Sentences with phrase «dollar education industry»

We are looking to develop and create educational protocols for an industry that has turned from a minor restaurant career a decade ago to a billion dollar education industry today.

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Today, Matthew has been responsible for five multimillion - dollar business success stories, in industries as vastly different as construction, telecommunications, and nationally accredited education.

Several factors contribute to the undermining of breastfeeding: lack of understanding and education, including that of some doctors and hospitals; employment policies that don't support and encourage breastfeeding mothers; lack of general social support and education; and aggressive marketing campaigns waged by the multibillion dollar formula industry.

Today, we are putting New York State in a position to have those dollars spent here in our communities, which will benefit our local economies and tourism industries, as well as support education and property tax relief.»

The Education industry is in the middle of an upheaval and there are multiple companies that are vying to becoming the next billion - dollar unicorn.

The online education industry is a multi-billion dollar industry.

Red flags are a clear and present danger to the charter industry and the taxpayer dollars that fund public education.

Some are drawn by the prospects of profiting from the conversion of education into a multi-billion dollar industry.

In the months leading up to and through his re-election campaign, corporate education reform proponents and the charter school industry poured hundreds of thousands of dollars into Malloy's various campaign entities and organizations.

According to the last set of federal and state campaign finance reports, Governor Malloy, the champion of the corporate education reform industry and the only Democratic governor in the nation to propose doing away with teacher tenure and repealing collective bargaining for teachers working in the poorest schools has received well over a quarter of a million dollars from leaders and political action committees associated with the national education reform and privatization effort.

On behalf of the corporate education reform industry, President Obama's Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, is embarking on an expensive, misleading and completely unnecessary rating system that will cost colleges and taxpayers tens of millions of dollars while providing no benefit wheducation reform industry, President Obama's Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, is embarking on an expensive, misleading and completely unnecessary rating system that will cost colleges and taxpayers tens of millions of dollars while providing no benefit whEducation, Arne Duncan, is embarking on an expensive, misleading and completely unnecessary rating system that will cost colleges and taxpayers tens of millions of dollars while providing no benefit whatsoever.

The Corporate Education Reform Industry has then corporate executives and hundreds of millions of dollars «influence» the political and policy making system by «investing» in electing candidates who will do their bidding.

The multi-billion dollar testing industry — dominated by a few large corporations that specialize in the making and scoring of standardized tests — has become an entrenched interest, a powerful component of a growing education - industrial complex.

Finch, who as mayor of Bridgeport undermined Bridgeport's public schools, supported and defended education reformer extraordinaire Paul Vallas, handed tens of millions of dollars in public funds to the charter school industry and used his power for personal gain, has landed nicely on his feet, after getting thrown out of office by Bridgeport voters.

Still, the United States seems to be heading towards taking the decisions about American education out of the hands of American educators and instead placing that sacred trust in the welcoming arms of an industry run entirely without oversight and populated completely with for - profit companies chasing billions of dollars in business

Education is an almost billion dollar a year industry,» National Education Association President Dennis Van Roekel remarked in a recent interview on C - SPAN.

So it's no surprise that corporate education reformers — attempting to defend the multibillion dollar testing industry — have been launching aggressive attacks on the movement.

Integrity in Education and the Center for Popular Democracy aren't the first to warn of problems plaguing an under - regulated industry fueled by billions of tax dollars.

White suburban moms, among many others, have certainly played an important role in organizing resistance to high - stakes tests in actions that have led to important victories in Texas, New York, and beyond as they fight to defend their children from abuse by a multibillion - dollar testing industry that is homogenizing education and draining resources from cash strapped school districts.

The charter school industry and their corporate education reform allies spend tens of millions of dollars — every year — on public relations, lobbying, campaign donations and faux media outlets.

Meanwhile, as Achievement First, Inc. continues to claim that they need the scarce funds from New Haven in order to help the City, the company stays mum on its multiple relationships with the billions of dollars associated with the corporate education reform industry.

