Sentences with phrase «numbers of community leaders»

And, compared to the earliest days of the movement, greater numbers of community leaders, elected officials, and philanthropies support public charter schools in their communities.

«I have been in touch with a number of community leaders across the board, asking them to join with me to put together a plan to seize on that opportunity,» Miner said today.

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Harford is a prominent diversity champion, both in the financial services sector and the wider business community, and served as the co-head of Citi Women and on the board of directors of The Forte Foundation, a U.S. nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing the number of women leaders in business.

To keep a step ahead of emerging scams, the Call Center also collaborates with a number of key leaders and community partners including the Attorney General's Office, the Federal Trade Commission, the Washington State Department of Financial Institutions, the FINRA Investor Education Foundation, the Washington State Crime Prevention Association, the Better Business Bureau, and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.

Donna served as a healthcare administrator for a number of years prior to becoming the CHRISTUS Health system leader for Community Health; in the latter position, she directed their socially responsible investment program.

He also led major initiatives including the development of a number of centres with key community leaders, including The Canadian Centre for Advanced Leadership in Business, The Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, The Westman Centre for Real Estate Studies, The Energy ande Environment initiative, and The Creative Destruction Lab — Rockies.

Our analysis demonstrates that the limited number of North Korean leaders and ruling elite with access to the internet are actively engaged in Western and popular social media, regularly read international news, use many of the same services such as video streaming and online gaming, and above all, are not disconnected from the world at large or the impact North Korea's actions have on the community of nations.

«Starbucks has sought engagement and counsel to ensure it has a broad historical view on race; access to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) experts; views from civil rights leaders; and deep conversation and engagement with a wide number of diverse communities.»

The GC2 Summit will feature a number of key speakers and collaborators from the Evangelical community who specialize in ministry to refugees, in addition to senior denominational leaders, non-profit, and church leaders.

Wisconsin • Lesbian Parents Network, PO Box 8423, Madison, WI 53708 - 8423, 608-233-0102 • Wisconsin Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf, located at the GLBT Center in Milwaukee Wisconsin, www.wiscrad.org • LGBT Community Center of The Chippewa Valley 1305 Woodland Avenue Eau Claire, WI 54701 http://www.cvlgbt.org Contact Information General Email: [email protected] Public Contact: Jessica Janiuk, President, Board of Directors Senior Leader: Ann Hoeppner, Treasurer Phone Numbers Main: 715-406-4028 Fax: [phone]

Its main focus remains on the Taliban, however, with concern registered about the growing number of civilian assassinations - including teachers, nurses, doctors, tribal elders, community leaders and local officials.

«An overwhelming number of elected officials and community leaders throughout New York State, from both sides of the aisles and different political stripes, have spoken loud and clear that the plan to build a bridge to replace the Tappan Zee is right for the state and the entire region,» Governor Cuomo said.

For Alicka, sincere altruism and empathy for others have driven her to serve in a number of capacities as a former District Leader in the 55th Assembly District, volunteering through her sorority Delta Sigma Theta and as a trustee at Wayside Community Baptist Church.

A number of female community leaders were honored this past Saturday at a breakfast ceremony at F&J Pine Restaurant in the Bronxdale section of the Bronx.

«It's insulting to insinuate that five pastors, all honorable leaders of our city's minority community, don't stand behind the common - sense notion that developers who receive our tax dollars need to employ a fair number of individuals who are paying those taxes.»

Quigley joined with a number of local northern Manhattan elected officials, including New York State Assemblymember Robert Rodriguez and New York City Councilmember Melissa Mark - Viverito, community leaders such as Department of Youth and Community Development's Commissioner Jeanne B. Mullgrav and Supportive Children's Advocacy Network (SCAN)'s Executive Director Lewis Zuchman, and a host of residents, including local schoolchildren, for the center's unveiling in a late afternoon rcommunity leaders such as Department of Youth and Community Development's Commissioner Jeanne B. Mullgrav and Supportive Children's Advocacy Network (SCAN)'s Executive Director Lewis Zuchman, and a host of residents, including local schoolchildren, for the center's unveiling in a late afternoon rCommunity Development's Commissioner Jeanne B. Mullgrav and Supportive Children's Advocacy Network (SCAN)'s Executive Director Lewis Zuchman, and a host of residents, including local schoolchildren, for the center's unveiling in a late afternoon reception.

Mount Vernon, NY — Westchester County Legislators Lyndon Williams (D - Mount Vernon) and Ken Jenkins (D - Yonkers) joined a number of other elected officials along with community leaders at a rally Wednesday, October 29th to announce their support of the «Smart Schools Bond Act of 2014,» to fight «digital divide.»

And he says at a time of rising corruption convictions, which include the indictment of both leaders of the legislature in 2015, JCOPE's number of actual investigations has been low, and with the exception of a $ 300,000 fine against former Assemblyman Vito Lopez, accused of sexual harassment, the fines have been «meager» and often directed at small community organizations that don't have the money to pay the fines.

Attendees at today's kickoff included: City of Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown, Buffalo Public Schools Interim Superintendent Donald Ogilvie, SUNY Trustee Dr. Eunice Lewin, University at Buffalo President Dr. Satish K. Tripathi, SUNY Buffalo State President Dr. Katherine Conway - Turner, Erie Community College President Jack Quinn, Regional Economic Development Council Co-Chair, businessman and developer Howard Zemsky, Staff Scientist Mwita Phelps of Life Technologies / Thermo Fisher Scientific, Director of the Buffalo and Erie County Public Libraries Mary Jean Jakubowski, Dr. Norma J. Nowak, Director of Science and Technology, UB's NYS Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences, as well as a number of invited guests, including elected leaders, teachers and students.

