Sentences with phrase «equity initiatives»

This might serve equity initially; but it could also politically compromise the reform agenda, including equity initiatives.

We also partner with community organizations who are engaged in educational equity initiatives.

However, research suggests that modifications to pricing structures — as opposed to discounts — may bring in more new members while freeing up money for other equity initiatives.

The Education Redesign Lab at the Harvard Graduate School of Education has unveiled a new, youth education equity initiative that aims to tackle systemic inequalities preventing young students from academically succeeding.

«Rigorous standards are definitely something all students haven't been accessing before,» said Jeannette LaFors, director of Equity Initiatives at the Education Trust - West.

The assessment helps «to ensure someone can maintain the obligations of the loan,» says Amy Ford, director of home equity initiatives with the National Council on Aging, which provides counseling to prospective reverse mortgage borrowers.

School Support and Improvement → Equity Initiatives Unit → Equity and Excellence Certification

Potentially divisive initiatives such as equity initiatives carry special risks for schools and districts.

, NACTO also analyzes the impact of other commonly used equity initiatives such as deeply discounted annual memberships and alternatives to credit cards.

Unpacking the career aspirations of Australian school students: towards an evidence base for university equity initiatives in schools.

By signing the pledge, Zillow Group commits to conducting an annual company - wide gender pay analysis, reviewing hiring and promotion processes and procedures to reduce unconscious bias and structural barriers, and embedding equal pay efforts into broader equity initiatives.

Britta is a distinguished fellow at INSEAD in the area of family office, under INSEAD's global private equity initiative, as well as a frequent lecturer at international conferences and author of various articles on tax and estate planning matters and holds an executive degree in mergers and acquisitions from Stanford University.

I had been working on equity initiatives locally through the LLL Groups, other organizations, and in my own job in the public health department, but I had been mostly working as an individual.

Mayor Bill de Blasio and NYC Parks Commissioner Mitchell J. Silver, FAICP, announced the next set of parks added to the Community Parks Initiative portfolio the City's first major parks equity initiative investing $ 318 million to revitalize everyday community parks that have received less than $ 250,000 over the past 20 years.

JEF, based in the Washington, DC, area, has been working on leveling the playing field for minority students in science, mathematics, and technology since before equity initiatives started emerging.

Why have these two funding equity initiatives played out in such starkly different ways?

Subject to available funding, the Legislature shall provide an annual appropriation to the State Board of Education to be allocated to Florida College System institution presidents, faculty, and administrative personnel to further enhance equity initiatives and related priorities that support the mission of colleges and departments in recognition of the attainment of the equity goals and objectives.

An introduction to the National Equity Project as told by three partners in district and community equity initiatives: Lillian Lopez, Oakland Community Organizations; Kimi Kean, Regional Executive Officer at Oakland Unified; and Mike Watenpaugh, Superintendent of San Rafael City Schools.

Centralized equity initiatives are necessary: OneApp, New Orleans centralized enrollment program, provided families with access to a wider range of schools.

In 2011, we were selected by Minneapolis Public Schools to support their district - wide equity initiative.

Gluskin said through the advice of Adonia Lugo, equity initiative manager at the League of American Bicyclists, the company will drill down further in its next survey to see exactly what «family biking» might consist of.

History of NSBS equity initiatives In response to concerns raised by the Marshall Inquiry in the late 1980s, the Society initiated numerous efforts to improve employment equity in the province's legal profession.

Black History Month was our excuse for asking our co-worker Daniel Coles, who is coordinating Morningside Center's racial equity initiatives, to share some books he recommends to educators to raise...

«Millions of older Americans who have not saved enough for retirement are looking for new ways to cope with today's financial realities,» said Barbara Stucki, NCOA vice president for home equity initiatives.

And then we all learned about the equity initiative outlined by Stacy Smith, PhD, in The Hollywood Reporter a few years ago.

Hear from district leaders at Baltimore County Public Schools who will discuss their equity initiative and provide best practices for supporting students that other districts can apply to their own programs.

Support for disrupting / Undoing is gratefully acknowledged from OCAD University: Development & Alumni Relations, Diversity & Equity Initiatives, Criticism and Curatorial Practice Program of the Faculty of Art, Inclusive Design Research Centre and the Office of the President.

Her equity initiatives department has five staff plus an articling student.

An Equity Initiatives Department is responsible for promoting equity and diversity in the legal profession and for providing expertise to the standing committee of Convocation — the Equity and Aboriginal Issues Committee.

Following the report, there have been some efforts on the part of several law firms to develop diversity and equity initiatives.