Sentences with phrase «revitalizing public»

Of course, that includes revitalizing public transit, in addition to the other things that have already been mentioned.

He is the editor of Teachers as Owners: A Key to Revitalizing Public Education (2002), a practical guide for people interested in starting - up or encouraging start - up of schools with teacher autonomy.

Teachers as Owners: A Key to Revitalizing Public Education demonstrates how being an owner rather than an employee can give teachers control of their professional activity, including full responsibility and accountability for creating and sustaining high - performing learning communities.

«Revitalizing the public sector will do much more for the economy and the business climate across the board than tax breaks and subsidies for special interests.»

He has added new infrastructure and housing, and has revitalizing public transportation.

Arcadis says New Orleans clinched the 14th spot because of its efforts to revitalize public transit following Hurricane Katrina.

With all of the talk of education reform and what's needed to revitalize public schools, it's refreshing to read Paul Tough's new book, Helping Children Succeed: What Works and Why.

.@BetsyDeVos has the talent, commitment, and leadership capacity to revitalize our public schools and deliver the promise of opportunity.

«A revitalized public sector and public investments in housing, energy, environmental protection, mass transit, and public services are the fastest and cheapest ways to create good jobs for the 1.5 million New Yorkers who are unemployed or working part - time involuntarily.

Our plan also revitalizes public housing with vital upgrades and repairs while holding NYCHA accountable, enhances funding for much - needed middle income housing and provides increased housing support for our seniors and other vulnerable populations.»

One camp seeks to reform and revitalize public schools, while the other seeks to dismantle them through tuition vouchers and privatization.

He has the thoughtfulness, pragmatism, and leadership abilities needed to bring all the relevant players together to revitalize public education, and to create sensible metrics for measuring progress and enhancing accountability.

Teacher ownership is a revolutionary way to put more excitement and meaning into the teaching profession and to revitalize public education.

In January, during the fight over DeVos» nomination, Moskowitz released a statement saying the nominee had «the talent, commitment, and leadership capacity to revitalize our public schools and deliver the promise of opportunity that excellent education provides.»

I believe Betsy DeVos has the talent, commitment, and leadership capacity to revitalize our public schools and deliver the promise of opportunity that excellent education provides, and I support her nomination as U.S. Secretary of Education.»

A retrospective was held in 2003 at the Yokohama Museum of Art, titled Nakahira Takuma: Degree Zero — Yokohama that displayed over 800 photographs and revitalized public interest in his work.

- Worked along side Guido Zuliani and two other colleagues from the Cooper Union in an effort to revitalize the public space in the heart of Busan, South Korea.

... I'd love to see public libraries as part of a revitalized public sphere, where we come together to talk about these issues.

This manual is designed for law students looking to start or revitalize a public interest law student organization.

Not exact matches

He worked with local businesses, citizens, government, realtors, and non-profits to revitalize southeast Charlotte, including the major public art project near East Mecklenburg High School, the Embrace sculpture.

Nearly 250 teachers, administrators, board members and parents representing public Waldorf schools spanning the east coast to the west coast and everywhere in between participated in this revitalizing weekend.

«Last week's shooting revitalized the debate over gun policy,» says Dr. Lee M. Miringoff, Director of The Marist College Institute for Public Opinion.

In addition to the public, politically significant goal of a revitalized Syracuse, some private entities also have an interest in declaring the lake clean.

BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES The Town of Orangetown plans to revitalize the downtown business district in Pearl River starting later this year, and will kick off the campaign with a public information meeting on the project next Tuesday, Sept. 4.

It's unfortunate that the Senate Democratic minority considers public campaign financing to be more important than creating new jobs and revitalizing New York's economy.

At noon, IDC Leader Jeff Klein, NYC Councilman Ritchie Torres and others release, «NYCHA 2020: Revitalizing New York City's Crumbling Public Housing,» 250 Broadway, 20th Floor, Manhattan.

Gov. David Paterson said at the opening: «It [the park addition] has led the way to a revitalized far west side and created a new model for public - private collaboration in waterfront development.»

More collaboration is needed between the several efforts under way to revitalize upstate New York's «legacy cities,» says a report released this week by a public affairs institute.

