Sentences with phrase «public education initiatives at»

According to the opinion data collected by the Scott S. Cowen Institute for Public Education Initiatives at Tulane University, 91 percent of those polled feel that schools should offer career and technical training, curricula that don't necessarily prepare students for college.

Makiyah has consulted to the Scott S. Cowen Institute for Public Education Initiatives at Tulane University, is an Executive Scholar with the Center for Nonprofit Management at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management, and is a BoardSource Certified Governance Trainer.

Dave now serves as Senior Policy Analyst with the Cowen Institute for Public Education Initiatives at Tulane University, and is currently developing a broad engagement strategy that outlines communication and staffing needs to better connect with school board members at the local and state level.

A 2005 report put forward by the Cowen Institute for Public Education Initiatives at Tulane University became a framework for the evolution of New Orleans schools in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Researchers at the Scott S. Cowen Institute for Public Education Initiatives at Tulane University also found that conditions at campuses in the state - run Recovery School District...

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Perusing the index of Origins, the weekly publication of representative documents and speeches compiled by Catholic News Service, our imaginary historian will note, for example, the following initiatives undertaken at the national, diocesan and parish levels in 1994 - 95: providing alternatives to abortion; staffing adoption agencies; conducting adult education courses; addressing African American Catholics» pastoral needs; funding programs to prevent alcohol abuse; implementing a new policy on altar servers and guidelines for the Anointing of the Sick; lobbying for arms control; eliminating asbestos in public housing; supporting the activities of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (227 strong); challenging atheism in American society; establishing base communities (also known as small faith communities); providing aid to war victims in Bosnia; conducting Catholic research in bioethics; publicizing the new Catechism of the Catholic Church; battling child abuse; strengthening the relationship between church and labor unions; and deepening the structures and expressions of collegiality in the local and diocesan church.

Originally founded so that scientists and nature aficionados alike could study and share the specimens they collected, we continue to build on our legacy of natural history education at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum through immersive exhibits, critical conservation and research initiatives, public engagement and education programming.

«From his days working in the Parks Interpretation / Education Unit at Niagara Falls to his days in public office, John has always been a steadfast advocate for state parks and the outdoors, and we are excited to see him return as project coordinator that will see him lead and assist on a number of park and governmental affairs initiatives.»

More than 800 UFT members boarded buses headed for Albany at dawn on March 27 to lobby state lawmakers for more public school funding, charter school accountability, an extended and enhanced millionaire's tax, support for Community Learning Schools and other important education initiatives.

Maria Fitzpatrick, and Michael Lovenheim, both assistant professors of Policy Analysis and Management at Cornell University, researched the impact of early retirement initiatives in public education.

These paths for further research would benefit public policies aimed at increasing the awareness of food waste, and would contribute to more effective nutritional education initiatives since messages could be framed based on insights tested in scientific studies.

The poll results that Education Next released Tuesday carry mildly glum news for just about every education reformer in the land, as public support has diminished at least a bit for most initiatives on their agendas: merit pay, charter schools, vouchers, and tax credits, Common Core, and even ending teacheEducation Next released Tuesday carry mildly glum news for just about every education reformer in the land, as public support has diminished at least a bit for most initiatives on their agendas: merit pay, charter schools, vouchers, and tax credits, Common Core, and even ending teacheeducation reformer in the land, as public support has diminished at least a bit for most initiatives on their agendas: merit pay, charter schools, vouchers, and tax credits, Common Core, and even ending teacher tenure.

Conceived initially at the Harvard Business School by Professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter and her colleagues, the initiative is a now a collaboration between five of the university's graduate schools — education, business, law, public policy, and public health.

We (meaning all of us — educators, parents, businesspeople, politicians and others) often default to an economic argument in discussions of public education, no matter the particular initiative at hand.

Only 67,729 were being served by private schools at parental initiative, a mere 1.1 percent of disabled students, and a trivial 0.14 percent of the 49.6 million students in public education.

Building off of Boston Public School's (BPS) successful PreK initiative, this project aims to operationalize the recommended PreK - 3rd grade reform strategies and pioneer their implementation at scale, all the while examining this particular case of education reform and its incremental progress towards better meeting young children's needs.

Larry is a Senior Research Fellow at the Center on Reinventing Public Education leading its school finance initiatives, including projects analyzing the cost of blended learning schools and an initiative to understand how we can finance schools in support of innovation.

The program will build on Harvard's existing leadership programs, including the Public Education Leadership Program (PELP)(a joint initiative of Harvard Business School and the Harvard Graduate School of Education), and the Superintendent Leadership Program at the Kennedy School, in which the Graduate School of Education also participates.

