Sentences with phrase «edison project»

The WMU report — «An Evaluation of Student Achievement in Edison Schools Opened in 1995 and 1996» — examines the track record of schools established during the first two years the company, then the Edison Project, was operating schools.

The Edison Project has received the go - ahead to operate an elementary school in the Wichita, Kan., district beginning in the fall.

Edison Project officials said last week that while the New York City - based company will begin with fewer schools than once envisioned, they are confident the project will...

Leaving Brookings in 1992, he joined entrepreneur Chris Whittle in founding the Edison Project, a controversial, profit - making venture dedicated to bringing novel ideas, private - sector know - how, and efficient management to the American education system.

He worked for Bill Bennett in the U.S. Department of Education and for Benno Schmidt at the Edison Project.

We went through another round in the early 90s with «New American Schools» — a purposeful effort by Bush 41, Secretary Lamar Alexander, and former Xerox head David Kearns to «reinvent» the school — and a parallel effort led by Chris Whittle in the private sector (the «Edison Project»).

He left Washington to work for former Yale president Benno Schmidt, who was starting the Edison Project.

In its choosing machines built by Apple Computer Inc. for its for - profit privatization venture, the Edison Project is not alone.

The informal survey of 354 school districts, released this month, does not focus on experiments with such companies as Education Alternatives Inc., the Edison Project,...

The Edison Project has received an infusion of $ 30.5 million in new capital that company founder Christopher Whittle said will stake expansion for the near future.

The 3,100 - student Mount Clemens school district last year became the first in the nation to sign a contract with the Edison Project, the for - profit school - reform venture formed by media entrepreneur Christopher Whittle.

Falling short in its efforts to raise new capital to finance a proposed national chain of private, for - profit schools, the Edison Project has announced a scaled - back plan that will focus initially on managing public schools.

Edison lured Tracy from his position as the superintendent of schools in New Milford, Connecticut, in 1993, when the company was still the Edison Project — more or less a team of researchers and entrepreneurs with a bright idea: to tie school reform to the profit motive.

Conservative education pundit Chester E. Finn, Jr., M.A.T.» 67, Ed.D.» 70, the president of the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation, also joined the Edison Project during its inception.

Chester Finn recalls how the Edison Project envisioned the ideal school «completely uncontaminated» by the clutches of government.

And last month, Christopher Whittle, the media entrepreneur, announced that his firm would provide $ 60 million to establish the Edison Project,...

Not exact matches

Tesla was also selected in September to provide 20 MW / 80 MWh Powerpack system at the Southern California Edison Mira Loma substation, making it the largest lithium ion battery storage project in the world.

The Powerpack project, a joint venture with local electricity provider, Southern California Edison (SCE), will support grid operation during peak hours and improve the integration of renewable energy resources.

That would be a more than 100 megawatt project for utility Southern California Edison in the Los Angeles area.

That was followed by the creation of Terraform Power (TERP), a company that owns and operates the projects that Sun Edison builds.

The project will deliver clean solar energy to Southern California Edison under a long - term power purchase agreement.

The Garland solar power project, which produces enough clean electricity to power approximately 50,000 homes, will deliver power to Southern California Edison (SCE) under a long - term power purchase agreement.

Tesla is providing a 20 MW, 80 MWh Powerpack system at the Southern California Edison substation, which, once complete in 2016, will be the largest lithium ion battery storage project in the world.

In a shock to Westchester residents and officials, many Con Edison customers are now projected to be out of power until 11 p.m. Friday.

All capital projects save one — a restroom in Montauk required by the County Health Department in order to keep Edison Beach open to the public — have been on hold until the accounting for the capital fund could be completed.

• Con Edison has reported estimated restoration times for 90 % of the customers in the New York City to be today at midnight with the exception of Westchester, which is projected to be Thursday (9/1/11) at midnight.

Peter Guidarelli, a partner with Empire Edison Development LLC, has publicly stated his vision for the project could save considerable taxpayer money and time without the need to demolish the existing station.

(CNN)- New York City voters Tuesday elected a Democrat to the mayor's office for the first time in two decades, giving progressive city Public Advocate Bill de Blasio a victory over Republican nominee Joe Lhota, Edison Media Research projects.

The project is a collaborative effort between Con Edison, the Long Island Power Authority, and the New York Power Authority.

The project was launched as a collaborative effort between Con Edison, the Long Island Power Authority and the New York Power Authority.

LIPA initiated the project in 2008 and formed a partnership with Con Edison and the New York Power Authority to pursue lease rights, a task NYSERDA has overtaken.

In all, Con Edison customers in New York City and Westchester County, N.Y. have completed 5,500 solar projects, producing 75 megawatts to power their homes and businesses.

EDC projects construction would cost $ 250 million and last 18 months, after which the building would be the third - tallest on the block, behind Zeckendorf Towers and the Consolidated Edison Building, and open for business sometime in the middle of 2020.

Rival developer BrightSource has contracted with Southern California Edison for 1,300 megawatts worth of similar power towers, among other projects gaining steam.

Project: Astrobiology and the search for life on others worlds Authors: Mr. Matheny, Seth Campbell, Connor Hadley, Jackson Sipple School: Edison High School.

Benedict Cumberbatch is attached to The Weinstein Company's rival project The Current War, with Cumberbatch to play Edison and possibly Jake Gyllenhaal as Westinghouse in the race to electrify America.

This capital allows the companies to make substantial investments in R&D — such as Edison's multiyear curriculum design project, which took place largely before the company operated a single school.

«Kids want to do a project that's real and engaging,» says Donna Cole, a middle school science teacher at Edison Elementary School, in Bow, Washington, who uses a CIESE curriculum about earthquakes and plate tectonics called Musical Plates.

Somehow, in projecting to the future, Whittle posits a large number of changes in the basic institutions for delivering education, education research, and education personnel, based on the «success» of the EMOs, especially Edison.

To date, their numbers are small and their scale modest, but the best known among them are prominent indeed, including Teach For America (TFA), the Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP), High Tech High, National Heritage Academies (NHA), the New Teacher Project (TNTP), New Leaders for New Schools (NLNS), K12, and Edison Schools.

It will be built on a new platform called Project Edison that will also be used for the upcoming Twingo, but also for the next ForFour.

Edison's final project was at the request of Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone who asked him to find an alternative source of rubber for use in car tires to replace the increasingly expensive imported rubber.

«We are looking at things that are longer,» Roberson added, saying that with some of the projects and his comic «Edison Rex» they will be adding additional material, such as possibly scripts and sketches, on comiXology.

Additionally, Con Edison facilitates the development and operation of renewable energy projects in Massachusetts and California.

Southern California Edison announced Wednesday that it will be making $ 12 million in grid improvements in downtown Santa Barbara and surrounding areas over the next two years as part of the infrastructure - investment projects that began earlier this year.

The project was supposed to be a re-creation of the last minute of Thomas Edison's 1903 silent film version.

The Forest Project at Wave Hill is generously supported by the Barker Welfare Foundation, Cleveland H. Dodge Foundation, Con Edison, The Lucius N. Littauer Foundation, The New Yankee Stadium Community Benefits Fund, the New York State Education Department, and The Pinkerton Foundation.

Sierra at Edison, 2012, from «Los Angeles Project,» John Chiara, chromogenic photograph on Kodak Professional Endura Metallic paper.

Nestled between a riverfront Con Edison plant, the Brooklyn Navy Yard, the Farragut Houses projects, and Dumbo, the ten - block neighborhood feels like a late - 19th - century village miraculously forgotten — for now — by real estate developers.

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