Sentences with phrase «based nonprofit project»

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Under its Internet and American Life Project, the Washington, D.C., - based nonprofit released a report that took stock of the year in social media and the findings show that we're all, unsurprisingly, connecting with each other online in a big way, with 73 percent of «online adults» using social media.

«Consumers should be concerned,» said John M. Simpson, privacy project director for Consumer Watchdog, a nonprofit advocacy group based in Santa Monica.

To promote education and career development, Town Kitchen started the Youth Food Project, a nonprofit in partnership with Oakland - based ISEEED's Step to College Program.

So I've been working on a project related to maternal health for the Nashville - based, nonprofit organization Hope Through Healing Hands, and in my research, I bumped into this very cool 2012 TED Talk from Melinda Gates about the importance of access to contraception worldwide.

If you need another reason why the state's major economic development projects shouldn't be parsed out to various nonprofit corporations, where they might escape scrutiny, consider the situation of two Albany - based entities being pressed to pay for the criminal defense of Alain Kaloyeros, SUNY Poly's former president and CEO.

The shift of economic development projects from under SUNY - affiliated nonprofits to Empire State Development, which can be audited by the comptroller's office, is a key step, and ESD, a public authority, has modified its own contracting protocols based on recommendations by state - contracted consultants from Guidepost Solutions.

«The dismal trend of many years of underfunding 2020 census preparations has finally been reversed,» says Phil Sparks of the Census Project, a nonprofit coalition based in Washington, D.C. «Our assessment is the Bureau now has the minimum resources needed to prepare for its constitutional mandate.»

«There are many, many different kinds of citizen science projects, everything from large - scale, global, data - drive, researcher - driven investigations to community - based, community - driven questions that address a critical problem, and citizen science exists in almost every scientific discipline,» said Jennifer Shirk, interim executive director of the Citizen Science Association, a nonprofit that seeks to support practitioners of citizen science.

The Antarctica Project has brought together staff from Stanford University, teachers from the San Francisco Bay area and researchers from the Institute for Research on Learning (IRL), a nonprofit - making organisation based in Palo Alto and founded by Xerox in 1987 to «rethink learning».

«This administration, [Michelle] Bachelet's administration, is really prioritizing climate change in a way that no other previous administration has done, including her first administration,» said Amanda Maxwell, Latin America project director at the Natural Resources Defense Council, a nonprofit international environmental advocacy group based in New York City.

But NEON Inc., the Boulder - based nonprofit that manages the project, vowed in a statement that «the project will remain positioned to meet the goal of transforming continental scale ecology,» adding that large NSF - funded projects «commonly require adjustments of scope and in this regard NEON is not exceptional.»

Stepping outside of academia and the university to work on passion - based projects (nonprofits, reelection campaigns, or charities) or with industry networks is a great way to gain new perspectives and personal networks that may broaden your career outlook.

IBRinfo is a nonprofit arm of the Project on Student Debt that helps medical students navigate two new federal loan programs: Income - Based Repayment and Public Service Loan Forgiveness.

With support from a New York City — based nonprofit called the Lost Bird Project, Bresnahan and Cyronak have developed a surfboard fin that contains a temperature sensor, a GPS device, a circuit board with a microcontroller, a Bluetooth chip, and a rechargeable battery; eventually, they plan to add sensors for pH, chlorophyll, salinity, and oxygen.

Revive & Restore, a project of the Long Now Foundation based in San Francisco, is a nonprofit organization with a mission to enhance biodiversity through the genetic rescue of endangered species — acting as a catalyst to encourage the responsible use of genomic technologies for wildlife conservation.

A 2005 study by the New Teacher Project, the national nonprofit organization that works with school districts to recruit high - quality teachers, examined five urban districts and concluded that seniority - based transfer privileges written into contracts often force principals «to hire large numbers of teachers they do not want and who may not be a good fit for the job and their school.»

