Sentences with phrase «create public serving»

The role of a state governing body is to utilize public funds in responsible manner and create public serving facilities.

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Venter, who created the first synthetic human cell back in 2010, feels the FDA hasn't found a way to serve the public in regard to genome data regulation — it barred 23andMe from offering genetic - risk assessments in 2013 before later reinstating the right to offer limited genetic reports.

In Bring Back the Bureaucrats, I crudely calculated that we need about one million more full - time federal workers by 2035 in order to serve the public, stop draining its purse, start improving performance, and create an actual system of national public administration.

Trump's public comments serve only to create uncertainty in the market at an already uncertain time for many farmers, he said.

However, the «personal use» ban does not explain what «personal use» actually means, and that ambiguity has created a loophole enabling candidates to buy anything that could conceivably have some connection to a bid for public office or even serving as an elected official.

But there's also a ton of untapped opportunities where the right group to create a great site or feature that also serves the public good.

DiFiore also served as the first chair of the troubled Joint Commission on Public Ethics created by Cuomo and the state legislature.

«Let this serve as an example of the synergy between the people of City Island and Senator Klein working with agencies to create a safe and secure atmosphere for City Island and the public in general,» said Bill Stanton, President of the City Island Civic Association.

Mayor Bill de Blasio first created the list in 2010 while serving as the city's public advocate.

Eric Lane, who served as executive director and counsel of the city's charter commission in 1989 and helped write the provisions creating the public advocate's office, said «we did not intend to give that power to the public advocate.»

«Creating another layer of regulation through a state license issued by an agency [the state Labor Department] with no experience regulating the elevator industry is duplicative, serves only to confuse, and does not constitute sound public policy,» said the mayor's Albany legislative director, Sherif Soliman.

David Bloomfield, a professor of education at CUNY's Graduate Center and Brooklyn College, also said Success» likely expansion could create more of a wedge between Success and the city's other charters, since the network will serve by far the most students and require the most public dollars, a sentiment echoed by some independent charter leaders.

«SERAP considers double emoluments for serving public officials unlawful, as the laws granting those benefits take governance away from the arena of public interest, and create the impression that former governors acted contrary to the best interests of the general public.

That year, he created the Joint Commission on Public Ethics to serve as a lobbying regulator and an omnibus watchdog over the executive branch and Legislature.

thwarted the intent of mayoral control of New York City schools, and created a controversy which ill serves New York City public schools.

«It certainly does not serve the public good to create a pay - to - play atmosphere where New Yorkers who have business before the city feel the need to contribute financially to the Mayor's political and nonprofit interests in order to have their business favorably considered.»

I am a mediator for the dispute resolution center in Kingston, teach negotiation at the SUNY Lifetime Learning Institute, at my expense created and hosted 19 public access TV interviews («Hello New Paltz Show»), serve on the Mohonk Preserve's Strategic Communications Committee and am the only state certified Lemon Law Arbitrator in the county.

The United Federation of Teachers» delegate assembly also passed a resolution saying Bloomberg has «thwarted the intent of mayoral control of New York City schools, and created a controversy which ill serves New York City public schools.»

The proposed amendment establishes a redistricting commission every 10 years beginning in 2020, with two members appointed by each of the four legislative leaders and two members selected by the eight legislative appointees; prohibits legislators and other elected officials from serving as commissioners; establishes principles to be used in creating districts; requires the commission to hold public hearings on proposed redistricting plans; subjects the commission's redistricting plan to legislative enactment; provides that the legislature may only amend the redistricting plan according to the established principles if the commission's plan is rejected twice by the legislature; provides for expedited court review of a challenged redistricting plan; and provides for funding and bipartisan staff to work for the commission.

She described how in Mexico (where she served as embassy public affairs officer) environmentalists created what she called «an opening in civil society» that expanded when a devastating earthquake hit their country in 1985.

From 2006 to 2008, Massachusetts implemented widespread health reform, which expanded access to public medical insurance, created a health insurance exchange for more affordable private insurance, and served as a model for the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

Although ANSI is not a regulatory body, it has important partnerships with the public sector and serves as an information provider to bridge the gap between standards developers and the government agencies that create legislation affecting the standards community.

We should not forget that apple juice is a useful source of vitamin C, and no good public purpose whatever is served by creating quite unnecessary public alarm and confusion.»

The National Association of Epilepsy Centers (NAEC) was in need of a fresh, mobile - friendly website that served their membership first, while also creating awareness among epilepsy patients and the general public.

This may be a public service project, it can serve as a demonstration of how to create and maintain a great web site or it may be done just for fun because a group of people wanted to expand their dating opportunities.

Einar's transition into Lili unfolds gradually and tenderly, first as he serves as the female substitute for one of Gerde's models, then as he begins to step out as Lili, a persona the couple creates in an attempt to quell Einar's public anxieties.

Stay tuned to the grant winners: Academy 21 at Franklin Central Supervisory Union in Vermont, which is focused on a high - need, predominantly rural community; Cornerstone Charter Schools in Michigan, which seeks to prepare Detroit students for college and health - focused careers; Da Vinci Schools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadership.

