Sentences with phrase «expanding number of programs»

Tremendous growth in the youth mentoring field has resulted in an ever - expanding number of programs that provide choice, flexibility, and increased opportunities for young people who need mentors.

According to Donald Russoniello, director of the Joint - Base McGuire Dix Lakehurst Youth Sports & Fitness Program, one benefit they have realized from being a tri-service joint base is being able to expand the number of programs offered to reach each youth.

While principals rely on after - school and summer programming to support in - school learning, there is still a thirst for best practice models and a great need to expand the number of programs implementing quality standards.

Not exact matches

Google's YouTube has expanded a little - known «Trusted Flagger» program, allowing groups ranging from a British anti-terror police unit to the Simon Wiesenthal Center, a human rights organization, to flag large numbers of videos as problematic and get immediate action.

Vice has said it wants to expand into offering more traditional types of programming in more than 80 countries this year, and has signed a number of deals with media companies and telecom providers in the Middle East and Asia for distribution.

The company is working now to gain approval for the pilot program with hopes of eventually expanding the number of taxis involved to the thousands.

So along with the growing number of schools that offer degrees and programs in gaming, KontrolFreek aims to expand the idea of the «student - athlete» by offering scholarships that are over $ 2,000.

We are one of a limited number of partners under the Apple Premium Reseller and Apple Authorized Resellers Mono - Brand programs in Latin America and the United States and aims to expand into other countries shortly.

Finally, there are a number of export and international trade loans under the 7 (a) program that allow business owners to start or expand their export business.

Similar multimedia applications — assisted by ever - expanding numbers of software programs — are being used more and more in congregational education programs.

... The kosher community rises to the challenge of helping Jewish poor this past Passover... Chicago's kosher scene to experience reset as Hungarian Kosher changes hands... Kosher caterers are a key part of the lucrative Passover resort program... Kosher options expand in Las Vegas... Record number of ads placed in pre-Passover blitz... In My Sixth Sense, I look at spending Passover at a luxury resort... Eda Kram in her New Product Showcase covers new Olive Turkey Breasts.

The USDA is expanding the number of students automatically enrolled in its lunch program through direct certification, a process for applicants who already have been screened to receive benefits through the country's two primary aid programs:...

The USDA is expanding the number of students automatically enrolled in its lunch program through direct certification, a process for applicants who already have been screened to receive benefits through the country's two primary aid programs: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Temporary Aid for Needy Faprogram through direct certification, a process for applicants who already have been screened to receive benefits through the country's two primary aid programs: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Temporary Aid for Needy FaProgram and Temporary Aid for Needy Families.

The Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act will expand the number of children in school lunch programs by 115,000, increase the reimbursement rate to school districts for meals by six cents and replace the junk food available outside the cafeteria, such as in vending machines, with more healthful options.

In an effort to combat hunger, it would also raise the number of children eligible for free or reduced - cost meals and expand after - school snack programs to provide full meals.

Initiatives that expand the capacity of Early Head Start (EHS) programs to increase the number of children and pregnant women served

In her current role as senior child nutrition policy analyst, she works with a diverse group of national and state partners to expand the use of the School Breakfast Program among low - income children and increase the number of schools offering breakfast in the classroom free to all students in target states, school districts and schools.

The number of children fed through the National School Lunch Program has expanded dramatically in the last few decades.

School decision makers 1) plug in simple information, 2) explore different ways to expand school meals programs like moving breakfast to the classroom or serving afterschool meals, and 3) come out with hard data about costs, number of students served and federal reimbursement dollars.

Initially the purview of only doctors, the move is aimed at expanding the number of patients certified in the program, especially those who live in rural areas where there are fewer physicians.

The new version prohibits sharing the drug between patients, and caps the number of licenses for registered organizations to grow and dispense medical marijuana at 20, though the commissioner could expand that number after the first two years of the program, if necessary.

This year, to mark the10th anniversary of the JLS Foundation, will expand its reach by launching the Hometown Mentoring program and increasing the number of students who participate.

In 2014, Senator Klein provided $ 300,000 in state funding to expand the program in the Bronx and increase the number of at - risk teens receiving services.

New York over the last year has sought to expand its fledgling medical marijuana program by allowing nurse practitioners and physician assistance to participate and expanded the number of illnesses to qualify for the drug.

NEW YORK CITY — To increase diversity in the city's gifted and talented programs, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn called Tuesday to expand the number of seats and change requirements for admissions.

