Sentences with phrase «education at the bill»

Speaking at Bett 2015, Vicki Phillips, director of education at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, said too often those involved in bringing technology into the classroom put their own needs above those of the students and their teachers.

I went on to become an English teacher, a high school principal, an assistant superintendent, a chief academic officer, a deputy director of education at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and now part of the faculty at Harvard.

'' Chicago has a long history of tinkering with failed schools,» said Tom Vander Ark, executive director for education at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which has committed some $ 25 million since 2001 to school reform efforts in Chicago.

Also on hand and answering some questions was Vicki Phillips, the director of college - ready education at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

LYNN OLSON is special assistant to the director of education at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Previously, she was a senior program officer of K - 12 education at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and served as Kentucky's chief academic officer and associate commissioner of education.

Not exact matches

Warren Buffett donated about $ 2.2 billion of stock in his annual gift to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, betting that risk takers at the group will make breakthroughs in global health and U.S. education even as they acknowledge that some efforts will be unsuccessful.

In order to be eligible for the Army's Loan Repayment Program, the applicant is required to enlist in the Army with at least a high school diploma, score at least a 50 on the Armed Forces Qualification Test, hold a loan that is guaranteed under the Higher Education ACT, agree to serve in a critical military occupational specialty, have a written contract, and decline Montgomery GI Bill enrollment.

This series was developed by Bill Johnson and Caddy Jackson, of the Sehool of Theology at Claremont, working with the education task force of Project Understanding in the San Diego area.

To me, one of the most significant planks in Obama's education platform isn't in his education platform at all - it's in his poverty platform: his pledge to replicate Geoffrey Canada's Harlem Children's Zone in 20 cities across the United States, as public / private partnerships, with the federal government's share of the bill coming to as much as a few billion dollars.

The Senate Agriculture Committee and House Education and Workforce Committee are hoping to attach the Child Nutrition Reauthorization (CNR) to the pending omnibus spending bill, negotiations over which are likely to be extended (via a pending continuing resolution) at least until December 16th, if not later.

Regular TLT readers know all about the (misguided) Child Nutrition Reauthorization bill passed by the House Education & the Workforce Committee, a bill which would roll back key school food reforms and put economically disadvantaged kids at risk.

As has been chronicled by nutrition, hunger, medical, national security, education and community organizations across the country, the bill is harmful to children's health, heaps administrative costs on schools, and plans to bury parents in more bureaucratic red tape, all while subsidizing well - off children at the expense of our less fortunate kids who need help.

webcast of the markup of the House Education and the Workforce Committee «s school food bill yesterday (my dedication to TLT readers only goes so far, people) but I've seen summaries of the outcome and it looks like the final bill is about as bad as expected, at least from the perspective of children's health.

At 1:15 p.m., the National Institute for Early Education Research releases its annual «State of Preschool Report» for the 2014 - 15 school year, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio is scheduled to speak, along with Deputy Assistant Secretary of Education for Policy and Early Learning Dr Libby Doggett, AFT President Randi Weingarten and others, Sugar Hill Museum Preschool, 898 St. Nicholas Ave., Manhattan.

The Pre-Tertiary Bill approved by Cabinet proposes the devolution of the management of Basic Schools to the Assemblies and management of Senior High Schools at Ghana Education Service (GES) and Ministry of Education (MoE) Headquarters.

Chris Keates: «Ensuring that all children and young people receive their entitlement to the highest standards of education should be at the heart of any Education Bileducation should be at the heart of any Education BilEducation Bill».

These statements come from a Minister who in the past has attacked secularism as «intolerant and illiberal», has said that religious people contribute more to society than the non-religious, has championed religious groups as being at the heart of the «Big Society», and even tried to amend the Equality Bill in a way which would leave humanists unprotected against discrimination and unequal treatment in the provision of, and access to, public services, employment, education, funding, and elsewhere.

She has also said that religious people contribute more to society than the non religious, has championed religious groups as being at the heart of the «Big Society», and even tried to amend the Equality Bill in a way which would leave humanists unprotected against discrimination and unequal treatment in the provision of, and access to, public services, employment, education, funding, and elsewhere.

At a press conference early this morning demanding more education funding from the state, Ms. James went after Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the $ 2 billion tax cut plan he unveiled ahead of his State of the State speech last week, separating her from other city lawmakers, including Mayor Bill de Blasio, who have largely refused to criticize the plan.

Commenting on the Education Bill, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said: «Ensuring that all children and young people receive their entitlement to the highest standards of education should be at the heart of any EducatEducation Bill, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said: «Ensuring that all children and young people receive their entitlement to the highest standards of education should be at the heart of any Educateducation should be at the heart of any EducationEducation Bill.

Mr. Duncan, who spoke with reporters after an appearance at a New York Times education event, said he was a fan of Democratic nominee Bill de Blasio's early - childhood proposal.

Sen. Velmanette Montgomery (D - Brooklyn) and Assemblyman Keith Wright (D - Manhattan) had introduced separate bills aimed at reducing the number of mayoral appointees to the Board of Education and letting the board, rather than the mayor, hire the city's schools chancellor.

The Arizona - born chancellor's credentials include a masters in education; work at four school districts, including Houston during last year's Hurricane Harvey disaster; and he speaks both Spanish and English — a key during Mayor Bill de Blasio's search for replacing Carmen Fariña, the departing chancellor.

