Sentences with phrase «by wealthy foundations»

Although some grassroots parents undoubtedly did support the bill, it was the product of powerful political figures, backed by the wealthy foundations that shape much of the country's debate over education reform.

But that attempt failed, and it was orchestrated not by parents but by an outside organization: Parent Revolution, founded by charter school operator Steve Barr and funded by wealthy foundations.

Not exact matches

Meanwhile, foundations set up by wealthy entrepreneurs in the past may indicate further snags for the newly minted Zuckerberg foundation.

The foundation is part of the Giving Pledge, a commitment by the world's wealthiest people to dedicate the majority of their wealth through philanthropy.

Why, foundations created by wealthy families, of course.

Nowhere have the weak social foundations of American liberal institutions been more evident than in the battered and tattered nature of the welfare state, and in the cynicism with which it is viewed by nearly the entire populace — from the wealthy to the poor, for different reasons.

He says the capital cities of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait «have been used as a base by wealthy individuals and religious foundations to channel millions of dollars to radical Sunni elements fighting Assad in Syria, either with the tacit approval of the regimes, or taking advantage of weak money - laundering protections within those states.»

American philanthropy, by local and national foundations, corporations, and wealthy individuals, has played many important roles in K — 12 education: creating new schools, underwriting research, funding scholarships, testing hypotheses, generating new curricula, invoking ideals, setting agendas, bolstering training, and building a case for policy changes.

Parent Revolution is funded by the usual handful of wealthy foundations who spend billions experimenting with social engineering under the cloak of «education reform:»

At the forum, held at PS 89 in New York City's Tribeca, Ravitch — author of the best - selling «The Death and Life of the Great American School System» — warned in her keynote speech about the harm done by excessive reliance on standardized tests, privatization through charter school expansion, and the growing influence of wealthy private foundations on education policies.

«You have the greatest number of artists there has ever been who are wealthy from their own creative work and have to make provisions for the posthumous stewardship of that work,» said Christine J. Vincent, the project director for the Artist - Endowed Foundations Initiative at the Aspen Institute, which helps private foundations created by visuFoundations Initiative at the Aspen Institute, which helps private foundations created by visufoundations created by visual artists.

Several of America's wealthiest and best - organised foundations have raised the temperature by making climate change one of their big issues.