Sentences with phrase «through federal initiatives»

Some state financial aid dollars are matched through federal initiatives.

Not exact matches

The federal government and private organizations have tried to encourage sharing in recent years through initiatives like the Genomic Data Commons, a «unified data repository» intended to hasten cancer cures by making research public.

The federal government creates building code models for the provinces to use, says Weis, and it has the jurisdiction to support green building initiatives through incentives.

1 The Working Cities Challenge is an initiative of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, designed to lead smaller cities through a rigorous process that builds cross-sector collaboration to solve issues impacting the lives of these cities» lower - income residents.

The new tower will also host the Medicine by Design initiative, set to become a leading centre in regenerative medicine at the University of Toronto with the federal government committing $ 114 - million for this project through the Canada First Research Excellence Fund.

Construction of the AFIC was funded through a $ 9m grant provided through the Growing Forward 2 federal initiative and $ 4.35 m in funds provided by Western Economic Diversification Canada.

This USDA initiative targets «competitive foods,» which are all foods and beverages sold to students on campus during the school day, typically through vending machines, a la carte lunch lines and in student stores, other than those meals reimbursable under federal meal programs.

Funded through roughly $ 3.27 million in local, state and federal appropriations, health officials said the initiatives have made a difference over the last 15 years.

Upholding federal support for STEM education initiatives through incentives and corporate and philanthropic partnerships, for instance, will become more critical to help states and local governments improve their STEM programs.

Right now, in our laboratories, our scientists are looking for ways to create insulin - producing cells in the laboratory, engineer blood vessels for heart bypass surgery and apply our regenerative medicine technologies to battlefield injuries through co-leading a $ 85 million federal grant, as well as many other novel research initiatives.

I think [Common Core] is essentially a federal initiative at this point, having been created by a small group of people, including very few if any teachers, working in conjunction with the Duncan administration, and it has been at the very least aggressively encouraged for states to adopt, particularly through the Race to the Top funding.»

From late 2009 through 2014, additional state and federal initiatives created opportunities and challenges for entrepreneurs:

Importantly, the successful provision of information related to college choice through initiatives like ECO-C is likely to magnify the return to existing federal and state aid policies, while the return to high - cost interventions such as expanding the Pell grant program is likely to be very limited unless students possess sufficient information about college alternatives.

The article examines how the 16 U.S. school districts awarded federal grants through the Race to the Top (RTT) competition are applying the funds to personalized learning initiatives.

Leaders in the House and Senate education committees are holding oversight hearings with the U.S. Department of Education (USED), state and local leaders, and other stakeholders to discuss how states and districts will tackle adjustments to state accountability systems, educator support initiatives, and implementation of other programs now offered through the largest federal education law.

District contact with state support is primarily through regional service center, which transmits information about state / federal policies, and provides PD related to state policy / program initiatives.

The Race to the Top initiative, initially financed through the 2009 federal economic - stimulus legislation, gave Democrats the political cover to push for priorities such as expansion of charter schools, alternative teacher training, and teacher performance evaluations tied in part to students» academic gains — issues that previously had been associated most closely with Republicans.

Through the Race to the Top initiative, for example, the Obama administration succeeded in incentivizing states: Even with relatively small pots of money — just $ 4 billion, or less than 2 percent of federal education spending — the administration encouraged states to prioritize innovative teacher and principal reforms and develop rigorous academic standards.22 Thirty - four states modified their policies in response to the federal initiative, even though only 19 states received federal funding to do so.23

IDEA Grant Funded Initiatives receive federal funds allocated by the IDEA that are awarded through the Michigan Department of Education (MDE).

Despite repeated warnings that his «initiative» to reduce special education costs would not only violate federal and state laws but would be disastrous for Bridgeport children who need and deserve the special education services to which they are entitled, Vallas blasted his policies through.

The completion of the work of the task force coincides with contemporary federal initiatives that have placed a priority on supporting science based approaches through encouraging and, in some cases, mandating the use of evidence - based programs.

The Common Core was also sold as a voluntary initiative which states would agree to: it was agreed to state by state with the promise of federal funding from Race to the Top grants, not imposed through federal legislation, and was said to be designed by and for educators.

Some federal funding under Title II of the Every Student Succeeds Act was allocated in 2017 to implement some of these initiatives through the California Educator Development (CalEd) competitive grant program.

However, since the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1950 and continuing to the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 and the Department of Education's Race to the Top initiative of 2009, the federal government has taken and maintained increased control over schools through mandates, incentives, and funding.

Each of these four profiles illuminates how federal initiatives can accelerate student success as seen through the experiences of New Leaders alumni successfully leading high - need schools and districts.

