Sentences with phrase «education initiatives around»

The foundation now spends nearly $ 400 million on various education initiatives around the country and is having a profound effect on education policy, particularly at the federal level.

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CEO Howard Schultz is known for taking on big issues like job creation and education so the coffee chain's latest initiative centered around diversity and racial inequality was not a big departure from that.

Through education and health initiatives as well as bringing awareness to the concept of time poverty, she continued to dedicate her life to bettering those around her.

2014.04.02 Double amputee Spencer West embarks on coast to coast road trip to celebrate Canadian students opening the doors to education around the world An initiative of international charity and educational partner, Free The Children, and supported by RBC and Ford Motor Company of Canada, Ltd., the We Create Change Tour will run from April 11 - June 17, 2014...

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.

The Independent Institute joins the successful efforts of numerous community initiatives around the country to offer children a competitive education alternative in the San Francisco East Bay.

She currently implements a landmark science cooperation agreement between AAAS and the Cuban Academy of Sciences, develops the Center's global science diplomacy education and capacity building initiatives, leads a research project analyzing science - policy connections around the world, and serves as an associate editor of the open - access policy journal Science & Diplomacy.

Cherny concluded: «Palliative care has been a central part of ESMO's work in research, education and public health policy initiatives both in Europe and around the world.

Around $ 35 million was also allocated to universities to establish education and training initiatives for electric drive projects.

We'll be chiming in every now an again to talk about STEM inquiry on the front lines of education around the world, and updating you on our progress with Gedanken and other exciting new initiatives.

About the Helmsley Charitable Trust: The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust aspires to improve lives by supporting exceptional efforts in the U.S. and around the world in health, place - based initiatives, and education and human services.

Back in 2009, then - Secretary of Education Arne Duncan had hoped this key initiative would yield «transformation, not tinkering,» aiming to «turn around 1,000 schools every year for five years.»

Your 21st century education initiative rests upon your ability to engage and support every teacher in their practice around the 4Cs.

• Around 1,000 more teachers • $ 6.1 million over three years to support an updated anti-bullying strategy and resources for teachers, students and parents • Funding of $ 88 million in 2017 - 18 as part of the $ 224 million for teacher professional development through the Quality Teaching, Successful Students initiative • Funding of $ 50 million in 2017 - 18 on student counselling and wellbeing services as part of the $ 167 million Supported Students, Successful Students program • $ 149 million on education standards for provision of services related to school curriculum assessment, teaching and regulatory standards in NSW schools

The implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA); debates about a potential large - scale federal school - choice initiative; and deep disagreements about civil rights enforcement continue to captivate — and roil — all of us involved in education policy, in D.C. and around the nation.

Program: International Education Policy Major ED Duties: Adviser to the secretary on strategic communications and policy; primary liaison with the White House on agency activities; cochair of the Advisory Council on Dependents Education; partner of Michelle Obama on the Joining Forces project; and aide on communications and engagement planning around the president's early learning initiative.

Why: The trip to Ecuador specifically focused on the study of care and bilingual education under the scope of Hinton's, Professor Kurt Fischer's, and Visiting Lecturer Bruno della Chiesa's research schools initiative that partners HGSE researchers with schools around the globe to collaborate on school - based research, professional development, and dissemination of research findings.

Indeed, one of the most contentious education reforms of the last decade was the effort, spearheaded in the federal Race to the Top initiative, to create accountability around teachers» performance.

Grammy - award winning cellist and composer Yo - Yo Ma met with Harvard Graduate School of Education faculty last week to discuss education initiatives under his Silk Road Project — a nonprofit arts and educational organization with a vision of creating global connections by uniting artists and audiences around tEducation faculty last week to discuss education initiatives under his Silk Road Project — a nonprofit arts and educational organization with a vision of creating global connections by uniting artists and audiences around teducation initiatives under his Silk Road Project — a nonprofit arts and educational organization with a vision of creating global connections by uniting artists and audiences around the world.

Shaun Harper, the executive director of the Center for the Study of Race and Equity in Education at the University of Pennsylvania, has studied higher education graduate programs around the country — the programs that train students to manage admissions, student life, strategic planning, and even diversity initiatives at Education at the University of Pennsylvania, has studied higher education graduate programs around the country — the programs that train students to manage admissions, student life, strategic planning, and even diversity initiatives at education graduate programs around the country — the programs that train students to manage admissions, student life, strategic planning, and even diversity initiatives at colleges.

The world's largest education prize has been launched offering a total of HK$ 60 million, around # 5 million, to fund education research and development initiatives.

With other schools, the initiative has looked at issues around compassion, the brain and learning, global education, and the role technology plays in helping children learn from one another.

For several decades, western colleges and universities have been lured into creating new initiatives outside of their countries» borders by the globalization of higher education and its potential for improving education around the world, as well as for additional funding and branding opportunities.

In that time, he won praise for uniting education reformers, teachers, principals and business stakeholders behind an aggressive education reform agenda that included opening more than 100 new schools, expanding after - school and summer learning programs, closing down underperforming schools, increasing early childhood and college access, dramatically boosting the caliber of teachers, and building public - private partnerships around a variety of education initiatives.

