Sentences with phrase «education groups focused»

But there is also value in short - term (three to ten meetings) parent - education groups focused on particular age groups or problems.

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He also is one of the founders of FWD.us, a lobbying group of powerful silicon valley entrepreneurs focused on many political matters, such as immigration and education reform.

The education, environment, and performing arts - focused William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and Jim Pallotta, founder of financial services firm Raptor Group, each contributed $ 1 million.

She was previously a Research Intern at the Michael Cohen Group in Soho with a focus on child development, education, and digital media.

The Career & Technical Education (CTE) Working Group is focused on creating public dialogue around programs of study pathways for students interested in entering the STEM workforce.

Diverse data: In a briefing with reporters, NIH officials said they are focusing on gathering health and genetic data from diverse and historically underrepresented groups — including ethnic and sexual minorities, as well as people with disabilities, with less than a high school education, and with income below the poverty level.

The Rev. Joseph W. Knowles describes the goals of the Renewal Center Mission as (1) developing the Life Renewal Center through small «groups,» (2) giving attention to the use of present structures to focus the whole life of the church as a healing community, (3) developing a program of supervised clinical pastoral education for theological students, and (4) maintaining a Residential Center halfway house for twenty men and women who have been previously hospitalized for mental illness.

The poll takers and those running the focus groups asked about various policies about equal pay, education, jobs, and so forth, which is natural.

As this market continues to grow, there's more opportunity for education and improvements, which was the impetus behind our Gluten - Free Tool Kit — a better - business - focused partnership between Newhope360 and the Gluten Intolerance Group (GIG).

Specific activities like focus on enhancing leadership skills of women, promoting thrift and credit groups as well as health, education and economic activities also have contributed largely to women empowerment.

The consumer education brochure focuses on discretionary foods as this is the group that Australian's tend to over consume - providing a visual guide on the portion size of common discretionary foods.

This includes Corporate Social Investment, whereby the group promotes the development of learners through three academies which offer holistic, full - year programmes centred around sport, art and education; Entrepreneur Development which focuses on skills - based entrepreneurial development through its Tsogo Sun Book a Guesthouse and Supplier Development programmes; and Environmental Education, committed to initiatives that reduce the impact the business has on the enveducation; Entrepreneur Development which focuses on skills - based entrepreneurial development through its Tsogo Sun Book a Guesthouse and Supplier Development programmes; and Environmental Education, committed to initiatives that reduce the impact the business has on the envEducation, committed to initiatives that reduce the impact the business has on the environment.

Attendees included David Lammy MP and representatives from Action for Children, Barnardo's, Cardiff University, Centre for Social Justice, Child Accident Prevention Trust, Department for Education, DVIP, Family Rights Group, Focus Consultancy, Frontline, Local Authorities, London Probation, Morning Lane Associates, NSPCC, Open University, Respect, Royal College of Midwifery, Safeground, University of Bristol, as well as from the FI itself.

Data from the focus groups interviews, questionnaires and all feedback were then incorporated into the development of an antenatal education session.

Based on data derived from the most recent NARM job analysis, midwife members who self - identified as «of color» will be invited to participate in focus groups to explore facilitators and barriers that they have experienced with respect to access to midwifery education, and as practitioners.

As the Corporate Social Responsibility arm of the UBA Group, UBA Foundation is committed to the socio - economic betterment of the communities in which UBA operates, focusing on development in the areas of Environment, Education, Economic Empowerment and Special Projects.

This week will include a focus on what the city can do to stop gas - related explosions after another such explosion occurred this weekend, this time in Borough Park; education politics and policy, as the pro-charter, anti-de Blasio group Families for Excellent Schools will hold a large rally; a continuation of negotiation and criticism between city and state entities over MTA funding; and more.

As the Corporate Social Responsibility arm of the UBA Group, UBA Foundation is committed to the socio - economic betterment of communities across the African continent focusing on development in the areas of Environment, Education, Economic Empowerment and Special Projects.

The governor is rightly focused on ways to make sure all students have access to a quality education,» the group said in a statement late yesterday.

Education groups control the state's biggest super PACs, and while reformers and unions will likely take sides along most partisan lines in November, supporters of charter schools and tax credits for donations to private schools have focused on targeting eight incumbent Democrats in the primaries, forcing the New York State United Teachers to play defense in support of allies.

Coalition for Opportunity in Education, a group whose advocacy is focused exclusively on the Education Investment Tax Credit, which would incentivize donations to private school scholarships or public schools, spent $ 659,404.

There were several education - focused groups not associated with charter schools or unions who spent significant money on lobbying last year.

