Sentences with phrase «key education organizations»

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This organization will target small businesses and social initiatives in key areas such as health, small - scale agriculture and education.

Iceland's law stands out in a key way: Companies and organizations with at least 25 full - time employees must actually obtain government certification proving their pay policies are based on factors such as education, skills and performance, not gender.

The organization focuses on five key areas for creating lasting change: Public Health, Environment, Education, Government Innovation and the Arts.

For entrepreneurs who successfully complete the education phase, the Entrepreneurs in Residence (EIRs) at MaRS and partner organizations in the Ontario Network of Excellence (ONE) will provide mentoring, along with the key support services that are typically required for the successful launch and operation of a new business.

The key difference between WITS and some other chef - led efforts is that it's a remarkably cooperative venture between the organization and the New York City Department of Education (DOE), which oversees the city's school food operations.

The MMR committee is comprised of clinicians and other key stakeholders from professional organizations and hospitals to review aggregate data and provide recommendations for prevention and improvements in medical care and to identify focus areas for education and quality improvement.

Both events reflect the wide influence of Project 2061's work and the productive relationships the project has forged with key science education organizations in Korea and Shanghai.

In the Open Ceremony of the World Education Forum 2015 on May 19 there were more than 100 government ministers, along with high - level government officials, Nobel Prize Laureates, heads of international and non-governmental organizations, academics, representatives of the private sector, researchers, youth leaders, media activists, and other key stakeholders.

Now I serve as education strategist for the organization, which includes directing two key parts of their agenda: creating an app that will work for a teacher distribution channel like EdModo, and deepening the feedback model that is a core part of the application and platform.

These «awakenings» in business organizations can also be applied to education, which Senge believes could play a key role in transforming the future.

Two longtime education experts have launched an organization to push for transforming how the nation's largest school districts recruit and groom the teaching and school leadership talent that they argue is key to improving student achievement.

You will gain an understanding of key concepts in performance measurement, research design, and data analysis needed to become skilled consumers of education research and of qualitative and quantitative data generated within your own organizations.

A key purpose of the Oct. 11 - 13 conference, according to the preliminary agenda, is to improve the education of teachers by creating an organization of institutions «that will obligate themselves to standards and practices which promote excellence.»

Specifically, this project has two key elements: (1) a one - day convening (12/12/14) that forges relationships among stakeholders in Hampden County's early education field with influential leaders and experts from across the nation, where they engage in mutual learning and dialogue around the goal of strengthening individual and organization capacities to advance early learning for all; and (2) a multi-pronged communication strategy, rooted in the convening and designed to provide guidance around the field's most pressing needs, with a particular focus on strengthening the quality of Pre-K for at - risk children, like many of those growing up Hampden County.

EdSource is a nonprofit, non-partisan reporting and research organization whose mission is to inform policymakers and the public on key education challenges.

To achieve this, The Mind Trust partnered with UNCF, the nation's largest and most effective minority education organization, to engage Indianapolis faith leaders, elected officials, educators, civic leaders and other key stakeholders in Community Conversations about the best ways to improve educational opportunities in Indianapolis.

All BASE Education courses were designed by experts, and many were developed in collaboration with key SEL organizations.

The Professional Development program is a key component of the DC Collaborative's continuing education agenda for teachers, arts educators, and arts organization staff.

Washington State ASCD is the only educational organization in Washington State that reaches practitioners at all levels of education and your involvement is one of the keys to our success.

As states transition from No Child Left Behind to using their new authority under ESSA, Anne Wicks and William McKenzie of the George W. Bush Institute write in The 74 that it is critical for all stakeholders — federal officials, advocacy organizations, and policymakers — provide proper oversight to make sure states «implement their plans with fidelity and support the education leaders who use accountability as a key tool to help all kids achieve.»

The key to education reform will be measurement Deseret News op - ed by Timothy R. Clark, CEO of TRClark LLC, a management consulting and leadership development organization

He is backed by the Legislature, the State Board of Education (whose members he appoints), as well as other key education constituencies such as the state's leading teachers unions and professional organizations representing school administrators and school boardEducation (whose members he appoints), as well as other key education constituencies such as the state's leading teachers unions and professional organizations representing school administrators and school boardeducation constituencies such as the state's leading teachers unions and professional organizations representing school administrators and school board members.

I would like to think that our two organizations can be key players in facilitating a more progressive, democratic, and caring education for young children, at a time when too much focus around the world falls on test preparation, national rankings, shoving the curriculum of school into the preschool years, and focusing on science, mathematics and engineering, to the exclusion of the arts, humanities, and interpretive disciplines.

