Sentences with phrase «public school you're interested in»

Representatives of nonprofits or public schools interested in applying for MCAP grants are asked to direct questions to Sam Levine, Budget Director for the Borough President's Office, [email protected] or 212.669.4814.

A new scholarship for graduates of the Buffalo Public Schools interested in studying human rights - will be available at UB next year.

Not exact matches

Parents are increasingly interested in providing private school funding for their children 1) because they see the value and importance of good education and 2) because of frequent public school closings.

Jonathan Zittrain, a professor at Harvard Law School and an expert in the First Amendment, told the Washington Post that a court could decide that if the public interest was so compelling, then newspapers or the public should try to compel the candidate to authorize the IRS to release his tax information lawfully.

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

Rashon Nelson and Donte Robinson worked with the city of Philadelphia on a grant for public high school students interested in entrepreneurship.

The company, which recently airdropped a massive cache of XRP into US public school coffers is hoping to stimulate interest in the creation of applications that use its currency and blockchain, which has attracted a lot of interest as a back - end technology in the banking industry, but has only been adopted by one other Coin thus far — the somewhat mysterious Allvor.

The country is $ 70 billion in debt, schools are closing by the hundreds, and infrastructural services — like the overburdened electricity system — have been overlooked in order to make way for debt payments to Wall Street creditors, according to Juan Cartagena, President and General Counsel of LatinoJustice PRLDEF, a public interest law firm.

His office has receivedrequests for copies of the document from dioceses in the United States, Canada, Australia, France (interesting), and Malta following a public endorsement by Archbishop Mauro Piacenza, Secretary for the Congregation for Clergy, who sent Bishop O'Donoghue the Congregation's congratulations on his «courageous examination of the state of evangelisation and catechesis in the diocese of Lancaster's schools and colleges» and for developing a positive programme for action in harmony with the «operative Magisterial documents».

These inner - city Catholic schools are «public schools» in the best sense of the term; they're open to the public (not just to Catholics), and they serve a genuine public interest, the empowerment of the youthful poor.

But because its governing interest is «religious,» theological schooling on the model of paideia has characteristically been disengaged from the public realm in the sense of the realm of political, social, and economic power, its arrangement and its management.

The issue that aroused the greatest public interest and a good deal of irrational zeal on both sides involved the problem of Bible - reading and the saying of prayers in public schools.

I have known laymen to invite a friend who is or who may be interested; I have known other persons who just «turn up» because somehow an announcement has reached them or they have read about the school in the public press.

Tracing the interest of the bishops of the Catholic Church in obtaining federal monies for parochial schools, the magazine recalled that the church leaders had sought to obtain funding and avoid the «impending danger of a judicial establishment of secularism from public life.»

They are the same people who fight nondenominational prayers in public schools, the use of public school facilities for meetings of high school religious - interest groups, and state support of private schools.

I'm not interested in what Obama thinks about the issue because he isn't attempting to put creationism in the public schools.

The religious New Right has taken a very vocal interest in education, charging that the public schools in particular are permeated with secular humanism.

The film will be offered to schools, clubs and public theaters all over Africa and anywhere else (except the U.S.) where there may be an interest in it.

Part of the reason for this is that so many choose to send their kids to private school and have no interest whatsoever in improving the public schools.

Sweet Deals: School Fundraising Can Be Healthy and Profitable (Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI)-RRB-

Janis Groomes, food service director at Northport Public Schools, knows the power of school gardens to get kids interested in eating fruits and vegetables, even ones that are unusual...

I received invaluable assistance from the Center for Science in the Public Interest in getting the letter circulated, and it has now been signed by 29 organizations and individuals, including: CSPI; the Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity; the Jamie Oliver Food Foundation; the Environmental Working Group; Healthy, Child, Healthy World; The Healthy Schools Campaign; Chef Ann Cooper; Dr. Yoni Freedhoff and many more.

Margo Wootan, a nutrition policy expert at Center for Science in the Public Interest, welcomed the change to give struggling schools more options this year without having Congress interfere with the fundamental law.

Healthy School Snacks (Center for Science in the Public Interest (Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI)-RRB-

I recently read with interest that Real Food for Kids — Montgomery (RFKM), a parent group in the Montgomery County (MD) Public School system, has persuaded the district to eliminate Baked Doritos and Baked Cheetos from items sold to students a la carte.

For those interested, the White House has now released the complete transcript of First Lady Michelle Obama's remarks yesterday at the presidential signing of the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act, which took place at a public school in Washington, D.C.

In Chicago, many chefs have shown interest in using their skills to improve school food, but small pilot opportunities don't exist in Chicago Public SchoolIn Chicago, many chefs have shown interest in using their skills to improve school food, but small pilot opportunities don't exist in Chicago Public Schoolin using their skills to improve school food, but small pilot opportunities don't exist in Chicago Public Schoolin Chicago Public Schools.

