Not exact matches
We get 300
applications a year for the ImpactAssets 50 (an annual directory of
top impact
funds released by ImpactAssets, a nonprofit financial services firm that Cordes co-founded).
A survey conducted in the spring of 2016 of small businesses by the Electronic Transactions Association, identified the
top two reasons these businesses chose an online small business loan was the speed to
funding (63 percent) and the easy
application process (57 percent).
For the third year in a row,
funding applications for installing or upgrading toilets
topped all other financial requests.
In an interview with NY1's Erin Billups earlier today, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver called the charter schools legislation passed by his house in the wee hours of the morning a «good bill» that will enable the state to make a strong
application for Round II of «Race to the
Top»
funding by June 1.
Education Reform Now, a pro-charter school organization that is pushing to lift the cap in hopes of improving the state's Round II
application for «Race to the
Top»
funds, has a new radio ad up that darkly hints about getting «rid» of any lawmakers who oppose reform.
Here's yet another TV ad from the pro-charter school group Education Reform Now, which is pushing Albany to raise the charter cap in advance of the next «Race to the
Top»
funding application deadline on June 1.
New York state has until June 1 to submit its
application to try to win up to $ 700 million in federal Race to the
Top funds.
The pressure is on for New York to pass a new charter - school law before submitting a new
application to qualify for up to $ 700 million in federal «Race to the
Top»
funds by the June 1 deadline.
The Governor's framework outlined a reasonable and rigorous evaluation system based on multiple measures of performance and fulfilled the commitment made by New York in its
application for Race to the
Top grant
funding.
On August 25, 2010, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced $ 400 million in federal Race to the
Top education grants to New Jersey would not be
funded due to a clerical error in the state's
application made by an unidentified mid-level state official.
Applications are scored by council members and the relevant bureaucrats, and the
top projects are
funded.
Because of uncertainty about the future, research leaders say, UK institutions that rely on EU
funding are already seeing their staff dropped or demoted from planned collaborative EU grant
applications, and
top talent could already be leaving Britain.
«[S] imilar to the pattern that has been found in grant
applications for public research
funds, whereby women tend to have similar success rates but lower
application rates, female first authors may be less likely to submit their manuscripts to the
top ranked journals.»
Taking 2010 as the starting point, the government pledges to almost double the representation of Ph.D. - holders among the population age 25 to 34 by 2020 and increase research employment from 11.8 % to 16 %; raise to 10 % the share of publicly -
funded Spanish papers ranked among the
top 5 % of the most cited publications globally; increase Spain's share of European Union research
funds, including a 90 % increase in the number of so - called Starting Grants from the European Research Council; boost the number of patent
applications by 50 %; and raise the national percentage of innovative companies from 18.6 % to 25 %.
The same drive toward better content in curriculum led me to include
funding in New York state's successful Race to the
Top application, which led to EngageNY, a set of content - rich curriculum units available for universal, free download.
Not only has President Barack Obama announced a $ 250 million public - private initiative to recruit and train more STEM teachers, but also the U.S. Department of Education's Race to the
Top Fund grants competition is giving bonus points for
applications that stress STEM instruction.
STANFORD — As states catch their breath after rushing to meet the January 19 deadline for submitting
applications for the first round of Race to the
Top grants, education researcher Andy Smarick of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute warns that the administration must take steps to ensure that Race to the
Top funds are spent in ways that promote reform.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which earlier handpicked 15 states to receive up to $ 250,000 each to help prepare
applications for federal Race to the
Top Fund grants, will now offer aid to the other 35 states, too — if they meet eight education reform criteria.
This paper is intended to offer strategies that can be incorporated into state
applications for the second round of Race to the
Top, state and district Teacher Incentive
Fund applications, and
applications to the Investing in Innovation
Fund.
Even before a single dime was disbursed from the «Race to the
Top»
fund, we saw state legislatures take actions to support things like charter school expansion: Massachusetts, Illinois, Indiana, Tennessee, and Rhode Island were not exactly lining up to help charter schools until Duncan made clear that it would impact these states»
applications for federal
funding.
How it relates to Common Core: In their
applications for Race to the
Top funds, states also got points for adopting «internationally benchmarked academic standards and assessments» — in other words, the Common Core.
On a 9 — 0 vote, the Kansas Board of Education decided not to apply for RTTT
funding, saying, «The federal criteria required more centralized control of public school education...» 4 Texas Governor Rick Perry explained to Secretary Duncan, «In order to submit an
application that is preferred... for Race to the
Top, Texas would have to commit... to the adoption of national curriculum standards and tests.»
As New York finalizes its
application for the federal Race to the
Top program, a proposal to end the cap on the number of charter schools has been promoted as key to our success in getting these new federal
funds.
Milton, Massachusetts is going to miss out on a share of $ 200 million in Race to the
Top funding because the union refused to sign on to the
application.
The bill, intended to strengthen the state's
application for $ 250 million in Race to the
Top funding, establishes «Innovation Schools,» in - district charter schools that aim to add autonomy and flexibility to school systems.
States that have secured Race to the
Top funding have, as part of their
application, agreed to tie a portion of their teacher evaluation process to test scores.
The Obama administration has tacitly endorsed the Common Core standards by including a requirement for «college - and - career - ready standards» in state
applications for Race To The
Top funding and No Child Left Behind waivers.
New York State first passed a law tying teacher evaluations to test scores in 2010, as part of its
application for federal Race to the
Top funds.
OTOH the lobbying done by the unions to block the «Race to the
Top»
funding and failure to come up with a credible
application for $ 300 million in Federal
funds leaves me with no choice but to say «no» to any proposed tax increases for those poor, picked on teachers.
He joined the department in 2009, helping to write its successful
application for $ 700 million in federal Race to the
Top funds.
They'll apply for help in implementing the common core standards when Gates and Race to the
Top funds will pay for their
applications.
Our 2010 «Race to the
Top Campaign,» through which we engaged elected officials around Connecticut's
application for competitive federal
funds and shared our research - backed policy goals for improving the state's chances of winning.
Race to the
Top application for initial
funding.
The Spokane school board voted 3 - 2 Wednesday to support the state's
application for federal Race to the
Top funds.
The CTA is using its strong position to urge local chapters not to sign on in support of California's
application to the federal government for Race to the
Top funds.
By Jack Farrell Forty - three states have already adopted the new Common Core Standards as part of their
application for «Race to the
Top»
funds.
A survey conducted in the spring of 2016 of small businesses by the Electronic Transactions Association, identified the
top two reasons these businesses chose an online small business loan was the speed to
funding (63 percent) and the easy
application process (57 percent).
Making an exceptional case
funding application in itself is complex requiring a very detailed analysis of the case history and need for future
funding, on
top of the standard assessment of the means and merits of a client's case.
van Hoff said he hopes one
application will soon surge ahead so the company can build a coherent strategy and take a favorable financing round on
top of the angel
funding it already has from investors including Ron Conway and Roger Sippl.
SuperCom's secure mobile money and mobile payments solution, SuperPay, subject to local regulation, allows users to load
funds into their SuperWallet mobile
application through a credit card and bank account or by providing cash at any supporting
top - up location or agent.
Financial institutions applying for FSP
funding should ensure that their candidates have applied directly to and secured admission into
top postgraduate programmes, before submitting their
applications.
Our goal is that these communities «establish community - specific capacity building, infrastructure development and comprehensive integrated early childhood care, health and education services in ways that can be used as models by other communities across the state» (State of New Mexico Race to the
Top Early Learning Challenge
Application For Phase 2
Funding, 2012).