Sentences with phrase «build over school funding»

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He has been a lifelong volunteer for causes he believes in, including conducting climate change science field research with the Harvard Department of Forestry in Southern Africa, working on get - out - the - vote efforts for John Kerry, Barack Obama and Zephyr Teachout, building agricultural databases for USAID funded international projects all over the world, and providing technical assistance to schools in Senegal (for which he was awarded the President's Volunteer Service Award by the Obama administration).

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Wednesday proposed using his first substantial budget surplus to fund a $ 154 billion spending plan that includes a $ 2.1 billion increase in school funding over two years and billions of dollars in legacy - building construction projects.

Hobby said: «Schools rightly have autonomy over HR practices, but we should be able to expect the government to supply the basics for them to work within — funding, buildings and, of course, enough high quality people.

«We're building on our record investment in school education by delivering an extra $ 25.3 billion in funding over the next decade and we must ensure it is being distributed according to the needs of school communities,» he said.

More than 40 school infrastructure projects have now been funded across the region, with more than $ 100 million provided over the past three budgets to build and upgrade schools.

The new research schools - which will each receive # 200,000 in funding over three years — will become focal points of evidence - based practice in their region and build networks between large numbers of schools.

They include Emily Callahan and Amber Jackson, who are using their skills and intellect to turn oil rigs into coral reefs; Nate Parker, the activist filmmaker, writer, humanitarian and director of The Birth of a Nation; Scott Harrison, the founder of Charity Water, whose projects are delivering clean water to over 6 million people; Anthony D. Romero, the executive director of the ACLU, who has dedicated his life to protecting the liberties of Americans; Louise Psihoyos, the award - winning filmmaker and executive director of the Oceanic Preservation Society; Jennifer Jacquet, an environmental social scientist who focuses on large - scale cooperation dilemmas and is the author of «Is Shame Necessary»; Brent Stapelkamp, whose work promotes ways to mitigate the conflict between lions and livestock owners and who is the last researcher to have tracked famed Cecil the Lion; Fabio Zaffagnini, creator of Rockin» 1000, co-founder of Trail Me Up, and an expert in crowd funding and social innovation; Alan Eustace, who worked with the StratEx team responsible for the highest exit altitude skydive; Renaud Laplanche, founder and CEO of the Lending Club — the world's largest online credit marketplace working to make loans more affordable and returns more solid; the Suskind Family, who developed the «affinity therapy» that's showing broad success in addressing the core social communication deficits of autism; Jenna Arnold and Greg Segal, whose goal is to flip supply and demand for organ transplants and build the country's first central organ donor registry, creating more culturally relevant ways for people to share their donor wishes; Adam Foss, founder of SCDAO, a reading project designed to bridge the achievement gap of area elementary school students, Hilde Kate Lysiak (age 9) and sister Isabel Rose (age 12), Publishers of the Orange Street News that has received widespread acclaim for its reporting, and Max Kenner, the man responsible for the Bard Prison Initiative which enrolls incarcerated individuals in academic programs culminating ultimately in college degrees.

; Scott Harrison, the founder of Charity Water, whose projects are delivering clean water to over 6 million people; Anthony D. Romero, the executive director of the ACLU, who has dedicated his life to protecting the liberties of Americans; Louise Psihoyos, the award - winning filmmaker and executive director of the Oceanic Preservation Society; Jennifer Jacquet, an environmental social scientist who focuses on large - scale cooperation dilemmas and is the author of «Is Shame Necessary»; Brent Stapelkamp, whose work promotes ways to mitigate the conflict between lions and livestock owners and who is the last researcher to have tracked famed Cecil the Lion; Fabio Zaffagnini, creator of Rockin» 1000, co-founder of Trail Me Up, and an expert in crowd funding and social innovation; Alan Eustace, who worked with the StratEx team responsible for the highest exit altitude skydive; Renaud Laplanche, founder and CEO of the Lending Club — the world's largest online credit marketplace working to make loans more affordable and returns more solid; the Suskind Family, who developed the «affinity therapy» that's showing broad success in addressing the core social communication deficits of autism; Jenna Arnold and Greg Segal, whose goal is to flip supply and demand for organ transplants and build the country's first central organ donor registry, creating more culturally relevant ways for people to share their donor wishes; Adam Foss, founder of SCDAO, a reading project designed to bridge the achievement gap of area elementary school students, Hilde Kate Lysiak (age 9) and sister Isabel Rose (age 12), Publishers of the Orange Street News that has received widespread acclaim for its reporting, and Max Kenner, the man responsible for the Bard Prison Initiative which enrolls incarcerated individuals in academic programs culminating ultimately in college degrees.

However, there has been scrutiny over whether this sum will be enough to bring all schools to an acceptable standard, and even more criticism over «wasted» funds being allocated to build free schools.

It is also estimated that the cost of dealing with such defects will double between now and 2021, even with current levels of funding because many buildings are near the end of their useful lives with most of the school estate being over 40 years old.

The Holy Apostles Church community demonstrated strong support for the vision of the school by raising over $ 11 million to fund the construction of a state - of the - art school building.

The new $ 50 million OSTC program builds on over a decade of EITC success, using the same tax credit funding mechanism, where business contributions fund scholarships available to children from low and middle income families who reside in low - achieving school areas.

The contest is Northern California's largest sandcastle building event; funds raised through the contest make it possible for LEAP to serve over 6,500 students in over 27 schools across the Bay Area with hands - on learning experiences in the arts.

Just 53 parents at Desert Trails, a school of about 600 kids, made the final call to turn the building — and the public funds to run it — over to a nonprofit group that runs a charter school in a nearby town.

Three consecutive Indianapolis mayors from both sides of the political aisle have strategically built — with robust private funding — a system of high - quality charter schools over more than a decade.

The new money for school places comes on top of the government announcing a # 2bn Priority School Building Programme, which will fund 261 school rebuilding projects in England over five school places comes on top of the government announcing a # 2bn Priority School Building Programme, which will fund 261 school rebuilding projects in England over five School Building Programme, which will fund 261 school rebuilding projects in England over five school rebuilding projects in England over five years.

Schools are facing serious budget pressures over the coming years, as the impact of rising pupil numbers, barely - resourced buildings overheads and the uncertainties of the new national funding formula kick in.

On class sizes, he said that the «reason we have so many kids educated in class sizes over 30 is (because) the Government has raided the budget to build schools in areas in high demand to fund the free school project.

The Baltimore City school administrators who never raised a cent on their own and could never claim «I built that» even if it came to a teachers» lounge, recently wasted over $ 500,000 in public funds (that's taxpayer money) on expensive local hotel suites, lavish dinners and even wings at Hooters for students «because that was what they wanted,» and The Sun was so outraged by their indefensible waste of taxpayer money that it was called a «distraction» in an editorial.

Where there is significant change, it is usual for working groups to be set up; in many authorities there are headteachers and other school staff with a lot of expertise and knowledge of school funding formulae, built up over years of involvement.

The district was able to build a new, combined middle - high school about five years ago with state funding, but the district now faces controversy over whether the district should build a new elementary school to replace the one that's falling apart.

She has over 20 years of fundraising and event planning experience, and significant expertise in making an impact in the non-profit sector through building awareness, developing allies, and raising funds for non-profit organizations across the Bay Area Peninsula, including the Children's Health Council, Menlo Park City School District, and Lucille Packard Children's Hospital.

A U.S. high school student - led protest is prompting discussions over reforms in the US$ 3 - trillion exchange - traded fund business, building on momentum that has already created opportunities for investors to buy gun - free index - linked products.