And, by the way, if you'd like to protest attempts to weaken the DGA, you can sign this petition from the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), and if you'd like to protest attempts to weaken school food standards, you can sign this one, also from CSPI.

My kids are going to be eating in a private school cafeteria over summer so I'm interested to see what their offerings are compared to the public school we attend during the year.

I recently read with interest that Real Food for Kids - Montgomery (RFKM), a parent group in the Montgomery County (MD) Public School system, has persuaded the district to eliminate Baked Doritos and Baked Cheetos from items sold to students a la... [Continue reading]

In other business, the district voted unanimously to renew its contract with the South Cook Organization for Public Schools, a group that has lobbyists in the Statehouse in Springfield to represent the interests of south and southwest suburban elementary schoolIn other business, the district voted unanimously to renew its contract with the South Cook Organization for Public Schools, a group that has lobbyists in the Statehouse in Springfield to represent the interests of south and southwest suburban elementary sSchools, a group that has lobbyists in the Statehouse in Springfield to represent the interests of south and southwest suburban elementary schoolin the Statehouse in Springfield to represent the interests of south and southwest suburban elementary schoolin Springfield to represent the interests of south and southwest suburban elementary schoolsschools.

When the school lunch program was institutionalized across the country in 1946, Congress voted 9 cents for every child in the country eating school lunch, according to Victoria Leonard, director of Children «s Nutrition for the Center for Science and Public Interest, a Washington - based consumer activist group.

Two years ago here on BrightonYourHealth, we focused a lot of energy on this topic and fueled the public's interest by providing a successful analysis comparing thirty days of typical school menus in France to America (interested in seeing these articles click on category: school lunch on top of this page).

Every morning, I struggle with what to send my two boys for lunch at their downtown public schools — something healthy and interesting that can be packed in a small bag (and eaten in about 10 minutes).

I briefly told you about the Get Food Education in Every School initiative when it was announced in May, but now you can read more about it in this week's Huffington Post editorial by Michael Jacobson of the Center for Science in the Public Interest (the folks behind Food day).

I do not bemoan public interest in school lunch issues and sketchy additives, but it is crucial to not lose sight of the big picture — «pink slime» is one of many symptoms of a broken food system.

Finally, please join me in participating in a back - to - school Tweet chat hosted by Moms Rising and the Center for Science in the Public Interest, today at 1 pm EST..

I graduated from a small high school, where the principal was very much interested in the poor and the hungry, and in public policy; he taught us how to be an advocate for the helpless people in our community and in our state.»

Similarly, James Weill, president of Food Research & Action Center, a leading anti-hunger group, referred to the bill in a press release as «ill conceived» and «deeply flawed,» while Margo Wootan, Nutrition Policy director for the Center for Science in the Public Interest, stated that the bill «would roll back key progress that schools, health advocates, and the Administration have worked so hard to achieve over the last six years.»

Her longtime interest in the political process and public policy came to a head in January of 2011, when the new USDA proposed rules came out and Sandi realized how many changes school nutrition professionals would be facing.

«It's a shame that Congress seems more interested in protecting industry than protecting children's health... this legislation may go down in nutritional history as a bigger blunder than when the Reagan Administration tried (and failed) to credit ketchup as a vegetable in the school lunch program,» — Margo Wootan, Nutrition Policy Director, Center for Science in the Public Interest in a press release

«The new school meal standards are one of the most important advances in nutrition in decades,» said Margo Wootan, nutrition policy director at the Center for Science in the Public Interest.

Ask if copies of the Center for Science in the Public Interest's Constructive Classroom Rewards can be distributed to teachers and other school staff.

During his first official meeting as a Buffalo School member, a Buffalo woman brought her own bat during the public comment session to «combat any actions that are not in the best interest of the students.»

NYC Public Advocate Tish James is calling state lawmakers to express her interest in the AG post, and Fordham Law School Prof. Zephyr Teachout, a former House and gubernatorial candidate, is also interested.

As part of that collective bargaining, the association fights for public schools to remain central in the education system to protect the interests of its members.

But Lipton also said there is «more to do,» like restoring «progressivity» to the state's tax code, closing the carried interest tax loophole, and investing in a new «social contract» on public education that ensures full funding for schools — including universal pre-K (an early de Blasio priority)-- and restoration to the public university system to pre-recession levels.

«With the new template as approved by the governor, selected public schools as well as interested private schools in the state can participate.

The UFT is hitting the airwaves today with a 60 - second radio spot that slams for - profit charter school management companies as «more interested in making money and ducking accountability than fighting for our kids» and spending «millions on false attacks against teachers and public schools.»

If you are interested in lobbying local elected officials for policy changes that effect our neighborhood (congestion pricing, affordable housing, public school improvements), getting involved in the local community board, or participating in our club's efforts to elect progressive judges, this is the committee for you.