Checker Finn, in a review of Empowered Educators that he did for Education Next, points to key features from our industrial - age forms of school work organization that will pose formidable obstacles to implementation of a truly professional form of work organization in the American schools.

She recently played an instrumental role in a landmark agreement in which leaders from eight Maryland education organizations have joined together to support the implementation of Student Learning Objectives (SLOs), a key component of the new teacher and principal evaluation system in the state.

One of the key discoveries was not only has Congressman Polis, the seventh wealthiest Member of Congress, sponsored his own charter schools but he has been a key foot soldier for the corporate education reform organization, Democrats for Education Reform, as well as a loyal follower of corporate education reformer Micheeducation reform organization, Democrats for Education Reform, as well as a loyal follower of corporate education reformer MicheEducation Reform, as well as a loyal follower of corporate education reformer Micheeducation reformer Michelle Rhee.

Parent Revolution, a non-profit organization aligned with the education reform movement, has been the key architect in pulling the so - called Parent Trigger in California.

The CPS Arts Education Plan was developed through more than 25 community engagement sessions with key stakeholders including principals, teachers, parents, students, arts and cultural organizations and the general public.

In 2012, over the objections of privacy rights organizations, the U.S. Department of Education relaxed the regulations promulgated under FERPA in three key ways.

Resources A selected list of websites and articles offering additional background on key issues in education and on the practice of strategic philanthropy, with links to organizations that can help you find more local donor resources.

ERIN, which is currently in beta mode, provides user - friendly information in five key areas, including: education research, education policy, reform organizations, education technology, and philanthropic support across 13 key topics ranging from issues such as blended learning to teacher evaluations.

This week in the Global Search for Education, I asked Wendy Kopp, founder and CEO of Teach For America and of Teach For All to share her perspectives on some of the key issues that currently challenge the teaching profession, and on the contributions her organizations continue to make.

Education is the key to dog bite prevention, and one international organization, Doggone Safe, promotes educational initiatives to increase child safety around dogs and prevent injuries associated with bites.

HSI is one of the leading organizations in the world working to end the cruel dog meat trade, and public education about the cruelty involved plays a key part of the strategy.

For both organizations, we have identified education as a key to improving the quality of life for many pets, both ones in homes and the homeless pets that fill our shelters and rescues.

«As an organization, we are committed to providing both professional groomers and pet parents with the best education in the industry, and Megan will play a key role in the expansion of those efforts.»

September is National Disaster Preparedness month and VRCC and Antech Diagnostics saw this as a perfect opportunity to bring the Colorado veterinary community together, engage in team building activities and have a ton of fun, all while helping give back to a great organization, PetAid Colorado Disaster Services, who plays a key role in animal evacuation and pet care needs during natural disasters as well as education in disaster preparedness for Coloradans and their pets.

The organization focuses on five key areas for creating lasting change: Public Health, Government Innovation, Environment, Education, and the Arts.

A key source is a core of dedicated non-profit public legal education organizations across the country.

Developed key partnerships with local and state organizations as Education Counselor for Virginia Tidewater Consortium Educational Opportunity Center

Dynamic verbs, consistent structure and organization, and including only relevant skills and education are key cornerstones for writing your own resume.

A 5 - day research visit was organized in Croatia in order to conduct interviews with ministry officials, professional education / training specialists, researchers, representatives of professional organizations and other key stakeholders.

Prevent Parental Kidnap is a non-profit organization led by an adult survivor of parental abduction who believes that education is the key to stopping the abuse.

A total of 28 recommendations are provided by the IAG report, focused on four key areas: transparency in contract assignments and providing incentive and commission information to clients; the perception that the council was administrating with a «light hand» and penalties are not severe enough to serve as a deterrent; education requirements that made it too easy for unscrupulous entrants; and too many industry and association organizations that confused the public.

Name: Robert Layne Morrill Age: 58 Education: B.A. in history and political science, Drury College, Springfield, Mo., 1961; one year of law school, University of Missouri, 1962 Describes himself as: Understanding, thoughtful, friendly Family: Wife, Brenda (married 23 years), two daughters, one son, four grandchildren Key positions held in REALTOR ® organization: 1996, NAR First Vice President; 1994, NAR Committee Liaison for Government and Political Relations; 1992, Chairman, NAR Strategic Planning Committee; 1990, Chairman, NAR Government Affairs Coordinating Committee; 1988, Chairman, national REALTORS ® Political Action Committee, NAR Regional Vice President; 1974, President, Missouri Association of REALTORS ® Hobbies: Powerboating, reading, cooking