At the state policy level, 46 states have adopted leadership standards for principals, and many have begun aligning them to all components of a school leader's career continuum.125 In addition, recently more than half of states, through a mix of state and federal initiatives, have passed laws to strengthen the evaluation process for principals.3 AAnd under the federal Race to the Top grant, states such as Louisiana and Rhode Island implemented new requirements for principal preparation programs.

The federal government has highlighted the need for better educator training — something that was encouraged through the ConnectED initiative.

He debunks claims that the new standards are «rigorous,» were developed through a «state - led» initiative without federal involvement, and that they have overwhelming support among teachers.

We produced immeasurable impact through our scholarship programs, college success partnerships, research and information efforts, AzCAN activities, and leadership on important state and federal initiatives.

The survey showed that the public rejects school accountability built on standardized tests, which has been federal policy through No Child Left Behind, the signature education initiative of President George W. Bush.

The openness of the Federal IT Dashboard enables citizens to keep abreast of Agency initiatives and assess their progress through data analysis and data trends reported to OMB and Congress.

Founded through a private initiative in 1996, the Berlin Biennale has been receiving exclusive funding as a lighthouse project from the Kulturstiftung des Bundes (German Federal Cultural Foundation) since 2004.

Here's a 50 - year view of big initiatives, seen through the lens of federal money for basic research and development.

Shackelford said business has been brisk, in large part because of federal programs that substantially cut homeowner's costs through tax credits and other initiatives, like the National Home Energy Efficiency Program, that pays much of the cost of labor sealing air leaks that are a big source of the energy losses in American homes.

Shortcomings in the climate change policies of the Australian Government have been brought to light through the initiative of independent Federal Senator Steve Fielding seeking a meeting with Climate Change MInister Penny Wong, at which the Senator posed three basic questions...

In keeping with the President's Open Data initiative, agencies will also make extensive Federal climate data accessible to the public through an easy - to - use online portal.

It continues to earn the respect of both federal and provincial governments by actively participating in law reform, issues regarding judicial independence of the courts, and through timely and relevant education initiatives.

According to Roch Tassé, national co-ordinator of the International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group who has been carefully tracking the change in attitude of the federal government through various reports and initiatives, it is clear there is now a greater alignment between government and corporations.

I am currently working towards implementing or developing these changes through the Swiss federal popular initiatives that we are currently drafting.

Center for State Constitutional Studies The Center for State Constitutional Studies at Rutgers University is an interdisciplinary institute dedicated to promoting public understanding of American state constitutions and of sub-national constitutions in other federal systems through research, publications, lectures, conferences, consultation services, and educational initiatives.

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The Fathers and Families Center (FFC), a United Way of Central Indiana member agency in Indianapolis, serves fathers and expectant fathers through its federal, state, and locally supported initiatives that promote responsible fatherhood, increased child support, healthy marriage, noncustodial father involvement, ex-offender reentry, and crime prevention.

The NFP program in Hillsborough County is implemented through a partnership between the state Healthy Start Coalition and REACHUP, the federal Healthy Start initiative serving a high - need community in Tampa.

Providing Culturally Relevant Services: Programs in the Hispanic Healthy Marriage Initiative Implementation Evaluation (PDF - 432 KB) Administration for Children and Families & Hispanic Healthy Marriage Initiative (2010) Explores programs that are being funded through the Federal Hispanic Healthy Marriage Initiative, an initiative designed to address the unique cultural, linguistic, demographic, and socioeconomic needs of Hispanic children and families in the United States.

The Corporation for National and Community Service is a federal agency that engages more than five million Americans in service through its AmeriCorps, Senior Corps, Social Innovation Fund, and Volunteer Generation Fund programs, and leads the President's national call to service initiative, United We Serve.

The federal government supports these efforts through the Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood initiative, a $ 150 million discretionary grant program administered by Office of Family Assistance (OFA).

Under the Exceed initiative, funded through the federal Race to the Top - Early Learning Challenge grant, RIDE and partner agencies - the Departments of Health, Human Services, and Children, Youth and Families; the Office of Health and Human Services; and Rhode Island KIDS COUNT - are involved in an on - going initiative to increase access to early - learning programs and to improve program quality in public preschools, child - care centers, and family home - care centers.

The Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program began in 2010 as a five - year, federal initiative to improve the health and development outcomes for at - risk children through evidence - based, voluntary home visiting programs provided to pregnant women and children birth to age 5.

State Early Head Start initiatives may even provide Early Head Start services through community child care providers, leveraging the federal and state investment in child care and giving providers access to Early Head Start resources, such as training and professional development, which help to improve program quality.

Through the federal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood initiative, the state finances training to all home visiting programs, regardless of their funding, as a way to share common information, resources and tools, and to build consistency in assessment and practice.