Sentences with phrase «opportunity program called»

I met some of their children when I was in graduate school at SUNY Binghamton while I was teaching in an Educational Opportunity Program called «Transitional Year.»

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It's running a program for employers, of which about 60 have signed on so far, called 100 % Talent, to help them uncover gaps in pay and in opportunity, and to make changes where necessary.

Former Harvard president Larry Summers called the program «the single most misdirected philanthropy in this decade,» according to TechCrunch, while Slate Group chairman Jacob Weisberg wrote in Newsweek, «Thiel fellows will have the opportunity to emulate their sponsor by halting their intellectual development around the onset of adulthood, maintaining a narrow - minded focus on getting rich as young as possible and thereby avoid the siren lure of helping others or pursuing knowledge for its own sake.»

WBENC is introducing our first Reverse Mentor program, giving what we like to call «ThisGen» the opportunity to be mentored by a WBE or Supplier Diversity Professional under the age of 40.

Both Woodbridge and its sales agents marketed the investment program by calling the opportunity a «First Position Commercial Mortgage,» the complaint says.

I did this professionally for so many at IBM through the employee advocacy program I created called the IBM Select Social Eminence program, affording me the amazing opportunity to work with social business leaders across the globe.

The one, most deserving startup will be called to Mumbai for the finals where they stand a chance to obtain funding, tech validations, scaling up opportunities and Z Nation Lab partnership programs as well.

«During our Centennial last year, we launched a program called «Find Your Park,» and we hope people are inspired to visit our parks and take advantage of the many other opportunities they offer,» he concludes.

AX Ventures investment opportunities will be identified through a corporate accelerator program called Xcelerate, which will be run by Mr Sullivan's team and start - up accelerator BlueChilli and which will seek applications from entrepreneurs and early - stage companies to build a pipeline of investable businesses.

SENATOR KLEIN PROVIDES LOCAL SENIORS WITH MOBILE HEALTH SERVICES AND SCRIE SPECIALISTS Bronx, NY — Senator Jeff Klein provided various free health services, as well as the opportunity to sign up for a rent freeze program called the Senior Citizen -LSB-...]

A Massapequa - based business repeatedly allowed employees to use epithets against minority co-workers — even condoning employees programming their phones with a racial slur announcing a colleague's call — the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said in a suit against the company.

She called LEAD — Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion, a program that allows police officers to refer people suspected of certain low - level crimes to social workers in lieu of arrest and prosecution — «wonderful,» and said she'd prioritize implementing it in Rensselaer County if she had the opportunity.

Simmons stopped working with Physicians for Human Rights in 1999, and when she heard that AAAS was looking for volunteers to participate in the original On - call Scientists program, she saw it as another opportunity to get involved.

His position at Drew, however, is with a program called RISE (Research Institute for Scientists Emeriti), which «offers undergraduates a unique opportunity to engage in research under the supervision of retired industrial scientists,» according to its website.

The Royal Society runs an exchange program between U.K. Parliament members and researchers called the MP - Scientist Pairing Scheme that features shadowing opportunities and reciprocal visits to the constituency office and laboratory.

The regular 4 - year engineering program at U of T also offers an optional work - study opportunity called Professional Experience Year program (PEY).

The March «presents... a very real, high - profile opportunity to call on our elected leaders to remember the role science plays in our society and to support scientific innovation and discovery, and the people and programs that make it possible,» wrote AGU CEO Chris McEntee.

Our recommendation: At NSF, include the new and risky directions in your proposal and when unexpected opportunities arise, call your program officer.

The program, which is called SOAR (Summer Opportunity for Adult Readiness) is sponsored by the nonprofit Autism After 21 with funding from Kessler Foundation.

Today, the European Commission released its first calls for proposals along with details of the funding opportunities available in the 2014 to 2015 period, the program's first 2 years.

NASA on Jan. 6 issued a call for proposals for the GTO, along with a second telescope booking opportunity known as the Director's Discretionary Early Release Science program.

'» This festival session will include a panel featuring Johnson as well as Carrington Jackson, the Yoga in Action coordinator for Off the Mat Into the World, a nonprofit that bridges yoga and activism through trainings and opportunities for activism; Kerri Kelly, founder of CTZNWELL, a movement to mobilize the wellness community into a powerful force for change; and Chelsea Jackson Roberts, who founded a community program for teen girls called Yoga, Literature, and Art Camp at Spelman College in Atlanta.

I'll be teaching with a summer program called CU Upward Bound in Boulder this summer working with Native youth, and then I am planning on applying to Ph.D. programs this fall — but I'm also always willing to keep an open heart and mind to whatever opportunities present themselves.

Tucked away in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is a little - noticed program called the Investing in Opportunity Act, which...

The bill, called the Opportunity Scholarship Act, is essentially a voucher program that would give as many as 20,000 poor students who go to failing schools about $ 6,000 to $ 9,000 each to attend a private or parochial school.

Conor Williams, a senior researcher at New America, a D.C. think tank, called the increasing Hispanic enrollment «a wonderful opportunity» to expand dual - language immersion programs that use students» home languages to help teach their peers.

