Sentences with phrase «investing public dollars»

Although programs have proliferated to address the needs of fathers and families, there is also a need to evaluate their effectiveness in helping fathers become better parents and better partners.8 Federal and state policy makers have placed increasing demands on programs to evaluate the effects these programs have on fathers and families and whether they are worth investing public dollars.9

Investing public dollars in quality early childhood education for disadvantaged children will provide significant social and economic outcomes in the short - and long - term.

Everyone who believes that Connecticut needs a better, stronger and more diverse economy should recognize the importance of investing public dollars into the bio-sciences, including genome related research.

But despite the ongoing cry to require evidence - based outcomes before investing public dollars, this is one case where common sense is very persuasive.

Although programs have proliferated to address the needs of fathers and families, there is also a need to evaluate their effectiveness in helping fathers become better parents and better partners.8 Federal and state policy makers have placed increasing demands on programs to evaluate the effects these programs have on fathers and families and whether they are worth investing public dollars.9

Policymakers to invest public dollars in innovation - seeking entrepreneurs, deliberately authorizing for innovation and enabling more rapid innovation via «micro-charters.»

«It would be best to invest public dollars in public schools.

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As an example, Adamson tells of a Toronto high - net - worth investor who was considering investing about half a million dollars in an information technology company about to go public in June 2014.

This wouldn't just be effective from a public health standpoint — every dollar invested in funding more depression and anxiety treatment options leads to a four dollar return in better work productivity, according to the WHO.

We have invested hundreds of billions of dollars in our public and private institutions to achieve greater prosperity for all Canadians.

Covering a nearly two - year period from 2011 - 2013, this study of the University of Central Florida's Business Incubation Program demonstrates an ROI of $ 6.16 for every public dollar invested.

While wearable fitness trackers and calorie counting apps have caught the imagination of the public, they account for a relatively small portion of the dollars invested in the space.

Harvard Business School did a study: If you invested a dollar 20 years ago in a select portfolio of public companies focused just on growing their businesses, that dollar would've grown to $ 14.46.

This ability to generate returns on each new dollar of capital they invest at rates of up to 10x better than the average company while growing at rates approaching 3x the average public company makes these businesses very valuable.

Breyer was the managing partner at Accel Partners, which invested $ 12.7 million in Facebook in 2005 when the company was priced around $ 100 million; that bet proved to be among the most lucrative in the history of the venture business, returning many billions of dollars to Accel's investors after the company went public in 2012.

«It took nine months between our attorney and the city attorney to put together a public - private agreement that allowed us to invest close to half - a-million dollars to construct and bring online two wells,» Norgrove explains.

He estimates the return for every dollar invested into the organizations by private or public sources generates more than ten dollars for the local economy.

Our one - of - a-kind energy is what has been attracting innovators, freedom riders, and immigrants from every other place on Earth, what has more than 2.6 million people waking up here every day, what has young scholars selecting our schools, and what has the public and private sectors investing billions of dollars here.

Each year, Erie County invests over $ 30 million in tax dollars for public works construction projects across the county.

«In states across America, legislators have been pressured into a toxic game of cross-border business poaching that drives millions of dollars in tax breaks and subsidies to wealthy executives — draining funds we need to invest in infrastructure, schools, parks, and other public goods that is the bedrock of economic health.»

The governor announced a new economic development plan that invests billions of dollars in public - private sector partnerships and rebuilding infrastructure which he -LSB-...]

He was there with me as we fought for and won a fifteen - dollar minimum wage, paid family leave, free tuition through the Excelsior Scholarship, and as we invest in our public transit system's infrastructure.

State lawmakers on Tuesday approved legislation that would invest millions of dollars in public and private money in Wisconsin startups despite criticism that the investment targets only limited industries.

He has focused his efforts on saving taxpayer dollars through Government Reform — boosting Economic Development to create local and lasting Suffolk County jobs — improving Long Island's Water Quality to protect the region's water supply — and enhancing the Quality of Life of Suffolk residents by improving public safety and investing in County parks and roads.

At the same time, Erie County's credit rating has risen significantly under his watch while the county has continued to invest millions of dollars in infrastructure improvements, county parks, libraries, and arts organizations; made advances in public health; and supported innovative programs to reduce poverty, among many other achievements.

WHEREAS millions of dollars that teachers, public employees, unionists and others in the not - for - profit sector contribute to their pensions and retirement funds are now being invested in private equity funds established and managed by Steven Klinsky, providing profits to the founder and leader of the union - busting Victory, Inc.; and

With the billions of dollars invested each year in public schools, both traditional and charter, and the millions of hours that we compel our children to attend these schools, it is critical that we have a basic understanding of the school environment that we are providing.

As online learning gains share and transforms our education system, for some time I have argued that foundations and philanthropists would be wise to spend their dollars in moving public policy, creating proof points, and the like to create smarter demand and not invest on the supply side in the technology products and solutions themselves.

