Sentences with phrase «as independent nonprofits»

Ideally, existing school districts would be spun off as independent nonprofits and freed to compete with other districts, as well as with the new SSOs in the nonprofit and for - profit sectors, for schools and dollars.

This program — piloted in 2012 and now operating as an independent nonprofit — doesn't corral startups into a communal workspace.

As an independent nonprofit organization, the bureau is not subject to FOIL requests.

Originally established as an institute at Penn, Monell now operates as an independent nonprofit organization, but retains many ties with the University.

The community group launched a pilot home - visit program with six elementary and two middle schools and, in 2002, spun off the Parent / Teacher Home Visit Project as an independent nonprofit.

As an independent nonprofit, the Wausau School Foundation became a vehicle for contributions for district programs that otherwise would not have been possible, Kristine Vanden Heuvel, the foundation's volunteer acting director, told Education World.

As an independent nonprofit, we engage, inform, and mobilize the business community and community - at - large to provide every student in Wake County Public Schools with excellent educational opportunities, highly effective teachers, and strong leaders.

The Foundation incubated and then launched REAL School Gardens as an independent nonprofit organization in 2007 and remains a strong supporter 10 years later.

For years there have been concerns that ASPIRA was self - dealing with public funds, and the situation was difficult to track because each ASPIRA charter is structured as an independent nonprofit, despite all sharing the same board of trustees through their parent organization.

To ensure its long - term viability, the center will be set up as an independent nonprofit organization.

ConnCAN helped incubate 50CAN and launch it in 2011 as an independent nonprofit organization.

Greater Waco Legal Services kicks off this week as an independent nonprofit organization, headed by attorney Kent McKeever, who started Mission Waco Legal Services in 2012.

Not exact matches

But while AOL could cut off Baker's salary, Mozilla was an independent entity, and Baker, who had become a popular and respected figure in the open - source world, remained as an unpaid volunteer for about a year, until a nonprofit called the Open Source Applications Foundation offered to restore a portion of her former salary to support her Mozilla work.

Founded in 2000, The Idea Village formalized in 2002 as an independent 501 © (3) nonprofit dedicated to engaging our community to embrace innovation, entrepreneurship, and new thinking.

Founded in 1943 as a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, NFIB gives small and independent business owners a voice in shaping the public policy issues that affect their business.

As the world's largest nonprofit independent research and training organization IRRI develops new rice varieties and crop management techniques to address poverty and hunger and improve the health of rice farmers and consumers in a sustainable manner.

DONA International birth and postpartum doulas practice in all kinds of settings: in hospitals, in doula agencies, in nonprofits and as independent business owners.

About AIM AIM Independent Living Center, more commonly known as AIM, is a nonprofit organization that serves people with disabilities in New York's Southern Tier.

Those limits on candidate donations have been dramatically surpassed by the increasingly common practice of using nonprofit groups as a vehicle to make unlimited contributions to independent political committees.

He subsequently blamed much of the scandal on poor controls over the procurement process used by the nonprofits, and has proposed stepped - up oversight such as the creation of a «chief procurement officer» within the Executive Chamber — though that concept has been criticized by some as duplicative of the powers of the state Comptroller's office, only less independent.

Capel's statement ends by saying the report ignores Cuomo's achievements in pushing for greater disclosure of financial activities by elected officials as well as «independent expenditure» and nonprofit organizations, the establishment of web portals allowing greater online access to public documents, and the more recent formation of a Moreland Commission panel to examine public corruption.

As part of a compromise with the Assembly, the governor is also bolstering an independent nonprofit group that is being set up to lobby for policy changes for people with disabilities.

And it recommended that state and federal governments help fund data collection by nonprofits such as the Ground Water Protection Council and an independent multi-state gas regulation peer - review board.

A full 62 percent of independents, for instance, see global warming as a problem that justifies national leadership, according to a survey commissioned by the nonprofit Civil Society Institute.

Prior to joining the Obama administration Dr. Holdren was Teresa and John Heinz Professor of Environmental Policy and Director of the Program on Science, Technology, and Public Policy at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, as well as professor in Harvard's Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Director of the independent, nonprofit Woods Hole Research Center.

About the Baruch S. Blumberg Institute: The Baruch S. Blumberg Institute was established by the Hepatitis B Foundation as an independent, nonprofit research institute to fulfill its research mission and to conduct discovery research and nurture translational biotechnology in an environment conducive to interaction, collaboration and focus.

Since its founding in 1988 as an independent, nonprofit research organization, the Institute has made numerous advances leading towards its goal: life without disease.