Along with a background presentation from Rob Ramsdell of Tripod Education Partners, presenters included Jana Burk, Executive Director of Teacher / Leadership Effectiveness Initiatives for Tulsa Public Schools; Dr. Kirk Kelly, Director of Accountability and Testing for Hamilton County Department of Education in Tennessee; Michael Dunlea, a teacher at Ocean Acres Elementary School in New Jersey; and Jennifer Carinci, Director of Research, Innovation, and Data Strategy for the Council for the Accreditation of Education Preparation (CAEP).

DoDEA's decision to rename the initiative is a logical one, said Paul Peterson, a professor of government and education policy at Harvard University who has been tracking the public response to the new standards.

What started as an exciting interest in public charter school performance eventually evolved into work at a research - based advocacy organization that collects data and publishes reports about educational choice and reform initiatives in K — 12 education.

Previously, she coordinated Walter H. Annenberg's $ 500 million «Challenge» to reform America's schools — at the time the largest private initiative to reform public education in U.S. history — from its inception in January 1994 until June 2000.

In the summer of 2013, Leonard served as designer - in - residence for the ESI School Design Fellowship, a New York City Department of Education initiative to rethink high schools for at - risk black and Latino males, which launched three new public high schools in the Fall of 2014.

Prior to joining NewSchools Venture Fund, Esther was a founding team member, Program Manager and Acting Vice President at the Laura & John Arnold Foundation, where she led the Foundation's education team and directed over $ 130 million in grants to sustainable, scalable, and transformative initiatives in K - 12 Public Eeducation team and directed over $ 130 million in grants to sustainable, scalable, and transformative initiatives in K - 12 Public EducationEducation.

Students take more ownership of Character Education at this age level, and participate in student - run clubs, initiatives, and public service announcements.

Through the application of the professional development school (PDS) model in particular, the initiative fostered partnerships among the Wichita Public Schools (including 26 urban schools), The Opportunity Project (an early learning center), Head Start programs, local community colleges, and the College of Education at WSU.

Working in partnership with public school districts, Alvarez - Ortiz successfully pioneered innovative education reform initiatives targeted at improving opportunities and outcomes for students, schools, and districts deemed at risk of failure.

The most successful Prosperity for Connecticut PAC fundraiser was the one targeted for supporters of the corporate education reform industry and held at the home of Jonathan Sackler the day Malloy's education reform initiative became a Public Act.

These same spheres of influence have also had a significant role in legislative initiatives directed at the «reform» of public education, resulting in a number of innovative structural changes, the charter and contract school movements being prominent examples.

Malloy claims that his «initiative» is providing Connecticut's 30 most struggling school districts with another $ 132 million in state aid, but the truth is that this year's increase is only about $ 45 million and that in order to get those funds, school districts were required to accept a series of new mandates and programs aimed at further implementing Malloy's corporate education reform agenda and diverting scarce public dollars to private companies.

In another Preeminence initiative, the university turns to the College of Education to help lead the campus - wide development of UF Online, one of the nation's first fully - online bachelor's degree programs at an accredited public university.

BCPS's library programs at the school level have designed and delivered innovative initiatives that provide experiential learning, twenty - first - century skill development, and literacy projects through the grants awarded each year by the Education Foundation of Baltimore County Public Schools partners.

The Texas Education Agency — in conjunction with the TLI Leadership Team, which includes 20 regional education service centers, the Institute for Public School Initiatives at The University of Texas at Austin, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, and the Vaughn Gross Center for Reading and Language Arts at The University of Texas at Austin — collaborate with Literacy Lines to meet the goals of the TEducation Agency — in conjunction with the TLI Leadership Team, which includes 20 regional education service centers, the Institute for Public School Initiatives at The University of Texas at Austin, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, and the Vaughn Gross Center for Reading and Language Arts at The University of Texas at Austin — collaborate with Literacy Lines to meet the goals of the Teducation service centers, the Institute for Public School Initiatives at The University of Texas at Austin, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, and the Vaughn Gross Center for Reading and Language Arts at The University of Texas at Austin — collaborate with Literacy Lines to meet the goals of the TLI grant.

Over the past three years, these so - called reformers have spent a record breaking $ 6 million plus lobbying on behalf of Governor Malloy's education reform initiatives, many of which have been aimed at promoting the privatization of public education in the state.

