Sentences with phrase «public colleges serving»

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For Chromalloy, Foster was the right deal at the right time — a certified public accountant who, for several summers during his college years, had labored as one of the gang in a Cleveland foundry and later served briefly as its controller.

Has served for the past dozen years on the board of the KIPP Academy charter school in the South Bronx, which is part of a national network of 200 college prep public charter schools in low - income communities in 20 states and the District of Columbia.

He serves as a Member of Advisory Board of School of Public Affairs, Baruch College.

Thus the G.I. Bill, the Public Facilities Act, the National Defense Education Act, and the various forms of student aid initiated in the 1960s — BEOGs, SEOGs, Work - Study, Pell grants, etc. — have subsidized the survival of many colleges and universities, but inexorably they have served as well to make the grantee institutions more anxious to observe the laws and regulations of the State than the strictures of the Church whose sponsorship is, by comparison, so intangible.

Mary has served on the board of trustees of Rudolf Steiner College and is currently on the advisory board of the Alliance for Public Waldorf Education.

Announcements included the awarding of state grants that will support 18,000 miles of broadband infrastructure, serving 18 upstate libraries and 96 government buildings, health care facilities, colleges and public schools.

A graduate of CUNY's Lehman College and Howard University School of Law, James previously served as an Assistant Attorney General as well as a public defender.

At our state conference last month, we overwhelmingly passed resolutions supporting guaranteed healthcare as a human right, free public education from pre-K through college or trade school, a living wage and fair compensation for all, investments in environmental protection and renewable energy, restoration of voting rights to former felons, public financing of elections to eradicate the corrupting influence of big money in politics, and other policies that serve the people.

After serving in the United State Marine Corps and attending college and law school, Jim returned to his hometown of New Rochelle to practice law and enter into public service.

New York education leaders urged government officials to build more flexibility into the state's new «free tuition» program, which launched this summer and is currently serving more than 23,000 public college students statewide.

«We're just very concerned that a sole focus on the public universities would be so detrimental to the private colleges we may lose them and that would not serve the interest of our students,» replied Jacobs.

David Bloomfield, a professor of education at CUNY's Graduate Center and Brooklyn College, also said Success» likely expansion could create more of a wedge between Success and the city's other charters, since the network will serve by far the most students and require the most public dollars, a sentiment echoed by some independent charter leaders.

The governor said progressive victories in New York during his first two terms — including the legalization of same - sex marriage, enactment of a $ 15 - an - hour minimum wage and a free public college tuition program for some students — could serve as a blueprint for the rest of the country.

He served as chairman of the advisory committee to the National Science Foundation's Division of Science Resources Studies from 1987 through 1990 and is currently a member of the Advisory Boards of the School of Public Policy at Georgia Tech, the School of Management and Technology of the University of Maryland's University College, and the Loka Institute, as well as the Policy Council of the Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management.

From 1980 to 1988, Holt served on the faculty of Swarthmore College, where he taught courses in physics and public policy.

«We found that these programs promoted independent living in the community among people who had serious mental illness but had not been served or underserved previously,» said Jangho Yoon, an assistant professor of health policy and health economist in OSU's College of Public Health and Human Sciences and lead author of the study.

The Georgia Cancer Center's partners in the ongoing minority NCORP include Georgia's Morehouse School of Medicine, DeKalb Medical Center, University Cancer and Blood Center LLC, the Georgia Southern University Jiann - Ping Hsu College of Public Health and Phoebe Cancer Center, which all help serve significant minority populations.

He joined Emory after serving at Ohio State University as Senior VP for Health Sciences and CEO of the OSU Medical Center from 2000 - 2007, Executive Dean for Health Sciences (2004 - 07), and Dean of the OSU College of Medicine and Public Health (2000 - 06).

After I graduated from college, I began a career in health education, serving as a counselor and then director at a fitness camp, and then as a wellness teacher at a public school.

Dr. Wagner has taught at both university and community college level, served as a health coach and public speaker and worked with patients as a clinical provider.

Colorado Public Radio (CPR) produces and curates in - depth and meaningful news and music, establishing thoughtful connections to Colorado for listeners Designed for high school and college teachers and students, History Matters serves as a gateway to web resources and offers other useful materials for

2018-04-07 16:56 Colorado Public Radio (CPR) produces and curates in - depth and meaningful news and music, establishing thoughtful connections to Colorado for listeners Designed for high school and college teachers and students, History Matters serves as a gateway to web resources and offers other useful materials for

Stay tuned to the grant winners: Academy 21 at Franklin Central Supervisory Union in Vermont, which is focused on a high - need, predominantly rural community; Cornerstone Charter Schools in Michigan, which seeks to prepare Detroit students for college and health - focused careers; Da Vinci Schools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadership.

Tom retired from Public Education after serving 34 years as a secondary English teacher, and spent an additional six years as an adjunct Professor at St Joseph's College in New York.

Plagued by low completion and transfer rates, and beset by thinning state support, public two - year colleges face the daunting task of serving a particularly vast — and growing — array of students.

Not only will it help students, but it will enable colleges to align practices with the values they espouse and demonstrate how collaboration among colleges can help them serve their common public interest charge,» said Lloyd Thacker, founder and executive director, The Education Conservancy.

