Sentences with phrase «for public school libraries»

«Baltimore County Approves Over $ 10.5 Million to Purchase New Books for Public School Libraries,» American Association of School Librarians, June 2000.

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A makerspace is a collaborative workspace inside a school, library or separate public / private facility for creating, learning, exploring and sharing.

She was a substitute teacher for over 20 years, she volunteered at the local library, she helped raise grants for the public school system, and was a key contributor to Keep Dickinson Beautiful.

The waqfs were created for a great variety of services, such as the building and upkeep of water conduits, fountains, wells, roads, sidewalks, bridges, kitchens for the distribution of free meals, guest houses, homes for widows, schools, libraries, mosques, tekkes, cemeteries, open — air places for prayer, caravansaries to lodge full caravans of men and animals, clock - rooms for telling time, bakeries for distributing bread and cakes to the poor, dispensaries, hospitals, public baths, shaded land on the roadside.

They have — most of them — hot running water, central heating, electric lighting, immunizations against deadly disease, public schooling, access to parks and beautiful libraries, etc. etc, wonderful benefits that, for most of human history, were either reserved for the few ruling elite or didn't exist!

It is intended to be used with school age children and is designed to meet the requirements of different settings; for instance, a home school unit, a public school classroom, the local library, or your community center.

State lawmakers doled out $ 52 million in pork - barrel grants before leaving Albany, including $ 500,000 for a solar - powered carousel in Buffalo and more than $ 29 million to local schools and libraries, according to the Empire Center for Public Policy.

According to him, the upgrade of the public libraries in schools across the six education districts in the State was in line with the commitment of the present administration to expand access to knowledge for Lagosians.

• Proposition 3 - authorize the Hamilton Central School District to levy a tax in the amount of $ 132,535 and pay the trustees of the Hamilton Public library for the support and basis of the library.

The 37 Buffalo & Erie County Public Libraries remind parents to spend at least 15 minutes each day reading aloud to their young children because research shows reading is the single most important thing you can do to help prepare a child for school and lifelong learning.

Eminent domain — ask the average person what it means, and he is likely to think of the government taking property for a high public purpose — a school, park, highway or library.

Amanda also served as the Director for Participatory Budgeting for Council District 30, where she spearheaded the allocation of over one million dollars in capital funds, as voted on by thousands of local residents, to improve public schools, libraries, and parks in the district.

Senator Michael Ranzenhofer said, «The final plan secures our fair share of state funding for our school districts in Western New York, and restores funding — initially cut under the Executive Budget proposal — to our local public libraries.

Established in 1964, NSU now includes 16 colleges, the 215,000 - square - foot Center for Collaborative Research, a private JK - 12 grade school, the Mailman Segal Center for Human Development with specialists in Autism, the world - class NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale, and the Alvin Sherman Library, Research and Information Technology Center, which is Florida's largest public library.

«Few may have noticed that after Hurricane Harvey, her foundation and the Laura Bush Foundation for America's Libraries provided a combined $ 2 million for resources, supplies and books at schools and public libraries disrupted by the storm Libraries provided a combined $ 2 million for resources, supplies and books at schools and public libraries disrupted by the storm libraries disrupted by the storm disaster.

Under the administration proposal, all K - 12 public, private, and parochial schools, as well as public libraries, would receive a basic package of services for free.

All content is made with / by kids for kids; it is free of advertising; it is offered as Open Educational Resources to schools, kindergartens, public libraries, civil - society media (community radios) for free.

Suggestion: You may want to plan a class trip to your local library or seek assistance from your school or local public library librarian for this lesson.

This program is designed for library leaders from multiple settings and contexts including colleges, universities, professional schools, K — 12 schools, public libraries, research organizations, and historic preservation / archives.

Public libraries will be joining in with a line - up of family events, including exclusive screenings of a brand new short film about a young William Shakespeare, produced especially for the Week and titled «Unwillingly to School».

The National Education Technology Funding Corporation will aim to stimulate private investment in school technology and encourage states to sponsor information networks for public schools and libraries, said James E. Murray, a member of the group's board and a former president of the Federal National Mortgage Association.

said Bill Derry, supervisor of library media services for public schools in New Haven, Connecticut.

To meet his goal of providing 1 million new books to school and public libraries, governor wants to spend $ 5.2 million on media - center materials for schools.

The National Library Power Program promotes the creation of new public elementary school and middle school library programs that improve the quality of services for children.

A middle school English class selected and recorded a set of books - on - tape for the children's department of the local public library.

Thirty years later, in a brightly colored library in a public elementary school in Milton, Massachusetts, Howard greets a group of fifteen teachers gathered for their third day of Efficacy training — an intensive, four - day seminar that he and his staff of twelve have spent the last two decades developing.

That is why the Federal Communications Commission established the E-rate, a new $ 2.25 billion fund available each year to make sure that every school — public, private and parochial — and every library will get the technology they need to teach for the future.

