Sentences with phrase «lower costs to schools»

Gibb maintains that school bookshelves should contain novels that «inspire a lifelong love of reading» and has challenged book publishers to make 100 classic books available at lower costs to schools.

Mr Gibb said he wants all pupils to have access to literary classics that «inspire a lifelong love of reading» and has challenged book publishers to make 100 classic books available at low costs to schools.

Not exact matches

Instead of buying iPads, schools are turning to low - cost Chromebooks, with a Google - provided operating system, which made up 51 % of institutional purchases during the quarter, according to the study.

One reason may be because Cambodian companies have been able to position themselves as low - cost, reliable alternatives to Chinese factories, where wages are rising, according to Afshin Molavi, senior fellow at Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies.

IDC also pointed out a large reason for the Chromebook's success: the low - cost devices have been a hit with K - 12 schools in the United States, even though the company is still looking to break into consumer and business markets.

The resulting ranking — which puts HEC Montreal in the top spot — offers 10 schools worth considering if you're looking to do an MBA in as short a time as possible at a relatively low cost, while still attending an institution with a reputation that will make your degree stand out.

Instead of helping the country's largest school district install broadband for the lowest cost, from 2002 to 2008, Lanham padded his own pockets.

«As business school tuition has continued to rise, we are trying to make the net cost lower for those who we think would be the best fit for our school,» says Neher.

As he explained in an interview last week, he saw that Xirrus, a commercial Wi - Fi firm based in Thousand Oaks, Calif., had a presence in schools and universities but needed to expand its markets and selectively outsource activities previously done in - house to lower costs.

Tariffs imposed on China would have the same effect as a tax on suppliers, increasing suppliers» costs and leading to higher prices, suppressed demand, lower production and decreased efficiency, said Roger Kashlak, a professor of international business at Loyola University Maryland's Sellinger School of Business.

Their children withdraw the funds to their card with low cost and spend money on school supplies, tuition or food.

I work for 40 minutes every weekday during my high school year to lower my tuition cost.

They provide a low cost preschool / day care for struggling families, help restore homes, support local business with cheap and sometimes free rent, have an after school program to help kids who do not have the support at home complete their homework and behave in school.

Whether it's a package that has your favorite baseball team or a local high school, customization is huge, and it's making the supply base figure out a way to offer lower quantity items [at a] cost - effective point.»

Schools will report inflated costs in order to keep their reported profits lower, so they can cry poor when asking taxpayers and students for financial assistance.

New York City Department of Education (New York), Los Angeles Unified School District (Los Angeles), Chicago Public Schools (Chicago), Miami - Dade County Public Schools (Miami), Dallas Independent School District (Dallas), Orange County Public Schools (Orlando), Broward County Public Schools (Fort Lauderdale), Clark County Public Schools (Las Vegas), School District of Philadelphia (Philadelphia), Baltimore Public Schools (Baltimore), and Boston Public Schools (Boston) will coordinate menus to improve purchasing power from food providers so that costs are kept low.

The new contract spells the end of the district's short - lived foray into the National School Lunch Program, which provides federal reimbursements in exchange for offering healthy free or reduced - cost meals to low - income students.

Two years ago, the district decided to participate in the National School Lunch Program that reimburses school districts for the cost of providing lunch to low - income stuSchool Lunch Program that reimburses school districts for the cost of providing lunch to low - income stuschool districts for the cost of providing lunch to low - income students.

Similarly, you will find free and low - cost webinars online to help you use other platforms — Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram — to market your school nutrition program.

Schools certainly feel the immediate costs of failing to prioritize wellness — poor test scores for students, lower standardized test scores school - wide, reduced funding resulting from absenteeism, which is why it is so important to share this report with school administrators and boards of education.

For those lower - class families — battered by unemployment, rising health care costs, and other financial insecurity — the ability to obtain a nutritious (if admittedly not perfect) school lunch for free or a reduced price is crucial.

Because the school lunch program, run by the USDA, is highly dependent on low - cost agricultural commodity products, the campaign is calling on the agency to broaden its commodity selection.

In 2011, more than 31 million children received free or low - cost school lunches and more than 10 million received free or discounted breakfasts, according to USDA.

The alternate meals served are not claimed for reimbursement in our school, so we have to keep the cost as low as possible.

According to those officials present, despite the fact that Houston is the seventh largest school district in the country and therefore a major consumer of milk, the profit margins for dairies supplying schools (as opposed to private entities) is extremely low and would be wiped out by the manufacturing costs associated with making such changes.

School districts can purchase large amounts of food in bulk, allowing the schools to prepare a lot of food at a low cost, with savings passed on to parents.

