Sentences with phrase «improves equity for»

The legislation also improves equity for charter school funding and creates the largest tax credit scholarship program at inception.

The Aspen Institute Education & Society Program and the Council of Chief State School Officers released a set of recommendations for state education chiefs on improving equity for students under ESSA.

Currently, education - policy debates in the United States are divided between two warring camps: On one side are «school reformers,» who argue that efforts to improve equity for low - income youngsters must focus on fixing failing schools.

Not exact matches

Some extra cash as a result of revived corporate travel could be the key for improving equity prices.

Because equity investors — that tend to get what they ask for — increasingly are saying enough is enough, and a lot of releveraging activity was front loaded, and with an expected more benign rate hiking cycle there is less urgency to pull the trigger on deals, we continue to think that corporate balance sheets (ex-energy, ex-materials) will improve in 4Q and into 2016.

For the past year or more, many investors suggested that fundamentals were improving, but that the equity market was overvalued at current levels and investors should use pullbacks in the market as entry points to invest.

That movement creates competition for homebuyers who may be looking to build sweat - equity on their own, but it also provides improvements to the housing stock for buyers who don't have time or cash to improve a home themselves.

And perhaps most importantly, how can you improve your brand equity if it's not optimal for your company?

And economic reform momentum, improving cash flows and reasonable valuations make a solid investment case for EM equities.

«Equity has substantially increased and people are seeing that they may want to improve or upgrade,» says Pava Leyrer, chief operating officer of Northern Mortgage, «as opposed to trying to find a house [in a market with] limited supply right now, even if they could sell theirs quickly for more.»

Here's the loophole: If you take out a new home equity loan or line of credit and use the money for home improvements, you're converting a home equity debt into an acquisition debt because the proceeds are used to «substantially improve» a qualified residence.

The bottom line: Investors are being offered better returns for taking risk in the low - return landscape, and a portfolio allocation to a broader, diversified mix of assets — including alternatives, global equities and emerging market (EM) assets — can potentially help improve returns, in our view.

Attractive valuations, favourable demographics and greatly improved corporate governance levels have led to Asia emerging as the ideal hunting ground for equity investors.

In our opinion, the most dynamic way for investors to position for these changes is through a diversified holding of well selected gold mining equities, which stand to benefit in a dramatic way from a better gold price environment and improved investor sentiment.

Eliminates the deduction for interest on home equity debt unless it's used to buy, build or substantially improve the home, according to the IRS.

Patrick Colford concludes by saying: «The New Brunswick Federation of Labour will be looking for political party's platforms to include commitments for improving labour laws so that all workers are entitled to paid sick leave, investing in public services to protect society's most vulnerable citizens and adopting pay equity legislation that covers the private sector.»

Sponsored by: Center for Value Investing and Investor Academy Location: Guiollettstraße 14, 60325 Frankfurt am Main 08:00 a.m. - 08:30 a.m. Registration and Welcome Tea 08:30 a.m. - 09:30 a.m. Robert Miles, Author & Conference Organizer & Host [USA] Topic: «The Warren Buffett Manager: Making Investments In The Right Partner» 09:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Hendrik Leber, Managing Director, Acatis [EUROPE] Topic: «How to Value a Business» 10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Mid Morning Tea 10:45 a.m. - 11:45 p.m. Patrick Dorsey, Author & Director of Equity Research, Morningstar [USA] Topic: «Using Economic Moats to Improve Investment Returns» 11:45 p.m. - 12:45 p.m. Alexis Eisenhofer, Founder and Director, ATACAMA Capital [EUROPE] Topic: «Criteria for Selecting Stocks With Substance: Consider the Value Premium and Value Timing» 12:45 p.m. - 13:45 p.m. Conference Lunch 13:45 p.m. - 14:45 p.m. Prof. Max Otte, Author, Professor and Lecturer [EUROPE] Topic: «The Fallacy of Growth and How to Test for Franchises» 14:45 p.m. - 15:45 p.m. David Pastel, Founder & CIO, Pastel & Associés [EUR] Topic: «Margins of Safety: The Concept with a Thousand Faces.

European equities are not that cheap anymore by a number of valuation metrics; they are trading at an average of about 17 times earnings, which is not a wide undervaluation.1 In my view, the main reason to invest in European equities is the potential for, or the expectation of, a rise in corporate earnings that would be driven by the improving economic environment.

The Barra UK Total Market Equity Model refines the predecessor model's 43 industry factors to 28 GICS ® - based factors for more intuitive and robust economic and investment differentiation and improved explanatory power.

Angela Glover Blackwell, Appointee for Member, President's Advisory Council on Faith - Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Angela Glover Blackwell is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Policy Link, a nonprofit organization that strives to advance economic and social equity, improving access and opportunity for all low - income people and communities of color, particularly in the areas of health, housing, transportation, education and infrastructure.

Mirrabooka Investments has posted a healthy 22.8 per cent return for the year to June thanks to improving share prices of companies including James Hardie, Equity Trustees and iProperty Group.

Whole Kids commits 1 % of sales to a non-profit organisation called One Percent for Our Kids to help fund and support projects and programmes to improve the health, environment and social equity of children.

Beating Pitt doesn't improve PSU's season prospects all that much, but it's fresh equity for Franklin with a fan base still remembering how to brag.

She campaigns for health equity and works on local and national legislation to improve maternal and child health and newborn care.

