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Rotman launched an initiative for women in business in 2008; four years later, it joined the Forte Foundation, a non-profit that promotes women's careers through education and access to opportunities.

Microsoft, which launched the YouthSpark initiative at last year's CGI to create jobs, education and entrepreneurship opportunities for 300 million young people by 2015, returned with a private dinner for young participants and nonprofit partners to discuss the progress so far.

However, with technology - based education initiatives likely to see a reduction in federal and state funding in the coming years, the public sector will likely not have the resources to step in and help bridge the gap between a lack of skilled workers and unfilled jobs.

The British government launched an initiative last year to boost skills and education and grow the country's AI industry.

The Slaight Family Foundation has committed to providing that money over the next five years to 15 non-profit organizations that are engaged with the First Nations, Inuit and Métis on a wide range of initiatives, from health and education to cultural activities and preventing violence against Indigenous women.

Other education related initiatives include resolving the issue of the Alberta teachers» pension plan shortfall and preventing a teachers» strike for five years; creating 1000 new spaces for post-secondary education students in energy, the environment, and economic studies; and creating 6000 new apprenticeship seats.

In his seven years as president, President Houshmand has implemented many programs and initiatives to decrease the cost of higher education, including creating a $ 25,000, four - year bachelor's degree program, awarding more than $ 27 million annually in scholarship funds and waivers, and committing to capping tuition and fee increases at or lower than the rate of inflation for his tenure.

This year's report illustrates the company's initiatives to improve the livelihoods of cocoa farmers through sustainable cocoa farming practices and to address the basic health and education needs of cocoa communities.

This includes Corporate Social Investment, whereby the group promotes the development of learners through three academies which offer holistic, full - year programmes centred around sport, art and education; Entrepreneur Development which focuses on skills - based entrepreneurial development through its Tsogo Sun Book a Guesthouse and Supplier Development programmes; and Environmental Education, committed to initiatives that reduce the impact the business has on the enveducation; Entrepreneur Development which focuses on skills - based entrepreneurial development through its Tsogo Sun Book a Guesthouse and Supplier Development programmes; and Environmental Education, committed to initiatives that reduce the impact the business has on the envEducation, committed to initiatives that reduce the impact the business has on the environment.

The initiative will be supported for the next three years by the Foundation for Global Sports Development (GSD), which has provided the ITF with a grant of $ 375,000 to fund workshops, education courses and professional development for women in sport.»

Our numbers have expanded to 45 known schools and initiatives, and we've started to see the Public Waldorf Education impulse move from its spiritual home in the West towards its historical roots in the East... with a few stops in between: schools based on the principles of Public Waldorf Educationwere granted charters in Colorado, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Idaho and Florida this year and are set to open in the fall.

Helen is the founder and coordinator of Speech and Drama in Waldorf Schools in North America (now in its 21th year), an initiative dedicated to developing the speech arts integral to Waldorf education.

Michael Gove, the Education Secretary, has used Mr Canada's achievements in Harlem, one of New York's bleakest neighbourhoods, as a blueprint for the «free» schools initiative being launched in England next year.

Facilities who utilize HHSC training as their main form of education for staff are encouraged to retake breastfeeding courses every five years in order to stay current with evidence - based practices, research, and initiatives.

The Department for Education and the Greater London Authority (GLA) are together providing # 1.2 million in funding for the first two years of the initiative.

This year marked the 10th anniversary of BLU, raising more than $ 450,000 to support Shedd's rescue and rehabilitation, conservation, and education initiatives.

In New York City, the Department of Education's non-profit fundraising arm is rebidding this year, raising $ 26 million for initiatives.

Although Syracuse graduation rates have increased in recent years due to successful career and technical education initiatives, there's still room for improvement.

Compared to when he announced the Buffalo Billion, Cuomo spoke less about region specific initiatives this year --- but Upstate Mayors Byron Brown and Lovely Warren say the governor's focus on things like education funding, infrastructure and economic development remain important to their cities.

Despite promises by the Mahama administration to champion what he called a progressively free Senior High School initiative, no student received a scholarship for the 2016/2017 academic year, according to the Minister for Education, Matthew Opoku Prempeh.

James, I'll think you'll find that it used to be Lib Dem policy to use the funds from scrapping the CTF to increase spending on early years education, but that this is no longer the case (the funds aren't targeted specifically for early years initiatives any more - or so I am told by Lib Dems).

During a very public disgreement between the two men last year over funding for de Blasio's signature campaign initiative of pre-kindergarten education expansion, Cuomo said, pointedly, that de Blasio risked creating «more inequity and inequality.»

It was the governor's longest State of the State address so far — by about a minute — and, according to Tom Precious, of The Buffalo News, «offered a toned - down plate of major spending ideas,» and «made no bold pronouncements for historic spending initiatives, as Cuomo did last year with promises for record education funding from Albany.»

The mayor — flanked by First Lady Chirlane McCray and their son, Dante — touted the accomplishments of his first term and spoke of other initiatives coming, including every police officer having body cameras and «3K for All,» a program that provides free, full - day early childhood education for all 3 - year - old children.

