Sentences with phrase «schools and school communities»

The four - day leadership development program drew on the expertise and research of Harvard faculty and leading practitioners in framing the challenges faced by charter schools and their school communities while also addressing the larger state - level policy environment.

Partnership for Student Advocacy (PFSA): An advocacy organization that closely collaborates with schools and school communities, PFSA takes an inventory of local elected officials and reaches out through letters, phone calls, and personal visits to enlist the active support of key leaders on behalf of the schools it serves.

Healthy Schools BC Resources page offers many custom made resources designed to support multiple aspects of health and wellness promotion in the classroom, school and school community.

Downey Unified was evaluated by P21 based on the impact made for students, schools and the school community, showing evidence of commitment to college, career and life readiness, educational support systems and sustainable design and engaged learning approaches.

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In 2018, there are reasons to surrender to hopelessness: mass murder in schools, domestic terror paralyzing communities, and a climate of fear that tears families apart.

Part of TerraCycle's business plan includes free recycling fundraisers through about 20,000 schools and community groups across Canada.

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.

She is also a craft beer enthusiast and homebrewer, and a mentor with the Digital Mentoring Program at Girls Write Now — an organization that fosters a community of mentorship between professional writers and high school - aged girls in New York.

Mark Rosenthal chalks up the hotel's enduring success to its allegiance to old - school, even unhip virtues like family, community and customer care.

Klawe started with the hypothesis that if Harvey Mudd created an environment that was supportive and engaging for everyone; if the school built confidence and community among underrepresented groups; and if it demystified the path to success, a diverse group of students would be attracted to the college and succeed there.

Wells Fargo wants schools and communities to be safe from gun violence, but changes to laws and regulations should be determined through a legislative process that gives the American public an opportunity to participate.

After Playworld selected six finalists, consumers who «liked» the company's Facebook page were able to vote for the community or school they considered most deserving; Parker's Woods park in Mason City, Iowa, and St. Norbert School in Northbrook, Ill., were the wischool they considered most deserving; Parker's Woods park in Mason City, Iowa, and St. Norbert School in Northbrook, Ill., were the wiSchool in Northbrook, Ill., were the winners.

Stonecipher's aviation school, which has a waiting list for people anxious to get in, has partnered with the local community college and is the exclusive training program for the Professional Helicopter Pilot Program at Yavapai College.

Although that stigma has largely disappeared from our high schools and community colleges, it hasn't at the college and post-college level.

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.

«Over the last 10 to 20 years, because of blogs and the applicant community and discussion forums, people have developed a really good sense of what the admissions process looks like, down to what kinds of questions are asked and how they manage the interview,» Vice Dean Karl T. Ulrich explained in an interview when the school announced the new test.

This current gift, from Ned Evans, a distinguished Yale alumnus, is another example of this close connection between Yale College and its professional schools and will enable SOM to expand its influence in the world of scholarship and practice and further contribute to the Yale University community.»

In his new book Leading the Life You Want, Wharton School professor Stew Friedman identifies four key spheres of life: family, work, friends and community and health (mental and spiritual).

CitySoft CEO Nick Gleason was a community and labor organizer in Oakland, Calif., and ran his own urban - development consulting company, serving nonprofits, foundations, school districts, and governments.

Snyder said he will focus on strengthening SOM's faculty, student quality and reputation, as well as integrating the school into the rest of the Yale community.

«We are getting calls from superintendents from big districts saying their community is demanding answers to how the school is prepared, and the superintendents are looking to us.»

Our alums are going back to their schools and communities and teaching other girls tocode; they have the confidence to be the one girl in an AP Computer Science class.»

«It really comes down to this combination of funding and mentoring — the two key areas high - growth startups need,» says Michael Goldberg, visiting assistant professor of design and innovation at Case Western Reserve University's Weatherhead School of Management where he created an online course that uses Cleveland as a model for other communities.

Assault rifles and large capacity magazines are «an inherent danger to schools, workplaces and communities when such weapons are misused,» FedEx said in the statement.

It grew so fast, and I came from the school of, like, Craigslist --[the idea] that the community is the immune system and that bad people get ridded from the site by its review system.