Putting her in charge of the Department of Education really is an insult to all of the many teachers and educators and principals and so many Americans who have come through our public schools, who have had a chance in this economy to make it in their lives in part due to this commitment of America to public schools, which we need to invest in more versus the sort of alternatives that Betsy DeVos has pushed, including charter schools that have sucked billions out of our public education system and that have resulted in hundreds of millions of dollars of fraud.

Instead of sending federal taxpayer money to private schools, Congress should invest these dollars in the public schools that serve all students regardless of gender, disability, economic status, or educational achievement.

Throughout Washington, D.C., and around the country, parents are raising hundreds of thousands — even millions — of dollars to provide additional programs, services, and staff to some of their districts» least needy schools.7 They are investing more money than ever before: A recent study showed that, nationally, PTAs» revenues have almost tripled since the mid-1990s, reaching over $ 425 million in 2010.8 PTAs provide a small but growing slice of the funding for the nation's public education system.

«For every dollar invested in high - quality, comprehensive programs supporting children... there is a $ 7 - $ 10 return to society in decreased need for special education services, higher graduation and employment rates, less crime, less use of the public welfare system, and better health.»

When public charter schools fail to meet their goals — whether for academic, financial or operational reasons — they should be closed, even if we have invested federal dollars in them.

While awaiting conference proceedings to begin, NSBA will continue to work with potential conferees to ensure that Congress passes an education bill that reaffirms local governance, invests in Title I programs, and excludes vouchers, tuition tax credits, or other means of authorizing the use of public dollars for private education.

A few billion dollars in private foundation money, strategically invested every year for a decade, has sufficed to define the national debate on education; sustain a crusade for a set of mostly ill - conceived reforms; and determine public policy at the local, state, and national levels.

Backing up the idea that it makes more sense to invest in programs for infants and toddlers first, Nobel Prize - winning economist James Heckman — who is nevertheless a champion of expanding public preschool programs — routinely points out that the earlier a dollar is invested in a child's life, the higher return it has later.

Some people - including President - elect Donald Trump - believe that to improve U.S. education, the nation should stop spending so many tax dollars on public schools and instead invest in alternatives, including charter schools and taxpayer - funded vouchers for private and religious schools.

Spend our education dollars to support privatization of public schools, or invest in supporting and strengthening the institution of public education?

«For us, it is really about the vision that instead of investing billions of dollars in a wall that divides our community, what we really should be doing is investing heavily in great public schools for our children,» said Blair, whose coalition represents groups like the Advancement Project and the Center for Popular Democracy.

«We at DFER applaud Mayor Muriel Bowser and Deputy Mayor Niles for prioritizing public education in the proposed FY2017 budget, which invests an additional $ 220 million dollars for full modernization of DCPS schools over the next two years, ends the «phases» approach, and increases the Universal Per Pupil Funding Formula to allow for schools to better meet the needs of every child.

Wealthy philanthropists invested millions of dollars into their own playbook for reforms that spread to Newark and other cities, including Chicago: Close failing schools with low enrollment and test scores; create «charter schools» that get public money but are run by private groups; and move to a business model that makes fundamental changes in hiring, firing and evaluating teachers.

As a nation, we are first in the world in spending, investing over $ 600 billion dollars on public education every year.

Instead, Congress should invest these dollars in the public schools, which serve all students regardless of gender, disability, economic status, or educational achievement.

The time is now for policymakers to stop wasting hundreds of millions of dollars, and thousands of school hours, on a useless standardized testing scheme; and to instead invest our scarce public dollars in programs that actually ensure that public schools are have the capacity to support and prepare students to have more fulfilling and successful lives.

Additionally, a revealing new study conducted by Patrick Wolf, Corey De Angeles, et al shows that in eight big American cities, each dollar invested in a child's k - 12 schooling results in $ 6.44 in lifetime earnings in public charter schools compared to just $ 4.67 in lifetime earnings in TPS.

High Quality Pre-K: Taking the Road Less Travelled discusses how public dollars invested in high - quality pre-K can prevent achievement gaps.

«Private funders have been instrumental to charter school growth, but federal, state and local legislative bodies must also respond by investing a larger percentage of public education dollars to support the opening of new, high - quality charter schools to meet the demands of the families they serve.»

The more than $ 80 billion in U.S. tax dollars spent annually on the corrections system would be better invested in public schools.102 In order to redirect funding from prisons to schools, state policymakers must find ways to reduce their prison populations.

It has inspired a proposed school board resolution opposing charters, and a series of protests led by UTLA leadership who are not only concerned about the expansion of charters, but are also skeptical of philanthropists investing millions of dollars in public education.

In 2014 the San Francisco Public Library maintained an operating budget of $ 11.5 million dollars, which 25 % of it was invested into digital products.