Sentences with phrase «nonprofit leaders join»

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-- April 22, 2009 — Child safety experts, policymakers, leaders in the nonprofit sector and the wireless industry joined together today at the Wireless Online Safety Conference, co-hosted by the Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI) and The Wireless Foundation, to discuss the challenges kids face in a mobile online environment and the vital role education plays in keeping them safe.

Last month, he started a nonprofit called New York's World's Fair of 2014, and he's drafting letters to «all the major leaders» around town to join his effort, which he says is a better idea than Mike Bloomberg's failed bid to draw the Olympics.

They are joined by nonprofit leaders who have scrutinized DOE practices for years, including under Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who first won mayoral control of city schools in 2002, ending the old Board of Education system.

Joined by area politicians and community leaders, the parents, students and teachers rallied in support of the Education Investment Tax Credit which would increase support for public and religious schools by creating a tax incentive for individuals and corporations to donate to scholarship programs administered by nonprofit educational organizations.

Since that report was released in March 2011, the coauthors of the Pathways Project initiated two areas of continued work: Professor Robert Schwartz joined forces with Jobs for the Future (JFF), a Boston - based nonprofit, to launch the Pathways to Prosperity Network; and Senior Lecturer Ronald Ferguson held a national conference for local and national leaders to develop a set of recommendations.

Prior to joining the HGSE faculty, Schwartz held a wide variety of leadership positions in education and government including serving as president of Achieve, Inc., an independent, bipartisan, nonprofit organization created by governors and corporate leaders to help states improve their schools.

These participants join an alumni network of 9,000 leaders working in higher education, K - 12 teaching and administration, policy writing and analysis, research, nonprofit and for - profit organizations, and government at every level.

More than 300 cross-sector representatives joined in the effort, including school district superintendents, business and nonprofit leaders, city officials and university presidents.

During her first year of teaching at 21st Century Charter through the Teach for America program, Ms. Rustad joined Leadership for Educational Equity (LEE), a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering Teach for America corps members and alumni to grow as leaders in their communities.

A bipartisan coalition of 27 governors has joined the effort, saying they see teaching coding and programming as a way to draw middle - class jobs to their states, and dozens of school system superintendents and nonprofit leaders say they see computer science courses as essential for giving children the skills they'll need to be successful in the modern economy.

Established principals can also join a cohort, and the KIPP Foundation, a nonprofit organization that supports the KIPP franchise, offers several other ongoing professional - development opportunities, including two national retreats a year for its school leaders.

SUGAR LAND, Texas, March 8, 2018 — Financial Guidance Center, a nonprofit credit counseling agency headquartered in Las Vegas, NV, has announced its decision to join Money Management International (MMI), the nation's leader in nonprofit solutions for personal financial challenges.

Vote Solar, a national nonprofit solar advocacy organization, announced today that energy industry veteran and community leader Rob Wallace has joined its board of directors.