Sentences with phrase «foundation leaders»

But active engagement from a few high - profile foundation leaders does not fully explain the trend.

2009: The Foundation for the National Capital Region and the City Bridge Foundation selected AppleTree Early Learning Public Charter School as an example of a high quality preschool for 25 foundation leaders from around the country to tour.

Vander Ark, the Gates, and other foundation leaders don't expect to get everything right, but they don't expect to go away, and they say they won't get defensive about the problems of their past initiatives.

«Few education conferences will ever have had such a blend of federal, state, district, charter, union, academic, and foundation leaders in the same room, discussing how to bring fundamental change to the status quo,» Gabrieli said.

So he asked several foundation leaders to create an organization of civic leaders, chaired by two former mayors, to push for change and support the board when it promoted reform.

The limited communication that does make it through to foundation leaders tends to reaffirm whatever they are already doing.

The NSFA fulfills its mission by being a thought leader and source of expertise to education foundations; providing industry leading training to education foundation leaders, boards, staff, school boards, and district personnel; communicating benchmarks for successful education foundations; assisting districts in the creation and development of local education foundations; and supporting the development of state associations of education foundations.

UTLA president Alex Caputo - Pearl said the teachers union is planning an aggressive campaign to oppose Eli Broad and other wealthy foundation leaders who have announced plans for a major expansion of charter schools in LA Unified.

Although foundation leaders claim they exhibit no control over published content, they have «topic - banned» and fired extremist edit - warring administrators.

In a potential platform changing announcement, Ethereum foundation leader Vitalik Buterin released the details of a new subsidy program that is meant to help fund researchers and developers to produce innovative and effective solutions to the Ethereum scaling problem.

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In April 2017, FasterCures convened a select group of foundation leaders and other stakeholders to take the conversation about the partnerships that venture philanthropies are leading to a new level of specificity.

The Philanthropy Roundtable selected AppleTree Institute as an example of a high quality preschool for 50 foundation leaders from around the country to tour.

Lavizzo - Mourey has one of the most ambitious visions of any foundation leader today, focusing RWJF on creating a «culture of health» in the United States.

«I am grateful and excited to work on the i3 project with a talented team of researchers, policymakers, educators, and foundation leaders,» Kim said.

The mayor and foundation leaders could help tremendously by investing in citywide safe transit routes for students and new solutions for choice - based special education and mental health services, as well as counselors and consultants to help families navigate the choice process.

«Our colleges of education can no longer be university backwaters, as some have been allowed to become,» Mr. Riley said at a gathering here of more than 140 college presidents, association members, and foundation leaders, hosted by the Department of Education on Sept. 15 and 16.

Once we have clearly defined the challenge, and prepared a proposed agenda for action, we plan to convene a National Summit of CEOs, Governors, educators, and nonprofit and foundation leaders to mount a campaign to convince the nation that we must adopt a more effective system for preparing our young adults to succeed in this century.

Oprah will appear alongside Lady Gaga as she formally unveils BTWF before a crowd of policymakers, nonprofit organizations, foundation leaders, students, and youth at the Harvard Graduate School of Education's Askwith Forum.

Made up of parents, community, business, and foundation leaders, the board helps us maintain accountability to scholars, families and the community by holding public meetings every month to review school progress.

Reports on a meeting of academics, advocates, government officials, foundation leaders, former frontline caseworkers, and adoptive parents as they identify and explore how to eliminate barriers to the adoption of children in foster care.

Eliminating Barriers to the Adoption of Children in Foster Care: Recommendations for Nationwide Reform (PDF - 225 KB) Harvard Kennedy School (2012) Reports on a meeting of academics, advocates, government officials, foundation leaders, former frontline caseworkers, and adoptive parents as they identify and explore how to eliminate barriers to the adoption of children in foster care.