Sentences with phrase «of education veterans»

We call our team of education veterans Strategic Education Advisors — because they've seen first - hand the challenges schools and district face and know how to help solve them — but our customers usually refer to them as peers.

The larger issue here, of course, is not merely whether Duncan should have announced the identity of the judges (though the Fordham Institute's Mike Petrilli offers a terrific explanation of why he should, from the perspective of a Department of Education veteran).

Not exact matches

The Department of Education will partner with the Department of Veteran Affairs to identify disabled student loan borrowers eligible for debt forgiveness.

This year, those social issues included the obesity epidemic in the U.S., U.S. veterans» affairs and the rising popularity of technology - driven education.

CreditDonkey.com, a credit card comparison and financial education website, has created an infographic to show the impact of veteran entrepreneurship in real terms.

Provide veteran employees with education about the accepted ways and customs of civilian employment and company culture.

Hard - working individuals create businesses that adapt and change with the times, and veterans are proving that higher education isn't the only way to find a place within the ranks of successful business owners.

The cost of running the program is about $ 5,500 per student, according to Tina Kapral, director of education programs for the Institute for Veterans and Military Families, an educational and reseach center at Syracuse.

It's treated as mortgage fraud and that's bad,» said Dan Green, a 15 - year veteran in the mortgage lending industry and founder of financial education website Growella.

The Department of Education announced it will begin working with the Department of Veteran Affairs to locate disabled veterans with outstanding student loans.

The Department of Education is taking steps to forgive the student loan debt of military veterans.

Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos issued a statement saying that it is important to identify disabled veterans who may be eligible for loan forgiveness.

Yesterday, the STEM Education Coalition Policy Forum co-hosted a briefing with Student Veterans of America.

TweetYesterday, the STEM Education Coalition Policy Forum co-hosted a briefing with Student Veterans of America.

This year, Starbucks has expanded the focus of the grants program to include youth as well as veterans and military spouses, and refugees, with a focus on supporting organizations that are working to help connect those facing barriers to jobs and education to a pathway to long - term economic opportunity.

Joint Base Lewis - McChord's Stone Education Center hosted the Council of Military Educators of Washington State's annual conference on Monday; which included panels of military education counselors and active duty and veterans who have completed or currently working towards collegiateEducation Center hosted the Council of Military Educators of Washington State's annual conference on Monday; which included panels of military education counselors and active duty and veterans who have completed or currently working towards collegiateeducation counselors and active duty and veterans who have completed or currently working towards collegiate degrees.

Proposals like those contained in the VET Act of 2011 and the bipartisan AGREE Act must be moved forward, so veterans can re-allocate GI Bill entitlements for seed capital or entrepreneurship training (vs. investing in a «traditional» education) or qualify for tax credits on their franchise fees.

Among them are the rights to: bullet joint parenting; bullet joint adoption; bullet joint foster care, custody, and visitation (including non-biological parents); bullet status as next - of - kin for hospital visits and medical decisions where one partner is too ill to be competent; bullet joint insurance policies for home, auto and health; bullet dissolution and divorce protections such as community property and child support; bullet immigration and residency for partners from other countries; bullet inheritance automatically in the absence of a will; bullet joint leases with automatic renewal rights in the event one partner dies or leaves the house or apartment; bullet inheritance of jointly - owned real and personal property through the right of survivorship (which avoids the time and expense and taxes in probate); bullet benefits such as annuities, pension plans, Social Security, and Medicare; bullet spousal exemptions to property tax increases upon the death of one partner who is a co-owner of the home; bullet veterans» discounts on medical care, education, and home loans; joint filing of tax returns; bullet joint filing of customs claims when traveling; bullet wrongful death benefits for a surviving partner and children; bullet bereavement or sick leave to care for a partner or child; bullet decision - making power with respect to whether a deceased partner will be cremated or not and where to bury him or her; bullet crime victims» recovery benefits; bullet loss of consortium tort benefits; bullet domestic violence protection orders; bullet judicial protections and evidentiary immunity; bullet and more...

It includes secretaries of State, Commerce, Treasury, Agriculture, Interior, Labor, Transportation, Energy, and Housing & Urban Development, and excludes Postmaster General, Navy, War, Health, Education & Welfare, Veterans Affairs, and Homeland Security.

Rodney Bullard is a United States Air Force veteran, former Assistant U.S. Attorney and White House Fellow and currently serves as the Vice President of Community Affairs for Chick - fil - A and as the Executive Director of the Chick - fil - A Foundation where he shepherds the organization's extensive philanthropic and social responsibility efforts, which primarily focus on youth and education.

«We want to help make sure the children of tomorrow have the best opportunities, give people the chance to elevate their education, thank veterans for their service to our country and work to make sure people have quality meals,» Bodenstedt says.

In that sense, the G League staffs are accustomed to balancing the needs of the parent club, the needs of young players who need reps and education, and the needs of veterans looking for a way into the NBA.

The Honor Bowl football showcase simply lives up to its message of combining prep sports, education, patriotism and honor, all while colliding in three special days of love for our nation's military veterans.

Jayne Clare, a 30 - year veteran Special Education teacher, and tech enthusiast manages this site along with a handful of teachers, therapists, and interns.

As a 5 year veteran of promoting the importance of having professional support in childbirth, I focused so much on childbirth education for my clients, building confidence in their babies and their bodies, and formulating strategies for decision - making, that I rarely looked beyond their delivery.

The University of Maine does not discriminate on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, including transgender status and gender expression, national origin, citizenship status, age, disability, genetic information or veteran's status in employment, education, and all other programs and activities.

Whether you are at the crossroads considering home education, a few years into it deciding whether to stay the course, or a veteran in need of affirmation, the truth found in God's Word will set you free.

