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«One of the most significant effects of Acura's new racing program is the reintroduction of an American - made engine back into our prototype categories.
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I've posted before about the Temporary Foreign Workers program, a part of this new race to the bottom, in which the Harper government has been complicit.
The new black conservatives assume that without affirmative action programs, white Americans will make choices on merit rather than on race.
For the first time in New York racing history the weather cancelled out a program.
For someone who's relatively new to the sport, I think as long as they train smart, they have a good program, they don't overtrain leading up to the race and set themselves up for success, that's the key.»
The FBS's longest active losing streak in an annually recurring matchup remains intact, the Wildcats face a daunting challenge to regain a foothold in the SEC East race and Kentucky fans have a new soul - crushing loss to agonize over in Mark Stoops's fifth season trying to get this program to turn the corner.
New York faces a June 1 deadline for relaxing rules for charter schools to boost its chances of winning about half a billion dollars from the federal Race to the Top program.
Haggerty, as you'll recall, was convicted of stealing $ 750,000 worth of Mayor Bloomberg's money that was contributed via the billionaire mayor's foundation to the state Independence Party during the 2009 New York City mayor's race and intended to pay for an Election Day voting security program that never materialized.
Thanks to New York's chief judge, Jonathan Lippman, the state's highest court will hear the appeal of a veteran GOP consultant convicted of stealing $ 750,000 worth of Mayor Bloomberg's money contributed to the state Independence Party during the 2009 New York City mayor's race and intended to be used for an Election Day voting security program.
The pilot public financing program in the state comptroller's race, modeled on the New York City campaign finance system, provides a six - to - one match for contributions between $ 10 and $ 175 from New York residents.
They include a pilot public financing program for the state comptroller's race, new disclosure rules for independent expenditure groups, and the creation of an independent office at the State Board of Elections charged with enforcing the state's oft - flouted election laws.
He listed the following as Regents» achievements: winning $ 700 million through the federal Race To The Top competitive grant program, raising standards, achieving a significant new investment in pre-kindergarten and increasing graduation rates.
The New York State Board of Elections (BOE) released draft regulations governing the new pilot public financing program for the state comptroller's race last weNew York State Board of Elections (BOE) released draft regulations governing the new pilot public financing program for the state comptroller's race last wenew pilot public financing program for the state comptroller's race last week.
It is unclear whether federal acting secretary of education John King — New York's former state education c ommissioner who championed the Common Core and helped usher in the use of teacher evaluations tied to state assessments under No Child Left Behind and the federal Race To The Top grant program — will give his blessing.
ELMONT, N.Y. >> The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) and MSG Networks (NYSE: MSGN) announced today a multi-year extension of their long - standing agreement for MSGN's telecast of NYRA's thoroughbred racing programming, including NYRA's flagship «Live» Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) and MSG Networks (NYSE: MSGN) announced today a multi-year extension of their long - standing agreement for MSGN's telecast of NYRA's thoroughbred racing programming, including NYRA's flagship «Live» racing programming, including NYRA's flagship «Live» shows.
The teacher evaluation requirement originated in 2010 after New York was awarded a grant of nearly $ 700 million under the federal Race to the Top program.
That's what is driving a new summer professional development program for teachers this year, funded through federal race to the top dollars.
The evaluations are required in order to qualify for federal grant money that New York State won under the Race to the Top program.
The federal government incentivized adoption of the Common Core at the state level through its Race to the Top grants program, which garnered New York State $ 700 million that was then distributed to school districts.
Cuomo championed the teacher evaluation system, which is a requirement of the federal Race To The Top grant program, through which New York won $ 700 million in 2010.
New York Times: Most Fundamental Reform Missing from State Budget Governor Andrew Cuomo and state legislative leaders passed New York's 2014 - 15 budget last week without a comprehensive small donor public matching system — instead establishing a very limited pilot public financing program for the state comptroller's race in 2014.
In 2010, when New York, like other states, was recovering from recession, it won nearly $ 700 million in education incentives from the federal «Race to the Top» program.
The state's program for the comptroller race is modeled after New York City's public program under which each dollar from a city resident gives up to $ 175 can be matched by $ 6 in public funds.
In a press release touting the program, NRCC officials noted that Heaney had raised more money than any New York congressional candidate, giving him a strong early advantage in the race.
