Sentences with phrase «various education initiatives»

* Worked to provide grants and funding opportunities for various education initiatives and programs.

The foundation now spends nearly $ 400 million on various education initiatives around the country and is having a profound effect on education policy, particularly at the federal level.

In his current position with the Texas Comprehensive Center, he works to build the capacity of the Texas Education Agency (TEA) to develop, implement, and sustain various education initiatives, policies, and programs.

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To reach their goals, trade groups support various tactics including increased public education, on - premise recycling initiatives, improved curbside collection practices, expanded state beverage container deposit programs and mandatory recycling programs or landfill bans.

«From Nigeria, I have watched closely your achievements, ranging from your ingenious approach to creating jobs for the teeming youths through various initiatives, including the repositioning of agriculture for modern farming, «Farming for Jobs and Food», Senior High School (SHS) free education, One - District - One - Factory, and One - Village - One - Dam as well as the improvement being recorded in the Republic's macroeconomic indicators.

Money from the fund supports some of the state's most important safety net programs --» the State's Medicaid program, Family Health Plus, workforce recruitment and retention, the Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage (EPIC) program, Child Health Plus (CHP), Graduate Medical Education, AIDS programs, disproportionate share payments to hospitals and other various public health initiatives,» according to the state's financial plan.

The Minister, represented by the Executive Secretary, NCCE, Prof Monday Joshua, noted that the education sector needed to key into the various «change initiatives» of the government to make the nation stronger than it was before.

While calling on all stakeholders in the education sector to double their efforts to achieve government desire for success in the sector, she urged members and leaders of various Community Development Associations (CDAs) to join hands and support government initiatives by ensuring adequate protection for schools infrastructure in their areas so that government huge investment in education will not be a waste.

So, too, Seton Education Partners, the Drexel Fund, and various activities associated with Notre Dame's ACE initiative.

Though various initiatives have taken to raise the literacy rate in India but still some communities are alarmingly lagging in terms of education.

This initial flurry of expansion culminated in 1979, under President Jimmy Carter, with the establishment of the federal Department of Education as a separate, cabinet - level government agency that would coordinate what West calls the «alphabet soup» of the federal government's various initiatives and requirements.

In addition, she has led the planning process for a new institute that will eventually serve as an organizational umbrella for faculty - led projects, programs, centers, and initiatives in various parts of Harvard having to do with K - 12 education.

Various studies in the 1970s and 80s described the limits of higher levels of authority in the governance structure for education, and the relatively weak impact of state policy on student outcomes.294 But loose coupling does not mean that no influence flows from superordinate entities.295 Even as schools are busy developing their own policies and initiatives, they pay attention to demands from «outside the system» when those demands are consistent with the directions in which their organizations are already moving.296

Silicon Valley entrepreneur and software developer Ron K. Unz has set off sparks in recent election seasons by financing campaigns to get rid of bilingual education through various statewide ballot initiatives.

Lifelong learning is carried out by various stakeholders like the government, formal education institutions, informal agencies and numerous NGOs who implement and carry out lifelong learning initiatives.

She has also provided independent consulting to various education organizations in Boston, including Countdown to Kindergarten, the Mayor's Office, the Boston Teacher Residency, and district and charter schools engaged in projects with the Boston Compact initiative.

Ultimately, the board discussed various options and concluded to leave the wording that the board would «stand opposed to internal and external initiatives that seek to reduce public education in Los Angeles to an educational marketplace and our children to market shares, while not investing in district - wide programs and strategies that benefit every student whom we are sworn to serve.»

In these various roles, the Howard University graduate, who holds a masters of education degree from Harvard University, has evaluated how reform initiatives have impacted parental choice and student achievement.

He also served with the Texas Education Agency (TEA) for 11 years in various positions including Assistant Commissioner with responsibility for standards and curriculum, the statewide assessment program, educational technology initiatives, textbooks and professional development.

Research staff also represent the NCSE on various national and international groups and initiatives in the area of special education.

All together the various corporate funded «education reform» groups dropped another $ 1.4 million, over the last six months, to promote and lobby on behalf of Governor Dannel Malloy's anti-teacher, education reform initiatives that included diverting even more scarce public funds to privately owned, but publicly funded charter schools.

Since the corporate education reform industry began ramping up their lobbying efforts as part of Governor Malloy's education reform initiative of 2012, the various charter school advocates and education reform groups have spent a record breaking $ 8.4 million on behalf of their pro-charter school, pro-Common Core, pro-Common Core testing, anti-teacher agenda.

Since the corporate education reform industry began ramping up their lobbying efforts as part of Governor Malloy's education reform initiative of 2012, the various charter school advocates and education reform groups have spent a record breaking $ 7.9 million on behalf of their pro-charter school, pro-common core, anti-teacher agenda.

More recently, he rejoined as the Head of Strategy to organise various national education technology initiatives.

His philanthropy benefits various nonprofit organizations that are active in family planning, education, the environment, community initiatives and political causes.

As a master composter instrumental in advancing local education initiatives, I've been part of pushing my community to responsible agriculture, including composting sewage solids [the pictures on this Wikipedia entry are mine, as well as those on various other compost related entries:)-RSB-, and campaigning to ban chemical pesticides locally.

Joshua participates in various legal education, access to justice, and legal technology initiatives, including Evolve Law, the previous Reinvent Law movement, and Legal Hackers initiatives.

Responsible for coordinating the delivery of our various continuing legal education and professional initiatives, our Director is constantly looking for ways to build upon and expand our existing programs.

While initially it was responsible for only insurance, at various points since its creation it has also been responsible for social programs (e.g., the CounterAttack anti-impaired driving initiative), traffic safety initiatives, vehicle and driver licensing, commercial transport and compliance, fine collection, and driver education.

* Represent the Education Initiatives Foundation at various conferences, events, and community meetings.

Nashville, TN About Blog Performing Songwriter Enterprises and its various media initiatives focus on celebrating music, shining a spotlight on songwriters, reinforcing the importance of music and arts education and affirming the value of music and its creators in all of our lives.

Maryland Project LAUNCH is implementing statewide initiatives to support IECMHC in various settings, including early care and education, home visiting, and primary care.

Schools are implementing various initiatives, ranging from simple exercises in the classroom to strategically incorporating positive education into every part of the school.

The DECD Media Unit keeps the community engaged through the media with the latest news on various initiatives and events relating to education.