Since that report was released in March 2011, the coauthors of the Pathways Project initiated two areas of continued work: Professor Robert Schwartz joined forces with Jobs for the Future (JFF), a Boston - based nonprofit, to launch the Pathways to Prosperity Network; and Senior Lecturer Ronald Ferguson held a national conference for local and national leaders to develop a set of recommendations.

The Washington - based center is a nonprofit organization that conducts research, runs academic standards projects, and oversees school leadership and workforce development programs.

He uses those lessons daily in his work with Big Picture Learning, a Providence, R.I. - based nonprofit that advocates an individualized approach to education, including a «Who Am I» project that challenges students to write a 50 - page autobiography.

Each year, Childnet — a nonprofit, charitable organization based in London — recognizes 12 or more outstanding Web projects developed by and for children through its Childnet Awards program.

If all goes well, the voluntary credential would be offered sometime in 2003, said Diana W. Rigden, the vice president of the Council for Basic Education, the Washington - based nonprofit organization that is managing the Mid-Atlantic Regional Teachers Project.

Other projects created during the class include an organization that will provide free public libraries in India; an online platform to help students make more informed decisions when applying to college; an app that gives students fun, game - based content that shows what real scientists are like; a cellphone - hosted service for rural teachers in the Philippines that provides direct training and tips; and a nonprofit that will train and employ parent liaisons to develop stronger bonds between families and middle schools in an effort to improve dropout rates.

Manor New Tech is part of the New Tech Network, a nonprofit that works with schools and districts around the country providing services and support to help reform learning through project - based learning (PBL).

Buck Institute for Education — Nonprofit dedicated to improving 21st - century teaching and learning through effective project - based learning

In 2008, the Strategic Data Project (SDP)-- a project within the Harvard Graduate School of Education — based Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) at Harvard University — began as a pilot program with two partners and big dreams to create a network of data strategists working in schools, agencies, and nonprofits across the cProject (SDP)-- a project within the Harvard Graduate School of Education — based Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) at Harvard University — began as a pilot program with two partners and big dreams to create a network of data strategists working in schools, agencies, and nonprofits across the cproject within the Harvard Graduate School of Education — based Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) at Harvard University — began as a pilot program with two partners and big dreams to create a network of data strategists working in schools, agencies, and nonprofits across the country.

Andrea Guengerich Education Policy and Management Hometown: Austin, Texas Experience: High school teacher in Brownsville, Texas, one of the largest cities along the Texas - Mexico border; position at Breakthrough Austin, a community - based organization that provides a path to college, starting in middle school, for low - income students who will be first - generation college students; director of University of Texas Programs for Breakthrough; chair of the College Advising for Undocumented Students Taskforce, a collaboration between six nonprofit organizations and the public school district in Austin Future plans: Teaching 6th grade at a project - based learning school in Mexico City that seeks to educate the whole child

But he said one piece, the specific language describing what level of student growth would rate as a four versus a three versus a two, still is being fine - tuned among officials representing the Oregon Education Association, the Confederation of Oregon School Administrators, the state education agency and the Chalkboard Project, a Portland - based nonprofit that has helped many school districts pioneer new approaches to teacher evaluation.

Still, relying too much on buy - in also has its dangers, said Timothy Daly, the president of the New Teacher Project, a New York City - based nonprofit group that helps urban districts train and hire teachers.

The schools range from back - to - basics elementary schools where students wear uniforms and drill on math and reading to «hippie» - style schools using open - ended, project - based approaches, says Kaaren Heikes, executive director of the Northwest Center for Educational Options, an Oregon nonprofit center that supports charter schools.

Intense days of filming took place in January and February in six award - winning schools, which were selected to participate in a project funded by a partnership between the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, a nonprofit educational leadership organization based in Alexandria, Va., and Silver Strong and Associates, an educational research and consulting firm in Ho - Ho - Kus, NJ.

Project Appleseed, the St. Louis - based nonprofit and founder of National Parental Involvement Day, has joined forces with Connect2Compete, a partnership of IT companies and nonprofits that connect low - income Americans to the Internet.

