Sentences with phrase «special public effort»

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who successfully convinced the legislature to approve the gambling amendment, is not appearing in the ads and has not made a special public effort to promote the ballot measure.

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«Horowitz will call this an effort to be «transparent,» but the response from the public will be the same — that it is a response to political pressure,» said Frank Montoya Jr., a former FBI special agent who retired in 2016 and worked closely with the former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe.

Saifuku's choice to roll on hints at her positive nature, a trait her colleagues said she lends to all of her efforts, whether planning special events, running summer arts camps or dealing with the public.

City Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña said STEM lessons are of special importance in the public schools» ongoing efforts to prepare students for the jobs of their future.

The Citizens» Election Program was Connecticut's landmark effort, passed in 2006, to remove the taint of special - interest money from elections and to level the playing field for candidates through voluntary public financing of political campaigns.

RYE BROOK, NY (January 2016)-- Unfunded mandates, soaring public pensions and efforts to raise the minimum wage were among the hot topics discussed at a Board of Directors meeting of the Business Council of Westchester held January 28 featuring special guest County Executive Robert P. Astorino.

In their 2014 primary battle, Teachout hammered the incumbent on a number of issues, with a special emphasis on what she charged was Cuomo's lackluster efforts to combat public corruption.

The public release of the disclosure forms comes a day after Cuomo created a special investigative panel to look at the nexus of money and politics, a cleansing effort that the governor said is necessitated by a spate of recent arrests.

Such efforts should include providing special consideration as to rents (e.g., rent increases should be comparable to existing contracts and commensurate with what would be expected in a public market), assisting tenants with moving and relocation costs (e.g., through the creation of a fund or by way of a requirement in the RFP), and assuring that the new market space is move - in ready before tenants are relocated.

Efforts to undermine the Clean Water Act and other federal initiatives must be strongly opposed, and I have led the charge against legislative proposals to roll back important clean water protections that may benefit some special interests, but risk public health and will damage the broader U.S. economy.

Public and private funding agencies in the United States, a nation whose prosperity has been generated in no small part by the infusion of human talent from all over the world, have a special responsibility to support these critical efforts.

«While he has steered clear of efforts to sell off public lands and supported the Land and Water Conservation Fund, far more often Rep. Zinke has advanced policies that favor special interests,» said Jamie Williams, president of the Wilderness Society, in a statement.

He was Co-Editor of «Mercury,» the definitive book on the planet Mercury published by the University of Arizona Press (1988); as a member of the MESSENGER Science Team, he has special liaison responsibilities between that team and the project's Education and Public Outreach (EPO) efforts.

A case has been made that the absence of effective governmental leadership is related to the effect of special interests on policy, as well as to public relations efforts by organizations that profit from the public's addiction to fossil fuels [237], [250].

By 2006, 21 other states and several local districts had begun similar programs, both to service homebound or other special - needs students and as an effort to lure home schoolers (and the tax dollars they represent) back into the public education system.

Through efforts such as the «Newark Enrolls» universal enrollment system and the New Jersey Special Education Collaborative, Newark Public Schools and most of the charter schools that operate within its borders are working to make sure that all students have an equal opportunity to exercise choice when it comes to selecting their schools.

A coalition of education - advocacy groups behind the effort is seeking a maximum of 40 public charter schools over five years, operated by qualified nonprofits and overseen by a local school board or a special state commission.

Special Education Teacher (K - 12) Chicago Virtual Charter School Chicago Virtual Charter School Teachers are part of a national pioneering effort in public education.

As the title indicates, this is the third of a series of essays on the efforts to address the overhaul of Texas public school finance and search for a successor to the flawed «Robin Hood» system crafted by a series of special legislative sessions in the mid-1990's.

1912: NEA endorses Women's Suffrage 1919: NEA members in New Jersey lead the way to the nation's first state pension; by 1945, every state had a pension plan in effect 1941: NEA successfully lobbied Congress for special funding for public schools near military bases 1945: NEA lobbied for the G.I. Bill of Rights to help returning soldiers continue their education 1958: NEA helps gain passage of the National Defense Education Act 1964: NEA lobbies to pass the Civil Rights Act 1968: NEA leads an effort to establish the Bilingual Education Act 1974: NEA backs a case heard before the U.S. Supreme Court that proposes to make unlawful the firing of pregnant teachers or forced maternity leave 1984: NEA fights for and wins passage of a federal retirement equity law that provides the means to end sex discrimination against women in retirement funds 2000s: NEA has lobbied for changes to the No Child Left Behind Act 2009: NEA delegates to the Representative Assembly pass a resolution that opposes the discriminatory treatment of same - sex couple

«We are proud to honor Reps. Schock, Meehan, and Kind with NSBA's Congressional Special Recognition Award for their tireless efforts to help improve school boards» abilities to lead our public schools,» said NSBA Executive Director Thomas J. Gentzel.

As part of its effort to share best practices with the special education community, The National Center for Special Education in Charter Schools (NCSECS) identified several public charter schools across the country as «Centers for Excellence» and is communicating how each school uniquely leverages its autonomy to benefit students with disabispecial education community, The National Center for Special Education in Charter Schools (NCSECS) identified several public charter schools across the country as «Centers for Excellence» and is communicating how each school uniquely leverages its autonomy to benefit students with disabiSpecial Education in Charter Schools (NCSECS) identified several public charter schools across the country as «Centers for Excellence» and is communicating how each school uniquely leverages its autonomy to benefit students with disabilities.

