Sentences with phrase «of nonprofit private schools»

Everson posed the question whether states could provide free transportation to students of nonprofit private schools — specifically, parochial schools.

posed the question whether states could provide free transportation to students of nonprofit private schools — specifically, parochial schools.

She is cofounder and CEO of a nonprofit private school in East Palo Alto called The Primary School, and, along with her husband, she is a major philanthropist whose causes include healthcare and education.

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(2) to supplement and complement the efforts of States, the local school systems and other instrumentalities of the States, the private sector, public and private educational institutions, public and private nonprofit educational research institutions, community - based organizations, parents, and students to im - prove the quality of education;

There are numerous private nonprofit organizations and foundations across the state, many at SUNY schools, that contend they operate outside the state's open government laws, keeping their records out of reach from the public and journalists.

Groups eligible for funding include community associations, community gardens, friends of park groups, housing development groups, nonprofits, schools, colleges and universities, hospitals, and private businesses.

Rep. George Miller, D - Calif., has asked Attorney General John Ashcroft to investigate alleged fraud and other possible violations of federal law by a nonprofit Utah corporation that is affiliated with 11 private boarding schools for troubled youths that are located outside the United States.

The program allows businesses to receive an 85 percent tax credit on contributions to nonprofit scholarship organizations that fund low - and middle - income families attending the private school, home school, or out - of - district public school of their choice.

The study, conducted by Public / Private Ventures, a nonprofit youth - research and program - development organization, is based on interviews with 125 young people who had participated in two in - school remedial programs and two out - of - school youth - service...

College Prep is an elite, coed, nonprofit private high school, tucked into a scenic glen in the foothills of Oakland, California.

Nov. 15, 2 p.m. ET: Powerful Partnerships: Creating Community Coalitions for District Reform The Syracuse City School District and Say Yes to Education have launched an innovative partnership intended to link public, private, and nonprofit community groups in support of the 19,000 - student district.

Under such policies, taxpayers can receive tax credits worth between 50 percent to 100 percent of their donations to nonprofit scholarship organizations that help low - and middle - income students attend private schools.

The contracts have become the hallmark of a small new school in Massachusetts created not by a nonprofit network or a private foundation, but by an unlikely team: six parents who felt it was the only option for their soon - to - be middle schoolers.

A coalition of nonprofit organizations and financial institutions announced that they had cobbled together a $ 36 million fund from a mix of public and private sources to pay for buildings to house five to seven charter schools in disadvantaged communities.

While most Head Start programs nationwide are run by private, nonprofit agencies, Chicago is one of the largest school districts operating a program.

Mr. McGill served as the president of the Educational Records Bureau, a nonprofit organization in New York City that publishes tests used by private schools,...

Of these, 281, or 17 percent, have left their school buildings to take jobs at a district office (154), a nonprofit organization (47), a university (41), a federal or state government office (24), or a private company (15).

And the Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence, a nonprofit citizens» group, has raised more than $ 200,000 in private contributions to finance its school - improvement campaign and is sponsoring a series of town forums to gauge citizen support.

The compromise Milwaukee plan would have given 1,000 disadvantaged elementary - school students the option of enrolling in any nonprofit, nonsectarian private school in the city that entered into a contract with the Milwaukee school board.

[vii] Thus, the average per - student debt of the combined group of black students attending public and private nonprofit graduate schools is not larger than the per - student debt of the group attending for - profit graduate schools.

According to Educational Testing Service, the world's largest private nonprofit educational testing and assessment organization, between 75 and 98 percent of college students currently admit to cheating in high school.

Cristo Rey Jesuit School isn't just any school; Martinez describes its unique model as a marriage of a private, nonprofit, college prep school, and corporate AmSchool isn't just any school; Martinez describes its unique model as a marriage of a private, nonprofit, college prep school, and corporate Amschool; Martinez describes its unique model as a marriage of a private, nonprofit, college prep school, and corporate Amschool, and corporate America.

Private schools and other nonprofit institutions breathed a collective sigh of relief last week after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Maine law that denied property - tax exemptions to nonprofit organizations that primarily serve out - of - state residents.

The White House launches the New American Schools Development Corporation, a nonprofit, business - led group seeking to raise $ 150 million to $ 200 million in private money to finance research in support of President Bush's education - reform plan.

As the survey prompt explained, an STC program «gives tax credits to individuals and businesses if they contribute money to nonprofit organizations that distribute private scholarships» thereby giving parents «the option of sending their child to the school of their choice,» including private religious or secular schools.

Although the 40 - year - old statute appears to have been the only one of its kind in the nation, officials from nonprofit institutions across the board, including boarding schools and private colleges, had expressed fears that if Maine's approach were upheld, more states might seek to provide greater tax benefits to institutions that mostly serve in - state residents.

