Sentences with phrase «support education ventures»

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?

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Previously, she worked on improving educational equity at organizations such as NewSchools Venture Fund, where she raised funds to support early - stage education entrepreneurs.

If the program involves support for educational institutions they stand ready to declare across the broad reaches of the land in districts, conferences, and parishes that «the future of the church hangs upon the success of this venture in education.»

He also called on university authorities to form joint ventures with the private sector through agribusiness and entreated traditional rulers to establish education endowment funds to support needy but brilliant students.

LAVCA, a non-profit member organization, supports private equity & venture capital in Latin America through education, networking, research & advocacy.

«The Education Redesign Lab holds great promise for building a new model for education that serves all learners and that is designed to foster 21st - century skills and knowledge,» says Ryan, whose Dean's Venture Fund provided initial financial support to launch the LaEducation Redesign Lab holds great promise for building a new model for education that serves all learners and that is designed to foster 21st - century skills and knowledge,» says Ryan, whose Dean's Venture Fund provided initial financial support to launch the Laeducation that serves all learners and that is designed to foster 21st - century skills and knowledge,» says Ryan, whose Dean's Venture Fund provided initial financial support to launch the Lab's work.

Venturing beyond havering Havering Education Services» Computing and Online Safety team has also been asked to provide support services for Computing and Online Safety (including Switched on Computing) for schools, academies and trusts outside of Havering including regular network meetings for schools in Harlow, Basildon and the London Borough of Redbridge.

The groups he has supported reads like a Who's Who of the brand of education reform that favors online learning and charter schools over traditional schools: According to the publication Education Next, his money helped start the NewSchools Venture Fund, a major funder of charter schools and ed tech start - ups, and Aspire Public schools, a charter schooleducation reform that favors online learning and charter schools over traditional schools: According to the publication Education Next, his money helped start the NewSchools Venture Fund, a major funder of charter schools and ed tech start - ups, and Aspire Public schools, a charter schoolEducation Next, his money helped start the NewSchools Venture Fund, a major funder of charter schools and ed tech start - ups, and Aspire Public schools, a charter school network.

Wayee Chu, a partner at Reach Newschools Capital, a venture - capital firm focused on education technology, cited several, including empathy and diversity training, supporting students with psychological and cognitive disorders, and vocational training in «real» workplaces.

Founders of a public academy will tread the same terrain — without an existing network of support such as that provided by the U.S. Department of Education's Charter Schools Program, the NewSchools Venture Fund, or the Charter School Growth Fund.

Author Bio: Jim Peyser is Managing Partner for City Funds at NewSchools Venture Fund, a non-profit grant - making firm that seeks to transform public education by supporting innovative education entrepreneurs.

Hastings provided start - up funding for the Aspire Public Schools charter network and helped start and fund EdVoice, a lobbying group, and the NewSchools Venture Fund, which supports education entrepreneurs.

Prior to his appointment as Secretary, he served as the Managing Director at NewSchools Venture Fund, a non-profit grant - making firm that seeks to transform public education in high - need urban communities by supporting innovative education entrepreneurs.

Prior to joining the Institute, Julia worked at NewSchools Venture Fund, a venture philanthropy organization that supports education entrepreneurs who are transforming public eduVenture Fund, a venture philanthropy organization that supports education entrepreneurs who are transforming public eduventure philanthropy organization that supports education entrepreneurs who are transforming public education.

Jonathan Schorr and Deborah McGriff are partners at NewSchools Venture Fund, a nonprofit venture philanthropy firm that supports entrepreneurial innovation to improve public education for low - income chVenture Fund, a nonprofit venture philanthropy firm that supports entrepreneurial innovation to improve public education for low - income chventure philanthropy firm that supports entrepreneurial innovation to improve public education for low - income children.

Several years ago, the Harvard Graduate School of Education began offering the online workshop, a collaborative venture supported by the Dean's Office, Academic Affairs, the Office of Student Affairs, Gutman Library Writing Services, and the Learning Technologies Center (LTC), to address student questions about American academic writing, and also to build a community among the incoming international students.

Struggles and triumphs are all part of the conversation at this annual conference by NSVF, a venture philanthropy that supports education reform and puts on a conference filled with networking, internal debates and plenty of soul searching about what is working in schools.