Natasha Patterson School Leadership Program Current City: Chicago Current job: Assistant principal, Chicago Public Schools Career highlights: Serving as school director / principal of UCSN — Rogers Park for the 2013 - 2014 academic year and earning a Level 1 + on the SQRP; securing a partnership with the David Lynch Foundation and the University of Chicago Crime Lab to bring Transcendental Meditation and the Quiet Time program to the students and staff of Gage Park High School, a valuable tool in helping teachers and staff deal with stress and trauma; increased the number of 2016 Gage Park High School graduates earning early college and career credentials.

Chartering empowers thousands of African American families to create a vibrant new public - school sector in Harlem; it liberates a group of Minnesota teachers to start and run their own schools; and it provides a Teach for America alum the freedom to start a network of college - prep charters serving Mexican immigrants in Texas.

She knew it might be a long shot, but the work that was being done at the Cesar Chavez Public Charter Schools for Public Policy in Washington, D.C., where she serves as CEO, was already in line with the goals of the initiative: creating educational opportunities for children in distressed communities by offering «cradle - to - college» services.

She has worked in the field of education for over 25 years, serving in varied roles in public schools, private schools, and at the college level.

• Private colleges serve a similar proportion of low - income students as public colleges, and low - income students have higher economic mobility rates at private colleges (although this may be due to their greater selectivity).

She currently serves on the Board of The NAMES Project Foundation, Hispanic College Fund, Caversham Centre (South Africa), and the DC Jazz Festival, and she is an advisor to the Communities for the Public Education Reform.

Charged with the task of embedding accomplished teaching along the teacher career continuum and scaling National Board certification, she commits to serve and support teachers throughout the state through innovative programming and partnerships with the Public Education Foundation, Nevada Department of Education, Nevada State Education Association, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and Nevada State College as well as many other education and community partners and stakeholders.

There are public schools and charter schools serving some of the most disadvantaged students in the country, and yet they are recruiting great teachers, making the curriculum more rigorous, using data to see what works, and graduating students ready for college.

Serving nearly 2.7 million students, 4,200 public schools, 28 colleges, 192,000 teachers, 47,000 college professors and administrators, and 321,000 full - time staff throughout the state, the department enhances the economic self - sufficiency of Floridians through programs and services geared toward college, workforce education, apprenticeships, job - specific skills, and career development.

Chris has also served as a senior policy analyst at the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and as an assistant professor in the School of Public Affairs at Baruch College / City University of New York.

The distinction between Common Core and the AP redesign effort is artificial and only serves to insulate the College Board from public accountability.

Prior to serving as a reviewer for the U.S. Department of Education in the 2010 and 2012 Race to the Top competitions, he served on the department's Working Group for Postsecondary Linkage Efforts to Improve College Readiness and on the independent Annenberg Commission on Public Schools for their Institutions of Democracy Project.

His career in public education spans forty - five years and he has served as a teacher, a literacy specialist, a curriculum supervisor and a college instructor.

I have been honored to serve the children of New Jersey over the past three years and to advance the goal that every child, regardless of birth circumstance, has the opportunity to attend a public school that will put him or her on track for success in college and career.

She has served as the Chief Academic Officer for the District of Columbia Public Schools as well as the Deputy Chief for the Office of Teaching and Learning, providing leadership for PK - 12 education by managing the offices of Curriculum and Instruction, Professional Development, Early Childhood Education, College and Career Readiness, Youth Engagement, Bilingual Education, Out of School Time, School Counseling, Educational Technology, Gifted and Talented, and Library Media Services.

We are a free, open - enrollment K - 12 public charter school network in Boston dedicated to getting under - served students to and through college.

The NEASC is an independent, voluntary, nonprofit membership organization that connects and serves over 2,000 public and independent schools, technical / career institutions, colleges and universities in New England plus international schools in more than 65 nations worldwide.

Prior to his role at College Success Arizona, Daniel served for more than 20 years in senior leadership positions at public research universities and community colleges.

The College Success Academy serves middle - school students enrolled in partner public schools in Allston - Brighton and East Boston who plan to attend a district Boston public high school.

After a brief welcome by TCSA Executive Director David Dunn, Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath kicked off the day with remarks and provided some information on his background which includes serving on the Dallas School Board for four years, attending a public magnet school in Garland and graduating from college in two years, starting a software company, and his work with the Big Brothers and Big Sisters Program.

USC Hybrid High School is a college preparatory public charter high school in Downtown LA currently serving 9th and 10th grades.

About Advance Illinois Leaders from more than a dozen civic, philanthropic, business and education organizations from across the state came together to found Advance Illinois in 2008 to serve as an independent, objective and nonpartisan voice promoting a healthy public education system that prepares all students for success in college, career and civic life.

Harbor Teacher Preparation Academy, a four - year Early College high school on the campus of Harbor College, and Wonderland Avenue Elementary, which has a gifted / high ability magnet center for students in 3rd through 5th grade in Hollywood, ranked in the 100th percentile of all public schools statewide serving the same grade level.

Graham previously served as chairman of the District of Columbia College Access Program, a private foundation which, since 1999, has helped double the number of DC public high school students going on to college and has helped triple the number graduating from cCollege Access Program, a private foundation which, since 1999, has helped double the number of DC public high school students going on to college and has helped triple the number graduating from ccollege and has helped triple the number graduating from collegecollege.