Sentences with phrase «sold it to schools»

«We really struggled with what the product would look like — we were initially putting it together as a supplemental product that we sell to schools, but then it became clear that it made more sense for us to partner directly with publishers to take advantage of their existing sales and distribution networks and help them transform their existing products into the next generation products that people would be expecting on iPads,» says Derek Lomas, CEO of Mathify, a company that partners with textbook publishers to create interactive learning material.

Japan's Finance Ministry proposed crafting a cover story with a school operator at the heart of a political scandal to justify a discount in the price of public land sold to the school, a ministry official said on Monday.

Google's «Sync» feature for Chrome is enabled by default on the Chromebooks it sells to schools, according to the EFF.

As well as this, and pursuant to the Beverages Council's Energy Drink Industry Commitment document, energy drinks manufacturers do not directly market to children and do not sell to any schools.

BPI ground beef is not sold to school lunch programs as a stand - alone product.

When all is said and done, I do have to wonder if the «multiplier» was dis - allowed if it would really make a whole lot of difference in the quantity of pizza sold to schools?

However, beverage companies have reformulated — or likely soon will reformulate — diet or reduced - calorie versions of their sports drinks to continue to be able to sell to schools.

Many sites will only sell to schools or other registered organisations.

An interesting (and off - putting) fact: «the poultry sold to school lunch programs are «spent hens» too old to lay eggs.

Therefore, I would like to see VERY specific regulations and requirements be placed on the foods sold to schools.

(I am intrigued by the fact that BPI isn't suing NewsCorp, whose story in The Daily was what twigged Bettina to the fact that LFTB was still in ground beef sold to school cafeterias, despite earlier reports to the contrary.)

The day a local beef grower can sell me organic, grass - fed beef at the same price that the USDA sells to the schools, is the day you'll see it back on the menu.

Unlike the instructor - written tests given by the teachers and professors profiled here, standardized tests are usually sold to schools by commercial publishing companies.

Apple Computer Inc. is scheduled to unveil this week a small, versatile mobile computer that would be sold to schools for about $ 800.

Most of our children wouldn't play voluntary with the kind of software that companies are still able to sell to schools.

Instead of using just one approach to stop bullying and better handle conflict, they are using several methods, including teaching elementary - aged students about tolerance and empathy through antibullying, curriculum - based programs sold to schools such as Side By Side and Second Step, and using the Step to Respect program in middle school.

Danner: So our last two years, we sold this to schools and grew to 40,000 students.

I can't name a single thing in a classroom, from smart boards and textbooks to juice boxes and No. 2 pencils, that isn't sold to schools at a profit.

Given that it can be a challenge to convince investors to support education ventures — especially ones that seek to sell to schools rather than parents — what did you say that sold them on the idea?

Now more than ever, selling to school districts requires real access to decisionmakers who have the authority to release budgets and select vendors.

Also NBE inspected the books publishing houses sold to the schools!

«We didn't have to go out and sell ourselves to schools.»

The resolution highlights the damaging effects on public education of the high - stakes standardized tests that Pearson sells to school districts and its promotion of private and costly schools, rather than public schooling, for families in the developing world.

As Director of Education for Prospects, Andrew is responsible for developing strategy and overseeing the business units that conceive and deliver products and services sold to schools, colleges and Multi-Academy Trusts.

The world of publishing, especially scholarly and academic publishing, isn't just about putting information on paper and selling it to schools.

While digital learning dashboards are not new — McGraw - Hill's own LearnSmart dashboard already has over one million users — this is the first tool of its kind to be sold to schools via subscription model that will engage students with the core focus of AP classes.

It's not necessarily going to be right for every education company — those that directly target students and parents likely won't face the same kind of resistance as those selling to schools.

«We're not selling to schools, there's no need to convince school boards or work with teacher unions,» he said.

However, Google's practice of enabling the Chrome browser's sync feature by default on Chromebooks sold to schools is a problem, in EFF's view.

To put it all into perspective, Chromebooks have made up 4.4 million of 8.9 million devices sold to schools and school districts this year, and every school day 30k Chromebooks are reportedly activated.

In the third quarter, more Chromebooks were sold to schools compared to iPads.

Started business in motivational speaking, this includes selling to schools and youth programs.

They would then sell them to the school system or city for 80 percent of the appraised value, while the local governments would build and operate the facilities.

Not exact matches

-- Stacey Boyd, founder and CEO of Olivela, a luxury e-commerce site which has grown revenue 240 percent this year, and founder of Schoola, an online retailer that sells gently - worn clothing to support schools in need

Along with the classic Ferrari Testarossa poster and the biography of Bo Jackson, this Newberry Award Winner was usually among the first items to sell out at the elementary school book fair.

The books I was selling were for parents to help children with subjects in school.

School shooting survivors started selling #MSDstrong shirts as a way to unify after the trauma and now they've already made more than $ 180,000, USA Today reports.»

• Pearson, a U.K. - based educational materials provider, is in talks with a consortium of Asian private equity houses to sell its English - language school unit for more than $ 350 million, according to the Financial Times.

The company sells software subscriptions to schools and businesses that help teach financial literacy (understanding mortgages and credit, for example), responsible college behavior (involving hazing and alcohol consumption), corporate compliance (like sexual harassment and diversity training), and other programs.

I often say that if selling was so easy we'd be paying high school students minimum wage to do it instead of investing millions in training and methodology development, not to mention incentivizing our sales teams with highly leveraged, lucrative compensation plans.

The company sold nearly 250,000 units, for sales of $ 6.6 million that quarter, including $ 1 million to schools.

The high school friends kept using the school's 3 - D printer and started selling the spinners to students.

In a 15 - year sales career dating back to when he sold phone - directory advertising door - to - door, the former high school history teacher estimates he's made some 15,000 cold calls.

In elementary school, she fashioned her own stationery and sold it door to door.

«I've had business - school graduates here because I feel like the longevity of the company really depends on competing, using the rules of business,» says Griswold, who'd applied to business school but kept deferring when the chance to sell the beans of Mexican coffee farmers presented itself.

She's working on getting a permit to sell near her son's school, so she can be closer to him.

-- Sophie Kahn, cofounder of AUrate, a direct - to - consumer fine jewelry brand that donates a book to a school for every piece sold.

Cesar Del Valle, a 33 - year - old trep, sold his lighting and production company in Southern California to cover costs as a student at ESADE Business School in Spain.

Consider the interests of your employees, and consider what might compliment your type of business — for example, if you sell reading software to schools, you may want to volunteer somewhere in the school system.

An online petition calling for the Vancouver - based outdoor retailer to stop selling Vista Outdoor Inc. - owned brands has garnered more than 20,000 signatures because the company also develops and manufactures firearms similar to the type of rifle used in a recent school shooting.