Not exact matches
They said they were
at risk
of losing billions
of dollars in federal
funding for
education if they did not comply.
Nancy Conneely, director
of policy
at AccessLex Institute, which provides financial
education to students and schools, applauded the
funding.
Responding to those calls, House lawmakers proposed $ 2.3 billion in March toward
funding mental health, additional training, and school safety programs
at the Departments
of Justice,
Education and Health and Human Services.
Educators in Phoenix and Denver rallied for more
education funding at their state capitols on April 26, as part
of a wave
of teacher protests that have...
I'll admit that complaining about the
education taxes aimed
at the wealthy — such as the plan to institute an excise tax on endowment
fund managers paid in excess
of $ 1 million a year — is unsympathetic.
That was the message members
of the school community offered
at a town hall held to solicit comments about distribution plans for donations to the Broward
Education Foundation's Stoneman Douglas Victims
Fund.
The New York City Employees» Retirement System; the New York City Fire Department Pension
Fund; the New York City Teachers» Retirement System; the New York City Police Pension
Fund; and the New York Board
of Education Retirement System, as joint filers (NYC Retirement System), c / o The City
of New York, Officer
of the Comptroller, 633 Third Avenue, 31st Floor, New York, New York 10017, which in the aggregate held 12,707,578 shares
of common stock on November 15, 2011, the New York State Common Retirement
Fund, whose address is the same as that
of the NYC Retirement System, which held 19,560,008 shares
of common stock on November 22, 2011, and the Illinois State Board
of Investment on behalf
of the State Employees» Retirement System
of Illinois, c / o 180 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 2015, Chicago, Illinois 60601, which in the aggregate held 928,927 shares
of common stock on November 18, 2011, the Judges» Retirement System
of Illinois and the General Assembly Retirement System
of Illinois, as co-filers, intend to submit a resolution to stockholders for approval
at the annual meeting.
With offices in Northbrook, Illinois, Santa Monica, California and Ann Arbor, Michigan, MK Capital invests in companies
at all stages
of the
funding lifecycle, with a strong sector focus on digital media, data center automation, software, and
education technology.
if you pay attention to discussions
of higher
education funding, one
of the memes that inevitably pops up revolves around the notion that higher
education has been under some brutal, neo-liberal assault since... well, I'm not sure, but probably since 1995
at least, and everything is being defunded, laid on the backs
of students, it's the end
of civilization, dark ages ahead, etc., etc..
Last week, the
education minister revealed a list
of 109 projects
at schools which would receive a portion
of a $ 35 million capital maintenance
fund.
If private
education is no longer
funded for my two children
at the avg
of 7.5 K per child then we will be moving them to public school.
While this addition was completely donor
funded, as provincial money can't be used for capital projects
at private schools, it's a strong reminder
of the luxuries that Albertans help subsidize — and the amount
of money that could be directed towards public
education.
Mr. Jiwan has served on numerous boards
of directors and advisors, including: (i) Future Finance Loan Corporation, a European private student lender that has helped students
at over 130 universities
fund their
education, where Mr. Jiwan is a co-founder and non-executive Chairman; (ii) BFRE, a Brazilian private real estate finance company, which was subsequently sold to affiliates
of BTG Pactual; (iii) GP Investimentos, one
of Latin America's leading private equity firms, where he served on its shareholder advisory board; (iv) NewPoint Re, a Bermuda - based reinsurance business; and (v) Kaletra QD product development program with Abbott Pharmaceuticals, where he served on the Joint Oversight Committee.
The investor
education booklets cover the basics
of several key investor topics such as stocks, bonds and mutual
funds as well as provide information on the action steps you need to take
at different stages
of your life to prepare for your long term financial security.
At the federal level, the Department
of Education can implement STEM as a requirement in America's classrooms, and
fund more initiatives like Race to the Top, a $ 4 billion dollar program that to incentivizes states to develop next - generation educational standards.
Those who speak out against abortion and family practice and
at the same time support cuts in
education, school lunch
funding, decry reasonable control
of weapons and other programs that help children can not call themselves Christians.
«A Foundation for Theological
Education» (AFTE) is a small private
fund, based largely in Texas, with a predominantly United Methodist constituency and a special interest in the renewal and transvaluation
of the Wesleyan tradition — not «for Methodists only» but for the Christian community
at large.
George Peabody College was a normal school in Nashville that would very likely come into a million dollars with the dissolution
of the Peabody Trust, and Kirkland was working energetically to persuade its trustees to move their college across Nashville next to Vanderbilt, thereby making a well -
funded school
of education available to the university
at no cost to itself.
«In May 2011, Rhee spoke in favor
of school choice alongside the Wisconsin Republican Governor Scott Walker
at an event hosted by the American Federation for Children, a pro-school choice
education organization founded and
funded by Betsy DeVos.
