Sentences with phrase «wealthy philanthropists»

Michelle Rhee is the creature of wealthy philanthropists who like to dabble in education, partially because several of those individuals run for - profit companies that, guess what?

This is due to in large part to the misguided directives of the Obama administration's education department, and to the arrogance of a handful of wealthy philanthropists who have had far too much influence on the direction of public schooling.

Military veteran Rachel Reddick was trounced by wealthy philanthropist Scott Wallace in Pennsylvania's 1st District.

Ravitch reserves special scorn for wealthy philanthropists like Bill Gates and other members of what she calls «The Billionaire Boys» Club.»

America's wealthiest philanthropists donated a total of more than $ 3.4 billion to charity, including Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg.

Prominent Tory MPs joined wealthy philanthropists to attack government plans which could reduce the amount of money people give to charity by capping tax relief at # 50,000.

Even wealthy philanthropists dip into their charities for politics, among them The Price Family Foundation, which donated $ 8,000 to the state Republican Party last year.

Gere leads Franny as the title character, an extremely wealthy philanthropist supporting a children's hospital.

Even charter schools without ties to corporate supporters or wealthy philanthropists tend to discipline their students at high rates — when those students are kids of color who live in poverty.

Wealthy philanthropists invested millions of dollars into their own playbook for reforms that spread to Newark and other cities, including Chicago: Close failing schools with low enrollment and test scores; create «charter schools» that get public money but are run by private groups; and move to a business model that makes fundamental changes in hiring, firing and evaluating teachers.

Both advocates and even some LAUSD officials say that the shift is a response to the plan, first floated by wealthy philanthropist Eli Broad, to rapidly expand the number of charter schools in Los Angeles, with the eventual goal of enrolling up to half of LAUSD's current students.

Ok now assume that this charter school by its existence is able to attract Money from wealthy philanthropists, and talented, highly motivated teachers, and that neither the money or the talented teachers would have gone to the existing public school system but rather are incremental resources that come into the system as a result of the charter school's existence.

However, we should all be skeptical of things that seem too good to be true (particularly, lonely supermodels or wealthy philanthropists trolling the internet for companionship) and be wary of anyone who refuses to commit to a face - to - face interaction.

Defenders of the education status quo often have little use for wealthy philanthropists, labeling them the «billionaire boys» club» and «deformers.»

Backed by wealthy philanthropists and hedge fund managers, DFER has the resources to dominate education debates and intimidate opposing viewpoints.

Bill and Melinda Gates, Romesh and Kathy Wadhwani, Jeff Skoll, Richard Chandler, and The Rockefeller Foundation have signed on as the initial core partners of Co-Impact, a new venture launched Wednesday that allows these wealthy philanthropists to pool some of their resources and develop new approaches to giving.

You don't need to be a wealthy philanthropist to serve on a charity's board of directors - just call the Bloomingdale Park District.

When drug smugglers kidnap the daughter of a narcotics agent, a wealthy philanthropist offers to help with her rescue.

Perhaps the deepest, darkest Batman yet, this film pits the wealthy philanthropist who is determined to save his city from crime, against one of his iconic enemies — The Joker.

That concept takes on special meaning in the context of this week's episode of Homeland, «The Tradition of Hospitality,» in which Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes) escorts her boss, the wealthy philanthropist Otto During (Sebastian Koch), to a refugee camp along the Lebanese / Syrian border.

Richard Gere leads as a wealthy philanthropist who tries to cope with the tragic death of his best friends by befriending their daughter and her new husband.

Art museum dealings The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco — the de Young and the Legion of Honor — suffer from having a very powerful, wealthy philanthropist, Dede Wilsey, as board president for nearly 20 years [«Profit Motif,» July 19].

David Caruso plays David Corelli, a San Francisco assistant DA investigating the murder of Kyle Bedford, a wealthy philanthropist.

Many people, including some wealthy philanthropists, are eager to accelerate that growth, while the district — and the teachers union — want to rein it in.

There is a Daily Mile Foundation, which was set up by Jim Ratcliffe, who is a wealthy philanthropist, so we have a small team in London who support us...

Charter school opponents have manufactured and perpetuated a myth that a handful of wealthy philanthropists are getting rich off of charter schools and trying to destroy public education.

We believe that our children's futures and the future of public education are too important to leave up to wealthy philanthropists and investors in education management companies.

Wealthy philanthropists, including Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates, were pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into education reform.

Like many others I spoke with, Quigley seems to believe that EMOs, or those charters connected to «wealthy philanthropists,» have an advantage in the current way of doing charters in the state because of their ability to overcome the challenges of the start up phase.

Wealthy philanthropists and hedge fund managers often are the financial backers.

In the mid-1990s, some wealthy philanthropists created the New York School Choice Scholarship Fund.

The wealthy philanthropist appears to be living the American dream, but Andrea is determined to uncover the real story.

His hands still remain at value investing, in spite of being a wealthy philanthropist, and decided to give up 99 % of his wealth for philanthropic interests.

-LSB-...] The wealthy philanthropists and well funded think tanks and interest groups on our side who, faced with this unfavorable media environment, have failed to adapt and equip us with counter-Moranos — intellectual warriors who are not only up for the task of setting the record straight, and defending accurate science, but actually have it as their full time job description.»