The mayor, who recently launched his reelection campaign, was joined by singer Cher, filmmaker Michael Moore, actors Mark Ruffalo, Julianne Moore and Rosie O'Donnell, as well as a number of community organizers, union leaders, and others.

Reimers says he looked at a number of case studies and evaluations, as well as conducted interviews of business leaders, military officials, and the intelligence community in order to gauge how much change has occurred in foreign area expertise and foreign language over the past 50 years.

Local communities have been doing great work in assisting them and a growing number of religious leaders are using their influence to marshal support, making the case that we should welcome them rather than turn them away.

The Better Math Teaching Network (BMTN) is a networked improvement community of researchers, teachers, and instructional leaders from New England who are working toward the common goal of increasing the number of students who are deeply and actively engaged in understanding algebra.

Working with a range of schools and community leaders in numerous countries, we have developed a number of comprehensive language packs which include both phonetic representations and slang phrases specific to each language.

Second, programs that succeed in developing such leaders have a number of elements in common, including the nature of their curricula, the teaching and learning strategies they employ, the ways they organize communities of practice, and the kinds of clinical experiences they construct.

Jobs for the Future has just launched Linked Learning Regional Hubs of Excellence, an initiative to establish places where all players — including educators, employers and community leaders — are active and united in delivering the benefits of Linked Learning to ever - greater numbers of young people.

Across the country, the number of community schools continues to grow, as local educators, community leaders, and others look for equitable, efficient, and effective ways to provide the broad range of supports and services that allow young people to become truly well - prepared to enter college or a career.

The magazine notes, «Ana represents the growing number of extraordinary school leaders working to provide a transformational education that puts children in low - income communities on a different life trajectory than their socioeconomic background would predict.»

The report offers a number of concrete solutions for building stronger and more meaningful partnerships between schools, immigrant parents, and community leaders....

Improving the numbers of successful literacy learners requires action on multiple levels: teachers and administrators, academics, community leaders, parents, and politicians.

Previous to this, she was selected by Teach for America to join the NYC Corps of 2002, where she taught 6th grade for two years, initiated a number of programs for at - risk youth, served as the TFA School Leader at Community Intermediate School 232, and was the Sue Lehman regional finalist in the NYC corps.

Speaking to Los Angeles - area charter school leaders, parents, teachers and others, the candidates addressed a number of issues affecting the charter school community, including support for LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy, support for the expansion of charter schools, and facilities and funding equity for charter schools.

For instance, schools participating in the Carnegie Foundation's Student Agency Improvement Community, a network of researchers and practitioners applying the science of learning mindsets to daily classroom practice, have seen stronger outcomes among low - income black and Latino students since implementing interventions focused on learning mindsets.34 Equal Opportunity Schools, a national nonprofit organization, has also partnered with school, county, and district leaders to increase the number of black and Latino students enrolled in advanced placement courses and has seen gains in both participation and passage rates as a result.35 In addition, several studies show that learning mindsets interventions can reduce the effects of stereotype threat among female, black, and Latino students in math and science classes.36

Local college access networks (LCANs) are partnerships between school administrators, community leaders, non-profits and other groups to improve the number of college - going students.

There were a number of concerns that led state education leaders and the business and higher education communities to call for redesigned high schools.

Driven by the mission to increase the number of Tennesseans completing postsecondary opportunities, TCASN aims to establish a college - going culture in communities across the state by removing barriers to higher education, promoting persistence, connecting education and community leaders, and promoting professional education and information sharing.

In response to concerns regarding an increasing number of teaching positions filled by educators without teaching credentials and educators who were teaching outside of their area of expertise, leaders from the San Mateo County Office of Education (SMCOE) engaged with local universities, community colleges, and district superintendents to pursue solutions.

By welcoming more talented and diverse leaders to our classrooms through programs like Teach For America, we're also increasing the number of leaders in our community with the knowledge and experience that comes from teaching in under - resourced communities.

After the summit, MNPS organized a number of activities for district leaders to examine the impressive organizational structure and initiatives in place to support family and community engagement.

This number includes the school leader and parent coordinator; and must be made up of 51 % family and community representatives with at least 3 family members.

Referring to his role, he made a number of comments, including that somebody had to be the leader, somebody had to bring the discussion to communities, and that somebody had to emphasize we needed to change direction in public education.

In her role as Louisiana Implementation Director, Maigan Francis works closely with school administrators, community leaders and the Louisiana Department of Education to increase the number of high - quality schools participating in the Louisiana Scholarship Program.

Fortunately there are a growing number of educators and community leaders who see this as a time of enormous opportunity to build a system designed to meet the needs of individual learners.

Dog bite prevention programs are important for community leaders and school officials to consider implementing in attempts to reduce the number of dog bites and attacks within the community.

Keep in mind that community leaders can be quickly turned off by large numbers of angry calls, letters and emails from people, especially if they are coming from individuals who don't reside in the community.

The biggest success I've seen is the number of leaders who have stood up in communities worldwide and have engaged with people personally.

The scientists said the IPCC needs to make a number of structural changes, including producing more frequent and focused reports, increasing transparency and shifting some of its attention to hyper - local projections that would provide communities and their leaders a clearer picture of what their futures look like.

«It is heartening to hear a growing number of politicians and community leaders explicitly refer to the emergency we are in.»

According to official numbers, 2,700 business leaders participated of the event, which led to three main outcomes: an offer by the business community to be part of the creation and promotion of Sustainable Development Goals, a commitment to advance corporate water management practices, and a series of measures to promote sustainability education in management and business schools.

We are the national leaders in this field, having been involved in a number of high - profile cases, including the recent «community DoLS» cases of Re X and NRA.