A former director
of the World Council
of Churches» Theological
Education Fund, Hopewell now serves as director
of the Rollins Center for Church Ministries
at Candler.
Perusing the index
of Origins, the weekly publication
of representative documents and speeches compiled by Catholic News Service, our imaginary historian will note, for example, the following initiatives undertaken
at the national, diocesan and parish levels in 1994 - 95: providing alternatives to abortion; staffing adoption agencies; conducting adult
education courses; addressing African American Catholics» pastoral needs;
funding programs to prevent alcohol abuse; implementing a new policy on altar servers and guidelines for the Anointing
of the Sick; lobbying for arms control; eliminating asbestos in public housing; supporting the activities
of the Association
of Catholic Colleges and Universities (227 strong); challenging atheism in American society; establishing base communities (also known as small faith communities); providing aid to war victims in Bosnia; conducting Catholic research in bioethics; publicizing the new Catechism
of the Catholic Church; battling child abuse; strengthening the relationship between church and labor unions; and deepening the structures and expressions
of collegiality in the local and diocesan church.
While the leading experts around the world — with well -
funded, never - ending resources
at hand — were trying (and dramatically failing) to become the first to fly, it was these two bicycle mechanics who didn't have a college
education, who saw each new problem standing in their way
of flight as one amazing step closer to solving the problem.
It has been nurtured in many ways: by research into basic issues in theological
education underwritten by competitive grants offered by the Association
of Theological Schools (
ATS) and
funded by the Lilly Endowment, Inc.; by the work
of some theological educators commissioned by the Endowment to think about these questions; and by a series
of seminars and conferences convened by the
ATS to discuss some
of the results
of this research and reflection.
«The goal was to create a world - class event and food festival that helped raise
funds in Florida for
education and in New York City for the hunger causes,» says Lee Brian Schrager, founder and vice president
of corporate communications and national events
at Southern Wine and Spirits
of America.
The annual event is magnificent in its simplicity: Dine
at one
of the 3,000 participating restaurants in nearly 60 cities across North America and that restaurant will donate a generous portion
of the day's proceeds to
fund HIV / AIDS care, prevention,
education, testing, counseling and other essential services in their city.
The 5 - ounce bottle
of Holy Jolokia will retail for $ 10 and a portion
of sales will help
fund research and
education at CPI.
In his seven years as president, President Houshmand has implemented many programs and initiatives to decrease the cost
of higher
education, including creating a $ 25,000, four - year bachelor's degree program, awarding more than $ 27 million annually in scholarship
funds and waivers, and committing to capping tuition and fee increases
at or lower than the rate
of inflation for his tenure.
«The new pre-primary school facilities that Accolade helped
fund enable township children
of between five and six years
of age to start their
education prior to entering the official school system
at seven.
New York based wine importer Cape Classics is making great strides to transform the South African wine industry through the establishment
of the Indaba
Education Fund (IEF), a fully accredited 501 (c)(3) organization which provides early childhood teacher training, learning materials, and educational infrastructure to young,
at - risk children living in the South African Winelands.
The monies raised will help create miracles by
funding medical care, research and
education that saves and improves the lives
of 17 million children treated
at Children's Miracle Network Hospitals each year.
Ideally, all individuals responsible for the
funding of your child's
education at Waldorf should participate in the conversation.
This year Amanda was granted both an Annual
Fund and a Schwan's scholarship to help her offset the cost
of her continuing
education; she is currently pursuing her MBA
at the University
of Tampa.
Menu
of Hope was created with the goal
of raising
funds to provide healthy meals and nutrition and physical
education to Ohio's
at - risk children who do not have consistent access to the food they need to grow, learn and thrive.
Some parents are fine with this, budgeting the expense into the overall cost
of their children's college
educations, while others draw the line
at funding a beer - soaked week
of partying.
«Whether from
funding of paediatric
education and training... to booklets and leaflets given out
at discharge... the baby food industry knows exactly how to influence medical practice.»
The makers
of Lunchables are clearly taking advantage
of these terrible economic times where
funding for
education is being cut
at every level.
The report finds makes a list
of recommendations for business, industry, professional bodies and government, namely: Construction businesses · Focus on better human resource management · Introduce and / or expand mentoring schemes · Boost investment in training · Develop talent from the trades as potential managers and professionals · Engage with the community and local
education establishments Industry · Rally around social mobility as a collective theme · Promote better human resource management and support the effort
of businesses · Promote and develop the UK as an international hub
of construction excellence · Support diversity and schemes that widen access to management and the professions · Emphasise and spread understanding
of the built environment's impact on social mobility Professional bodies and institutions · Drive the aspirations
of Professions for Good for promoting social mobility and diversity · Support wider access to the professions and support those from less - privileged backgrounds · Promote and develop the UK as an international hub
of construction excellence · Emphasise and spread understanding
of the built environment's impact on social mobility · Provide greater routes for degree - level learning among those working within construction Government · Produce with urgency a plan to boost the UK as an international hub
of construction excellence, as a core part
of the Industrial Strategy · Provide greater
funding to support the travel costs
of apprentices · Support wider access to the professions and support those from less - privileged backgrounds · Place greater weight in project appraisal on the impact the built environment has on social mobility The report is being formally launched
at an event in the House
of Commons later today.
