Sentences with phrase «initiated public education programs»

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The Association acquired its first permanent home, a suite in the Smithsonian Institution, and initiated its first programs in education and public understanding of science.

He also worked tremendously to increase access to higher education — initiating the first university - wide program in America to ease the debt of graduates pursuing careers in public service and the not - for - profit sector.

Nevada, the most recent state to initiate such a program, is offering education savings accounts to almost all of its 385,000 public - school students.

In addition, the DOE has initiated a program by which it will reimburse special education private schools to provide free or reduced - cost breakfasts and lunches to all students who would be eligible to receive these meals if they attended public school.

(a) From each State's allotment under this part for any fiscal year, the Secretary shall pay to such State or, at the option of the State agency designated pursuant to section 101 (a)(1), to a public or nonprofit organization or agency, a portion of the cost of planning, preparing for, and initiating special programs under the State plan approved pursuant to section 101 to expand vocational REHABILITATION services, including programs to initiate or expand such services to individuals with the most severe handicaps, or of special programs under such State plan to initiate or expand services to classes of handicapped individuals who have unusual and difficult * problems in connection with their REHABILITATION, particularly handicapped individuals who are poor, and responsibility for whose treatment, education, * and REHABILITATION is shared by the State agency designated in section 101 with other agencies.

Special thanks to Eungie Joo, Keith Haring Director and Curator of Education and Public Programs, for initiating this project.

Each year Artspace presents several gallery - based exhibitions as well as touring and off - site projects; hosts artist residencies; operates a regular open studio program; initiates a range of public programs and education activities including conferences, lectures and artist discussions; and publishes cultural theory books and artist monographs.

He was Chief Curator of the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, Curator at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, Curator at SculptureCenter in New York, and Director of Education and Public Programs at MoMA PS1 in New York, where he initiated WPS1, the museum's radio station.

8 To achieve a better public understanding of the role of the Judiciary in the administration of justice and, in so doing, to initiate or support public education and public relations programs;