Sentences with phrase «education philanthropists»

She was giving it to a group of education philanthropists at a conference sponsored by notable charities like the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation.

Los Angeles Unified is now led by a superintendent who graduated from the reform - minded Broad Superintendents Academy and who previously worked for education philanthropist Bill Gates.

That's why the state's leading education philanthropists established EdVoice.

I also find it fascinating that education philanthropists like Bill Gates have become such targets of antipathy.

Its board includes arts and education philanthropist Eli Broad, former ambassador Frank Baxter and healthcare company executive Richard Merkin.

An investor and major education philanthropist himself, Rauner campaigned on the idea of an education tax credit.

As Geoffrey Canada of the Harlem Children's Zone told education philanthropist Katherine Bradley when she began her school reform efforts a decade ago, it is critical to overhaul the schools at the center of the lives of children and their communities.

So many commentators take verbal shots at her that you'd think she had the policy - making power of, say, President Obama, or Education Secretary Arne Duncan, or billionaire education philanthropist Bill Gates.

Eli Broad, the prominent education philanthropist and charter school booster, is retiring to spend more time with his family, according to release from The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation.

News arrived today that he has joined with ARTnews Top 200 collector Hasso Plattner, a tech entrepreneur and arts education philanthropist, to... Read More

APPOINTMENT Feb. 4: the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia announces the election of three new trustees to its board including Catherine Hughes, chair and founder of Radio One Inc., the largest African American owned and operated broadcast company in the United States, and Gregory Charles Miller, a pharmaceutical industry executive and longtime education philanthropist.

In her new book, Follow the Money, political scientist Sarah Reckhow discusses the rise of a new generation of education philanthropists, the differences among them, and how their work has played out in some big city school systems.

EdVoice is a nonprofit grassroots network of over 50,000 parents, community leaders, educators, and the state's leading education philanthropists, working together to increase student achievement for all kids and be heard in the decision - making process in Sacramento.

And Lucas himself is an unlikely education philanthropist, having taken pains over the years to paint a picture of himself as a bored, indifferent student.

Education philanthropists like Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg, along with a number of hedge fund billionaires, think schools should be run like corporations.

Board members include arts and education philanthropist Eli Broad, former ambassador and education supporter Frank Baxter and healthcare company executive Richard Merkin.

Some education philanthropists were put off by Mr. de Blasio's criticism of charter schools.

The schools have attracted the attention of another education philanthropist: Bill Gates visited Summit Sierra in Seattle last year and praised what he saw on his «gatesnotes» blog.

Education philanthropists have taken particular interest in the city of Los Angeles, especially in light of its high number of charter schools and its struggling public school district.

EdVoice is a nonprofit grassroots network of over 50,000 parents, community leaders, educators, and the state's leading education philanthropists, working together to be heard in the decision making process in Sacramento.

Education philanthropists have been showering money on publicly funded charter schools while often taking their eyes off the big picture.