In a news release Thursday, the group said the People's March for Education Justice will focus on the similarities between the Trump - DeVos agenda on public education and Governor AndrewEducation Justice will focus on the similarities between the Trump - DeVos agenda on public education and Governor Andreweducation and Governor Andrew Cuomo's.

Supporters of education - focused groups also donated money to individual political candidates and parties.

The advisory group is the direct result of a Jan. 23 meeting, organized by UFT Vice President for Education Evelyn DeJesus, which gathered together 40 teachers from the UFT's English language learner focus group to discuss their concerns with top city and state officials.

WBFO's Focus on Education Reporter Eileen Buckley says Governor Cuomo has named a group of diverse education leaders, teachers and parents from across the state to thEducation Reporter Eileen Buckley says Governor Cuomo has named a group of diverse education leaders, teachers and parents from across the state to theducation leaders, teachers and parents from across the state to this panel.

An environmental group focused on the Hudson Valley is the recipient of a sustainable education award.

While these efforts focus on underrepresented groups, it is expected that the resulting types of interventions will improve research and education opportunities for all students in computing.

Boylan said adopting such an approach addresses the two central challenges at the focus of National Science Foundation funding: the need to improve the quality of STEM education and expand access to STEM across groups.

Another sector the group has focused on is healthcare and education, in part as a safe investment opportunity.

Since 2010 Pres. Barack Obama and the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology have used the bully pulpit to encourage the proliferation of public high schools that focus on STEM education and target students from underrepresented groups.

The UAB Office of Postdoctoral Education was formed in 1999 following a series of focus groups with faculty and postdocs, organized by the graduate school.

The IUCN's Hyena Specialist Group focuses on developing hyena conservation strategies worldwide through integrated research and public education to change attitudes toward these much maligned animals.

David Polakovs and Jeff Harris are co-chairs of Genentech's LGBT employee resource group which has three main areas of focus: community outreach and education, professional development, and strategic health care.

NOAA, the NCAnet Education Affinity Group, and members of the CLEAN Network have developed a series of guides for educators that focus on the regional chapters of the Assessment Report, helping to unpack the key messages of each region and point to related, high - quality online resources.

He is a member of the national advisory committees of several groups that focus on genetic education and outreach, such as the March of Dimes Gene Project.

Along these lines, the focus group participants identified the main themes as benefits of statistics to society (and thus, promoting the socially responsible practice of statistics), expanding primary education of statistics, ease of public access to data, data accuracy and quality, and protection of privacy in sampling and data analysis.

Based on interviews and focus groups conducted across the state, a business plan was developed for the Georgia Center for Oncology Research and Education.

Lisa is also actively involved in several other groups and organizations which are focused on supporting and growing the field of contemplative education.

«Character education,» she says, «means you get a group together and they come up with a set of words they want to focus on.

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The Department of Health and Department for Education will run a number of roundtables and focus groups to ensure maximum engagement.

Offscreen Education groups, he points out, work essentially the same way an international news team might, using much of the same equipment for sending reports back home, but instead of focusing on news and conflict, the student teams aim for the mundane.

Since that first animated comic book, he has successfully requested more funds from the local school board and a nearby educational foundation and also has received significant awards from the Eastern Illinois Employment Service Agency, a group focused on vocational education, for hardware and training.

And it put a special focus on ensuring that states and schools boost the performance of certain groups of students, such as English - language learners, students in special education, and poor and minority children, whose achievement, on average, trails their peers.

Glenn Finger, Professor of Education and Dean (Learning and Teaching) of the Arts, Education and Law Group at Queensland's Griffith University said the report highlights the need for an evidence - informed approach which focuses on teacher education students learning and demonstrating approaches which improve student Education and Dean (Learning and Teaching) of the Arts, Education and Law Group at Queensland's Griffith University said the report highlights the need for an evidence - informed approach which focuses on teacher education students learning and demonstrating approaches which improve student Education and Law Group at Queensland's Griffith University said the report highlights the need for an evidence - informed approach which focuses on teacher education students learning and demonstrating approaches which improve student education students learning and demonstrating approaches which improve student learning.

Associate Professor Mark Warren and Lecturer Karen Mapp introduced a new Special Interest Group (SIG) this week focused on grassroots organizing at the American Education Research Association (AERA) annual meeting in New York City.

You can join thousands of education groups that focus on specific interests.

The Secondary Student Focus Group commented: «I wouldn't normally be in school until this time now [10.30 am] and the trip has made me realise that I need my education, I enjoy education, I enjoy learning and I was in school at half eight this morning, which is a whole two hours before I normally am.»

The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Education, supported by the British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA), has launched an inquiry to examine how well our schools are preparing young people for their future, with a particular focus on their readiness for the workforce.