The New York City school system, which has two - thirds of the state's needy children and 40 percent of its teachers, could receive $ 300 million from the Race to the Top program, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said in a press conference.
MANHATTAN — New York won $ 700 million in federal education grants when the US Department of Education's Race to the Top program winners were announced Tuesday.
The budget adopted last week constructed a new pilot public financing program for the state comptroller's race.
New York will get $ 700 million in federal education grants after being named as a winner in the Race to the Top program.
Democrats contended that the race in New York's 26th Congressional District — which the GOP had held since the 1960s — became competitive through their efforts tying Corwin to the House Republican budget plan that included a provision to turn Medicare into a voucher program.
Districts also would be able to compete for some $ 200 million in special state grants, under a New York version of the federal Race to the Top program.
The legislation follows through on New York's commitment to establish a real and effective teacher evaluations as a condition of the $ 700 million granted through the federal Race to the Top program.
Several of Queens» state legislators lamented that a public campaign finance pilot program approved in the New York state budget was limited to the state comptroller's race in 2014.
RRR continued its partnerships with local charitable organizations through all of its races and special events, such as the American Cancer Society's «Relay - For - Life», the «Hood to Coast Relay» benefiting Habitat for Humanity of Rockland, Rockland Family Shelter, United Hospice of Rockland, Rockland County Police Hispanic Society, People to People, and the Pediatric Blood & Bone Marrow Transplant Program at the Children's Hospital at New York Presbyterian and Columbia University, among others.
On one hand, it was a victory for integration: Vaughan took a position working side - by - side with men and women of all races, programming the new electronic computers.
Where the money comes from: Proceeds come from a variety of fund - raising events, such as Race for the Cure, the Breast Cancer 3 - Day walk, programs with companies like New Balance and BMW, and contributions from individual supporters.
Debbie brings her experience as a trainer, coach, and athlete into her first book «Life is NOT a Race... It is a Journey» where she shares her story and the principles of her key program The WHOLESTIC Method, a new approach to improve fat loss, health, and performance for life and sports.
New York Road Runners serves nearly 600,000 runners of all ages and abilities annually through hundreds of races, community open runs, walks, training sessions, and other running - related programming, with 267,000 youth participating in free fitness programs and events nationally, including 134,000 in New York City's five boroughs.
The USA Film Festival announces the inauguration of a new program, the 5 - DAY FILM QUEST, a race - style filmmaking event for short films, which...
REALITY - COMPETITON PROGRAM The Amazing Race American Ninja Warrior Dancing with the Stars Project Runway Top Chef The Voice Who will win: The Voice The NBC hit is the only show to take down The Amazing Race twice and appears to be the Emmys» new favorite.
Complete List of NAACP Image Award Winners Film Categories Best Picture - «The Secret Life of Bees» Best Director - Gina Prince - Bythewood, «The Secret Life of Bees» Best Actor - Will Smith, «Seven Pounds» Best Actress - Rosario Dawson, «Seven Pounds Supporting Actor - Columbus Short, «Cadillac Records» Supporting Actress - Taraji P. Henson, «The Curious Case of Benjamin Button» Independent Film - «Slumdog Millionaire» Documentary - «The Black List» Foreign Film - «The Class» Best Screenplay - Jenny Lumet, «Rachel Getting Married» Television Categories Best Comedy Series - «Tyler Perry's House of Payne» Best Actor in a Comedy Series - LaVan Davis, «Tyler Perry's House of Payne» Best Actress in a Comedy Series - Tracee Ellis Ross, «Girlfriends» Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series - Lance Gross, «Tyler Perry's House of Payne» Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series - Keshia Knight Pulliam, «Tyler Perry's House of Payne» Best Dramatic Series - «Grey's Anatomy» Best Actor in a Dramatic Series - Hill Harper, «CSI: NY» Best Actress in a Dramatic Series - Chandra Wilson, «Grey's Anatomy» Supporting Actor in a Dramatic Series - Taye Diggs, «Private Practice» Supporting Actress in a Dramatic Series - Angela Bassett, «ER» Made - for - TV Movie, Miniseries or Dramatic Special - «A Raisin in The Sun» Best Actor in a Made - for - TV Movie, Miniseries or Dramatic Special - Sean Combs, «A Raisin in the Sun» Best Actress in a Made - for - TV Movie, Miniseries or Dramatic Special - Phylicia Rashad, «A Raisin in the Sun» Best Actor in a Sopa Opera - Bryton McClure, «The Young and the Restless» Best Actress in a Sopa Opera - Debbi Morgan, «All My Children» Best Director in a Dramatic Series - Ernest Dickerson, «Lincoln Heights - The Day Before Tomorrow» Best Director in a Comedy Series - Kevin Sullivan, «30 Rock - MILF Island» Best Screenplay for a Dramatic Series - Shonda Rhimes, «Grey's Anatomy: Freedom Part 1 & 2» Best Screenplay for a Comedy Series - Erica D. Montolfo, «The Game: White Coats and White Lies» News / Information Series or Special - «In Conversation: Michelle Obama Interview» Talk Series - «The View» Reality Series - «American Idol 7» Variety Series or Special - «An Evening of Stars: Tribute to Smokey Robinson» Children's Program - «Dora The Explorer» Best Performance in a Children's Series or Special - Keke Palmer, «True Jackson» Music Categories Best Male Artist - Jamie Foxx Best Female Artist - Beyonce» Best New Artist - Jennifer Hudson Best Duo, Group or Collaboration - Jennifer Hudson, featuring Fantasia - «I'm His Only Woman» Best Jazz Artist - Natalie Cole - «Still Unforgettable» Best Gospel Artist - Mary Mary Best World Music Album - Cheryl Keyes - «Let Me Take You There» Best Music Video - «Yes We Can» - Will.i.am Best Song - «Yes We Can» - Will.i.am Best Album - Jennifer Hudson - «Jennifer Hudson» Literary Categories Fiction - «In the Night of the Heat: A Tennyson Hardwick Novel,» Blair Underwood, Tananarive Due, Steven Barnes Nonfiction - «Letter to My Daughter,» Maya Angelou Debut Author - «Barack, Race, and the Media: Drawing My Own Conclusion,» David Glenn Brown Biography / Autobiography - «The Legs are the Last to Go,» Diahann Carroll Instructional - «32 Ways to Be a Champion in Business,» Earvin «Magic» Johnson Poetry - «Hip Hop Speaks to Children: A Celebration of «Poetry With a Beat»» Nikki Giovanni Children - «Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope,» Nikki Grimes (illustrator - Bryan Collier) Youth / Teens - «Letters to a Young Sister: Define Your Destiny,» Hill Harper
Justice Kennedy offered what he regarded as acceptable methods of considering race such as «strategic site selection of new schools; drawing attendance zones with general recognition of the demographics of neighborhoods; allocating resources for special programs; recruiting students and faculty in a targeted fashion; and tracking enrollments, performance, and other statistics by race.»
But as the frequency, duration, and failure rate of these exams grew with the implementation of federal programs such as Race to the Top and new teacher - performance reviews...
Sure, the President will call for a few small - scale programs that Republicans will oppose, like extending Race to the Top (for districts this time, not states) and recruiting 100,000 new math and science teachers.
• The budget reflects the growing use of the term «equity» in the K — 12 debate with the new Race to the Top «Equity and Opportunity» program, which is designed to help close the achievement gap.
Paterson said he thinks New York could have won $ 500 million to $ 700 million in the Obama administration's «Race to the Top» program to improve public schools if the Legislature made two changes he urged: lifting the cap on the number of charter schools in the state from the current 200 and ending a measure that prohibits student...
While no one knew it for sure at the time, there would be no federal Race to the Top funding, nor even, as it turned out, a federal waiver from No Child Left Behind that would free up existing federal dollars for new programs in Chicago.
This forum is held in conjunction with Race, Equity, and Leadership in Schools, a new Programs in Professional Education convening, celebrating the 35th anniversary of The Principals» Center at HGSE.
In recent years, choice advocates cheered because Indiana and Louisiana adopted new voucher programs and because charter schools — boosted by President Obama's Race to the Top program and movies like Waiting for Superman — continued to expand and attract supporters.
With the Department of Education proposing a new $ 5 billion Race to the Top — style competitive grant program aimed at teacher policy, however, it's worth taking a closer look at Race to the Top's results.
Oblivious to the growing opposition to this approach in Congress, Jennings uses the final section of the book to propose a new federal program, the United for Students Act, which is essentially Race to the Top on steroids.