setting priorities when it came to education‚ but the accountability measures made it difficult to “use assessments as levers for good practices” (Phillips & Wong‚ p.38). The Common Core Standards‚ developed by the education team at the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation‚ is an education initiative that follows the basis of standards-based education. The purpose is to provide a clear and consistent understanding of what students are expected to learn. College ready is the goal. With this‚ parents
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综合写作： 1. TPO拿出来，像正式考试一样啊，你把纸在当中画条线； 左边写阅读部分的东西，右边写你听到的东西。 2. 左边把每段主旨句（一般是第一句）写下来，然后草草的写一下它提到的evidence。其实你这一步做好基本就没问题了，听力的时候，一定是反对这个主旨，然后evidence必然是说原文的evidence有什么疏漏，或者有新的证据证明原证据不对的。 3. 然后呢听完不要急着写，你把你的笔记整理一下 Comparing the reading passage and the lecture‚ a contrast of opinions is found evident concerning ….. The main contrasts are as follows. First‚ the reading contends that …. But the professor refutes this idea and insists that… Second‚ it is presented by the reading that…‚ which
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profit and shelved the drug. The iOWH is the main company who is working towards a cure or vaccine for this disease. They resurrected the shelved drug‚ paromomyocin‚ proved its efficacy to the Indian government and‚ with funds from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation‚ are planning to make it available in the worst-affected parts of India. In tests 94.6% of patients treated with paromomyocin were cured. Paromomycin Intramuscular (IM) Injection was approved on August 31‚ 2006 for the treatment of black
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Raphaela Marie P. Espanio October 5‚ 2014 Section: A-21 Research Paper Title Reaction Recommendation 1. Food Security Codex Alimentarius (Codex for short) means “Food Code.” This world food code is a United Nations agency‚ jointly sponsored by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). It has existed for nearly 50 years and its International Statute gives it a joint mission: protecting food safety and promoting world food trade. Codex
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1970’s‚ when two computer enthusiasts Bill Gates and Paul Allen sees personal computer is the key to the future. In 1975 they established their first company‚ Traf-O-Data‚ which sold mostly rudimentary computers that recorded and analyzed traffic data. Then after a year later Gates named their partnership as Micro-soft. In June 1980‚ Microsoft got their first break through‚ when IBM contracted Microsoft to develop languages for the PC operating system. Gates and Allen bought an existing operating
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Cudgel 1 Carnegie Generosity to Society Was Andrew Carnegie’s amazing rags to riches story and unheard-of devotion to charity made him the perfect poster boy for the Industrial Revolution and today’s Society. Andrew Carnegie was an American industrialist who amassed a fortune in the steel industry then became a major philanthropist. Carnegie “was often noted as saying the man who dies rich dies disgraced”‚ (Carnegie) the” Gospel of Wealth” 1900 influence him to give to different mode
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was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen (who resigned from his position on the Microsoft Board of Directors in 2000). The three Xbox consoles (Xbox‚ Xbox 360‚ Xbox One) were made under Gates’ steps. Bill Gates is an American investor‚ computer programmer‚ inventor‚ and philanthropist. Gates is one of the best-known entrepreneurs of the personal computer revolution. He is consistently ranked in the Forbes list of the world’s wealthiest people. During his career at Microsoft‚ Gates held the positions
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Politics and Power: Examples from Today ’s Corporate World An effective organization focuses on strong leadership‚ power and political issues. These components are critical to creating an organization mindful of values‚ ethics‚ culture and innovation. Analyzing the use of power and politics are essential to understanding the behavior of individuals within organizations. There are two sides to power and politics. In one respect power and politics imply the shady side of leadership. However‚ power
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Haili Jiang GE6 The Professions and Public Interest in American Life Midterm paper 1 Instructor: Shyam During normal usage‚ it seems that the terms “profession” and “occupation” are almost identical and are interchangeable. Generally they both define the work people do for a living. However‚ after delving into their meanings‚ one can easily notice that the word profession is a bit more advanced than occupation. In other words‚ there are peculiar criteria or characteristics that an occupation
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The World in the Web -Connection and Entanglement In February 2010‚ I was at the annual cultural fest at my university campus‚ all excited because it was the first time I was going to see Euphoria- a famous Indian Rock band live. Eventually‚ the big moment arrived and I rushed towards the main stage area when I heard the presenter saying‚ “And here we welcome the band Euphoria. Give a huge round of applause for Dr. Palash Sen and
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