Oak Ridge is one of 37 Sacramento City schools that participate in the program, sponsored by the Parent Teacher Home Visit Project, a largely privately - funded nonprofit based in Sacramento.

«We want to capture the changes people make over time — it's a process,» said Julia Freeland Fisher, director of education at the Clayton Christensen Institute, the San Francisco - based nonprofit think tank that advocates for blended learning, and that launched the Blended Learning Universe project.

In a survey this year by the New Teacher Project, a nonprofit teacher - recruiting organization, three - quarters of teachers said layoffs should be based on more than just seniority.

If the judge again rules in the parent union's favor at a hearing later this month, parents who signed the trigger petition will vote Oct. 18 on one of two local nonprofit charter operators that submitted bids to take over Desert Trails in the fall of 2013: the Lewis Center for Educational Research, which runs a popular charter school with a focus on science and project - based learning, and LaVerne Elementary Preparatory Academy, which partners with a university and has a focus on classic literature.

TODAY»S FEDERAL REGISTER: PRIORITIES FOR CHARTER SCHOOL GRANTS: The Education Department is pondering whether grants to nonprofit organizations that run charter school projects [http://1.usa.gov/17v5Lqz] should be weighted based on whether they improve efficiency through economies of scale, improve accountability, recruit and serve students with disabilities and English - language learners more effectively and combine technology - based instruction with classroom teaching.

That's why there's considerable excitement about the free program bringing AP physics to Mississippi this school year, courtesy of the Global Teaching Project, a Washington, D.C. - based education company that is part of a nonprofit consortium in the state.

Previously, White managed a UCLA - based communications institute that — on behalf of the Annie E. Casey Foundation — helped nonprofit coalitions in six cities develop media projects and communications strategies to promote initiatives related to education, health and community development.

Grant awards will be made on a per - teacher basis to nonprofit organizations with a demonstrated history of success working with charter schools on similar projects.»

Part of that is scarce resources, but for the most part the infrastructure that supported schools to work on improving teaching and learning was dismantled intentionally: the old subject matter projects were dismantled and a diverse ecology of nonprofit organizations, consultants, and university - based programs were replaced by a one - size - fits - all set of training programs that were intended to align professional development with state - adopted curriculum and tests.

I meet with the director of a personalized learning nonprofit about partnering with some local schools trying to adopt project - based learning.

My name is Katie Roy and I am the director and founder of the Connecticut School Finance Project, a nonpartisan, nonprofit policy organization based in New Haven that works to identify solutions to Connecticut's school funding challenges that are fair to students, taxpayers, and communities.

Although not a member - based organization, the Connecticut School Finance Project actively works with a diverse group of stakeholders, including education and community leaders, nonprofit organizations, and individuals interested in how school finance impacts students and schools.

In Cedar Rapids, Iowa, students enrolled in Iowa BIG learn entirely by working outside the classroom on self - selected, community - based projects proposed by local businesses, nonprofit organizations, and government agencies.3 In an interview published by the school, one student explained that «it's very passion - driven.»

Michigan Association for Female Entrepreneurs, a Detroit - based nonprofit organization supporting women entrepreneurs, names Tinesha Cherry, Founder of Project D.R.E.A.M....

It puts you in touch with new people, and it will likely involve projects or events that you don't do a regular basis (unless you work at a nonprofit, perhaps).

The Lexus Project, a New York - based nonprofit that has waged war against Orange County Animal Services to keep Rufus alive, has worked to keep «dangerous dogs» across the country safe from capital punishment for about three years.

Gookin's study is one of just 11 research projects worldwide to receive the latest research grant awards from the Winn Feline Foundation, a New Jersey - based nonprofit supporting improvement of cat health.

One such organization is LifeLine Animal Project, an Atlanta - based nonprofit shelter and clinic where more than 25,000 spaying and neutering procedures have been performed since 2005.

Together with Primero Conservation, an Arizona based nonprofit corporation, Project WILDCAT was started on six ranches centered on Granados, Sonora.