Sentences with phrase «old nonprofit school»

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Ben Drucker Founder, Valet.io Twenty - year - old Ben Drucker decided to leave the prestigious Columbia University to build his startup Valet.io, a mobile app that helps nonprofits, schools and politicians raise money.

Old - school government agencies and government - funded projects that mentor business owners must prove their worth, or be de-funded — so the money can go to the NGOs and nonprofits that have already found ways to combine scale, efficiency, and positive outcomes with cost reductions.

To further expand its buying power, the group joined with the Alliance for a Healthier Generation, a 10 - year - old nonprofit organization that works with 5,000 U.S. school districts to reduce childhood obesity.

They are joined by nonprofit leaders who have scrutinized DOE practices for years, including under Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who first won mayoral control of city schools in 2002, ending the old Board of Education system.

It is a nonprofit school garden operating as a non-profit and working in partnership with the middle school, according to Amanda Rieux, Program Director for the eight - year old culinary garden program.

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.

We are a nonprofit organization operating in partnership with Chicago Public Schools to manage 31 public schools and the largest and oldest teacher residency program in the Schools to manage 31 public schools and the largest and oldest teacher residency program in the schools and the largest and oldest teacher residency program in the nation.

Mr. O'Rourke heads Magnus West, an Inver Grove Heights, Minn., nonprofit organization that usually collects old school desks and textbooks and routes them to developing countries.

To start making a dent in a supply problem that plagues schools nationwide, Bloomberg and Klein turned their backs on old - school education administration programs at universities and instead opted to create a nonprofit leadership academy to train school leaders to be the kind of principals who can transform struggling schools.

The school leaders, Ms. Siwiec and COO Bill Holmes, partnered with Creative Art Works, a nonprofit that gives 14 - 24 year olds full and part - time work over the summer to create large - scale public art, and the DYCD's Summer Youth Employment Program.

Though most of these providers operate their Pre-K for All units as nonprofits, many — including Wong's school — contain for - profit elements such as day care centers or classrooms for two - and three - year - olds.

Apart from the San Francisco Teacher Residency program, the region is home to New Teacher Center, a 14 - year - old nonprofit that started teacher mentorship programs locally and now has sparked a miniboom nationwide of school districts developing their own education efforts.

Part of that is scarce resources, but for the most part the infrastructure that supported schools to work on improving teaching and learning was dismantled intentionally: the old subject matter projects were dismantled and a diverse ecology of nonprofit organizations, consultants, and university - based programs were replaced by a one - size - fits - all set of training programs that were intended to align professional development with state - adopted curriculum and tests.

CHOW DOWN AND LISTEN UP: The nonprofit oral history project StoryCorps has launched a new initiative, the Great Thanksgiving Listen [http://bit.ly/1NnDL04], asking high school teachers to encourage their students to sit down over the Thanksgiving holiday and record a meaningful conversation with an older family or community member.

Small nonprofits, education technology startups, and companies that have never dabbled in producing educational content are stepping up to create learning apps and even full curricula that schools can use in addition to — or in place of — their old textbooks.

This idea is old news to Nancy Hoffman, vice president for program and talent development at Jobs for the Future, a nonprofit focused on ensuring that low - income students graduate high school with a clear path to career success.

The lawsuit was filed by nearly 300 of its 3,945 voting members against the 140 - year - old nonprofit art school located on West 57th Street, according to the NYT.

Washington Studio School This 29 - year - old nonprofit offers classes in painting, drawing, sculpture, and other visual arts.

(b) Reductions in premiums shall be available if all named drivers who are 25 years of age or older: (1) Have committed no traffic offenses for the prior three years or since the date of licensure, whichever is shorter; (2) Have had no claims based on fault against an insurer for the prior three years; and (3) Complete one of the following types of driving courses: (A) A course in defensive driving of not less than six hours from a driver improvement clinic or commercial or noncommercial driving school approved by and under the jurisdiction of the Department of Driver Services; (B) An emergency vehicles operations course at the Georgia Public Safety Training Center; (C) A course in defensive driving of not less than six hours from a driver improvement program which is administered by a nonprofit organization such as the American Association of Retired People, the American Automobile Association, the National Safety Council, or a comparable organization and which meets the standards promulgated by the Department of Driver Services pursuant to subsection (f) of this Code section; or (D) A course in defensive driving of not less than six hours offered by an employer to its employees and their immediate families, which course has been approved by the Department of Driver Services.

Delray Beach: The event is at 4 p.m. beginning at Old School Square, 96 NE 2nd Ave., where there will be a few speakers including mayor Cary Glickstein, Lisa Mullen of the nonprofit Peace Love Girls and local students.

«What we hear from our members is that they want SEL in their schools, but need to learn how to leverage the tremendous benefits of SEL to overcome the natural tendency of schools to be concerned with testing and compliance,» said Mitch Lyons, one of the organizers of SAM, a two - year old nonprofit coalition of individuals who work in schools, hospitals, associations, businesses and nonprofits.