Sentences with phrase «how federal initiatives»

Each of these four profiles illuminates how federal initiatives can accelerate student success as seen through the experiences of New Leaders alumni successfully leading high - need schools and districts.

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The upcoming federal budget will likely include specifics, dollar amounts and details on how various initiatives under the government's Innovation Agenda will roll out.

It would take an entire book to explain how flawed the NSLP has become, how, starting in the 1970s and 80s, the program morphed from an anti-hunger initiative into one in which school districts were so starved of cash by the federal government (thank you, Ronald Reagan) that school children came to be seen as «customers» whose palates must be pleased at all costs, with heavier reliance on junk food a la carte sales and «carnival food» menus.

Join us on October 8 at 2:00 EST for a one - hour live chat session where you'll learn how fellows impact science policy initiatives on Capitol Hill, in federal agencies, and the judicial branch — and how you can apply your science and engineering background to transform your career.The entire hour will be devoted to answering your questions.

Join us on August 20 at 2:00 p.m. ET for a one - hour live chat session where you'll learn how fellows impact policy initiatives on Capitol Hill, in federal agencies, and the judicial branch — and how you can apply your social science background to transform your career.

Lacking any official declaration of the project's cost or how it would be funded, some researchers bristled at the prospect of a large new federal initiative that could take money from traditional grants for individual scientists, especially at a time when NIH faces a massive budget cut.

The national - service initiative, in particular, is seen by Mr. Clinton as an example of how citizens receiving federal benefits can be required to shoulder...

The lawmakers aired concerns with how the federal agency has interpreted provisions on testing and what kinds of reading programs can be supported with federal aid under a new K - 3 reading initiative.

On an evaluation of the federal Race to the Top and School Improvement Grant initiatives, she was a content area expert advising on development of protocols, data collection instruments, and reports, examining how states and districts use grant funds to improve teacher quality.

With U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos at the helm of a federal initiative to spread private school choice even further, a new forum for Education Next brings together experts to assess the research on these programs — a tax - credit - funded scholarship in Florida and voucher programs in Indiana, Louisiana, and Ohio — and the implications for whether and how states should design and oversee statewide choice programs.

The article examines how the 16 U.S. school districts awarded federal grants through the Race to the Top (RTT) competition are applying the funds to personalized learning initiatives.

Leaders in the House and Senate education committees are holding oversight hearings with the U.S. Department of Education (USED), state and local leaders, and other stakeholders to discuss how states and districts will tackle adjustments to state accountability systems, educator support initiatives, and implementation of other programs now offered through the largest federal education law.

Released by the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC), a federal initiative that aims to inform educators and policymakers as they work toward improving education, the compiled resources also include an instructional video that shows how to use the WWC when making decisions about new math programs, policies, and practices.

In particular, we will look at how regional consortia of K — 12 school districts, postsecondary institutions, and local industry partners, supported with state, federal, and Irvine Foundation funding, are advancing two areas of Linked Learning that have been underdeveloped in the initiative districts: work - based learning and postsecondary partnerships.

You have in your packet a blue sheet that gives you the order of the day, so I won't belabor that too much, but I will just remind you that we're going to start out with a session on history this morning; then go to a lunchtime segment that will focus on some of the relevant federal constitutional issues, including evaluations of the federal attacks on and defenses of the Blaine amendments; then we will finish off the day with a session that will focus on litigation strategy related to these amendments and some of the arguments being made for and against them in that litigation, as well as a focus on how debates over faith - based initiatives and school vouchers are affected by these particular state constitutional restrictions.

Venture capitalist friends were helping me with politicians, who came on board and were talking with the California state and federal governments about upcoming desalination projects and how we might be able to save them money on their new large scale initiatives.

The Federal Home Loan banks could «design and implement» their own system for deciding how to allocate resources for affordable housing initiatives under the proposal by the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

Months after federal cap - and - trade legislation died in the Senate and days before California voters will decide on a fiercely fought ballot initiative to deep - freeze the state's global - warming - prevention law, state regulators released hundreds of pages of rules on Friday for how the law is to be applied, industry by industry.

It also highlights how domestic policy initiatives and seismic energy market shifts can quickly conspire to derail a once flourishing business model, even without a global climate deal, or federal carbon price.

In the US the federal legal aid funder has provided technology initiative grants, which have set off many innovative projects that are changing how legal aid programs deliver services.

His initiatives run the gamut from the gimmicky but pretty harmless, like forcing inmates to wear pink underwear (now available to the public), to the arrogant and arguably improper, like deciding to crack down on illegal immigration when and how he feels like it, regardless of what the federal government has to say about it.

Possible topics about pedagogy include: • Structuring statutory drafting courses • Simulation courses designed using mock legislatures or committees • Course linkages with real - world legislators and special interest organizations • Service learning or clinical opportunities for law students • Courses focused on law reform efforts • How to employ Plain - English principles in statutory and rule drafting • Theoretical perspectives on statutory drafting • Involving political realities in law school drafting courses • Teaching practical aspects of drafting that addresses theories and principles of statutory interpretation and construction Possible topics about practice include: • Unique challenges of drafting laws and / or regulations in specific areas such as criminal law, environmental, health law, etc. • Lawyering for non-profits, federal and state agencies, local governments, and other clients in frequent need of rule - drafting • Practicing in employment law, health law, environmental law, and other heavily regulated fields where private clients require rule and policy drafting • Non-legal drafting opportunities, such as sports league rules, industry trade group policies, and university rules Possible topics about politics include: • Political influences affecting legislative drafting • Direct democracy and the unique challenges of drafting initiatives and referenda • The implications of special interests driving drafting decisions • Polictics and its influence on legislative history • Lobbyists as legislative drafters.

This resource analyzes the ways in which this population balances competing priorities, the supports available, and how existing Federal policy initiatives can better support working parents in their educational pursuits.