Sentences with phrase «nonprofit schools like»

With these for - profit universities pulling out all stops to get students to enroll in their programs, there isn't much room left for nonprofit schools like Georgetown and Stanford to educate the public about their offerings.

Not exact matches

What began as a film - production company blossomed into a full - fledged media organization, with a news platform, RYOT Films and RYOT Creative, which makes videos for paying clients as well as pro bono clients like Pencils of Promise, a nonprofit that builds schools.

The government should not be permitted to create incentives for religious practice or belief (like giving favored status to religious organizations, as compared to other nonprofits), to facilitate the religious practices of some at the expense of others (like offering vocal prayers in public schools), or to accommodate one religion but not others with similar needs or problems (like limiting draft exemptions to members of traditional «peace churches») Within these guidelines, religious accommodations are fully in keeping with the First Amendment — albeit in conflict with strict separation.

The Rolex is made by a company that operates more like a nonprofit than a business, and uses parts of its revenue to support charities, assist the blind, provide jobs for craftsmen and fund schools that teach the art of watchmaking.

Nonprofit groups like churches, schools, etc. can buy Bel Soley products at wholesale prices and resell them to raise funds.

Visit helpful sites like one set up by the Military Child Education Coalition, a nonprofit that advocates for military kids in the school system, and the American Academy of Pediatrics Military Child Support site.

My nonprofit, Better School Food (www.betterschoolfood.org) is designed to support those who are advocating for a better food environment, so I get emails like the one from this Lunch Tray reader all the time.

Waldorf School of Princeton, like virtually all nonprofit independent schools in the country, relies on a combination of tuition and fund - raising revenue to support its daily operations.

De Blasio just can't get enough of nonprofits: He's setting up a new one, the NYC School Support Services Corp., in what looks like another union payoff in the name of ending the long - running scandal of profiteering custodians.

It's unclear how many government - created nonprofits exist across the state, but many like Fort Schuyler were created by SUNY schools in partnership with the Research Foundation for SUNY, which administers grants for SUNY schools.

Like Trump, Tolmach once worked in real estate, but abandoned the field for nonprofit work funding struggling schools.

Classes at STREB — which range from founder Elizabeth Streb's POPACTION to parkour — cost money, but the organization regularly partners with public schools and nonprofits like the St. Nicks Alliance to fundraise and offer free sessions.

The chief executive officer of EducationSuperHighway, a nonprofit group that advocates upgraded Internet access for schools, articulates what many educational technology leaders like to remind educators, policymakers, parents, and students: «Schools don't have the expertise they need to effectively design and implement a network,» says Evan C. Mschools, articulates what many educational technology leaders like to remind educators, policymakers, parents, and students: «Schools don't have the expertise they need to effectively design and implement a network,» says Evan C. MSchools don't have the expertise they need to effectively design and implement a network,» says Evan C. Marwell.

His nonprofit is also creating partnerships with non-Hollywood groups that can also make a difference, like Teach For America, which places young teachers in high - needs schools, as well as influential companies that create tests for schools.

School incubators like those running in Dayton, Sacramento, Oakland, and other cities, and nonprofit providers of technical assistance could analyze small - school start - up lessons and train new school founders to avoid common misSchool incubators like those running in Dayton, Sacramento, Oakland, and other cities, and nonprofit providers of technical assistance could analyze small - school start - up lessons and train new school founders to avoid common misschool start - up lessons and train new school founders to avoid common misschool founders to avoid common mistakes.

It combines classes in education, business, and public policy that train students to lead large school districts, head government education agencies, or work for nonprofits like Teach for America....

Like a kid in a candy store, I stuffed my schedule with every course I could pack in, running from my Leadership in Organizations course, to my lecture in Financial Resources for Nonprofits, only to turn around and just make it to my School Leadership proseminar.

Many told us there were too many low - performing charter schools in Detroit and struggled to name any Detroit charter schools that are getting results like those achieved by national nonprofit charter management organizations.

Besides Peiser, who started Boston Collegiate Charter School in 1998, just after earning his master's in public policy from Harvard's Kennedy School, there was Doug Lemov, a founder of Academy of the Pacific Rim (also in Boston) in 1997 and later a best - selling author (Teach Like a Champion); Evan Rudall and John King of Roxbury Prep in Boston (Rudall is now CEO of Zearn, a new educational technology nonprofit, and King is commissioner of education for New York State); and Paul Bambrick - Santoyo, then managing director of North Star's middle and high schools in Newark (and later author of Driven by Data and Leverage Leadership).

So far, they look more like high - performing companies and nonprofits than school districts.

Such systems of schools, overseen by organizations such as the for - profit Edison Schools Inc. and guided by nonprofit models like the KIPP Academies, show promise in raising student achievement, said Steven F. Wilson, a senior fellow at the Center for Business and Government at Harvard University who wrote theschools, overseen by organizations such as the for - profit Edison Schools Inc. and guided by nonprofit models like the KIPP Academies, show promise in raising student achievement, said Steven F. Wilson, a senior fellow at the Center for Business and Government at Harvard University who wrote theSchools Inc. and guided by nonprofit models like the KIPP Academies, show promise in raising student achievement, said Steven F. Wilson, a senior fellow at the Center for Business and Government at Harvard University who wrote the paper.

Other projects created during the class include an organization that will provide free public libraries in India; an online platform to help students make more informed decisions when applying to college; an app that gives students fun, game - based content that shows what real scientists are like; a cellphone - hosted service for rural teachers in the Philippines that provides direct training and tips; and a nonprofit that will train and employ parent liaisons to develop stronger bonds between families and middle schools in an effort to improve dropout rates.

