Unfortunately, many of the nation's
school buildings are in desperate need of maintenance.
The financial data that exists is (sic) unreliable, there has not been a clean audit since FY 2001 - 2002, there is no inventory of assets, the payroll system is in shambles,
school buildings are in deplorable condition and, up to now, there has been little accountability.»
Not exact matches
The first
is in the town's state - of - the - art medical
school,
built into the sheer mountainside that frames the western edge of town.
It
is no coincidence that the
school system
in Finland, the darling of the international educational community for its superior test scores,
is built on an experience - based model, where science and math
are taught through doing, and labs take precedence over textbooks.
Though Microsoft board member Hastings has ties to the Seattle area, he stumbled upon DreamBox while visiting a
school in San Jose, Calif., that happened to
be using the software and
was «wowed by how kids
were engaged because it has some entertainment
built into it,» he told the Seattle Times.
Richard Branson
is an iconic entrepreneurial figure, a high
school drop - out whose knack for seizing opportunities, taking risks, spotting opportunities, and betting on himself and the people around him to
build businesses
in a variety of industries.
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.
Dig Deeper: How to
Build a Culture of Employee Appreciation How to Create a Company Philosophy:
School New Hires on Company History Even if you ask some pointed or provocative questions
in the interview and get the answers you
're looking for, your newest recruit isn't going to
be integrated into the company culture on day one.
Presumably, these robots must
be built in a way that they can withstand having cans of tomato soup thrown at them by high
schoolers.
He
was interested
in doing more than just owning
buildings; he graduated from Carleton University's
School of Architecture
in 1997, at the age of 75, and later donated $ 5.5 million to the program.
If you envision
building an app or a business that
is otherwise based on code, it would make sense for you to master the basics while you
're in school.
«Strategic alliances
are definitely becoming crucial
in building businesses of all kinds and at an earlier stage than ever before,» says Gene Slowinski, director of strategic - alliance studies at Rutgers University's Graduate
School of Management.
The Alpina
was built by Marcel Bach, a former farmer who capitalized on his land and now seems to own much of the village, and Jean - Claude Mimran, an agriculture billionaire who moved to Gstaad to
be closer to his three sons who
were attending Le Rosey, the until - recently Canadian - owned $ 100,000 - per - year private
school that specializes
in teaching kids how to
be properly rich.
Its long - term goal, according to senior director of data science Jim Baer,
is to
build the «economic graph,» a totalizing representation of «every opportunity
in the world, and every worker, every
school, and every entity.»
The current dean at Yale's
School of Managment, Sharon Oster, said
in a statement: «I and the entire Yale SOM community
are very grateful for this extraordinary gift, a gift which will greatly facilitate the construction of our spectacular new
building.
There has to
be way more tank - filling than tank - draining,» says Ruben Nieves, former Stanford University men's volleyball coach and current national director of training for the Positive Coaching Alliance, a nonprofit organization based
in Mountain View, Calif., that focuses on teaching and encouraging positive character -
building in youth and high
school sports.
One such project
is the Stinson
School Lofts, a schoolhouse
built in 1894.
In Tokyo, one tall
building is helping to change the way we think about
schools and how they should look.
Universal Constructions and Badge have
been awarded contracts by the state government to
build three new
schools in Perth, worth a combined $ 36.4 million.
Engineering and construction firm Decmil Group has
been selected to
build a
school in Christchurch for the New Zealand Ministry of Education.
So
in October 2008, he founded Pencils of Promise, an education nonprofit that
's now
built more than 200
schools across the globe.
Had Willms chosen another field, his story could
be inspirational: he
's a high -
school dropout who
built an enterprise with a half billion dollars
in revenue.
«Spider - Man: Homecoming» leaves out the radioactive spider bite, the death of Parker's uncle Ben, and focuses heavily on the difficulty that comes with trying to
build confidence while still
in high
school, and
is all the better for it.
It
's also
in the process of
building partnerships with
schools in Poland, Russia and Tunisia.
Held annually at top - tier graduate
schools across the U.S., the workshops aim to help players who
are interested
in owning, operating or
building their own businesses.
For most businesses, «new»
is the only way forward: New products, new services, new branding... but for Darlington Raceway, the old -
school NASCAR track
built in 1950 (
in baseball terms, think Fenway rather than Marlins Park), improving awareness, fan interest, customer engagement, and business results meant taking a giant step back.
He
was instrumental
in raising a $ 13.5 million bond for Flagstaff Academy's new
school building.
Farquharson's CV says he spent a summer as an intern with the Centre for Democracy and Peace
Building in Northern Ireland, appeared
in a rugby video played at the World Cup opening ceremony
in 2015 (which Prince Harry also appeared
in), and
was a member of the Rugby
School's chemistry club, the Blue Bunsen Society.