As an independent, nonprofit institution, we focus on conducting research in cancer, neuroscience, immunity and disorders of metabolism.

As an independent, nonprofit, education - reform organization, Achieve has a mission of supporting standards - based education reform, and it offers both content and policy resources.

He and the CEP appear frequently in the New York Times and the Washington Post commenting on education issues and are variously described as «nonpartisan» (Times, January 27, 2004; March 14, 2004; «Post, March 16, 2004), «nonprofit» (Times, August 18, 2004; February 7, 2006), «a research group» (Times, April 4, 2005; May 11, 2005), and «independent» (Post, February 19, 2004; August 29, 2004; March 24, 2005).

Prior to joining the HGSE faculty, Schwartz held a wide variety of leadership positions in education and government including serving as president of Achieve, Inc., an independent, bipartisan, nonprofit organization created by governors and corporate leaders to help states improve their schools.

The results of Louisiana's tiering process are broadly in line with reviews conducted by independent evaluators, such as the nonprofit edreports.org, whose analyses are evidence - based.

HDP graduates are putting their Harvard degree and experience to work at all levels of the education sector — public and independent schools, nonprofit organizations, and government agencies — as well as pursuing careers in public health, social services, child advocacy, and social policy.

It launched two years later with $ 100,000 from each of its 19 founding states, then struck out as an independent, nonprofit operation.

The statistics were gathered and analyzed by the National Committee for the Prevention of Child Abuse, an independent nonprofit agency, as part of its efforts to monitor trends in the number and characteristics of child - abuse reports...

People point to our network — which uses an independent nonprofit management organization to support Catholic schools that were at risk of being closed — as a model for the future of parochial education.

These schools resemble traditional schools more than charters: LAUSD, not an independent nonprofit board, retains governing control of the school; all employees are paid by LAUSD and subject to union agreements; and the schools» funding flows through LAUSD rather than from the state as with most Independenindependent nonprofit board, retains governing control of the school; all employees are paid by LAUSD and subject to union agreements; and the schools» funding flows through LAUSD rather than from the state as with most IndependentIndependent Charters.

The Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities is an independent, nonprofit membership organization recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as the regional authority on educational quality and institutional effectiveness of higher education institutions in the region comprising Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington.

Educators can lean on third party reviews such as EdReports.org, an independent nonprofit that publishes educator reviews of K - 12 instructional materials for quality.

This story was produced as part of a collaboration between California Watch, part of the independent, nonprofit Center for Investigative Reporting, and The Hechinger Report.

In 1995, we were founded as an independent 501 (c) 3 nonprofit organization, the Bay Area Coalition for Essential Schools, or BayCES.

He went on to serve as a Senior Vice President at Voyager Expanded Learning Systems; did a tour in Baghdad Iraq at the request of the White House and Department of Defense, serving as Senior Advisor to the Iraqi Ministry of Education to assist with the rebuilding of the Iraqi school system in 2003; was Superintendent of the Richardson Independent School District; and, perhaps most significantly, served seven years as Chief Executive Officer of AVID, a global nonprofit that helps prepare students for postsecondary education and is one of the leading providers of professional development for educators in the US.

Some programs with a residency component began as independent providers — either within school districts or as nonprofits — and brought in college and universities as partners.

Although the mix of authorizing bodies varies by state, it may include state education agencies, local school districts, independent charter school boards, nonprofits, and even colleges and universities (as in Michigan).

As an independent consultant, Christine has conducted strategy development, risk management and executive coaching assignments with Fortune 100 companies as well as nonprofits and start - ups in New York CitAs an independent consultant, Christine has conducted strategy development, risk management and executive coaching assignments with Fortune 100 companies as well as nonprofits and start - ups in New York Citas well as nonprofits and start - ups in New York Citas nonprofits and start - ups in New York City.

That's often the case with successful businessmen who give up lucrative careers for elected office but not necessarily for someone such as Durant, 63, who founded and runs the Cornerstone Schools, a system of independent nonprofit schools in Detroit.

As an independent, nonprofit, public charter school, 100 % of state and federal education funds come directly to our school.

Promoters of charter school expansion are calling for an increase in independent authorizers, such as nonprofits and universities.

One unit of the U.S. government responsible for ensuring the correct undertaking of this task is the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), a nonprofit, independent scientific body and educational organization as well.

Small Publishers Association of America (www.spannet.org /): The Small Publishers Association of North America (SPAN) is committed to supporting authors and independent publishers as a nonprofit trade association.