Sentences with phrase «for public high»

In an Education Week commentary, we summarized the implications for public high school education.

The Stark Foundation seeks to continue the legacy of its founders through the programs of: The Stark Museum of Art, The W.H. Stark House, Shangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center, and Frances Ann Lutcher Theater for the Performing Arts, as well as the Miriam Lutcher Stark Contest in Reading and Declamation, a qualified scholarship program for public high school students in Orange County, Texas.

Massachusetts, for example, offers a dual - enrollment program for public high school students.

Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan's first week in office saw housing help for low - income families, a study of the city's Race and Social Justice Initiative and a proposal for two years of free community college tuition for public high school graduates.

The High School Art Program is renamed the Visible Knowledge Program (VKP) and continues the New Museum's commitment to educational and professional development for public high schools.

She founded two arts education programs with the Wooster Group: an in - school theater curriculum at Dr. Sun Yat Sen Middle School in New York's Chinatown that launched in 1992 and the Summer Institute, a free three - week workshop for public high school students in New York that opened in 1997.

Riggio led the nation's first - ever private endowment for a public high school, his alma mater, Brooklyn Technical High School.

When Texas legislators passed a law in 2013 that sharply reduced standardized testing for public high school students, they included a provision aimed at easing the pressure of high - stakes exams for students in lower grades as well.

«Citing data from school year 2013 — 14, the adjusted cohort graduation rate (ACGR) for public high schools showed that approximately 4 out of 5 students graduated with a regular high school diploma within 4 years of the first time they started 9th grade.»

In partnership with the Georgia Vision Project's Spark campaign; GSBA sponsors a student video contest for public high school students all over the state.

Louisiana's five - year push to reach the national average for public high school students earning college credit missed the target — by a lot.

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah's graduation rate for public high school students increased this year to 84 percent, 1 percent over last year, according to data released Monday by the Utah State Office of Education.

Meanwhile, all signs point to no free college entrance exam statewide this spring for public high school juniors, who have been taking the state - paid ACT test since 2001.

District rates for public high schools include only first - time filing applicants no older than 18.

In an Education Week commentary, we summarized the implications for public high school education.

Alum.us is an online engagement platform that provides alumni networks for public high schools and community colleges with an aim to help give back to schools in need.

Over 2,000 NYC Students Visit Computer Science Fair at The Armory The NYC Computer Science Opportunity Fair is New York City's largest annual college and career inspiration event for public high school students studying computer science.

Last season, Max was one of only four white players who started for public high school teams in the entire city.

Rashon Nelson and Donte Robinson worked with the city of Philadelphia on a grant for public high school students interested in entrepreneurship.

Cuomo did not go into further details about his plan to create a new scholarship for public higher education, and that the budgeted cost remains $ 163 million, the senators said.

For public higher education, he supports free tuition at CUNY, SUNY, and community colleges.

This is an exciting time for public higher education, as we strive to produce the best educated citizenry and workforce in the nation.»

In addition, the Knox County Delegation has asked for permission to expand the scope of their investigation to include all Offices of Diversity for public higher education schools, which are funded through taxpayer dollars, in the State of Tennessee.

These are not entirely unusual times for public higher education.

State Funding for Public Higher Education: How Public Higher Education Institutions Have Lost.»

Congress should also leverage the federal investment in higher education to reverse the marked decline in state support for public higher education and create a renewed partnership with states to incentivize state investment.

In that case, expect no implications for public higher education.

This is the nightmare scenario for public higher education.

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For comparison, there are roughly 24,500 public high schools in total in the United States.

Over the past decade, public stock markets have outperformed the average venture capital fund and for 15 years, VC funds have failed to return to investors the significant amounts of cash invested, despite high - profile successes, including Google, Groupon and LinkedIn.

Stephen Schwarzman, Blackstone chairman and CEO, talks about why he gave a $ 25 million donation to his suburban public high school, and the need to prepare students for the workplace of the future.

If the public starts to doubt, it may demand higher wages or payments to compensate for expected price increases, or delay investments or purchases in anticipation of deflationary pressures.

It's been a busy week for health care news between some high - profile setbacks for certain major cancer drug makers, high - profile victories for others, the confirmation of a new FDA chief, health care merger drama, and a slew of public health reports about the opioid epidemic, hepatitis C, and U.S. life expectancy.

He hires a bunch of economists and finance gurus to run the numbers on prospective deals while he spends more time talking because he receives a higher return for public appearances (and continues to increase the value of his «brand»).

Culture secretary Matt Hancock added: «Robust high quality journalism is important for public debate and scrutiny - but as print circulations decline and more readers move online, the press faces an uncertain future.

During the dotcom boom of the late»90s, many securities - law firms traded legal fees for equity to take high - flying tech companies public.

Few of us will ever face a public grilling the likes of which Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is dealing with on Capitol Hill, but how he prepared for the big event offers a lesson for anyone who wants to perform their best when the stakes are high.

The same holds true, with particularly serious consequences, for the growing use of high - definition video for a range of needs such as telehealth and public safety.

One recent (if small study) that followed a diverse group 183 teens who attended public high school for a decade, starting in middle school, found that «by the age of 22, these «cool kids» are rated as less socially competent than their peers.

Following successful models like the X-Prize, private - and public - sector leaders should work together to set up a high - profile Canada Prize that offers incentives for entrepreneurs and researchers to solve critical problems with commercial and public benefits, like cheap desalination units or better distribution of electricity to villages.

It asked the public to suggest names for its new ICE 4 high - speed trains, and Frank's was one of the most - suggested.

Yes, we could have taken serious money from high - profile investors, but we knew that this was a product for the public, and we wanted complete alignment between our investors and users.

«Our biggest concerns are reduced access to advice for the lower end of the investor spectrum and higher costs for individuals,» said Andy Blocker, executive vice president of public policy and advocacy at the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA).

The state, which has the highest incarceration rate in the country, is feeling the pressure of a massive criminal justice budget, and is already slashing funds for public defenders.

Since then, additional high - profile studies have come out — including an article, published in the journal of Psychological Science in the Public Interest, which found no evidence that brain games improve everyday cognition — but the topic is still very much up for debate.

«The compliance bar for companies to go public is much higher than in previous years, so things like pending litigation and accounting irregularities need to be clean,» says David Zilberman, partner at venture capital firm Comcast Ventures.

Ice Cream giant Ben and Jerry's had been living on the public relations of setting their wage ratio for the highest - paid employee to the lowest to 5:1 — which they did until 1990.

An audit of Saudi Aramco's oil reserves - an essential part of the preparatory work for its planned initial public offering - has found the state oil giant to have higher reserves than it previously reported.

Defending a newspaper empire amid scandal, splitting a global media conglomerate into two public companies, enduring a high - profile divorce, and struggling to repair frayed relationships with grown children — it's been a trying few years for Rupert Murdoch.

Beyond fees, Aequitas says it will enforce a higher set of requirements in some cases for companies looking to go public.