At 1:30 p.m., the Senate Standing Committee on New York City Education Subcommittee will meet to discuss various amendments to education law - including an act in relation to requiring certain public schools in any city with a population over one million to offer food options during lunch, an act to direct chancellors of city school districts, in cities having a population of one million or more, to examine and assess the feasibility of expanding the number and types of career and technical education schools and programs within such city school districts and an act in relation to improving educational outcomes for homeless students.

At the event, parents and principals thanked Senator Klein for securing $ 700,000 for the program which works to expand the education elementary and middle school students receive through extracurricular activities in a number of Bronx schools.

Among the goals cited by Thompson, a former head of the Board of Education, were expanding the city's prekindergarten programs and the number of Community Learning Schools, an initiative that was launched by the UFT.

Other interventions, such as in - home visitation by nurses and therapeutic foster care as an alternative to juvenile incarceration, and universal school - based violence prevention programs have proven effective, and expanding these programs could reduce the numbers of injuries even further.»

They use this information to estimate the number of influenza infections and deaths that might have occurred without vaccination, with the current vaccination program, and if the program were expanded.

Over the years, the program has expanded a great deal, and very quickly, in both public schools and charter schools, but it is not so clear that the same number of teachers who are prepared to implement the program are available now as there were during the first years the program was established in public schools.

«We knew that the population was expanding, both in numbers and spatially on the landscape,» said Joshua Schmidt, a biometrician for the National Park Service Inventory and Monitoring Program and a co-author of the study.

Hoping to entice more foreign scientists to work in China, the Chinese government has unveiled regulations that greatly expand the number of talent programs, the recipients of which are eligible for favorable immigration status.

Project collaborators Holland Shaw and John Bender have volunteered to help expand our small flock of Band - tailed Pigeons to the numbers needed for a successful de-extinction program.

The Institute actively seeks gifts and corporate sponsorships to expand the number of students enrolled, as well as to extend its science education programs to younger students.

Led by the Ames Laboratory and combining an expanding partnership program with precise research mapping, CMI has more than doubled its research accomplishments in its second year, bringing the total number of invention disclosures to 34.

The momentum in Florida to expand one of that state's voucher programs is a subtle but significant sign that such programs, which have been anathema to many Democrats, are beginning to win bipartisan support in a number of states.

For instance, in an effort to expand the number of high - caliber principals in Chicago Public Schools, the Principal Leadership Development Program was started in 2007.

While the demands of the federal No Child Left Behind Act have some districts fighting to raise the achievement of students who aren't performing at grade level, the 185,000 - student Philadelphia district plans to expand greatly the number of enrichment programs for its students.

«The OMSCS program is dramatically expanding the number of Americans obtaining a master's degree in computer science,» says Pallais, an associate professor of economics at Harvard.

We expanded the primary numbers of plant characteristics (e.g. 7 plant strategies expanded to 20 rudiments) following a genetic programmed dispersal of the rudimentary characters.

When the EITP expanded to include the Cohort 2 schools in 2009, doubling the number of schools implementing the pilot, the budget for district support of the program did not increase.

The Riekes program, nearly two decades old, is today affiliated with a number of local public and private schools that use the center's resources, and its philosophy, to expand their own PE classes.

There is no way to address these issues fully without expanding the number and scale of publicly funded voucher programs.

As an increasing number of schools and school districts adopt online learning as a way to boost graduation rates, address multiple student populations, expand their course catalogs, and personalize learning, understanding the challenges and obstacles that educators face as they introduce new programs is key.

Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels has pushed the hardest, enacting a law that removes the cap on the number of charter schools in his state, authorizes all universities to register charters and expands an existing voucher program in the state for students to attend private and charter schools (in some cases managed by for - profit companies).

Developing a comprehensive district choice program that includes expanding the number of high - quality seats through replication and expansion of high - quality charter schools.

To expand the number of youth workers trained in New York City school - age child - care programs: $ 240,000 (over three years) to the Fund for the City of New York.

At the federal level, former U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King Jr. prioritized school diversity through a number of federal grant programs, including the Investing in Innovation Fund, or I3, Magnet School Assistance Program, and Charter School Program grant competitions.11 Additionally, in December 2016, the U.S. Department of Education announced the Opening Doors, Expanding Opportunities grant competition, which will use funds from the 2016 fiscal year to support school districts in increasing socioeconomic diversity in their schools.12

As targeted school choice programs continue to expand, so does the number of students who can signal dissatisfaction with outdated or ineffective teaching and learning strategies by choosing to attend a different school.