«Malala wants every girl to be in school and every girl to be empowered with the skills she needs to have opportunity in her life, to be employed, to not get married at 14 — and to be a change maker in her community,» says Shahid.

Musk made a name for himself by founding The Kitchen, a restaurant that emphasizes community through food and its attendant nonprofit, which helps build school gardens.

Nearly 400,000 McDonald's employees will be able to receive more help with tuition costs at community colleges, trade schools, and four - year universities.

The company's plan, which prioritized community amenities, called for affordable homes that Hershey workers could rent or own, as well as public schools, an all - boys orphanage, shops, restaurants, and a trolley system.

This is not what we as a community stand for, nor is it something we will tolerate,» New School President David E. Van Zandt said in a statement, calling the vandalism an «illegal, inflammatory and hurtful influence on our campus.»

Those attributes are integral to the process because the school's culture emphasizes community and high degrees of collaboration.

Among them: intensive community gardens that provide a therapeutic space where members are taught how to grow their own vegetables; programs that teach young mothers about proper nutrition; workshops where local residents learn about food security and receive public - speaking training; and after - school classes where tweens whip up healthy meals.

There are effective and less effective schools in all kinds of communities,» he reminds parents.

After giving $ 100 million to Newark, New Jersey schools, $ 120 million to Bay Area schools, and 18 million Facebook shares (now worth $ 1.9 billion) to the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, they made the audacious announcement that they would give away 99 % of their Facebook stock during their lifetime, an amount currently valued at $ 45 billion.

Whether you're a K - 12 school, a university, or a company, BetaBox is the perfect rapid prototyping solution for classes, events, conferences, and community outreach.

Also this week, hackers breached a community college in the Los Angeles area and demanded a $ 28,000 ransom to keep from destroying data from the school that they had stolen.

Her reputation as a conciliator was part of her appeal during the 2013 leadership contest, a skill she's used to make peace with public school teachers angry over wage - freeze legislation and appointing herself agriculture minister to mend fences with communities upset over decisions to cancel the slots - at - racetracks program and the installation of industrial wind turbines.

The MDR division of Dun & Bradstreet works to help companies engage with the best educators for their brands through online communities such as WeAreTeachers, WeAreParents, EdNET, and School Leaders Now.

While the curriculum is designed for high school and community college students — and select schools will start offering the curriculum this fall — you don't have to attend school to learn to code in Swift, Apple's programming language.

Students begin crafting their network and community within the business world the minute they arrive at Columbia, thanks in part to the school's cluster system, which places first - year students in «clusters» of 65 to 70 people who take all their core classes together.

Actually, when I first started getting into the New York entrepreneurial community, it was because I started getting out of my school's network and moving away from my school.

He studied at Harvard Business School and has also held a number of community related board positions including Chair of the Board of Leadership WA and The Big Issue.

Speaking at schools and community centers across America, I was inspired to write this book when I saw an underserved need for a guide that would show aspiring and current entrepreneurs how to leverage their personal habits and goals to make themselves into the type of person a successful entrepreneur is.»

Andrew Wright, a professor at Savannah Law School who was an associate in the White House counsel's office under President Barack Obama, said he was «glad to see the Trump administration acknowledging the legitimacy of the findings of our intelligence community and the Mueller grand jury: that Russians illegally interfered with our elections.»

A school, for example, is not a single community, but many smaller groups among its classes, dorms and student groups.

«Combine this with top - rated private and public schools, some new developments and a great mix of housing types and you have a diverse community that fits everyone's lifestyle.»

Ever since Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen first proposed his theory of disruptive innovation in 1995, the term has been widely co-opted and misappropriated by the business community.

Average home prices hover just under $ 1.6 - million in this community, but this also buys you «exceptional schools, amazing weather and a deep sense of community,» explains Morely Myron, realtor with Re / Max Colonial Pacific Realty.

VITA and TCE sites are generally located in community centers, libraries and schools around the country.

She has been active in the Toronto community promoting startups, female entrepreneurship and has been a guest speaker at Ivey School of Business, University of Waterloo and City of Toronto Small Business Forum.