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Christian also served for years as a STEM teacher and social worker for the underserved youth of Honolulu's inner city.

Not exact matches

It is thrilling to see how inspired young audiences were by the spectacular technology in the film, so it's fitting that we show our appreciation by helping advance STEM programs for youth, especially in underserved areas of the country, to give them the knowledge and tools to build the future they want.

The LEAP program has helped hundreds of Bay Area underserved youth learn valuable life lessons over the past two decades.

OSV estimates that Wells Fargo Advisors LLC's support will positively impact more than 900 of Boston's underserved youth in 2014.

Ralph's real passion is underserved children as he invests his time and talents in The Boys and Girls Club, United Way, and a multitude of youth sports programs.

The Young Entrepreneurs Program empowers youth in underserved schools to learn the ropes of social entrepreneurship by owning and operating their own eco-friendly healthy vending business in the comfort of their school and with the support of their peers, school staff, and HUMAN Everywhere.

This investment is critical to providing students early opportunities to build positive future and breaking the trend of higher crime rates among underserved youth.

Schoeneman believes many more youth are underserved and in need of healthy summer opportunities.

Respondents who scored high on church attendance and «intrinsic religiosity» were only 31 percent likely to treat underserved populations, compared with 35 percent among the nonreligious; spirituality and youth were better predictors of service.

U.S. - Philippines: exposing underserved youth to science and technology Sophia Reeder University of Pennsylvania

Or perhaps you've read one of his books — like his motivational speeches, they're meant to inspire and empower underserved youth.

They began by teaching at - risk youth in Baltimore's underserved communities and have since expanded to teach private and group classes and workshops for students of all ages, demographics, and levels of experience.

The study took place in some of the most diverse and underserved areas of the city, serving primarily high risk youths.

«So it's fitting that we show our appreciation by helping advance STEM programs for youth, especially in underserved areas of the country, to give them the knowledge and tools to build the future they want.»

«Studies found that elementary schools were pretty well taken care of with after - school child care, and high schools had such high - caliber programs as youth - leadership development and arts and theater,» says Salmons, who points out that middle school students, meanwhile, were vastly underserved.

My first year as a Ph.D. student has transformed my thinking about education, the possible futures of marginalized youth, and my role in building capacity within underserved communities.

About The California Endowment To Empower Youth The California Endowment, a private, statewide health foundation, was established in 1996 to expand access to affordable, quality health care for underserved individuals and communities, and to promote fundamental improvements in the health status of all Californians.

But if you want to address the real - world scenario, one in which millions of underserved youth don't meet those descriptions and don't have a high - quality school available, it's time for school choice advocates to dispense with ideology, engage regulators, and get serious about a policy environment that promotes measurable quality, scale, and access.

The posterboard section at the end of each day provided ample stories of at - risk and underserved youth finding success; these stories often included teachers who have little to no coding knowledge, but their passion for helping students lead them to using Scratch.

Every purchase and donation you make helps support the work of Maker Ed to offer training, resources and a community of support to empower educators and communities — particularly, those in underserved areas — to facilitate maker education experiences with youth.

Documenting and analyzing youth cultural, identity, and literacy practices to inform the development of opportunities to learn for adolescents in underserved communities.

«My dream is to use my HGSE degree, experiences, and connections to merge the services of a counselor, a psychologist, and a social worker within a single organization and provide underserved youth access to the complete range of services they need for educational success,» Jeannine Vaughn Roulette explains.

Learning Around the Clock: Benefits of Expanded Learning Opportunities for Older Youth identifies and describes Expanded Learning Opportunities (ELOs) that improve academic performance, college and career preparation, social and emotional development, and health and wellness outcomes for underserved yYouth identifies and describes Expanded Learning Opportunities (ELOs) that improve academic performance, college and career preparation, social and emotional development, and health and wellness outcomes for underserved youthyouth.

Our underserved youth benefit for more from systemic academic supports than from repeating a year of schooling.

Dr. Katherine Bihr is the Vice President of Programs and Education for the Tiger Woods Foundation, where she's spent over 12 years implementing award - winning STEM curriculum and after - school programs for underserved youth through the TGR Learning Labs across the country.

Since 1999, Freire Charter School has been a catalyst for unlocking the potential of some of Philadelphia's most underserved youth.