Cuomo said he wanted to focus his second term on continued efforts to revitalize upstate New York, overhaul public education and make government fairer and more effective.

Picente cited the many benefits of a revitalized downtown district that, in conjunction with Mohawk Valley Health System's soon - to - be constructed state - of - the - art hospital, will create employment opportunities, add new revenue streams for economic growth, supply additional public parking, improve community health with green spaces and stimulate property values.

In 2012, a Nassau jury convicted the trio on charges stemming from a 2010 indictment that said they steered a project — that later failed — to revitalize New Cassel's downtown to a developer willing to «pay to play,» sold false exclusivity rights to a bank, and stole $ 150,000 in public funds.

Science graduate study, based on a 19th century model, needs serious reform to meet modern needs, but trying to «revitalize the doctorate is like moving a graveyard,» added another conference speaker, former NSF Director and former president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (publisher of Science Careers) Rita Colwell, currently a Distinguished Professor at both the University of Maryland, College Park, and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

This week our Noggins returned in force to a stunningly renovated Franklin High, after two years of voter - approved seismic upgrades beautifully revitalized yet another Portland Public School... The message sent to students, teachers, staff and visitors is clear in school improvements — that education is a priority for this community.

We need to revitalize the way we share these things with the public at large.

«We really tried to tell the story as, «We are not getting rid of this horrible institution» — although it was failing kids and was a huge injustice — but we tried to tell the public that, «We are revitalizing the school to restore its proper place in the community,»» he says.

Mount Clemens» new claim to fame is its participation in a nationally watched experiment intended to revitalize American public education.

A Denver group called Citizens United to Revitalize Education has also charged that Thomas Tancredo has used his office to attack the public schools and promote a conservative, religiously oriented organization called Citizens for Excellence in Education.

Washington — Asserting that «it is in the public school... that the battle for the future of America will be won or lost,» the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has concluded a three - year analysis of public secondary education with a series of detailed proposals for reforming and revitalizing the nation's high schools.

Poor and middle - class urban families long ago recognized that education is critical to revitalizing communities and helping their kids be prepared for successful futures in an increasingly knowledge - based economic future — and have long - concluded that traditional public education practices such as zoned schooling and ability tracking no longer work (if they ever did in the first place).

Educators now understand what a truly democratic and revitalized teachers union, working arm in arm with parents and students, can do to protect public education in New York City,» Kit Wainer public school teacher and MORE member, said.

How can we establish a system of K - 12 teacher education and preparation in our public universities that will produce a sufficient quantity of highly qualified teachers necessary to revitalize elementary and secondary education?

The report provides a clear and compelling roadmap for education policymakers, practitioners and advocates alike towards a revitalized system of public education that benefits all our students.

Revitalizing student attendance as a priority in the public education system has emerged as perhaps the seminal challenge facing the nation.

New London — A public school for gifted - and - talented students in the upper elementary school grades is the newest addition to plans to revitalize New London's educational system.

Public private partnerships are relatively new in the U.S., but they hold great potential to help rebuild and revitalize our aging infrastructure.

Along with his wife, he initiated a program to revitalize San Diego's East Village, transforming it from a concrete desert into an inspiring home for public art.

Funded by the New York Life Foundation from 2003 - 2005, Revitalizing High School Libraries (RHSL) was a pilot program that allowed Public Education Network (PEN) and its member local education funds (LEFs) in Minneapolis, San Francisco and Tampa to update and refurbish library media centers in four high schools.

Los Angeles County is the lead jurisdiction for Portraits of Hope's latest civic project which will see the program revitalize and visually makeover animal shelters and care centers across the country in a bid to highlight the sites as public destinations and drive more people to visit and take home a shelter dog, cat, rabbit, horse, or other animal.

Alemany Farms Staff and Volunteers who have revitalized Alemany Farm, — a forgotten 4.5 acre of land situated near a 165 - unit public housing development beset by high unemployment and violence — into an oasis of opportunity.

Formerly Avia Napa, the newly rebranded Andaz Napa is centrally located in Napa's revitalized «West End,» providing an ideal setting for visitors to explore wine country, with convenient proximity to Napa's premier tasting rooms, gourmet dining, shopping and the famed Oxbow Public Market.