«They've helped to destroy successful schools across the city of New York,» Thompson said during a panel discussion on education policy at NYU, hosted by the New York City Working Group on School Transformation, which also featured Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio who are presumptive candidates for mayor.

Education minister Bill Rammell expressed his «delight» at the figures, which he claimed proved the opposition to tuition fees was misguided.

A third bill — extending mayoral control for up to five years — would create the education tax credit, a provision aimed at spurring donations that aid private and parochial schools.

A debate over a massive education, labor and ethics bill lasted for more than six hours in the chamber on Tuesday and Assembly Republicans called a conference on a capital projects spending bill at 10 minutes to midnight.

Other Democrats took shots at the education portion of the bill, which shifted the regional tallies for charter schools between upstate and New York City, and offered up $ 250 million for private schools in prior - year reimbursements.

Governor Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio spoke at dueling rallies on education at the State Capitol that highlighted the two politicians» differences over education issues.

Aside from lowering the voting age by a year, the bill would also require all pupils in the ninth grade or higher to receive at least eight full class periods of civics education and mandate that every New York high school provide each student with a voter registration form the year they turn 17.

Citing stances the Senators have taken detrimental to the cause of working people, the flyers highlight: Protecting a failed tax system that favors the privileged at the expense of working people; increasing the tax on health insurance; siding with big corporations and against teachers and students to pass a Charter School Bill - with no real reform; creating a new Tier V pension; and attacking education by supporting an irresponsible property tax cap.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio spoke at dueling rallies on education at the state Capitol, highlighting the two politicians» differences over education issues.

A large coalition of early childhood education advocates and elected officials took to the City Hall steps on Wednesday to call on Mayor Bill de Blasio — again — to fund pay parity between teachers at all pre-Kindergarten and day care centers in New York City.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo argued today that Mayor Bill de Blasio's resistance to closing the city's famous — and infamous — island incarceration complex is little more than political obstinacy and inertia, and took a shot at his rival Democrat «s education policies while he was at it.

Thursday's City Council schedule will include a meeting of the Committee on Governmental Operations for its preliminary budget oversight hearing; a meeting of the Committee on Veterans to consider a resolution «calling upon the New York State Legislature to pass and the Governor to sign S. 752, the Veterans» Education Through SUNY Credits Act»; and a meeting of the Committee on Education to consider multiple resolutions, including one «calling upon the New York State Legislature to reject any attempt to raise the cap on the number of charter schools,» one «calling upon the Department of Education to amend its Parent's Bill of Rights and Responsibilities to include information about opting out of high - stakes testing and distribute this document at the beginning of every school year, to every family, in every grade,» and one «calling upon the New York State Legislature to eliminate the Governor's receivership proposal in the executive budget for New York City.»

At 1 p.m., NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio and NYC Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina make an education announcement, P.S. 19 Asher Levy, 185 1st Ave., Manhattan.

Assemblyman Sam Roberts took a shot at Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner and NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio for their critique of state education funding, saying their proposal would hurt Upstate school districts.

Cuomo will reportedly veto a controversial special education bill today that requires school officials to consider religion and other family beliefs when approving taxpayer - funded tuition for students at private schools.

At 10:30 a.m., NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio delivers a speech on education entitled «Equity and Excellence», Auditorium, Bronx Latin School, 800 Home St., the Bronx.

At 5:30 p.m., NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks at the Department of Education Big Apple Awards Gracie Mansion, 88th Street and East End Avenue, ManhattaAt 5:30 p.m., NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks at the Department of Education Big Apple Awards Gracie Mansion, 88th Street and East End Avenue, Manhattaat the Department of Education Big Apple Awards Gracie Mansion, 88th Street and East End Avenue, Manhattan.

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand visited a historic home in Fayetteville to unveil a bipartisan bill aimed at promoting education about the women's suffrage movement on the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote.

At the same time, DiNapoli's report criticized the budget process for introducing changes to the state's education policy just hours before state lawmakers approved the budget bills.

At 3 p.m., state Sen. David Carlucci and members of New York State United Teachers call on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to sign a bill that authorizes the boards of education in union - free school districts and central school districts to establish wards for the purpose of school board elections, 20 S. Main St., New City.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio will close 14 New York City schools at the end of this academic year, nine of which are in the Renewal program for struggling schools, the Department of Education announced.

At 8 a.m., NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks at the ABNY breakfast where he will address «critical issues» facing education in the city, Hilton New York, 1335 Ave. of the Americas, ManhattaAt 8 a.m., NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks at the ABNY breakfast where he will address «critical issues» facing education in the city, Hilton New York, 1335 Ave. of the Americas, Manhattaat the ABNY breakfast where he will address «critical issues» facing education in the city, Hilton New York, 1335 Ave. of the Americas, Manhattan.

His comments may seem surprising given the divisions exposed within the Labour party during discussions on the education and inspections bill, with 69 backbench MPs rebelling at the report stage.

At 3 p.m., Sen. Diane Savino and Assemblyman Nick Perry will be pushing a bill that would enact automatic enrollment for all eligible members into the Board of Education retirement System, City Hall Steps, New York City.

«If he were to not sign the bill into law, I wouldn't be surprised at all,» said Flanagan, whose conference also benefited from the heavy spending of education groups whose priorities are directly at odds with those of teachers» unions.

At the state budget hearing, Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York spoke about education, children's services and affordable housing.