Dedicated to promoting the privatization of public education, more taxpayer funds for privately owned, but publicly funded charter schools, the Common Core, the Common Core testing scheme and a host of anti-teacher initiatives, Students for Education Reform, Inc. (SFER) was created in late 2009, according to their narrative, by a couple of undergraduate students at Princeton Uneducation, more taxpayer funds for privately owned, but publicly funded charter schools, the Common Core, the Common Core testing scheme and a host of anti-teacher initiatives, Students for Education Reform, Inc. (SFER) was created in late 2009, according to their narrative, by a couple of undergraduate students at Princeton UnEducation Reform, Inc. (SFER) was created in late 2009, according to their narrative, by a couple of undergraduate students at Princeton University.

«What happens in public education is a lot of initiatives come through, a lot of information gets thrown at schools.

The Trump - DeVos budget would slash the federal investment in public education programs by a whopping 13.6 percent for the upcoming fiscal year, eliminates at least 22 programs, and cuts $ 10.6 billion from federal education initiatives overall.

This growing interest is reflected in the overwhelming public support — 73.5 percent — at the ballot box last November for the passage of Proposition 58, the California state ballot initiative that creates more opportunities for bilingual education.

Those on the right say that the initiative is nothing more than a federal move towards a national curriculum that oversteps the proper role of the federal government in public education, which has traditionally been directed at the state and local levels.

AFC Testifies on the 2017 - 18 State Education Budget Proposal, February 14, 2017 AFC testified at the New York State Joint Legislative Public Hearing on the 2017 - 18 Elementary and Secondary Education Budget proposal, urging legislators to invest in education initiatives such as improved access to Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs for students with disabilities and English Language Learners, the development of performance - based assessments, positive approaches to discipline, and prekindEducation Budget Proposal, February 14, 2017 AFC testified at the New York State Joint Legislative Public Hearing on the 2017 - 18 Elementary and Secondary Education Budget proposal, urging legislators to invest in education initiatives such as improved access to Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs for students with disabilities and English Language Learners, the development of performance - based assessments, positive approaches to discipline, and prekindEducation Budget proposal, urging legislators to invest in education initiatives such as improved access to Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs for students with disabilities and English Language Learners, the development of performance - based assessments, positive approaches to discipline, and prekindeducation initiatives such as improved access to Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs for students with disabilities and English Language Learners, the development of performance - based assessments, positive approaches to discipline, and prekindEducation (CTE) programs for students with disabilities and English Language Learners, the development of performance - based assessments, positive approaches to discipline, and prekindergarten.

The charlatans can smell the easy money; they readily understand that it is just a matter of playing out a role — you only have to say that you believe in «choice for all children» and that «bad teachers» are the problem, and that charter schools are pathways to success, and, in good time, the public money will come rolling in, as Stefan Pryor and his gang of reformers at the State Department of Education are only too happy to fund private initiatives, just so long as the required rhetoric.

In the shadow of Apple's headquarters, an initiative requiring public middle schoolers to use iPads in class and at home has added to a battle over education in the digital age.

One of the first obstacles to this kind of initiative — at least at the public school level — is adequate technology education for teachers in order to prepare them for their roles as digital facilitators.

Bonnie Clearwater is director and chief curator at the NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale, where she leads the development of exhibition programs and the expansion of education initiatives and public programming.

«Paul Ramírez Jonas: Half - Truths» is the second iteration of the Department of Education and Public Engagement's annual R&D Summers, a research and development initiative that foregrounds the New Museum's year - round commitment to community partnerships and public dialogue at the intersection of art and social juPublic Engagement's annual R&D Summers, a research and development initiative that foregrounds the New Museum's year - round commitment to community partnerships and public dialogue at the intersection of art and social jupublic dialogue at the intersection of art and social justice.

At the core of the Queens Museum's diverse initiatives are artist and community - led projects, some of the most radical and engaged museum education and public programs in the country, and groundbreaking exhibitions.

Formerly, Joo was Keith Haring Director and Curator of Education and Public Programs at the New Museum in New York (2007 - 12), where she spearheaded the Museum as Hub initiative.

At the William Penn Foundation, a leading philanthropy with an endowment greater than $ 2 billion, she was responsible for numerous initiatives addressing social and environmental challenges in America's fifth largest city and for designing programs in education, public space, the arts and the environment.

In the meantime, we can improve our public education initiatives including advising the public on how to find the majority of lawyers who do great work for their clients at reasonable fees, how to recognize and avoid the minority of lawyers who either do lousy work or who overcharge, and how do deal with lawyers who have overcharged.

Sustaining services may involve strong partnerships at the state, county or local levels including collaborative efforts among early care and education, child welfare, public health, and other human services agencies; including private foundations or local initiatives.