New York state accounted for most
of the increase in state
funding for preschool nationwide last year, according to a new report by the National Institute for Early
Education Research
at Rutgers University.
Look
at the Campaign for Fiscal Equity lawsuit, and the court settlement there and the fact that to this day we still are owed billions and billions
of dollars in
education funding.
Nabozny, with the help
of the Lambda Legal Defense and
Education Fund, won a landmark federal lawsuit (and eventually settled for close to $ 1 million) against school administrators in his home state
of Wisconsin who failed to a spate
of stop brutal anti-gay bullying
at his school
of which he was the target.
At 4:15 p.m., hundreds of public school parents and teachers from Kenmore, Lakeshore, Hamburg and across WNY are expected to rally at Sen. Mark Grisanti's office to «hold him accountable for breaking his promise to fully fund public education,» 65 Court St., # 213 (Corner of Court & Niagara Square), Buffal
At 4:15 p.m., hundreds
of public school parents and teachers from Kenmore, Lakeshore, Hamburg and across WNY are expected to rally
at Sen. Mark Grisanti's office to «hold him accountable for breaking his promise to fully fund public education,» 65 Court St., # 213 (Corner of Court & Niagara Square), Buffal
at Sen. Mark Grisanti's office to «hold him accountable for breaking his promise to fully
fund public
education,» 65 Court St., # 213 (Corner
of Court & Niagara Square), Buffalo.
Education Reform Now, a coalition
of groups pushing for changes that would improve New York's chances
at landing «Race to the Top»
funds, launched a statewide TV ad that blasts the teachers union for the state's Round I failure.
These statements come from a Minister who in the past has attacked secularism as «intolerant and illiberal», has said that religious people contribute more to society than the non-religious, has championed religious groups as being
at the heart
of the «Big Society», and even tried to amend the Equality Bill in a way which would leave humanists unprotected against discrimination and unequal treatment in the provision
of, and access to, public services, employment,
education,
funding, and elsewhere.
She has also said that religious people contribute more to society than the non religious, has championed religious groups as being
at the heart
of the «Big Society», and even tried to amend the Equality Bill in a way which would leave humanists unprotected against discrimination and unequal treatment in the provision
of, and access to, public services, employment,
education,
funding, and elsewhere.
The union's advocates are expected to pressure lawmakers for an increase
of at least $ 1.5 billion — a figure that
education advocates have argued satisfies a lawsuit over school
funding.
Other commission members were Scott P. Campbell, executive director
of the Elton John AIDS Foundation; Rose Harvey, commissioner
of the State Office
of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation; Thomas Krever, CEO
of the Hetrick - Martin Institute; Kelsey Louie, CEO
of Gay Men's Health Crisis; Christine Quinn, the former City Council speaker who is now CEO
of Women in Need; Melissa Sklarz, development director
at the Transgender Legal Defense and
Education Fund; and Glennda Testone, executive director
of the LGBT Community Center.
At a press conference early this morning demanding more
education funding from the state, Ms. James went after Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the $ 2 billion tax cut plan he unveiled ahead
of his State
of the State speech last week, separating her from other city lawmakers, including Mayor Bill de Blasio, who have largely refused to criticize the plan.
Students are embarrassed because they know that they are listening to and spouting a bundle
of scaremongering lies, spin and propaganda about what is, in fact, a
funding proposal that makes higher
education free
at the point
of entry and easier to afford than
at any time since Labour introduced tuition fees.
At 2 p.m., Rep. Adriano Espaillat hosts a press conference on the U.S. Department of Education's decision to deny support of Upward Bound program funding at Columbia University, Double Discovery Center, Lerner Hall, 2920 Broadway, Manhatta
At 2 p.m., Rep. Adriano Espaillat hosts a press conference on the U.S. Department
of Education's decision to deny support
of Upward Bound program
funding at Columbia University, Double Discovery Center, Lerner Hall, 2920 Broadway, Manhatta
at Columbia University, Double Discovery Center, Lerner Hall, 2920 Broadway, Manhattan.
At 8:30 a.m., the New York League
of Conservation Voters
Education Fund hosts the third installment
of their Getting New York City to 80 × 50 Policy Forum Series, with panels focusing on the waste sector, New York University Wagner Graduate School
of Public Service, 295 Lafayette St., second floor, Manhattan.