Moales is nothing short of infamous for his role in helping the Malloy administration after they illegally took over the Bridgeport Schools, for his unending support for Corporate Education Reform Industry Kingpin, Paul Vallas, for his ability to acquire a multi-million dollar early education contract from the Malloy administration while serving on the Bridgeport Board of Education, for having illegally put dozens of little children in his daycare centers despite the fact that the building did not meet fire code or have certificates of occupancy and for his long - standing support of charterEducation Reform Industry Kingpin, Paul Vallas, for his ability to acquire a multi-million dollar early education contract from the Malloy administration while serving on the Bridgeport Board of Education, for having illegally put dozens of little children in his daycare centers despite the fact that the building did not meet fire code or have certificates of occupancy and for his long - standing support of chartereducation contract from the Malloy administration while serving on the Bridgeport Board of Education, for having illegally put dozens of little children in his daycare centers despite the fact that the building did not meet fire code or have certificates of occupancy and for his long - standing support of charterEducation, for having illegally put dozens of little children in his daycare centers despite the fact that the building did not meet fire code or have certificates of occupancy and for his long - standing support of charter schools.

Like some type of gigantic octopus, the pro-charter school, pro-common core, pro-SBAC testing scheme and anti-teacher corporate education reform industry has set up multiple front groups while dumping more than $ 7.9 million dollars into their lobbying effort on behalf of Democratic Governor Dannel Malloy's «education reform» initiatives.

CBIA, the Connecticut Business and Industry Association, also spent close to half a million dollars on television ads supporting Malloy and his «education reform» proposal.

Pryor began his tenure by using no - bid contacts to pass out millions of dollars in public funds to out - of - state companies for the purpose of developing Malloy's «education reform» initiative and transforming the State Department of Education into a gravy train for the corporate education reform education reform» initiative and transforming the State Department of Education into a gravy train for the corporate education reform Education into a gravy train for the corporate education reform education reform industry.

One of Governor Dannel Malloy's recent appointees to the Connecticut State Board of Education is not only a representative of the charter school industry but his company is collecting a multi-million dollar contract that is funded and managed by the State Department of Education and the very board he has been appointed to.

According to the latest filings with State Ethics Commission, Corporate Education Reform Industry front groups will spend more than a quarter of a million dollars on lobbying during this legislative session.

While it remains unclear whether Governor Dannel Malloy's new education funding scheme includes a «money follows the child formula» that would force local districts to use local tax dollars to subsidize the privately owned and operated charter schools in their communities, the Governor's budget does shovel even more state taxpayer funds to the charter school industry.

And through law, they are putting our public dollars into private education industry pockets for things that public institutions used to be publicly funded to do — like teacher preparation.

In response to this demand, a billion - dollar character education industry has cropped up in the last few decades, including myriad organizations marketing packaged character education programs to schools.

The education technology sector chalked up $ 1.42 billion in investments last year, the most amount of dollars booked since 2000, the peak of the dot - com boom, according to industry tracker Dow Jones VentureSource.

In the past two and a half years, Connecticut taxpayers have we seen tens of millions of dollars in public funds diverted to feed the monster known as the emerging education reform industry.

Due to the amount of higher education schools, the industry grew to 4.55 billion dollars in sales in 2010, while trade books grew 5.8 percent to 13.9 billion dollars.

The pet industry is a multi billion - dollar industry but the dollars in the dog sector are barely being spent on education.

Legalize and Regulate Marijuana WHEREAS, despite almost a century of prohibition, millions of Canadians today regularly consume marijuana and other cannabis products; WHEREAS the failed prohibition of marijuana has exhausted countless billions of dollars spent on ineffective or incomplete enforcement and has resulted in unnecessarily dangerous and expensive congestion in our judicial system; WHEREAS various marijuana decriminalization or legalization policy prescriptions have been recommended by the 1969 - 72 Commission of Enquiry into the Non-Medical Use of Drugs, the 2002 Canadian Senate Special Committee on Illegal Drugs, and the 2002 House of Commons Special Committee on the Non-Medical Use of Drugs; WHEREAS the legal status quo for the criminal regulation of marijuana continues to endanger Canadians by generating significant resources for gang - related violent criminal activity and weapons smuggling — a reality which could be very easily confronted by the regulation and legitimization of Canada's marijuana industry; BE IT RESOLVED that a new Liberal government will legalize marijuana and ensure the regulation and taxation of its production, distribution, and use, while enacting strict penalties for illegal trafficking, illegal importation and exportation, and impaired driving; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a new Liberal government will invest significant resources in prevention and education programs designed to promote awareness of the health risks and consequences of marijuana use and dependency, especially amongst youth; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a new Liberal government will extend amnesty to all Canadians previously convicted of simple and minimal marijuana possession, and ensure the elimination of all criminal records related thereto; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a new Liberal government will work with the provinces and local governments of Canada on a coordinated regulatory approach to marijuana which maintains significant federal responsibility for marijuana control while respecting provincial health jurisdiction and particular regional concerns and practices.

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