NewSchools Venture Fund is a not - for - profit organization working to close the achievement gap by funding and supporting entrepreneurs who are creating innovative solutions to the problems in public education so that all children have the opportunity to succeed in college and beyond.

In 2012 with support from New Schools Venture Fund and the DC Office of the State Superintendent for Education, AppleTree began supporting community based organizations and charter schools to implement all or parts of

In 2012 with support from New Schools Venture Fund and the DC Office of the State Superintendent for Education, AppleTree began supporting community based organizations and charter schools to implement all or parts of ECR in their preschool classrooms.

At the request of the DC Public Charter School Board and with support from NewSchools Venture Fund, AppleTree creates its AppleTree @ model, where AppleTree collaborates with with a turnaround or high - performing new partner, to operate AppleTree preschool allowing the host school to focus on kindergarten and above, while AppleTree provides a high quality preschool education.

About NewSchools: NewSchools Venture Fund is a national nonprofit that finds, funds and supports promising and innovative education entrepreneurs, teams of educators and education leaders.

These funds support teacher professional development and other education - related ventures.

NewSchools Venture Fund is a national nonprofit that supports and invests in promising and innovative education entrepreneurs and leaders, and helps them accomplish their missions to achieve outstanding results for the schools, students and educators they serve.

But in terms of enduring investment value, perhaps Mr. Ruane's largest community - development venture was the Carmel Hill Fund, a private foundation he established in 1986 to support social service, mental health, and education initiatives.

In Massachusetts, a years - long battle over eliminating a cap on expanding public charter schools will become even more heated thanks to incoming Gov. Charlie Baker, who has signaled that he will support reformers on this issue through his appointment of former New Schools Venture Fund boss - turned - federal education official Jim Peyser as the state's new superintendent.

NISL invested $ 11 million from our parent organization, the National Center on Education and the Economy, and from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, The Broad Foundation, the New Schools Venture Fund and the Stupski Foundation, to support the research, design, development and field - testing of the Executive Development Program for School Leaders.

He is also a steering committee member of the Community of Innovative Practice, a group of education leaders that were supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Christensen Institute, and NewSchools Venture Fund to collaborate on educational technology, blended learning, and personalized learning.

NewSchools is a national nonprofit venture philanthropy that supports teams of educators, and education entrepreneurs, who are reimagining public education.Their Diverse Leaders investment strategy works to close the racial and ethnic demographic gap between education leadership and students by investing in entrepreneurs who are advancing Black and Latino leaders in education.

Proponents of vouchers, tuition tax credits, non-public charter schools and other methods propose to improve education by diverting public resources to support private ventures.

The Fordham Institute estimated that the CCSS cost $ 12.1 billion from 2012 to 2015.27 The conservative Pioneer Institute and American Principles Project estimate a mid-range cost of $ 15.8 billion over seven years for the CCSS, with $ 1.2 billion spent on assessments, $ 5.3 billion on professional development, and $ 6.9 billion for tech infrastructure and support.28 According to the New York Times, in part due to the CCSS, venture capital investment in public education has increased 80 percent since 2005, to a total of $ 632 million in 2012, a figure that has no doubt increased since.29 Bill Gates and Microsoft have cashed in on this lucrative market: in February 2014, Microsoft announced it was partnering with Pearson to install Pearson's Common Core materials onto Microsoft's Surface tablet.30

MA Secretary of Education James Peyser was on the board of FES as well as a «managing partner of New School Venture Fund,» which is «among the first and largest investors in charter schools and the first to support multi-site» CMOs.

NewSchools Venture Fund is a national nonprofit that finds, funds and supports promising and innovative education entrepreneurs, teams of educators and education leaders.

«We are grateful to NewSchools Venture Fund for supporting Purdue's vision of creating a bridge for center - city students in Indianapolis to obtain a world - class, rigorous education and prepare themselves for success in college and career,» Jordan said.

The $ 2.1 million project is a hybrid incubator and seed fund that works to «nurture, support and increase the success rate of early - stage education startups and related business ventures.»

Maintain education of all while the dictators (elders) of «communal lands» are supported in new ventures?