TFA gives what the program considers potentially excellent teachers - those with both solid knowledge of content and strong leadership skills - a low - cost opportunity to earn a teaching credential while discovering whether they have found a calling.

Its partners receive access to a suite of resources for participating students, including: the Educators Rising standards, which provide a framework for the program; online resources with sample lesson plans for students; scholarship opportunities for students who wish to pursue teaching; specialized certifications, called microcredentials; and opportunities for students to grow their networks at Educators Rising conferences and other events.6

The recommendations called for revamped teacher preparation programs, higher standards for teacher licensure and certification, greater time for professional development, and targeted professional learning opportunities to address teacher needs.

We will also analyze how well the programs stack up to the five Reach Extension Principles, which call for reaching more students with excellent teaching, higher pay, sustainable funding, job - embedded development opportunity, and enhanced authority and clear accountability for great teachers.

It's one of many teaching benefits that has been cut by state lawmakers; additional pay for advanced degrees, professional development opportunities, and a state - funded teacher training program called NC Teaching Fellows have all been squashed in recent times.

Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen calls for better educational opportunities for low - income communities and programs to develop entrepreneurship.

Formally known as the Opportunity Scholarship Program, school vouchers hit a bump in the road this past spring when Superior Court Judge Robert H. Hobgood temporarily halted the program pending a final ruling, calling into question the constitutionality of funneling public dollars into the coffers of private institProgram, school vouchers hit a bump in the road this past spring when Superior Court Judge Robert H. Hobgood temporarily halted the program pending a final ruling, calling into question the constitutionality of funneling public dollars into the coffers of private institprogram pending a final ruling, calling into question the constitutionality of funneling public dollars into the coffers of private institutions.

Later, I had the opportunity to apply these ideas in Arkansas when I helped launch a home visiting program called HIPPY, which teaches parents to be their kids» first teachers.

Last year, the Wisconsin State Legislature created something called the «Opportunity Schools and Partnership Program (OSPP) that allowed the county executive in Milwaukee (and nowhere else in the state) to take over and privatize struggling schools inside the district.

«The winding down of the current program and the governor's call for change presents an opportunity to rethink the administrative and programmatic structure of the state's facilities program, and to better align the program design with the state's policy objectives,» said committee chair Sen. Carol Liu, D - La Canada Flintridge, the bond bill's author.

The so - called D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program is the only federal voucher program in the country and has long been championed by Republican leaders such as former House Speaker John BProgram is the only federal voucher program in the country and has long been championed by Republican leaders such as former House Speaker John Bprogram in the country and has long been championed by Republican leaders such as former House Speaker John Boehner.

The Schools of Opportunity Project's aim is to help narrow so - called «achievement gaps» (i.e. the differences in student performance driven by differences in classroom opportunities) by acknowledging schools that, like Ossining, offer innovative programs that embrace new teaching methods and strive to provide every student with the tools to excel.

Many of these career opportunities, whether managerial in nature and / or in the fields of engineering, social science and health care, will call for specialized training not only found at a four - year degree program.

That's not to say the programs themselves shouldn't be called «opportunity scholarships» for branding reasons.

The program — dubbed «By All Means: Redesigning Education to Restore Opportunity» — also calls on the cities» mayors...

Access to private schools is made possible via opportunity scholarships (most commonly called school vouchers), special needs scholarship programs, and scholarship tax credit programs.

We have heard the call from communities to better align our high school and elementary curricula; to strengthen our traditional neighborhood schools through programs such as International Baccalaureate (IB) programmes and STEM; and create opportunities for more students to attend Selective Enrollment schools, Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs, and service leadership schools These investments respond to those calls and build on several years of progress in which CPS has provided over $ 33 million for CTE, IB, and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math programs.

It's called the Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit Program (OSTCP)-- a ridiculous bit of legislation that allows children in struggling public schools to use public tax dollars to pay for tuition at a private or parochial school.

In 2010, Kyle wrote a proposal for an Ontario Ministry of Education classroom grant opportunity called the Teacher Learning and Leadership Program (TLLP).

Partnering with another school district and a local university, we created an innovative professional development opportunity in which teachers worked directly with students in a unique three - week summer program called the Mathematicians in Residence (MIR) Academy.

School choice advocates believe that children should have the opportunity to go to better schools — right away — including private schools via opportunity scholarships (most commonly called school vouchers), special needs scholarship programs, scholarship tax credit programs and education savings accounts.

In New York State, for example, the growth of six - year technology education and training programs, called P - TECHs (Pathways in Technology Early College High School), offer high school students the opportunity to earn an associate degree and learn valuable skills for future jobs in technology, manufacturing and health care.

Jeffries has also been involved in lobbying efforts for the Opportunity Scholarship program, having donated $ 1,000 in 2012 to a political action committee called Partners for Educational Freedom.

Noting the unprecedented amount of programs and opportunities states now have under ESSA to support principals and other school leaders, NAESP and partner organizations are calling for very specific ways in which USED can help states — without adding any regulatory burden.