But the veteran journalist maintained that — the expansion of access to education by building more schools is not transformation.

Albany, New York — In a move that veteran lawmakers called «unprecedented», Governor Andrew Cuomo sent his Lieutenant Governor, Robert Duffy, to defend his proposed school aid cuts to a joint hearing of the legislature's education and fiscal committees.

Her priorities are small business, education and quality of life for seniors and veterans.

Nolan is currently chairwoman of the Assembly's Committee on Education and is a member of the Committee on Veterans» Affairs and Task Force on Women's Issues.

He's also a veteran of the State University of New York system — and education policy is set to be among the many flashpoints in Albany this year.

The proposal includes a $ 55 gas and sales tax refund to taxpayers, and tax breaks for retired teachers, as well as the expansion of rental subsidies for seniors, housing for homeless veterans and an expansion of early childhood education.

«We come out of this unified,» said Flanagan, 54, a 29 - year legislative veteran who had led the Senate education committee.

• A national veterans resource complex that would leverage the services of Syracuse University's Institute for Veterans and Military Families and position the area as a national leader for veterans affairs, offering education, job training and other sveterans resource complex that would leverage the services of Syracuse University's Institute for Veterans and Military Families and position the area as a national leader for veterans affairs, offering education, job training and other sVeterans and Military Families and position the area as a national leader for veterans affairs, offering education, job training and other sveterans affairs, offering education, job training and other services.

Thursday's City Council schedule will include a meeting of the Committee on Governmental Operations for its preliminary budget oversight hearing; a meeting of the Committee on Veterans to consider a resolution «calling upon the New York State Legislature to pass and the Governor to sign S. 752, the Veterans» Education Through SUNY Credits Act»; and a meeting of the Committee on Education to consider multiple resolutions, including one «calling upon the New York State Legislature to reject any attempt to raise the cap on the number of charter schools,» one «calling upon the Department of Education to amend its Parent's Bill of Rights and Responsibilities to include information about opting out of high - stakes testing and distribute this document at the beginning of every school year, to every family, in every grade,» and one «calling upon the New York State Legislature to eliminate the Governor's receivership proposal in the executive budget for New York City.»

Peggy Jeffries, Fort Smith - Former Arkansas State Senator, served from 1996 to 2000; Arkansas contact for Eagle Forum, former Arkansas RNC Committeewoman Bishop Robert Smith, Little Rock - Founder of Total Outreach for Christ Ministries, Inc. and Word of Outreach Christian Center Tami Greever, Little Rock - Executive director of Team Coleman, which is focused on electing conservative, constitutional candidates statewide Luke Helms, Russellville - Students for Cruz Arkansas Diana Harton, Monticello - Chairwomen Drew County Republicans, President of Arkansas Republican County Chairman's Association Hunter Ray, Benton - Board Member of Arkansas for Education Freedom, Board Member of Arkansas Against Common Core Mark Shaffer, Van Buren - Crawford County Republican Party Chairman Neil White, Sebastian County - Veteran and business executive

• is currently in school, has graduated from high school, has obtained a general education development certificate, or is an honorably discharged veteran of the Coast Guard or Armed Forces ofthe United States;

Harrington, a veteran classroom teacher and former Director of Academic Standards for the New Jersey Department of Education, was appointed Acting Education Commissioner this week following former commissioner David Hespe's abrupt departure.

The Iraqi combat veteran and Purple Heart recipient tackled a variety of topics with reporters, but he mainly stuck to his four - point plan for the state: separate overhauls of the economy, ethics, education and public safety.

The administration also plans to support the transition of military veterans and retired law enforcement into new careers in education and will encourage state attorneys general to audit school districts for compliance with state emergency preparedness activities.

Heastie said «stability» helped his conference enormously this past session, and he relied heavily on the experience of veteran members like Assemblyman Dick Gottfried (Health Committee chair), Assemblywoman Cathy Nolan (Education Committee chair) and Assemblywoman Deborah Glick (Higher Ed Committee chair)-- just to name a few.

The conference runs from June 20 through June 23, and will cover a variety of issues, including education, services for veterans, climate protection, sports and race.

A group of veteran charter school proponents has filed with the State Education Department to take over East High and Waterfront, dropping union contracts and adding longer school days and longer school years.

But the candidates also found areas of agreement: their opposition to the Common Core education standards, giving school property tax credits to veterans and establishing term limits for state lawmakers.

Gillibrand said it includes the economy, education, health care reform, middle - class tax cuts, veterans» care, agriculture and, as a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, even oversight of Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton - whose Senate seat she holds.

And Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan, another veteran Democrat who chairs that chamber's education committee, also predicted that the governor's decision to allow his Division of the Budget to oversee and potentially limit the spending of big school districts, such as New York City's, could backfire.

According to the Department of Veterans Affairs, more than 270,000 of the 1.65 million veterans of U.S. armed conflicts since 11 September 2001 have claimed education benefits for degree programs, including more than 13,000 graduate sVeterans Affairs, more than 270,000 of the 1.65 million veterans of U.S. armed conflicts since 11 September 2001 have claimed education benefits for degree programs, including more than 13,000 graduate sveterans of U.S. armed conflicts since 11 September 2001 have claimed education benefits for degree programs, including more than 13,000 graduate students.

According to a Department of Veterans Affairs report, as of February 2007, about 275,000 of these veterans have used GI education benefits in degree programs, including 13,000 in graduateVeterans Affairs report, as of February 2007, about 275,000 of these veterans have used GI education benefits in degree programs, including 13,000 in graduateveterans have used GI education benefits in degree programs, including 13,000 in graduate school.

Koblinsky's research looks into key issues surrounding the adjustment of veterans to university life, including their education, health, and family relationships.