Those four questions
are at the core of a fascinating (and slim) new book,
Building a Culture of Health: A New Imperative for Business, by John Quelch and Emily Boudreau — which grew out of a conference of the same name held
in April at Harvard Business
School and supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Kellogg
is building on its traditional strength as the top
school in marketing by trying to define that asset more broadly.
The network that you
build within a
school is much more difficult to
build when you
're not
in school.
University of Notre Dame students become part of a storied history, where carrying on
school traditions
is a
built -
in part of the experience: Pep rallies, homemade - boat races, and masses at chapel
are among the activities available during students» four years on campus.
«To all of you that have something nasty to say about me or other women who
are built like me, women whose names you know, women whose names you don't, women who've
been picked on, women whose husbands put them down, women at work or girls
in school, I have one thing to say to you: kiss my fat ass,» she said.
Unions at Kaiser Permanente, Harley Davidson (HOG), Southwest Airlines (LUV), ABC
School District
in Los Angeles and others
are building and sustaining partnerships with employers to improve performance, quality and working conditions.
The first personal brand I
built was around my gamer tag
in high
school.
«They've
been uniquely successful
in building a niche — going from a discount store, essentially, to a high - end branded retail outlet,» says David Dunne, an adjunct professor of marketing at the Rotman
School of Management.
Founder and CEO Richard Gusella, an old -
school iconoclast who'd
been through the oilpatch's booms and busts, fashioned a strategy to
build the company
in increments, one 10,000 - barrel - per - day SAGD (steam - assisted gravity drainage) plant at a time.
We
're not only supporting companies, we
're also
building a community around us, opening our space to middle - and high -
school students
in an effort to create more entrepreneurs and makers.
It
's far too easy to believe,
in our modern world, that you can graduate from a top 10
school, flawlessly establish yourself
in the corporate world or with your own startup,
build the perfect team, and either invest
in perfect stocks or sell your own company for billions of dollars by the time you
're 27.
From
being a straight D student
in high
school, to
building a real estate colossus she'd sell for $ 66 million, to reinventing herself
in media topped by her star - turns on «Shark Tank,» Barbara Corcoran runs on pluck, gumption, street smarts and lessons her mother taught her, which she shares on this memorable episode of «All Business With Jeffrey Hayzlett.»
The capital raised will
be utilised to
build more
school learning programmes,
in addition to expanding operations across India, Gaurava Yadav, founder and CEO, EduAce Services, said
in a statement.
In addition to the Metro rail system, he said, Prince George's is sandwiched between major airports in Baltimore and D.C., features an urban area with ample space to build, and is surrounded by several universities, particularly Maryland's flagship schoo
In addition to the Metro rail system, he said, Prince George's
is sandwiched between major airports
in Baltimore and D.C., features an urban area with ample space to build, and is surrounded by several universities, particularly Maryland's flagship schoo
in Baltimore and D.C., features an urban area with ample space to
build, and
is surrounded by several universities, particularly Maryland's flagship
school.
The
school occupies the entire
building, which
is situated
in the southeast corner of the main University of Calgary campus.
In general, the Canadian education system must be adjusted to nurture economic value - creation competencies (business, marketing, sales and relationships) from early years in school and throughout university studies, and thus build confidence, a spirit of leadership, and competitiveness in the future generation of Canadian
In general, the Canadian education system must
be adjusted to nurture economic value - creation competencies (business, marketing, sales and relationships) from early years
in school and throughout university studies, and thus build confidence, a spirit of leadership, and competitiveness in the future generation of Canadian
in school and throughout university studies, and thus
build confidence, a spirit of leadership, and competitiveness
in the future generation of Canadian
in the future generation of Canadians.
His center
is making resources for engineers on how to
build more ethical products and starting an educational campaign, called «The Truth About Tech,»
in 55,000 American
schools.
The first project
is the Pimbiniet community
in Kenya where the company
is building schooling facilities, digging wells, eliminating child labor and creating volunteering opportunities.
In between there
's time spent recruiting, training, team
building and doing all that a Starbucks district manager does, along with helping her children with
school work and her own coursework (she
's studying organizational leadership through the Starbucks College Achievement Plan).
«Back
in the day, he
was the face of the
school and everyone who
was anyone
in Calgary knew the dean and admired his commitment and leadership to
building a great business
school.
CCISD officials say bed bugs
were found
in Miller High
School's Adaptive Education
Building last week.
«I think that we've all suffered enough, more than any kid should have to this year, and I think that having to study for a test that either lets you graduate high
school or not
is very unfair,» said Alexa Kitaygorodsky, a ninth grader who
was in the freshman
building when the shooting happened.