Sentences with phrase «family education grants»

They are offered language acquisition, vocational training, and family education grants.

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«We have dramatically increased access to school options for Newark families, provided grants directly to teachers at 37 schools, given 300,000 books to Newark students through the My Very Own Library program, and just recently, we committed to a $ 1 million initiative to improve early childhood education in Newark,» the foundation said in a statement to CNBC.

Through his generosity, The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation has granted more than $ 300 million to support early childhood development, education, the arts, and parks and greenspace.

A total and permanent disability (TPD) discharge relieves you from having to repay a William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program loan, Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program loan, and / or Federal Perkins Loan (Perkins Loan) Program loan or complete a Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant service obligation on the basis of your total and permanent disability.

He has expanded health insurance to 32 million Americans, supported maintaining nutrition assistance for needy families, unemployment benefits for those who are out of work, Head Start programs for early childhood education, and doubling Pell Grants for students who may not otherwise be able to afford to attend college.

Insofar as government can legitimately facilitate moral education, it should not make direct money payments to churches and synagogues, nor should it grant anything like establishment status to any sect or family of faiths.

The mission of SOWF is to provide full scholarship grants, education and family counseling to the surviving children of special operations personnel who die in operational or training missions.

OSPI Partnerships In addition to working with Nutrition Services on school meals and Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Grants, we partner with the Environmental & Sustainability Program, Family & Consumer Science Program and Agriculture & Horticulture program on school gardens, community partnerships, and integration of Farm - to - School education in curriculum.

Scholarships are granted to 501c3 organizations serving low - income families and schools with 95 % or more of their students approved for free and reduced price meals (as cited by the Illinois State Board of Education for the 2016 - 2017 school year).

ECCS grants help states and communities to build and integrate early childhood service systems in the areas of a) access to health care and medical homes, b) social - emotional development and mental health, c) early care and education, d) parenting education, and e) family support.

SNP policies designed to «make life easier» for families include; flexible working, improved access to childcare, investment in education including small class sizes, first - time buyers» grants worth # 2,000 to help young buyers, abolishing the council tax, more police and protecting local health services.

This work was supported in part by the Center for Research in FOP and Related Disorders, the International FOP Association, the Ian Cali Endowment, the Weldon Family Endowment, the Penn Center for Musculoskeletal Disorders, the Isaac and Rose Nassau Professorship of Orthopaedic Molecular Medicine, and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (SFB760 to P. Seemann and S. Mundlos); by Health and Labour Science Research Grants for Research on Measures for Intractable Disease Research and the Academic Frontier Project of Saitma Medical University Research Center for Genomic Medicine, both from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Sciences, and Technology of Japan (to T. Katagiri); and by grants from the Rita Allen Foundation and the NIH (R01 - GM056326 to M.C. Mullins; R01 - AR40196 to F.S. Kaplan and E.M. SGrants for Research on Measures for Intractable Disease Research and the Academic Frontier Project of Saitma Medical University Research Center for Genomic Medicine, both from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Sciences, and Technology of Japan (to T. Katagiri); and by grants from the Rita Allen Foundation and the NIH (R01 - GM056326 to M.C. Mullins; R01 - AR40196 to F.S. Kaplan and E.M. Sgrants from the Rita Allen Foundation and the NIH (R01 - GM056326 to M.C. Mullins; R01 - AR40196 to F.S. Kaplan and E.M. Shore).

The federal government also provided almost $ 7 billion in grants annually to the 2,700 public and private Head Start programs across the country, which offer one million low - income children and their families education, health, and nutrition services.

While the federal loan program helps students from the full spectrum of income levels finance their education, the Pell Grant Program is targeted to families demonstrating financial need.

In focusing on individual school models and putting forth an open call for ideas — rather than insisting on a prescribed list of policy - related preferences — the initiative appeared to depart significantly from the kind of education grant making that has been practiced for the past 15 years by philanthropists such as the Gates, Walton, and Broad families.

