Sentences with phrase «education jobs funds»

Cash - strapped school districts hoping to avert layoffs could get a boost from legislation approved by the U.S. House of Representatives Dec. 16 that is intended to provide a jolt to the sluggish economy, in part by creating a $ 23 billion «education jobs fund.»

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger ended a week of speculation and rumor Thursday by sending an official request to the Legislature for SB 847, a bill that will allocate $ 1.2 billion in education jobs funding.

ASCD and its educator members applaud Congress for passing the $ 10 billion education jobs fund, which will save 140,000 educator jobs across the country.

Not exact matches

In Detroit, many businesses funded by Chase - backed EOCFs have been focused on contracting and construction — industries that generate middle - wage jobs that don't require a college education.

However, with technology - based education initiatives likely to see a reduction in federal and state funding in the coming years, the public sector will likely not have the resources to step in and help bridge the gap between a lack of skilled workers and unfilled jobs.

The Clinton platform also focuses heavily on education, including a call to broaden computer science education in public schools, revamp job training programs, and provide more funds for minority colleges to help tackle tech's diversity problem.

In addition to the education fund, we also decided to start a Nest Egg fund, where we save and invest for Baby R2R and let compounding do its job over the course next couple of decades.

That means the Google sale accomplished three lifelong goals for me: allowing me to set aside enough to pay for my twin toddlers» college educations, funding my wife and my retirement account, and giving us a financial cushion that means I'll never have to work at a job I don't love.

At the same time, he said there were other portions that «fund health insurance, early childhood education, the fight against climate change and expand manufacturing hubs to grow jobs.»

But the First Amendment does not, I believe, preclude government funds going to faith - based programs that offer public goods (e.g., health care, job training, education) that the society wants the government to fund.

Health care for the poor, education in the inner city, job training for welfare mothers, discipline for criminally offending youths, improvement of community infrastructure and housing, nutrition for infants, drug treatment for recovering addicts» all of these things and more require the provision of public funds and are essential to the progress we seek.

Continue partnering with World Vision to raise awareness and funds for child sponsorship, women's education, and women's job training.

I remain committed to securing a budget that brings ridesharing upstate, rejects millions in proposed taxes and fees, and fully - funds our region's top priorities, like job training, education, and public safety.»

«The additional support, combined with State funded free early years education for younger children will enable parents of children of any age to bring together full time paid employment with parenting, and will ensure that those with school age children can meet their job search obligations.»

More higher education funding is vital to covering mandatory costs and supporting these great institutions as they work toward preparing New York students for the next wave of good jobs created by a better economy.»

Much bigger cuts lie ahead: Education Secretary Arne Duncan warns that as stimulus funding dries up, as many as 300,000 teachers and other school personnel could lose their jobs this year to budget cuts.

The EMA, the future jobs fund, higher education and other support services could be improved from where the Labour government left them.

It would therefore be reasonable to demand that Labour commits itself to the recommendation of the Nuclear Education Trust, an independent charity promoting information on nuclear weapons that «the Government must provide immediate, sustained and considerable support [including] regeneration funding at the level of # 100 million for every 1,000 jobs lost to the local economy.»

Hawkins and Jones call their platform a Green New Deal for New York, which features public jobs for the unemployed, a $ 15 minimum wage, single payer health care, and fully funded public education from universal pre-K to tuition - free CUNY and SUNY.

«We also will focus on things that women care about, such as creating jobs for women and their families, funding education so their children get the best education possible,» Young said.

He told Newsday those issues include «major infrastructure investments to create jobs, affordable higher education, criminal justice reforms and more funding for scientific research,» the paper wrote in its endorsement of him.

Eimicke also, according to media reports, hired Glaser for an adjunct teaching job at Columbia's Picker Center for Executive Education, and has worked as a consultant on projects that received state funding.

Instead, he argued that funding resources should be expended on creating education and professional programs and job opportunities, especially for immigrants and minorities.

«We must find more ways to protect taxpayers and create good jobs, ensure access to quality, affordable health care for all New Yorkers, ensure voting rights, protect women's rights, ensure our education system receives the resources it deserves, repair and fully fund our decaying infrastructure and MTA, and stand up for vulnerable communities under attack by the Trump administration.»

The Alliance for Quality Education is firing back at Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who this morning accused school districts of playing politics when they say his proposed funding cuts would force teachers to lose their jobs, hurting kids in the process.

«It's not surprising that New York state refuses to sit idly by while New Jersey's casino referendum... threatens thousands of jobs and hundreds of millions of dollars of revenue for the state's education fund — a majority of which is currently generated by Resorts World in New York City,» the company added.

• The ARRA Education programs, administered by the State Education Department, continued to support the jobs of teachers and support staff across the State, and directly funded 29,531 positions.

Bruce Fraser of the Erie County Association of School Boards says the state needs to do a better job of funding schools, adding that «the costs of education are not directly related to merging.»

