Not exact matches
Was on the board of the Thorn Tree Project and the Samburu Scholarship
Fund, which provide
educational opportunities for nomadic
children in northern Kenya.
educates kids and their families about food and cooking by enabling young cooks to get started in the kitchen and try out family - friendly recipes; teams up with partner organizations to feed hungry
children; and
funds educational opportunities for kids who are interested in pursuing careers in the restaurant and foodservice industry.
Extensive inequities in education
funding, by which students with the greatest needs receive the fewest
funds, still prevail in many parts of the United States;
for that reason, state courts continue to have a critical role in ensuring meaningful
educational opportunities for all
children.
Preparing
for adulthood • Planning
for young people's futures • A broad range of education and learning
opportunities: Wolf Review • Employment
opportunities and support: the role of disability employment advisers • A coordinated transition to adult health services: joint working across all services • Support
for independent living Services working together
for families • Local authorities and local health services will play a pivotal role in delivering change
for children, young people and families • Reducing bureaucratic burdens on professionals • Empowering local professionals to develop collaborative, innovative and high quality services • Supporting the development of high quality speech and language therapy workforce and
educational psychology profession • Encouraging greater collaboration between local areas • Extending local freedom and flexibility over the use of
funding • Enabling the voluntary and community sector to take on a greater role in delivering services • Exploring a national banded
funding framework • Bringing about greater alignment of pre 16 and post 16
funding arrangements
Michael Rebell: Extensive inequities in education
funding, by which students with the greatest needs receive the fewest
funds, still prevail in many parts of the United States;
for that reason, state courts continue to have a critical role in ensuring meaningful
educational opportunities for all
children.
We continue to have a school
funding system that does not provide an equal
educational opportunity for our
children; does not meet the additional needs of the three student populations identified in our standard; and does not provide a fair and equitable school tax burden
for property owners.
Sending tax dollars to schools that lack local supervision is not an appropriate use of taxpayer
funds and it weakens
educational opportunities for millions of
children.
Although his statewide marathon of appearances has proven less than fun when addressing crowds of individuals who seek to improve his reform proposals, he's repeatedly acknowledged how imperative it is
for this state's future that the ravages of poverty be overcome within our public schools and that policies and state
funding mechanisms be devised to ensure equal
educational opportunity for all
children.
Finally, he encourages Congress to adopt an «equal education» clause, that states no
child in the US will be «denied equal
educational opportunity in elementary and secondary education through the lack of a challenging curriculum, well - prepared and effective teachers, and the
funding to pay
for that education.»
After reviewing the body of research on school finance, Denver Judge Sheila Rappaport ruled in December that Colorado's school
funding system violates the state's constitutional promise of «uniform»
educational opportunity for all
children.
Can someone afford to let their
child lose out on
educational opportunities for lack of
funding?
This year's winners are: Doris Attebury of R / E Professional Consultants, Lubbock, Texas, founder of East Lubbock Special Angels, which collects donated goods from the community and distributes them to those in need; Jean Clary of Century 21 Clary & Associates, Emporia, Va., founder of
Children are Really Extra Special, a program that enlists corporate sponsors to fund educational opportunities for 4,000 low - income, rural school children; Craig Conant of Elsberry Realty, Warrensburg, Mo., who supports many projects in the community including founding a Big Brothers / Big Sisters chapter and a children's memorial park; Debra Parmenter of Coldwell Banker Heritage House, Durango, Colo., who, among her many charitable activities, founded Adopt - A-Family, an organization that donates Christmas gifts to the needy; and Matthew Schrum of Weichert, REALTORS ®, Yardley, Pa., who has worked as a volunteer firefighter for 1
Children are Really Extra Special, a program that enlists corporate sponsors to
fund educational opportunities for 4,000 low - income, rural school
children; Craig Conant of Elsberry Realty, Warrensburg, Mo., who supports many projects in the community including founding a Big Brothers / Big Sisters chapter and a children's memorial park; Debra Parmenter of Coldwell Banker Heritage House, Durango, Colo., who, among her many charitable activities, founded Adopt - A-Family, an organization that donates Christmas gifts to the needy; and Matthew Schrum of Weichert, REALTORS ®, Yardley, Pa., who has worked as a volunteer firefighter for 1
children; Craig Conant of Elsberry Realty, Warrensburg, Mo., who supports many projects in the community including founding a Big Brothers / Big Sisters chapter and a
children's memorial park; Debra Parmenter of Coldwell Banker Heritage House, Durango, Colo., who, among her many charitable activities, founded Adopt - A-Family, an organization that donates Christmas gifts to the needy; and Matthew Schrum of Weichert, REALTORS ®, Yardley, Pa., who has worked as a volunteer firefighter for 1
children's memorial park; Debra Parmenter of Coldwell Banker Heritage House, Durango, Colo., who, among her many charitable activities, founded Adopt - A-Family, an organization that donates Christmas gifts to the needy; and Matthew Schrum of Weichert, REALTORS ®, Yardley, Pa., who has worked as a volunteer firefighter
for 19 years.