Ms. Meredith currently serves on the Board of Directors of the California Family Health Council, awarding grants of $ 20 million annually for reproductive health; the George Lucas Education Foundation - Edutopia, the leading voice illuminating and showcasing what works in education; and the Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund (SV2), where she serves as board liaison to grantee Asylum Access working on global refugeEducation Foundation - Edutopia, the leading voice illuminating and showcasing what works in education; and the Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund (SV2), where she serves as board liaison to grantee Asylum Access working on global refugeeducation; and the Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund (SV2), where she serves as board liaison to grantee Asylum Access working on global refugee rights.

The more we can elevate robust and empirical education, the better,» said Benjamin Riley, executive director of Deans for Impact, which launched in January with a $ 1 million grant from the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation.

First, she said the decision «removes barriers to the implementation of other financial means of supporting parents who want to send their children to nonpublic schools, such as education tax credits or direct grants to low - income families.»

Because so much of her nomination hearing focused on questions of her family's political contributions or particular facets of K - 12 policy, we still don't know where she stands on key higher education issues, like Pell Grants, student loans, or for - profit colleges.

And via adroit use of competitive grants and — at least as important — the presidential bully pulpit, Uncle Sam may be able to give a modest boost to the movement to put families, rather than bureaucracies, in control of their children's education.

The 2012 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study, conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics, found that after taking all grants and scholarships into account, attending one year of community college runs dependent students from low - income families more than $ 8,000 in tuition, fees, and living costs (see the green «Net price of attendance» bars in Figure 2).

This analysis also shows how the Pell Grant proxy could be more accurate than data on student and family incomes for measuring the number of low - income students in institutions of higher education.

It transforms the Pell Grant from a policy aimed at transforming lives to one that simply rewards students lucky enough to be born into situations where their families are able to seize good high - school educations for them.

For this reason, it is instructive to return to the creation of the Pell Grant and its explicit purpose: «the right of every youngster, regardless of his family's financial circumstances, to obtain a postsecondary education.»

Additionally, the bill allows such grants to be used to: (1) support strategies to increase parent, family, and community engagement in the education of English learners; (2) develop and share effective practices in the instruction of English learners; and (3) support strategies that promote English learners school readiness.

In addition, ED shall annually award competitive grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to eligible entities for the purposes of enriching students» academic experience by promoting: (1) arts education for disadvantaged and disabled students, (2) school readiness through the development and dissemination of accessible instructional programing for preschool and elementary school children and their families, and (3) support for high - ability learners and high - ability learning through the Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Educationeducation for disadvantaged and disabled students, (2) school readiness through the development and dissemination of accessible instructional programing for preschool and elementary school children and their families, and (3) support for high - ability learners and high - ability learning through the Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students EducationEducation Program.

Madison Parish Early Reading First Grant Evaluation: Funded by the U.S. Department of Education, this 3 - year project evaluated the implementation and impact of the Bright Futures Early Reading First project on outcomes for children, teachers, classrooms, and families in Madison Parish, Louisiana.

Title II, Part D State and Local Technology Grants Designed to help all students become technologically literate by the 8th grade and encourage the use of technology to promote parent and family involvement in education and communications among students, parents, and district staff.

A proposed provision that declares that nothing in future education policy would prevent the passage of Parent Trigger laws or other Parent Power efforts would be meaningful if it also proposed a competitive grant program to encourage states to enact such laws; as is, there is nothing in federal law that restricts states from passing Parent Trigger laws or keeps families from using them.

A Look Ahead At The 2016 Session January 4, 2016 by Grant Callen and Brett Kittredge During the past four years, the state legislature adopted a number of student - centered education reforms designed to provide accountability, transparency, and most importantly, new education options for families.

The total demand for and resulting cost of the Pell Grant program grew exponentially between 2007 and 2011 as a result of more Americans enrolling in college and lower family incomes during the Great Recession.58 In 2011, to compensate for an inadequate reserve to fund the growing demand of Pell Grants, Congress cut year - round Pell Grant eligibility, which was restored this year, and eliminated graduate student subsidized loans.59 This affected the student aid packages of students nationwide.60 By cutting the Pell Grant reserve, President Trump and Secretary DeVos risk the ability to fund future upticks in Pell Grant demand, thereby requiring either future reductions to eligibility, lower awards, or cuts to other education programs.