In a brazen effort to hand over Hartford's Clark Elementary School to Friendship Charter Schools of Washington D.C. and divert more scarce public funds to another out - of - state charter school management company, a special meeting of the Hartford Board of Education has suddenly been called for tomorrow to approve a resolution «requesting» that Stefan Pryor, Governor Malloy's Commissioner of Education, use his authority to simply hand Clark Elementary over to Friendship Charter Schools without any further debate or discussion.

In a brazen effort to hand over Hartford's Clark Elementary School to Friendship Charter Schools of Washington D.C. and divert more scarce public funds to another out - of - state charter school management company, a special meeting of the Hartford Board of Education has suddenly been called for tomorrow to approve a resolution ``

Malloy, like newly sworn - in Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, has been a consistent supporter of efforts to privatize public education by turning over scarce public resources to charter schools despite the fact that these schools discriminate against Latino students, students who need help learning the English language and students who require special education services.

In an effort to document and promote school models and practices that effectively serve students with disabilities in charter schools, the Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) asked the National Center for Special Education in Charter Schools (NCSECS) to conduct two case studies about exemplary schools that respectively leverage available opportunities and mitigate challenges.

Prior to joining Special Olympics, Shriver was the Supervisor of the New Haven, Connecticut, Public Schools» Social Development Project, a comprehensive, K - 12, primary prevention effort involving students, parents, teachers, administrators, community leaders, and scholars.

Previous work on the impact of philanthropy in education terms these types of status quo investments as «lower leverage» grants, which can include funding for efforts in professional development, unrestricted or general purpose grants to schools, or special - purpose grants to fund a particular program or activity (e.g. arts enrichment).4 The contrasting approach — the «higher leverage» investment — is investment with the potential to exert systemic influence on public education, which can be divided into two broad categories: 5

Thanks to the efforts of many educators and parents, special education services have been a civil rights requirement for all students in all public schools since 1975.

When the EHA transformed into the IDEA in 1990, the legal language became even more explicit, requiring schools to provide «a free appropriate public education» that included «special education and related services designed to meet [the] unique needs [of students with disabilities]» and that established means of measuring «the effectiveness of efforts to educate children with disabilities» (IDEA 20 U.S.C.A. 1400 2004).

The FOTAS volunteers, who work on bookkeeping, social media, and special fundraising events; who work with FOTAS Fix - a-Pet and curbing the population of community cats; who organize and work on special fundraising and on - site events; who foster mamma dogs and cats and all their progeny, who care for animals designated for transfer; who shuffle animals to off - site adoption events; who greet the public and man the front desk, walk the dogs, love up the cats, work with play groups, and show animals to potential adopters — the dramatic and steady increase in the Shelter's live release rate since 2009 (84 % so far this year) is directly related to their efforts; and

A public program accompanying the exhibition at WhiteBox, with curator Dr. Wang Chunchen and special guests, will extend this consortium effort to New York City thanks to support from the Henry Luce Foundation.

A case has been made that the absence of effective governmental leadership is related to the effect of special interests on policy, as well as to public relations efforts by organizations that profit from the public's addiction to fossil fuels [237], [250].

We therefore echo Senator Lautenberg's concern, and hope that efforts such as this site, will increasingly help the public, journalists, and policy makers appreciate the distinction between the informed views of dedicated scientists committed to investigating the factors governing variability and change in earth's climate, and the opinions coming out of think - tanks and special interests.

Many law schools have developed programs for study abroad — not just the summer - abroad programs that have been standard fare for decades (that may or may not include instruction in foreign or international law), but also semester - abroad programs, exchange programs with law faculties in other countries, and special legal institutes with a comparative or international focus, including some that are situated in foreign jurisdictions.18 For example, Temple operates year - round programs with full - time faculty in Tokyo and Beijing; as well as a summer program in Rome; exchange relationships with the Universities of Cork, Tel Aviv, and Utrecht; and an Institute for International Law and Public Policy in Philadelphia.19 One of the more unusual efforts of this kind has been Georgetown's undertaking to create a completely new institution in London that is cooperatively run by several leading world universities and that brings together equal numbers of students from several different nations to study law together for a semester in a setting that is not tied to any single legal culture.20

Apparently the various arms of the BC government became aware they were being tested, and that resulted in a special effort, revealing a consciousness of the importance of the issue to the public, as well as a lack of integrity in the process.

Led the public relations efforts of all special events including event promotion, invitation and press coverage

This program reduced the high mortality rate of inner - city infants from summer diarrhea when previous efforts of private agencies had failed.5 In the late 20th century, as funding for public health nurses has declined relative to the need, home - visitation programs have focused on families with special problems such as premature or low - birth - weight infants, children with developmental delay, teenage parents, and families at risk for child abuse or neglect.6

Given the deleterious outcomes associated with EBP, as well as the staggering public health costs that accompany special education placements (Pelham et al. 2007), significant efforts have been made towards developing effective early intervention programs.