These include large urban school districts like Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Philadelphia, and New York, and nonprofit education - focused groups such as Achieve, Jobs for the Future, KIPP, the New Teacher Project, the New Schools Venture Fund, and Teach For America.

Leading foundations, school networks, and nonprofits are putting it front and center in their efforts, and innovation - minded officials in states like Rhode Island are actively promoting it as a strategy for improving student success.

But like the boards of nonprofit organizations — and unlike those of traditional school districts — charter boards have the potential to attract the best and brightest with little downside.

Alternative programs are often run by school districts or nonprofits like Teach For America or The New Teacher Project, but the fastest - growing programs are run by for - profit corporations like Kaplan University or Teachers of Tomorrow.

Chris Gabrieli, who directs a Boston nonprofit focused on bringing charter school - like flexibilities to district schools, says the charter bill ideally should be an opportunity to think even more broadly about strategies to help those students.

The Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools board voted 7 - 2 Tuesday night to reject an application by Great Hearts Academies, a nonprofit that operates prep - school - like charter schools, for five new establisSchools board voted 7 - 2 Tuesday night to reject an application by Great Hearts Academies, a nonprofit that operates prep - school - like charter schools, for five new establisschools, for five new establishments.

New York City has only had scattered groups of community schools in the past, run by nonprofits like the Children's Aid Society and Harlem Children's Zone.

In states like Georgia and Arizona, some charters serve preschoolers through an «affiliated program» — a separate (usually nonprofit) entity that is affiliated with the school.

The city has also worked closely with groups like Boston - based Building Excellent Schools, a nonprofit that recruits and trains charter school leaders.

Over the last three years, we have worked closely with the Albertson Foundation and partners like Building Hope, a national nonprofit dedicated to helping charter schools develop high - quality facilities, to support the expansion of some of the best charter public schools in the state.

Government and nonprofit leaders in cities like Cleveland, DC, New Orleans, Baltimore, and even Detroit have been able to make progress on these issues via voluntary agreements on citywide systems for enrollment and information to help families navigate public school choice.

Walker's proposals would open more avenues for charter schools to seek approval, but Wisconsin still wouldn't be as accommodating as states like Minnesota and Florida, where nonprofit organizations are permitted to authorize charter schools.

The National Governors Association and Council of Chief State School Officers, two nonprofit coalitions, developed the Common Core out of a concern that the United States was falling behind on international measures of student achievement and stagnating on its own benchmarks of success, like the National Assessment of Education Progress.

Some charter schools, like Rocketship for example, register as nonprofit corporations to create the illusion that they are not concerned with making money.

States and districts can not do this alone; that is why nonprofit providers like Talent Development Secondary can provide the much needed capacity and expertise in the ESSA environment in school turnaround, early warning systems and chronic absenteeism.

«The district came back and said, «We would like a second chance to turn this school around,»» said David Phelps, spokesman for Parent Revolution, the nonprofit advocacy group that bankrolled the 24th Street push and lobbies for parent trigger legislation nationwide.

Boutique charters and teacher prep programs like California's MindUp and Mindful Schools are nonprofits that coach teachers how to help students achieve better concentration through mindfulness.

School districts like Portland that sue people who request records, or charter networks who claim their officials aren't subject to open records law because they work for private nonprofits?

Grant Callen, president of Empower Mississippi, a nonprofit dedicated to «school choice» options, including vouchers and charter schools, says an experience like Kast's illustrates a range of failures on the part of public schools.

In January, Gov. Chris Christie signed a law allowing nonprofits to apply to start up to a dozen new public charter schools in struggling districts like Camden, Newark and Trenton.

However, the distinction between for - profit and nonprofit is often messier than groups like NAPCS readily admit: Nonprofit charters can still hire for - profit management companies to run theirnonprofit is often messier than groups like NAPCS readily admit: Nonprofit charters can still hire for - profit management companies to run theirNonprofit charters can still hire for - profit management companies to run their schools.

Nonprofits like New School Venture Fund, Teach for America, the New Teacher Project and New Leaders for New Schools will also play a role.

Charter management organizations (CMOs) are nonprofit groups that operate multiple charter schools like KIPP, Uncommon Schools, and Achievementschools like KIPP, Uncommon Schools, and AchievementSchools, and Achievement First.

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Through her network of nonprofits and political - action committees such as American Federation for Children and the Great Lakes Education Project, DeVos is pushing to direct public money into private religious schools like Potter's House.

They range from school districts like Abilene Independent School District in Texas and Oxford Hills School District in Maine to nonprofits like Teach For America and WestEd to higher education institutions like the University of South Florida and Western Michigan Univeschool districts like Abilene Independent School District in Texas and Oxford Hills School District in Maine to nonprofits like Teach For America and WestEd to higher education institutions like the University of South Florida and Western Michigan UniveSchool District in Texas and Oxford Hills School District in Maine to nonprofits like Teach For America and WestEd to higher education institutions like the University of South Florida and Western Michigan UniveSchool District in Maine to nonprofits like Teach For America and WestEd to higher education institutions like the University of South Florida and Western Michigan University.

«What it does do is say they have to operate like our public schools do — as a nonprofit.»

Following the example of counter-protesters who took action in the face of hate (including a great many educators), we are steadfast in our belief that we must be even more committed to owning our personal responsibility to dismantle white supremacy in our institutions - be they nonprofits like Leading Educators or the school districts from which our students and families rightfully expect excellent, bias - free education.