Alison Suffet Diaz is the Founder and Executive Director of Environmental Charter Schools (ECS), a growing network of schools that provides a meaningful education for youth in the underserved communities of South Los Angeles.

In a 2010 speech, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan called Manor New Tech «a model for reaching underserved youth.»

1 - year experience working with a diverse population of underserved students in a relevant area (e.g. tutoring or teaching, college advising, or youth development)

REA has evaluated four of Youth Radio «s NSF - funded initiatives to provide training in science journalism and technology development to underserved young people, and to create digital media toolkits for educators.

This brief emphasizes the dramatic literacy gap between low - and high - income students, and explores how afterschool programs are uniquely positioned to fill those opportunity gaps and support the acquisition of reading and writing skills among underserved youth to help them develop a brighter future.

(District of Columbia) In an effort to increase economic and educational opportunities for Native American youth, federal officials are looking to unify resources available to often underserved communities with bipartisan support.

This symposium serves to highlight five core themes emerging in the out - of - school time (OST) field: positive youth development as a key frame for child and youth engagement and learning both in school and beyond; the role of mentors and authentic contexts in supporting diverse populations, in particular, traditionally underserved and underrepresented children and youth; the need for meaningful professional development of youth - serving professionals; and the rise of social - emotional skills as a vehicle for 21st century learning.

SRI's education researchers examine and identify external and in - school strategies that enhance the student achievement and readiness of traditionally underserved youth and young adult populations as they transition from one stage of the education system to the next.

This webinar featured a deep discussion of the importance of SEL for three traditionally underserved groups: students with disabilities, English language learners, and youth involved in the juvenile justice system (justice - involved youth).

A Benjamin N. Duke Scholar, a Truman Scholar, and a recent graduate of Duke University, Logan served as a summer intern and subsequently as a consultant for the American Youth Policy Forum to explore the implications of social and emotional learning for traditionally underserved yYouth Policy Forum to explore the implications of social and emotional learning for traditionally underserved youthyouth.

This webinar will feature deep discussion on the importance of SEL for three traditionally underserved groups: students with disabilities, English language learners, and youth involved in the juvenile justice system.

Participants will explore the intersections of cultural competence, counseling and college, and career readiness of underserved youth.

Oct. 27, 2016 - LANSING, MICH. — The Michigan College Access Network (MCAN) will participate in the third annual «Reach Higher White House Convening» on October 28 - 30 in Washington D.C. MCAN is leading a team of Michiganders who are committed to increasing postsecondary attainment in our state, particularly among low - income students and underserved youth.

Her history includes creating dozens of successful programs, including arts education programming for underserved youth and families in Los Angeles, developing award - winning after school programs for youth in Arizona, and working for several years in fundraising and program management with United Way of Southern Nevada and United Way of the Wine Country.

Her focus on youth continued when she served as Program Director for SF School Volunteers (today a part of the San Francisco Ed Fund), which harnesses the power of the local community to give public school students, particularly those from underserved communities, the support they need to succeed.

These grants support the commitment of Hostelling International to provide opportunities for youth in underserved communities by environmental education.

Invest - MINT, launched in the Fall of 2013, is our underserved youth outreach and cultural enrichment program for inner - city high school students.

Seeds of the League employs League artists to teach underserved youth in NYC Parks recreation centers and provides scholarships for youth study at the League.

-- Raising Readers: Books Are for Everyone, a reading - appreciation initiative that offers programs and free books to underserved populations as provided by the National Book Foundation and the Department of Youth and Community Development.

With programs like Divvy for Everyone, Indego's equity program, BIKETOWN for All, Citi Bike for Youth, and many more, the people in this room are making sure that bike share is reaching lower income residents, people of color, women and others who have been historically underserved by transportation options.

Alison Suffet Diaz is the Founder and Executive Director of Environmental Charter Schools (ECS), a growing network of schools that provides a meaningful education for youth in the underserved communities of South Los Angeles.

She has over 9 years of international fieldwork, community development and youth advocate working with underserved and underemployed Black youth in Toronto.

Miami Heat superstar Dwyane Wade is also pledging $ 200,000 to help underserved youth from his hometown of Chicago to be a part of March For Our Lives.

Recently, she was named one of Glamour's Top 10 College Women for her work helping underserved youth get into college.