Sentences with phrase «other big foundations»

And will Gates, Broad, and other big foundations continue to have an outsized influence on education policy?

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At other moments in history — like three months ago, for example — the «big deal» in Trump's remarks might have been confirmation that he intends to overhaul (sorry, «tweak») the trade rules that are the foundation of Canada's economic well - being.

Donald Trump's election may have seen a broad rally in US equities, the dollar, and other assets, but the president's big plans are built on some very shaky economic foundations.

Sparkle is near and dear to McCoy's heart and a portion of every Big Slice pouch sale goes to the Sparkle foundation, which then distributes monetary gifts to charitable outreaches such as The Center for Victims of Torture, Polaris Project and Love 146, among others.

There are plenty of teachers who are big backers of AQE, which, of course, is the foundation of Nixon's early support, though she has been branching out with other progressive groups of late.

The biggest shares of foundation aid go to school systems in New York City and other urban and poor suburban areas.

Indeed, in my book I pointed out that quite a lot of the big foundations of science preceded 1940, and then after the huge influx of American government funding, people said, «Well, the government's doing that,» and they started turning their attention to other things.

It makes sense, as Warner Bros. and Legendary are building towards a Kong vs. Godzilla movie that will build off of Skull Island and the foundation Gareth Edwards set with Godzilla, and one imagines there will be a mighty big Monarch connection to whatever other creatures are found on Skull Island.

It's a means of ensuring that our least fortunate children have access to the enabling knowledge and vocabulary that is the foundation of language proficiency, critical thinking, problem solving, and every other big picture academic outcome we seek for our least advantaged children.

The foundation is also making big investments in school - finance reform and other issues of concern to governors and school superintendents.

The «endowment model» practiced by most of the big university endowments and many big foundations (but also by some astute smaller endowments and foundations) has overwhelmingly outperformed virtually all other models over any reasonable time period, and has done so for a very long time now.

We admire the runners fighting for the high - energy dogs, the nurturers fighting for the bottle babies, the suckers for cute who help socialize puppies and kittens, those who see the wisdom and beauty in the eyes of an older dog, the angels who take in hospice cases, the skilled caretakers who make medical rehabilitation possible, the big hearted fosters consistently serving as the bridge to a new life, the visionaries attacking the problem at its source through spay / neuter services and community outreach, the writers, photographers, videographers, and forces of marketing who make the animals shine, the adoption counselors and matchmakers who help animals and humans find each other, and the every day dog walkers, kennel cleaners, bowl fillers, and paperwork filers who provide the very foundation upon which the rest of us stand.

The reason for this is that it seems every other gen revolutionizes things in a big way, while every other gen builds on the foundation set by the previous one and may introduce new ideas, but generally carries forward the momentum created just prior.

I had bowled a maiden over (no runs lost) only for the commentary to explain that it had been very expensive to the bowling team, you would hear remarks about the conditions being very poor for play, only for the other commentator to contradict and say conditions are perfect and saying good morning in the afternoon etc... You do get the feeling though, that with a better budget and a little bit more care and attention that Big Ant Studios could really polish these issues out in future versions and build on the foundations that Ashes Cricket 2017 really brings to the table.

I have a hard time seeing Arms becoming Nintendo's next big IP, but it has a solid enough foundation to potentially grow into a midlevel series and a few memorable characters — like Twintelle, whose coiled fighting arms spring not from her shoulders but her pigtails — with potential to eventually receive cameos in other Nintendo franchises.

It was George Bataille who wrote about how the big toe distinguishes men from apes: «the function of the human foot consists in giving a firm foundation to the erection of which man is so proud (the big toe, ceasing to grasp branches, is applied to the ground on the same plane as the other toes).»

The other named groups are heavily funded by Big Green foundations.

Recall that we were able to add three feet to the length of the closet due to some other changes we made right before the foundation was poured, so it's a lot bigger than we had planned.