Sentences with phrase «based grant competition»

is a Washington, D.C. - based grant competition that supports educators and school leaders who are ready to design and launch new, whole - school learning models to better personalize learning for students.

In 2013, in partnership with Next Generation Learning Challenges, CityBridge launched Breakthrough Schools: D.C., a Washington, D.C. - based grant competition for educators and school leaders to completely redesign and launch schools for the next generation.

Not exact matches

The Middle East Financial Health Competition, an initiative of MetLife Foundation and Village Capital, has awarded three MENA - based fintech startups grants worth a total of US$ 50,000 for their solutio...

empowering the Commission to grant authorisation on the basis that the conduct would not be likely to substantially lessen competition.

He proposed a new program for distributing education funds modeled on President Barack Obama's state competitions that will grant awards based on school performance and administrative efficiencies.

Congresswoman Louise Slaughter announced that a Rochester - based consortium is a finalist in a nation - wide photonics grant competition.

-- From the amounts allocated pursuant to subsection (b) for Indian tribes, the Secretary shall make grants to Indian tribes that comply with the requirement under subsection (d) on the basis of a competition conducted pursuant to specific criteria, as the Secretary shall establish by regulation, for the selection of Indian tribes to receive such amount.

Winners, announced at a red - carpet event May 10, hosted by United Talent Agency in Beverly Hills, are awarded industry mentorships; the opportunity to screen their film at the Los Angeles - based HollyShorts Film Festival (August 9 - 18), an Academy Award - qualifying competition; $ 1,000 grants provided by Universal Filmed Entertainment Group towards their next production; and other prizes, including Dell computers and a Nike gift bag with assorted products, including a pair of shoes from the new FlyEase line!

Rules that grant greater discretion over admission and expulsion decisions to schools may lead to competition based on the composition of enrollments rather than the quality of academic programs.

From the initiation of federal aid to local school districts in 1965, Democratic administrations had insisted on formula grants, which distributed federal money to schools and districts based on the proportion of students who were poor, not on a competition among states.

Following up on the state - based Race to the Top competition that saw 19 states receive more than $ 4.3 billion in grants, the district - based program is meant to spearhead specific programs that involve «personalized learning,» which includes specific instruction strategies or the use of technology and online learning.

Schools that are implementing innovative and evidence - based approaches to improve student learning can now apply for the U.S. Department of Education's Investing in Innovation (i3) grant competition.

The federal Race to the Top grant competition tried to stimulate competition among state departments of education to evaluate teachers and commit their state to participate in statewide tests (based on Common Core's inferior standards), as if teachers, in general, were the problem, and as if these state departments of education, in general, were staffed by people who had effectively addressed low achievement.

Sen. Jack Reed (D - R.I.) also took issue with Duncan's competitions, calling such initiatives «untested, large - scale competitive grant programs» employed «at the expense of some proven research - based programs.»

The charter grants are available to states on a competitive basis and then, in turn, are awarded to qualified charter school developers also in competition with one another.

Smith convinced Basam Shakashiri, then director of the Education and Human Resources Directorate at the National Science Foundation (NSF) to use the concept of systemic reform for a grants competition for states to take on building standards - based reform in K - 12 science.

In as much as applying for a college grant is a competition based on merits, it's also an assessment of promptness.

Tournament Tickets (10 for $ 4.49, 20 for $ 7.49, 50 for $ 15.99, 200 for $ 50.99)-- The brand new UNCHARTED 3: Drake's Deception multiplayer Tournament System ushers in a points - based competition that has three reward tiers which grant you special in - game weapons or items based on how well you've played.

We loved our 2017 tour to Europe and start - ups based on the continent can still get involved with us this summer by entering a pitching competition to win a travel grant (and an exhibitor stand slot) to attend the 2018 Legal Geek Conference in London.

It is my view that, should the powers envisaged be granted, copies of those reports from the RCMP and Competition Bureau should be provided to the Minister and my Office on an annual basis.

Established in the Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007, the DRS was intended to identify grantees offering lower quality services based on a series of triggers, place their grants up for open competition, and award the grants to the applicant most qualified to provide high - quality programming.

The Foundation's Board, deliberating among four finalists in 100 & Change, MacArthur's global competition for bold solutions to critical problems of our time, decided to award additional grants of $ 15 million to each of the other three finalists, based on the strength and potential impact of their proposals.

TREB contends that, in the absence of clear language in section 79, it would be wrong to conclude that the Tribunal has been given the power to order a respondent to grant what are, in effect, compulsory licences, when, pursuant to section 32, the Federal Court can make such an order only after the applicant meets a competition impact test and only after defences based on international treaty rights are considered (Warner Music at paras 26 - 28).»