Other projects created during the class include an organization that will provide free public libraries in India; an online platform to help students make more informed decisions when applying to college; an app that gives students fun, game - based content that shows what real scientists are like; a cellphone - hosted service for rural teachers in the Philippines that provides direct training and tips; and a nonprofit that will train and employ parent liaisons to develop stronger bonds between families and middle schools in an effort to improve dropout rates.

Schools, nurseries and libraries can benefit from the launch of a completely free downloadable Roald Dahl DAY party pack, thanks to a collaboration between YPO, the UK's largest public sector buying organisation, and the Roald Dahl Literary Estate responsible for publishing the world's number one storyteller.

NSBA supports federal funding for education technology and E-Rate, the federal program that provides discounts for Internet connectivity for public schools and libraries.

Many thanks to my host, Halifax Regional School Board library consultant Donna Gillespie, and to Halifax Public Library children's services librarian Heather Doepner for taking us on a marvellous tour of the central library.

For example, in addition to information on achievement (which must include more than test score data), the public needs to know if schools lack basics like well - equipped and staffed libraries, art supplies and science labs, and clean bathrooms.

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Dept. of Information Technology and School Libraries, Newton This project will provide two targeted professional development workshops for K - 12 Newton Public School library teachers, increasing knowledge and professional practice in developing library collections that are current and accurately reflect the culture and experience of Muslim and Transgender students.

The Rhode Island Telecommunications Educational Access Fund ensures that Internet access is affordable for all schools — public and nonpublic — as well as libraries.

In addition, it could be valuable for the community to consider other public uses that may or may not be complementary to schools, such as a library or senior citizens» center.

September 29, 2014: NSBA Comments on Future Funding Needs of E-rate NSBA applauds the Federal Communication Commission's inclusion of future funding needs of E-rate in its vision for E-rate modernization, and urges the FCC to approve a permanent increase in funding to the E-rate program to allow schools and public libraries to keep pace with the rapidly increasing connectivity demands that they face.

The Council largely endorsed the work of the Committee on Education that increased per student funding, invested in early childhood learning, and improved the resources of our public libraries, while also accelerating modernizations for many schools to provide a better learning environment.

The Ezra Jack Keats Foundation is accepting applications from public schools and public libraries anywhere in the U.S for its mini-grants program.

We have printed copies of the booklets for local children's centres, school libraries, public libraries and other community spaces.

School libraries will be the focus the last two days of this yearly event, with sessions covering a wide array of topics such as school library / public library collaborations, innovative makerspaces and the latest in new book releases for K - 12 stuSchool libraries will be the focus the last two days of this yearly event, with sessions covering a wide array of topics such as school library / public library collaborations, innovative makerspaces and the latest in new book releases for K - 12 stuschool library / public library collaborations, innovative makerspaces and the latest in new book releases for K - 12 students.

Gardner provided leadership for statewide initiatives such as Texas» higher education planClosing the Gaps by 2015, the college and university electronic library resource sharing consortium, the Texas Accountability System for Higher Education, and the Texas Public Education Information Resource, which includes information on all students enrolled in Texas public schools, as well as public and private higher education institutions in Public Education Information Resource, which includes information on all students enrolled in Texas public schools, as well as public and private higher education institutions in public schools, as well as public and private higher education institutions in public and private higher education institutions in Texas.

BCPS's public library partners provide the materials for use in the schools» summer locations.

Baltimore County's public librarians have been co-teaching on BCPS campuses in collaboration with school - based staff in order to promote the many public library resources for use in inquiry and research.

BCPS opens its school libraries in the summer for students who may have barriers in their ability to travel to the public library branch; those schools serve as satellite locations for the public library's Summer @ Your Library reading program.

According to ALA «NCES data reveals that approximately 8,830 public schools across the nation do not have a school library and for those schools that do have a library, nearly 17,000 schools do not have a full or part - time state - certified school librarian on staff.»

The BCPS wireless network has been installed in the public library branches, providing access for students to systemic resources while they are out of school.

Tutor.com powers tutoring and homework help programs for the Department of Defense; school districts across the country; colleges and universities; the states of Alabama, Alaska, Louisiana, Montana, North Dakota and Rhode Island; and, the District of Columbia and thousands of public libraries.

By a unanimous vote, the Board of Regents selected MaryEllen Elia, the recently fired superintendent of Hillsborough County, Florida, to head the New York State Education Department (NYSED) and serve as President of USNY which, in addition to overseeing the entire public K - 12 education system of 7000 schools, oversees more than 240 public and private universities, 7000 libraries, the state archives, special schools for the hearing and visually impaired, over 750,000 licensed professionals, and over 200,000 certified public school teachers.

For ten years, like all public schools in this period, it was starved of resources, for classrooms, lost counselors, had a part - time nurse for many years, and lost a library with a certified librariFor ten years, like all public schools in this period, it was starved of resources, for classrooms, lost counselors, had a part - time nurse for many years, and lost a library with a certified librarifor classrooms, lost counselors, had a part - time nurse for many years, and lost a library with a certified librarifor many years, and lost a library with a certified librarian.