Learn how the State of Michigan is instilling family engagement principles throughout state education agencies and local education agencies through their Safe Schools / Healthy Students grant.

The FEP is funded by the Flamboyan Foundation, D.C. Public Schools, partner charter schools, the Howard and Geraldine Polinger Family Foundation, the Heising - Simons Foundation, the Horning Family Fund, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, and the Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) and the U.S. Department of Education through a SOAR Act grant.

Rose Community Foundation Newsletter, Connections: Education Committee grants approach Aurora school innovation from different angles RCF explores the importance of community organizations» involvement in the Innovation Zone Plans and increasing family engagement with those plans.

The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) is an independent grant - making charity dedicated to breaking the link between family income and educational achievement, ensuring that children from all backgrounds can fulfill their potential and make the most of their talents.

Publicly available tax records show that that in the 2009 - 2010 fiscal year, Bryan's family foundation gave away $ 2.7 million to causes including countering «global warming alarmism» and promoting Christian teachings in higher education as well as several grants to North Carolina charter schools.

Peter Cunningham, the former communications guru for U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan, is leading the organization, which is backed with initial grants totaling $ 12 million from the Broad Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies, the Walton Family Foundation and an anonymous donor.

The Connecticut Education Association provided a two - year, $ 10,000 grant to launch his after - school enrichment program, which, over the last five years, has opened the eyes of more than 15,000 students and their families to STEM skills and careers.

On Monday, the Arizona State Board of Education made this possible by approving federal Charter School Program grants to schools that will mainly serve low - income families.

The U.S. Department of Education (ED) is asking school officials to tell their students and families about a federal program that grants deportation deferrals to «low priority cases,» including individuals who came to the U.S. as children.

The Education Policy Initiative is supported by generous grants from Walton Family Foundation and Education Forward DC.

«I thank Lt. Governor Tate Reeves and Senate Education Committee Chairman Gray Tollison for their steadfast support in providing new educational opportunities to Mississippi families trapped in failing schools,» said Empower Mississippi President Grant Callen.

And doing and thinking about parent and community engagement differently was an underlying theme of the Family Ties Conference, which was spearheaded by the Washington Education Association and supported in part by a grant from NEA's Priority Schools Campaign.

Among the proposed cuts are grant programs, including Teacher Education Assistance grants (for those who agree to teach, after college, for four years in a public school serving low - income families) and Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants (additional grant money for qualified undergraduate students from the lowest income legrants (for those who agree to teach, after college, for four years in a public school serving low - income families) and Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants (additional grant money for qualified undergraduate students from the lowest income leGrants (additional grant money for qualified undergraduate students from the lowest income levels).

Over 80 % receive federal Pell grants to support their college education, most hold at least one job, and many are responsible for caring for children or other family members.

The grant awarded to Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom is one of 11 grants awarded to national nonprofit organizations totaling more than $ 33 million to fund nutrition education and meal programs for youth, and increase families» access to fruits and vegetables through state and federal nutrition assistance programs.

Reach formally began in 2006 - 2007 with a grant from the Dean Witter Family Foundation to convene a design team with a simple, but profound, charge: reinvent teacher education.

A cancellation based on teaching in a school serving students from low - income families will be granted only if you taught in an eligible school as determined by the state education agency.

This year's priorities for the Development grants are increasing educator effectiveness; improving low - performing schools; strengthening science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education; boosting academic outcomes for students with disabilities and English language learners; encouraging parent and family engagement; promoting effective use of technology; and serving rural communities.

The new implementation grants can be used to coordinate education, health, and safety services; increase family engagement in student learning; improve learning inside and outside of school; secure additional and sustainable funding sources; and establish data systems to record and share the community's progress.