Sentences with phrase «raised more money for education»

Tax hikes that would have raised more money for education in Illinois were voted down in 48 of 60 local school district referendums, or 80 percent of the ballot initiatives held across the state on Nov. 5.

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Right now we have a national obesity problem, so why aren't we asking for money to raise healthier students, to support coordinated school health, for more nutrition education, more collaboration with partners, parents and the community to encourage children to try new foods, to develop recipes, to provide technical assistance and set professional standards?

But if your parents need to raise money to pay for your physical education teacher or librarian, then you will have to raise significant amounts of money, and that will mean bigger and more frequent events.

A veteran of Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch, he now leads an investment group that specializes in raising money for businesses looking to tap into more than $ 1 trillion in taxpayer money spent annually on primary education.

Throughout Washington, D.C., and around the country, parents are raising hundreds of thousands — even millions — of dollars to provide additional programs, services, and staff to some of their districts» least needy schools.7 They are investing more money than ever before: A recent study showed that, nationally, PTAs» revenues have almost tripled since the mid-1990s, reaching over $ 425 million in 2010.8 PTAs provide a small but growing slice of the funding for the nation's public education system.

With that money, public schools could have given every teacher a permanent $ 11,100 raise or funded $ 8,000 per year education savings accounts (ESAs) for more than 4 million students.

The former Wall Street analyst has promised to raise private money for public schools, divert more local tax money to education and lobby Trenton to provide more money for the city's charter schools by changing the funding equation.

The couple divorced in 1998, but for more than 20 years, 3030 Chain Bridge Road was an engaging salon where a national roster of artists and curators felt at home, and a dynamic mix of political, cultural, and education figures regularly gathered to socialize, solve problems, and raise money for various campaigns and causes.

Men participating in «Movember» grow moustaches and raise money to fund cancer education and research.1 Yet, Movember may have an added benefit for relationships: women rate men with a full beard as more masculine, socially mature, dominant, and aggressive than they rate clean - shaven men.