Awards Ceremony on Wednesday, March 31 at the Knutsford Court Hotel. The purposes of the Awards Function are: 1.To identify and award those Accredited Training Organizations (atos) that have exemplified quality in their management system and have made strides in continuous improvement in their operations; 2.To distribute certificates of accreditation to all Accredited Training Organizations (atos); 3.To promote nctvets commitment to quality and quality improvement by recognizing excellence in the TVET system.
“Student Activists, Initiatives, and Beyond,” as part of theEducation for Sustainable Living Program (ESLP). ESLP is a student designed, student developed, and student facilitated program offered through ucla’s Institute of the Environment. ESLP runs a Lecture Series which brings guest speakers from UCLA and across the country to speak on specialized subjects including food systems, green business, organic gardens, sustainable living, the green economy, environmental justice, transportation, as well as sustainability projects across Los Angeles. More information can be found at www.eslp-la.com. Matthew E. Kahn is a Professor at the UCLA Institute of the Environment, the Department of Economics, and the Department of Public Policy. He is a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Before joining the UCLA faculty in January 2007, he taught at Columbia and the Fletcher School at Tufts University. He has served as a Visiting Professor at Harvard and Stanford. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Chicago. He is the author of Green Cities: Urban Growth and the Environment (Brookings Institution Press 2006) and the co-author of Heroes and Cowards: The Social Face of War (Princeton University Press 2009). He blogs on environmental and urban topics at greeneconomics.blogspot.com. Some clips and images may have been blurred or removed to avoid copyright infringement. * See all the UCLA Education for Sustainable Living classes in this series …