Brad Mitchell is a senior director at Battelle for Kids, where he focuses on building and leveraging philanthropy to fund innovative education reform, especially around rural collaboratives that can serve as learning laboratories and pilot improvement initiatives.

Dating back to the 1970s, our state leaders attempted a series of ineffective initiatives to turn around one of the worst public - education systems in the country.

Richard Wells (@EduWells) in New Zealand writes about the importance of «eliminating issues around race, culture and tolerance» and the «systematic and multi-faceted» new initiatives his country's education system has launched to do that.

The pilot gave the SCDE an opportunity to gauge the need for and response to the program around the state, as well as the SCDE's strength in supporting other initiatives — such as high school redesign and adult education — and in meeting legislative mandates to give all students access to high - quality instruction.

Louisiana is also one of six states (along with Delaware) that is part of a new, $ 75 million initiative to turn around low - performing schools using strategies created by the Boston - based Mass Insight Education and Research Institute.

Stephanie Mendez currently serves as the director of charter authorizing for the New York City Department of Education, where she is focused on the implementation of initiatives centered around the accountability, oversight, and renewal of Chancellor - authorized charter schools.

This series of twelve videos produced by Mobile Digital Arts for the OECD and the Pearson Foundation, highlights initiatives being taken by education authorities around the world to help students do better.

At present, Dr. Neeley and Dr. Paredes are working to ensure Early College High Schools and T - STEM Academies are two initiatives presently being created around the state to create pathways to post-secondary education.

We hope that we can continue to partner with the district in innovative ways to turn around low - performing schools — whether it's an equitable Public School Choice process or other reform initiative — and to pursue our common goal of ensuring that every student in Los Angeles receives a high - quality public education.»

Education secretary Nicky Morgan unveiled a range of initiatives targeted at the one in 10 children with a diagnosable mental health disorder — around 3 children in every classroom — while helping their classmates to develop an understanding of the problems they face.

But the federal initiatives around education seldom take such a holistic approach; instead, competing departments engage in bureaucratic turf wars that, while fun within the Beltway, are tragic for children in our neighborhoods.

She's describing the work CTL is doing in partnership with the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE), convening higher education faculty from around the state to share information about teacher leadership iniEducation (KDE), convening higher education faculty from around the state to share information about teacher leadership inieducation faculty from around the state to share information about teacher leadership initiatives.

The Success Case Method, developed by Dr. Robert Brinkerhoff to evaluate education initiatives, has been used successfully across all sectors and around the world to evaluate professional learning and other interventions.

When a new reform initiative comes around, our instinct as teachers and education leaders is often to buy new tools to support the work.

In her role with DCPS, Katie designed and facilitated team sessions around race and equity in education, contributed to a variety of Critical Friends» Groups and workshops, and provided individual teacher support through the program's coaching initiatives.

The Early Career Leadership Fellow (ECLF) initiative is a collaborative effort between the National Education Association (NEA) and CEC, which connects early career teacher leaders to union leadership, particularly around professional and social justice issues.

PRINCETON — Many are becoming more aware of the new public education initiative, Vision 20/20, which addresses current issues and inefficiencies many school districts around the state are facing today.

During the question and answer period following Malloy's talk, Jennifer Alexander, the CEO of ConnCAN and co-founder of A Better Connecticut, the corporate education reform lobbying group, tossed Malloy a soft - ball question about the town meetings Malloy held around the state to promote his education reform initiative in 2012.

Within the third committee on low - performing schools, the action plan includes prioritizing early childhood education programs, creating partnerships between teacher preparation programs and high - needs districts, and requiring school turn around initiatives to be based on evidence.

The film was shown as part of an initiative of AROS, supported through the Schott Foundation for Public Education, to foster debate about the impact of charter schooling on the public education landscape around theEducation, to foster debate about the impact of charter schooling on the public education landscape around theeducation landscape around the country.

Principals have to manage, lead, and are held accountable for: common core; technology initiatives; social and emotional learning; referendum initiatives; math implementation; science implementation; special education, community outreach; reading; testing (local and state); effective instruction; transportation; public relations, parent custody issues, residency; student and staff discipline, evaluations; hiring; parent complaints; bullying; safety issues; budgeting; human resources issues; immigration questions / concerns; school safety, visibility in and out of school; championing the never ending requests and demands from the central office (one of the biggest challenges); the constantly increasing demands around social media and communications; and the barrage of emails / texts demanding immediate response 24/7, just to name a few.

22 March 2016, Gaydon: Aston Martin CEO Dr Andy Palmer has been selected to become an ambassador for the UK Government's GREAT Britain campaign, an initiative that promotes British business, tourism and education around the world, showcasing the very best of what Britain has to offer.

The initiative that promotes British business, tourism and education around the world, showcasing the very best of what Britain has to offer.

Education is the key to dog bite prevention, and one international organization, Doggone Safe, promotes educational initiatives to increase child safety around dogs and prevent injuries associated with bites.

Michele is a member of Doggone Safe - an organisation committed to education initiatives for the purpose of dog bite prevention and increased child safety around dogs.

How It Works: Since 1992, the company's Grand Circle Foundation has pledged $ 97 million toward education and preservation initiatives in more than 30 countries around the world, from a farming project in Costa Rica to classroom building in Zimbabwe.