Breastfeeding, Social Justice, and Equity is a highly readable volume that increases our understanding of the forces that influence breastfeeding, and outlines steps we can take to improve outcomes for both mothers and babies

The intersection between the nonprofit donor milk movement and this year's themes for World Breastfeeding Week, National Breastfeeding Month, and Black Breastfeeding Week centers around equity while clearly touching on other themes, such as ecology, economy, data collection, improving infant mortality rates in communities of color, and more.

«The state's rapidly improving economic picture means there's a real opportunity for the state to more fully invest in its public schools, including dedicating new money to Foundation Aid as a way of increasing equity and further helping students to thrive,» said NYSUT President Andy Pallotta.

Whereas, New York State is a leading voice for women's equality and has raised that voice in action through such significant achievements as passage of the historic «Women's Equality Agenda» in 2015 - eight laws that advance women's equality in New York State by helping to achieve pay equity, strengthen human trafficking laws and protections for domestic violence victims, and ending pregnancy discrimination in all workplaces; other measures further safeguard and promote women's interests and help improve their status in settings where they live and work; and

It's called «Equity by Design,» and will focus on how sustainability and social justice can improve the quality of life for people in our community.

In a statement from Rebuild New York Now President Mike Elmendorf, the group calls for equity in how upstate taxpayers are benefiting from state investment — namely in the form of spending on improving highways and bridges in the state.

It's essential to livability,» Levine said in a statement, noting that these workers are critical for the city's Park Equity Agenda that aims to improve long - neglected parks in low - to - moderate - income neighborhoods.

Turning rhetoric into reality will be a tough call — public spending cuts show no sign of letting up and the combination of rising demand for school places, lack of accountability and cuts to education budgets in real terms will need careful consideration if we are to improve standards and equity in education within the next administration.

The budget also includes $ 17 million for the Mayor's Equity & Excellence plan, to improve college access, and $ 9 million to ensure elementary schools comply with state physical education mandates.

«Improving our schools, putting New Yorkers back to work, advocating for our city's veterans, fighting for tax equity for co-op and condo owners and preserving our quality of life are the issues that made me want to run for City Council from the very beginning,» Silverstein said in a statement.

Even though I've been out of the biomedical research lab for 7 years, I still regularly use many of these skills in my work running educational programs geared toward improving equity and inclusion in the sciences, as well as connecting scientific research with the public.

8:00 a.m. — The melting cryosphere 9:00 a.m. — Improving gender equity in the geosciences (Workshop) 10:30 a.m. — Spanning disciplines to search for life beyond Earth 11:30 a.m. — Explaining extreme events of 2016 from a climate perspective 12:30 p.m. — ** NEW ** The September 2017 Tehuantepec and Puebla earthquakes in Mexico 1:30 p.m. — Canary in the coalmine: Subsidence in coastal Louisiana 2:30 p.m. — Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria — Part 1 3:30 p.m. — Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria — Part 2

Responsible for the development and execution of TRWW Marketing strategies for Tom Ford Beauty, Darphin and Kilian brands that will enhance brand equity, improve market share, ensure brand objectives are realized and financial targets achieved.

In 2016, we announced a $ 44.9 million grant to improve equity and quality in primary level education, especially for girls.

Put children at the heart of equitable and sustainable progress — Improving the well - being of all children today is essential for achieving both equity and sustainability

By promoting code literacy, schools could improve education equity, offer inclusion for students with ASD, improve STEM proficiency, and build neuroplasticity associated with multilingual education.

Provides comprehensive data for individual states in the following categories: summary of grades, student achievement, standards and accountability, efforts to improve teacher quality, school climate, resources: equity and spending.

A radically different vision of human well - being is the call; one that is in tune with nature and respects other species, promotes socio - economic equity amongst all people, enhances the cultural, material, economic, social, and political opportunities for all, empowers each person and community to take part in decision - making affecting their lives, even as it leaves the natural world a better and much improved place.

Luckily, policymakers have plenty of proven levers: expand income support for families as the EITC, [27] reduce food insecurity while improving maternal health and birth outcomes through a robust SNAP, [28] maintain children's access to Medicaid, [29] and continue to work towards improving the equity and quality of general education.

Jon Schnur, chairman of the board of New Leaders for New Schools, and Joshua Wyner, of the Aspen Institute, see no tension, and argue that equity - focused efforts to improve teaching and learning benefit students across the board.

This improves equity of workload for teachers and, over time, may reduce staffing costs.

Along the way, there have been key policy changes to improve equity including an emphasis on early childhood development and child health, a focus on early interventions for special education and strict teacher professionalism.

For now, I hope that more parents will begin to recognize that standardized tests provide invaluable information that can help us move toward equity in public education and improve the system for everyoFor now, I hope that more parents will begin to recognize that standardized tests provide invaluable information that can help us move toward equity in public education and improve the system for everyofor everyone.

Lee Teitel teaches courses on integrated schools and leading and coaching for equity and diversity, leadership development, partnership and networking, and on understanding organizations and how to improve them.

In support of local educators, Professional Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education is offering a special tuition rate for educators working in Massachusetts, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and Rhode Island for three upcoming leadership programs within The Principals» Center portfolio — Race, Equity, and Leadership in Schools; Improving Schools: The Art of Leadership; and Leadership: An Evolving Vision.

Leveling the Playing Field: Creating Funding Equity Through Student - Based Budgeting When Cincinnati Public Schools devised a reform strategy for improving student performance, it became clear that the district's traditional budgeting system was inadequate.