Explore your local music schools and universities for free or low - cost concerts that are open to the public.

It provides nutritionally balanced, low - cost or free lunches to children each school day.

If schools really want to lower costs and serve wholesome food, perhaps they should consider legumes.

But that may be changing — if you didn't read about School Food FOCUS the first time around on TLT, be sure to check out this post which discusses how that group is helping to set up «regional food hubs» to improve efficiencies and lower the costs of local procurement.

The Community Eligibility Program (CEP) is a meal service option for schools and school districts in low - income areas — allowing the nation's highest poverty schools and districts to serve breakfast and lunch at no cost to all enrolled students without the burden of collecting household applications.

The School Nutrition Foundation focuses on providing the resources that educate and empower SNA members to provide high - quality, low - cost meals to students across the nation to foster an environment where children achieve overall wellness and lifelong success.

ROUNDTABLE SESSION: Teamwork: Creating a Community Approach to School Nutrition This session will present low - cost strategies school nutrition professionals can use to engage a multi-disciplinary team of school and community members to support child nutrition programs and build healthier school environSchool Nutrition This session will present low - cost strategies school nutrition professionals can use to engage a multi-disciplinary team of school and community members to support child nutrition programs and build healthier school environschool nutrition professionals can use to engage a multi-disciplinary team of school and community members to support child nutrition programs and build healthier school environschool and community members to support child nutrition programs and build healthier school environschool environments.

Brought to you by the School Nutrition Association (SNA), a national, nonprofit professional organization representing 57,000 members who provide high - quality, low - cost meals to students across the country.

It's important to note that this product lowers costs, and that's a good thing, especially since ALL school lunches are subsidized by taxpayers.

Expand current free school meal provision and look to work with local authorities to identify future steps to improve support for low income families to help meet the costs associated with school.

One school or district may have a partnership with a large corporation, like Whole Foods, allowing them to source some healthier food items for a favorable price; if your school district can't get the same deal, then this will affect whether you can offer the same kind of meal for the same price as a district which does have a low cost source for better food.

Action for Healthy Kids Offers free and low - cost programs and resources so that children in all schools get to learn about and engage in healthy eating and daily physical activity.

The school lunch rules apply to federally subsidized lunches served at reduced or no cost to low - income children.

There are calls for labour market reform, for lower labour costs (ie lower wages), for «renewed efforts» to get school leavers into training, for better use of an existing EU jobs website to «facilitate the cross-border placement of young people».

New York City Council Speaker Cory Johnson and Majority Leader Laurie Cumbo announced the package of 10 bills on Sunday and said the measures would be introduced this week... The proposals include: Requiring businesses with more than 15 employees to provide lactation spaces and refrigerators to store breast milk, Requiring lactation rooms in all schools, police precincts, and jails that house women or allow women visitors, Assessing the need for free and low - cost doula services in the city, Creating a report on maternal mortality, Requiring that inmates be able to choose the gender of their doctor, Requiring the city to provide diapers at shelters, subsidized child care centers and other locations, Creating a study and pilot program for on - site childcare for city employees, Allowing campaign funds to be used for certain childcare costs of candidates who are primary caregivers» http://bit.ly/2jTiAtZ

However, New York City recently began matching families receiving Medicaid, the low - cost healthcare plan, to the schools their children went to.

The state Teachers Retirement System expects to lower pension costs by 13.96 percent for school districts, the second straight year of declines, as a result of favorable investment returns.

Tax cap supporters, meanwhile, say low inflation should be a signal for school districts to control their costs, just like other segments of the economy.

Cuomo hailed the low tax figures Thursday while plugging his latest proposal to provide qualifying homeowners with tax rebates for two years, provided their school districts and other local governments keep within cap limits and achieve greater cost efficiencies.

This summer a new program will be implemented and provide free / low - cost transportation grants to allow students from Title 1 schools to experience state parks and historic sites.

The least poorly funded schools tend to be rural schools in low income rural areas with an insufficient local tax base to support them and with high costs associated with a lack of economies of scale and large transportation costs for students.

The commission would also look into the segregation in New York cities by housing costs, which he said leads to underperforming schools in low - income neighborhoods.

Under Republican leadership, this Legislature has continuously underfunded our public schools, focused on creating low wage jobs that leave working families in a cycle of poverty, and given away millions of taxpayer dollars to insurance companies while health insurance costs for working families skyrocket.»

Originally, cuts to the budget of the city's Administration for Children's Services would have eliminated $ 91 million in funding that paid childcare costs for 16,000 low - income children so that their parents could work or go to school.