Inasmuch as private sector, nonprofit, and governmental managers outside of K - 12 schooling face many of these same challenges in their work, there is no reason why talented individuals from these sectors should not also be considered for positions as school principals and district administrators.

As executive director of the Annenberg Institute for School Reform, at Brown University, Simmons pushes for what he calls smart education systems: a network of public and private schools tied to businesses, nonprofit organizations, and government entities to provide students with a holistic range of solutions for helping them succeed.

The Washington Scholarship Fund, a nonprofit supported by Robert that has raised private funds to help provide tuition scholarships for private school students, was selected by the Department of Education to administer the effort.

The mayor's office staff disdain to play up the rhetoric of free markets in talking about their charter schools, but much of their intelligence derives from outside government: nonprofits and even the private sector.

In exchange, she sought money for the public system, limitation of vouchers» use to private schools in the city, and discussion of a «Marshall Plan» for public schools, charter schools, and other nonprofit education facilities in the city.

Despite the tens of thousands of student observations, those in schools under private management are clustered within only 30 schools managed by for - profit organizations and 16 managed by nonprofit ones.

The law provides a number of restructuring options, including turning over the school's management to a private for - profit or nonprofit entity.

program thus explicitly recognizes that superintendents, state education policymakers, nonprofit advocates of school reform, and even private investors are all involved in enhancing education — and that the leaders in each sector need to master multiple skills and disciplines, not just education content.

Early education is an established «diverse delivery» system: many types of providers, including Head Start programs, public schools, private childcare centers, and community - based nonprofits, are permitted to serve children.

Pilot schools are created as the result of a planning process funded by the Boston Foundation, a private charity, with technical assistance from the Center for Collaborative Education, a local nonprofit organization that runs the Boston Pilot Schools Nschools are created as the result of a planning process funded by the Boston Foundation, a private charity, with technical assistance from the Center for Collaborative Education, a local nonprofit organization that runs the Boston Pilot Schools NSchools Network.

For 10 years, this program has offered businesses a tax cut if they donate to nonprofit K - 12 scholarship tuition organizations (STO), which help lower - income families afford the private schools of their choice.

Ms. Schmitt, 35, was previously the chief operating officer for New American Schools, a private, nonprofit group based in Arlington, Va., that promotes the use of comprehensive improvement models by sSchools, a private, nonprofit group based in Arlington, Va., that promotes the use of comprehensive improvement models by schoolsschools.

The mayor also wants to reduce the size of the schools — or schools within schools — to no more than 500 students, and he wants to create «community partnerships» that would draw the private sector and nonprofit groups into the job of educating the city's kids.

More than 40 percent of these appointees came from outside the school system - from the private sector, nonprofit organizations, and city agencies.

Also known as PSMOs, these nonprofit organizations are central offices that run two or more schools — the private - school equivalents of CMOs.

The New York City Board of Education has contracted with a private, nonprofit homosexual - rights institute to offer a special academic high - school program geared to homosexual students who, because of harassment in school, have become chronic truants and dropouts.

The analysis by the National Committee for Citizens in Education, a nonprofit group, shows that other problems uncovered by the federal evaluators include poor control of private schools» participation in the program and inadequate oversight of parental and public involvement.

The group's issues range from the way the law would divert money from public schools to private nonprofit organizations, to a perceived violation of the requirement that the superintendent of public instruction should supervise everything related to public schools.

This privately - held company and nonprofit seems to have a talent for commingling the efforts of private charter interests and public oversight conduits that creates serious conflicts of interest, causing a California state whistleblowing attorney to be ``... opposed to such activities between public officials, private interests, and public charter schools.»

Under the OSA, businesses receive tax credits worth 85 percent of their contributions to nonprofit scholarship organizations, which provide scholarships for low - and middle - income children to pay tuition at private schools or out - of - district public schools or to cover eligible homeschooling expenses.

The justices of the Massachusetts Supreme Court opined that proposed legislation that would provide tax deductions for certain educational expenses (tuition, textbooks and transportation) incurred by taxpayers whose dependents attended public or nonprofit private primary and secondary schools would violate Massachusetts» Blaine Amendment.

At private nonprofit schools, the percentage of students who started college in 2003 and dropped out within six years is 40 percent.

Afterschool Alliance a coalition of public, private, and nonprofit organizations dedicated to raising awareness of the importance of after - school programs and advocating for quality, affordable programs for all children

Each school division is obligated to inform officials of private schools located within the division's boundary, that private, nonprofit elementary and secondary schools are eligible to participate on an equitable basis.