I felt overwhelmed by the change, and the loss, but at the same time I felt a sharper focus than I had ever known.
When I asked Hanushek and Peterson via email if they felt a greater focus on curriculum would make sense, they responded that they're not "experts on curriculum". Like most in the education reform world, they're surprisingly unconcerned with what actually goes on in classrooms, preferring to focus on "outcomes" like test scores.
He supported the school's Working Men's College, but felt a more thorough focus on practical skills was needed.
For the permanent placement of maps in the chapter houses, the group felt a written explanation focused on walking the reader through an example would suffice to educate the chapter members on how to use the maps.
While Panel members across professional and disciplinary boundaries felt that a focus on establishing the cost-effectiveness of interventions was also appropriate, consensus was not achieved on this approach as a principle (67%— table 3, Statement 12).
Teachers who had previously taken an evolution course felt a greater need to focus on contemporary teaching strategies and reduced need for focus on state and national standards related to evolution.
Some critics felt a bit hoodwinked by "Focus," though.
"I think when we were starting to put things together last year, you felt a real, true team focus, just a collective group," Mattingly said.
Foremost, BHPs reported that they valued keeping a patient-centered focus, felt a dedication to working with the Veteran population, and often extended considerable effort to ensure Veterans were connected to services that best suited their needs other than CCC.
To be sure, one could say it feels a bit focus-grouped and corporate.