Working together with public, private, educator and IB association partners, we are looking forward to further serving the community of Kent by creating educational pathways that allow students to excel in their immediate job or professional needs and also prepare them for a lifetime of learning and success.

He ran his idea by Richard Kahan of the Urban Assembly, a nonprofit organization committed to creating small public schools in under - served areas of New York City.

The poor results inspired the Jefferson County Public Education Foundation and the C.E. & S. Foundation to create Camp Ready4K, a kindergarten - readiness camp that serves incoming students throughout Louisville the summer before they start school.

Chartering empowers thousands of African American families to create a vibrant new public - school sector in Harlem; it liberates a group of Minnesota teachers to start and run their own schools; and it provides a Teach for America alum the freedom to start a network of college - prep charters serving Mexican immigrants in Texas.

Prior to his time in Chicago, Knowles served as deputy superintendent for teaching and learning at the Boston Public Schools — where he created two organizations devoted to building the pipeline of high quality teachers and school leaders — and served as codirector of the Boston Annenberg Challenge, a nationally recognized effort to improve literacy instruction.

Or as Buttenwieser says, summing up what he thinks the degree is for: «It's training the next Arne Duncan,» referring to the U.S. secretary of education, who Buttenwieser says created many successful reforms in Chicago, where he served as CEO of the public school system before joining the Obama administration.

She knew it might be a long shot, but the work that was being done at the Cesar Chavez Public Charter Schools for Public Policy in Washington, D.C., where she serves as CEO, was already in line with the goals of the initiative: creating educational opportunities for children in distressed communities by offering «cradle - to - college» services.

If the answer to those questions is yes, a serious conversation about strategy will cover not just how to create incentives for elite schools to access public funding but also how to assist private schools of all types in building the academic capacity to serve students of all backgrounds.

As part of our mission, CUBE creates educational opportunities for urban school board leaders to gain the knowledge and skills necessary to serve as effective local education policymakers and as advocates for excellence and equity in public education.

Improving Access and Creating Exceptional Opportunities for Students with Disabilities in Public Charter Schools, authored by Lauren Morando Rihm and Paul ONeill of the newly - formed National Center for Special Education in Charter Schools, outlines the federal, state, and local laws that govern special education in all public schools and makes key recommendations for how charter schools can leverage current programs to best serve students with disabilPublic Charter Schools, authored by Lauren Morando Rihm and Paul ONeill of the newly - formed National Center for Special Education in Charter Schools, outlines the federal, state, and local laws that govern special education in all public schools and makes key recommendations for how charter schools can leverage current programs to best serve students with disabilpublic schools and makes key recommendations for how charter schools can leverage current programs to best serve students with disabilities.

Rather, it is to make sure that all students have equitable access to all public schools in a city, and to create funding policies and support structures that make it possible for charter schools to serve all students effectively.

Alturas International Academy School Type: Charter Public Location: Idaho Falls Grades Served: K - 8 ’20 in 10 ′ Investment: $ 1,000,000 over five years ’20 in 10 ′ Impact: 538 new seats About the School: Alturas International Academy promotes academic distinction, while empowering students to be principled and intellectual leaders as they explore, create, investigate, and analyze in a safe, engaged, collaborative environment that inspires them to make a genuine difference in their local and global community.

I created a table and some basic scatterplots to show how charter high schools in New Jersey compare on SAT results to public high schools that serve students in some of New Jersey's wealthiest and poorest towns.

We asked enrollment experts to share successes and challenges, in the hopes that Oakland can use what works, improve upon what does not, and create an enrollment approach that meets the needs of our unique city and the diverse families our public schools serve.

Revamping public education to better serve low - income, Black, Latino, and English learner students will require building allies as we go forward in creating an educational system free of disabling inequities that enables every student to follow and attain their aspirations.

IU8 was created to furnish a broad range of educational services to the 35 public school districts, five area vocational - technical schools, two charter schools, and approximately 81 non-public schools in Bedford, Blair, Cambria, and Somerset counties in west, central, and southwestern Pennsylvania — serving approximately 55,000 students in an area covering 3,500 square miles.

Please help public schools continue to be successful in serving all children so that we can all help create a vibrant, successful Nebraska.

She also served in both the human capital and charter school offices at the Louisiana Department of Education and Recovery School District, where she created and implemented policies to improve the quality of public education across the state.

Congress would better serve ALL children by directing funds to make public schools stronger and safer instead of creating a new voucher or tuition tax credit program.

We're starting to see examples, including efforts by a partnership between the National Paideia Center at the University of North Carolina and New Visions for Public Schools in New York City, of how these modules can serve as building blocks to create new courses.

Almost every major newspaper editorial board of the left, right and center — including the San Jose Mercury News, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune and the Wall Street Journal — applauded the ruling as creating an opening for public schools to better serve students like Vergara.

The report calls on school operators, funders, policymakers and city - based organizations such as The Mind Trust to create conditions that promote innovative thinking and ideas that can keep charter schools on the cutting edge of public education and allow them to serve more kids.

«California charter public schools were created to serve the needs of families who sought to provide for their children's academic success,» said Jed Wallace, President and Chief Executive Officer of the California Charter Schools Association.