She also touted his «3K for All» initiative that aims to provide free, full - day early childhood education for all 3 - year - old children.

In a series of promises reminiscent of Labour's stream of initiatives last week, the Tories are promising 50,000 annual work pairing placements, 100,000 additional apprenticeships and training places per year, 50,000 additional training places at further education colleges and an expansion of the government's Young Apprenticeship (YA) scheme.

After an earlier veto threat, President Donald Trump signed a spending bill on March 23 that provides $ 70 billion for federal education initiatives — a 6 percent increase over the previous year.

Mr. de Blasio's biggest education initiative, and his biggest success, has been the rollout of free, universal prekindergarten for 4 - year - olds.

The prosecution has demonstrated that Kelly in 2012 had at Howe's request secured a $ 90,000 - per - year «low show» job for Lisa Percoco, with a CPV education initiative.

Began this academic year, the FSHS initiative aims to provide Senior High School education to every qualified Ghanaian child who completes the Basic level of education at no cost to parents in order to remove the barrier of finance which has undoubtedly deprived Ghana of many potential leaders.

Some years ago, when AAAS launched an effort to reform science education, it said that true reform will take about as long as Halley's Comet's orbital period [of about 76 years]-- that's why they labeled their initiative Project 2061.

Universities, colleges, and their students in Canada were not anticipating much in the way of increased funding for postsecondary education initiatives because much of the talk leading up to this year's federal budget focused on health care..

For instance, in August 2014 the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)-- the leading official body in coordinating and funding science and technology initiatives in Japan — requested US$ 11.1 billion for science and technology spending in its proposed budget for the next fiscal year.

This growth in training opportunities is largely a result of NSF's Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) program, which awards $ 3 million grants to about 20 interdisciplinary training initiatives each year.

A scaled - down education and training initiative, RE-ENERGYSE, would get $ 74 million, after Congress rejected a much larger program proposed last year.

Ten Years of Improvement Innovation in Cystic Fibrosis Care includes reports on a range of improvement initiatives, ranging from the impact of patient education on improving adherence to critical daily treatments, and strategies for boosting nutritional status.

The Information and Education Committee (I&E) works on a variety of educational and training initiatives each year.

Brenner FIT, a pediatric obesity program of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center» sBrenner Children's Hospital, was awarded a two - year grant by the department store chain Kohl's, through its Kohl's Cares program, to continue its ongoing support of children's health and education initiatives in the local community.

Because of individuals like you, we now touch the lives of tens - of - thousands of women with PCOS and their supporters each year through television and radio programming, a magazine publication, online and offline support groups, health screenings, research, grants, education, awareness and advocacy initiatives.

Last year, the event raised # 700,000 (about $ 940,000), which supported the BFC's Education Foundation for scholarships as well as other initiatives.

Over the past two years, state legislators across the country have launched an unprecedented series of initiatives aimed at lowering labor standards Education and parenting articles offer expert tips and information on raising kids.

For two years running, the Dulux Smarter Spaces initiative has been championing a movement to improve education environments, supporting schools to achieve better learning outcomes through the power of effective use of colour and design.

Back in 2009, then - Secretary of Education Arne Duncan had hoped this key initiative would yield «transformation, not tinkering,» aiming to «turn around 1,000 schools every year for five years.»

After almost a year of work undertaken by the Readiness Project — a statewide initiative (chaired by HGSE Professor Thomas Payzant) involving more than 200 educators, business leaders, and community leaders to develop a strategic blueprint for the next phase of education reform that was — the plan incorporates vast changes from K - 12 to higher education.

I became aware of this fact some years ago, when I started writing about education issues and found that every reform initiative I read about — standards, testing, whatever — referred me back to a seminal text entitled «A Nation at Risk.»

By the time they can measure «student A» from the fourth grade through post secondary and beyond, education changes so much through initiatives and new policies that right there the data is irrelevant from one year to the next, and of course from one student to the next!

Last year Comic Relief awarded African Initiatives # 1million to bring quality education to six districts in northern Tanzania — Ngorongoro, Monduli, Longido, Karatu, Mbulu and Kilolo.

In focusing on individual school models and putting forth an open call for ideas — rather than insisting on a prescribed list of policy - related preferences — the initiative appeared to depart significantly from the kind of education grant making that has been practiced for the past 15 years by philanthropists such as the Gates, Walton, and Broad families.

CITEd II is a continuation of CAST's previous successful five - year initiative with AIR and the Education Development Center (EDC).

• Around 1,000 more teachers • $ 6.1 million over three years to support an updated anti-bullying strategy and resources for teachers, students and parents • Funding of $ 88 million in 2017 - 18 as part of the $ 224 million for teacher professional development through the Quality Teaching, Successful Students initiative • Funding of $ 50 million in 2017 - 18 on student counselling and wellbeing services as part of the $ 167 million Supported Students, Successful Students program • $ 149 million on education standards for provision of services related to school curriculum assessment, teaching and regulatory standards in NSW schools