«In addition, the casino is expected to generate more than $ 500 million per year in state revenue, a large portion of which will go towards education funding which would help save thousands of teaching jobs and to NYRA which will help preserve 1,500 jobs that are threatened with layoffs.»

Any additional unspent funds from this revenue would be held in a new priority reserve fund to be dedicated towards future needs regarding «job creation, local mandate relief, education, health care and mortgage foreclosure protection.»

His proposal to slash funds for health care, education and other social safety net services endangers the lives of those who need them and the jobs of workers who provide them,» said District Council 37 Executive Director Lillian Roberts.

Hawkins» told local supporters that his platform includes guaranteeing jobs for all — be they private or public sector — a $ 15 per hour minimum wage, universal healthcare, fully funded public schools, eliminating the Common Core education standards and providing 100 percent clean energy by 2030.

Likewise, Mr. Cuomo said he would ask upstate legislators to focus on education funds and the potential for new jobs for New Yorkers, even if there was no guarantee that a casino would land in a particular district.

We also must invest in on our children's education, provide meaningful funding increases for our schools and make sure that we move the economy forward by creating good paying jobs.»

At a time when thousands of teachers in New York have foregone raises simply to keep their jobs, and while the state is poised to cut an additional $ 1 billion or more in education funding, NYSUT is sitting on tens of millions of dollars in cash and investments and spending lavishly on six - figure employee salaries and conferences at high - end resorts.

«We must find more ways to protect taxpayers and create good jobs, ensure access to quality, affordable healthcare for all New Yorkers, protect women's rights, ensure our education system receives the resources it deserves, repair and fully fund our decaying infrastructure and MTA, and stand up for vulnerable communities under attack by the Trump Administration,» she said.

The measure is expected to increase funding for education, expand access to affordable housing, create jobs and help ensure financial security for all Bronxites and New Yorkers by raising the minimum wage and preserving integral family programs.

«I am calling for a Green New Deal for New York to establish the human right of all New Yorkers to economic security and prosperity, including decent jobs, living wages, publicly - funded health care, good public education from pre-K through college, and affordable housing, mass transit, and clean energy,» said Hawkins, a working Teamster who unloads trucks at night at UPS in Syracuse.

As Congressman, I will continue to fight for working families by creating good paying jobs, lowering taxes on the middle class and ensuring that Brooklyn and Staten Island receive our fair share of education, healthcare and transportation funding.»

The Council identified eight major priorities in its response: increased investment in city youth; investment in healthcare, education, jobs and legal services for immigrants; specific funding for the diverse communities; capital investment in infrastructure; creating a Rainy Day Fund and adding to existing reserves; baselining essential city services; expanding criminal justice, community support, and human services; and more accurately tracking city agency performance.

The project worked with NASA to develop a job placement system for handicapped scientists, and conducted NSF funded studies on science and mathematics education and handicapped students.

While some jobs, will require an advanced degree, a 2014 study funded by the National Science Foundation points out that 2 - yr and 4 - yr training with access to continuing and technical education will be sufficient for many of the future positions in nanotechnology, nanomanufacturing, and beyond.

Universities and other higher education institutions as well as public - and private - sector non-university research institutions and large research funding organisations support international researchers with postdoctoral jobs and fellowships.

«While much public discussion has been solely focussed on funding, we've been getting on with the job of delivering a quality reform agenda in teaching education.»

Jill Carlson International Education Policy City: Oakland, California Current job: Director of Individual Giving at Aim High, an award - winning summer learning program in the greater Bay Area founded by a HGSE alumnus Career highlight (s): Relaunching Students Helping Students at Room to Read, and being able to mobilize students (and their families) all over the world to raise awareness and funds for literacy and girls» education; cheering on Deb Gittler, Ed.Education Policy City: Oakland, California Current job: Director of Individual Giving at Aim High, an award - winning summer learning program in the greater Bay Area founded by a HGSE alumnus Career highlight (s): Relaunching Students Helping Students at Room to Read, and being able to mobilize students (and their families) all over the world to raise awareness and funds for literacy and girls» education; cheering on Deb Gittler, Ed.education; cheering on Deb Gittler, Ed.M.»

McPherson, then new at the job, had a question for Light: What one idea in higher education is worth our funding?

Funders may need to be more deliberate by creating a robust entity that has the sole job of coordinating across the entire geographic cluster to make sure that system leaders, principals and other school leaders, blended learning directors, teachers, and education technology companies have frequent opportunities to network and spend time with each other learning and building in a deliberate way on each other's successes and setbacks.

As many as 50,000 teachers and instructional aides could lose their jobs next fall if current Title I funding levels are extended through the rest of the fiscal year, Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley said last week.

In December, a jury found that James Lindberg, a former consultant in the state agency's adult education department, had been harassed and moved to another job within the agency for reporting irregularities and potential abuses in the state's handling of federal and state funds.

«We urge the government to rethink and increase the overall amount of funding for schools through the national funding formula so that it can to its job and ensure that every child has the opportunity of a good education.»