In reality, teacher quality is a complex construct that almost certainly hinges on teachers' instructional practices, pedagogical content knowledge, attitudes toward students and teaching, as well as pre-service qualifications and professional development activities (Darling-Hammond and Youngs, 2002; Goe, 2007).
Finally, there's this: Large stocks continue to be the darlings of professional investors.
But Beethoven's case may prove simple compared with those of composers who typified the deep rifts in the musical consciousness of the last century: Schoenberg, say, a longtime darling of professionals, or Sibelius, a periodic favorite of audiences.
The academic success of all students rests in large measure in the hands of their instructors, and research suggests that this success is largely dependent upon teachers' professional preparation and certification (Darling-Hammond, 2000; The Report of the Proposition 227 Task Force, 1999).
Accompanied by an impressive detail of security guards, publicists and other "professionals," the twin darlings slipped in to their seats.
Pokemon – from bugs to blockbuster The rise of the Multiplayer Online Battle Arena MOBAA) genre from its origins as a curious fan-made Starcraft mod to the darling of the professional eSports circuit has been swift and inexorable.
Yang Liu's work has become not only a social media and magazine darling, but also a favorite with professional training programms around the world.
Mr. Darling said that about 10percentt of professional athletes are probably adept enough at handling their money that they would not need the magazine.
Darling-Hammond and Barron recommend modernizing professional learning programs and expanding broadband to cover publicly funded preschool programs.
In their analysis of teacher professional learning in selected countries around the world, Darling-Hammond, Wei, Andree, Richardson and Orphanos (2009) have identified action research as an exemplary model of teacher professional learning for quality instruction.
