Sentences with phrase «with opportunity scholarships»

«And I think you need to go slow with Opportunity Scholarships.

As with the Opportunity Scholarship Program, the elimination of the Excellence Commission will not have a significant immediate effect on Florida schoolchildren.

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Founder Jared Schreiber, a graduate of MIT, was a founding member of the Pat Tillman Foundation which supports active - duty military service members, veterans and their spouses with academic scholarships and professional development opportunities.

This program will provide scholarship recipients with training and an opportunity to gain valuable insight into the life and work of top technologists in the industry.

To ensure all students have the opportunity to learn and succeed with Tech Trep Academy, the company has partnered with former NFL quarterback Steve Young's Forever Young Foundation to provide financial scholarships for those in need.

Through coding camps, career scholarships and a growing community of coders, Kode With Klossy is increasing access to computer science education and opportunity.

The Kode with Klossy Career Scholarship program is a game - changer because it gives women who are working professionals the opportunity to learn something new.

For me, with having a background in electrical engineering and then transitioning into management, this scholarship provides me with the opportunity to hone in on my technical skills and keep up with the ways of the world.

In addition to the monetary award, the scholarship also allows the opportunity for paid summer employment, mentor - ship and invitations to annual gatherings with stipends.

SommFoundation offers some scholarship opportunities to those working toward success with the Court of Master Sommeliers.

«Our industry has given back to the community year after year through this charitable event, and this year, we want to give back to the future generation with generous scholarship opportunities,» says Jim Pittas, chief operating officer, PMMI.

«We couldn't be more thrilled to partner with the James Beard Foundation as we strongly admire their passion for providing scholarships and educational opportunities — it matches our passion for providing the best flatware,» says Hildy Abrams, President of Gourmet Settings.

Co-branding with Rhone Rangers for a customized opportunity (i.e., Scholarship Program) to be worked out with title sponsor.

We offer postdoctoral fellowship, postgraduate scholarship, vacation scholarship and work experience opportunities with CSIRO.

The scholarship recipients will have the opportunity to meet with hundreds of produce industry grower / shipper members as well as the nation's leading retailers and foodservice distributors.

Taco Bell also provides education opportunities and serves the community through its nonprofit organization, the Taco Bell ® Foundation ™, and connects fans with their passions through programs such as the Live Mas Scholarship program.

For more than 30 years, the School Nutrition Foundation has been raising funds to provide SNA members with the opportunity to achieve their higher education goals through a wide variety of scholarships.

When we were at ANC 2013 in Kansas City last summer, we had the opportunity to speak with many of you about why scholarships are so important, and how they have helped you advance your educations and careers.

This event is an opportunity to applaud this year's honorees, share memories with old and new friends, celebrate our successes and raise funds to ensure that SNF can continue to support education, research and scholarships for the benefit of the school nutrition community and the millions of students SNA members serve every day.

One of our favorite aspects of ANC 2015 was the opportunity to connect with the many SNA / SNF scholarship recipients in attendance.

Mr. Cudjoe, «Will meet with the Mexican Association of Universities: ANUIES and Mexican Council for Science and Technology: CONACYT to discuss scholarship opportunities for African students as well as discuss student exchange programmes».

Part of the objectives of the Foundation was to sponsor students by way of scholarships, grants and organizing capacity building seminars, workshops and other related activities and opportunities to students and young people, as well as collaborating with other stakeholders such as government agencies, NGOs, foreign bodies to raise awareness on the state of education in Nigeria and intervening with solutions.

«Let's face it: there are many shortcomings and missed opportunities with the Excelsior Scholarship,» said Skoufis.

During his tenure, ECIDA's affiliate lending company made some 396 loans for over $ 61 Million, established an innovative loan program which allowed for structured participation loans with local commercial lenders, initiated the ECIDA's participation in the SBA Micro Lending program, and launched a minority entrepreneur loan / scholarship program aimed at creating entrepreneurial opportunity in the minority community.

For the fourth consecutive year, the Assembly budget would include the New York State DREAM Act and invest $ 27 million to provide eligible immigrant students with access to the state's Tuition Assistance Program (TAP), scholarships and opportunity programs.

With this in mind, I've long supported opportunity scholarships, which allow students transfer from underperforming schools to higher achieving schools where they can take advantage of the best our education system has to offer.

Recommend reviewers who know your work's importance and the field's standards of scholarship, but don't waste the opportunity by recommending candidates with whom you have a close professional relationship or those likely to be disqualified for some other reason.

• Providing these students with financial - planning advice early on, including information on private need - and merit - based scholarships, private loans, and school loans, as well as creating paid opportunities like paid research and internships.

With their commitment, students have an opportunity to share ideas, showcase cutting - edge projects, and compete annually for awards and scholarships.

Noonday works with different artisans ALL OVER THE WORLD offering opportunities like no interest loans, scholarship programs, emergency assistance, dignified jobs at living wages, and so much more.

Added value comes via strong industry collaborations with key business players for internships, scholarships, industry projects and job opportunities.

The company offers the opportunity to join their «Sugar Baby Scholarship» in line with the free site membership for those who sign up with their university email account.

The troubling thing about the picture beyond its obvious troubling things is that with the impending demise of the Miss America pageant (and with The Donald threatening to acquire it), there is the truism that people share the film's belief that pageants are horse - and - pony shows masquerading as scholarship opportunities and don't care about them unless — and here's the rub — you get the reality show behind - the - scenes of the beauties doing their best to scratch each other's eyes out.

As they encounter obstacles while rehearsing for a show with scholarship opportunities, they kindle more than just their passion for dance.

The court voted 5 - 2 to end the Opportunity Scholarships program, which provides students who decide to leave some of the state's lowest - rated public schools with about $ 4,350 in tuition aid they can use in private or religious schools.

We will also broker mentoring and development opportunities for those who take up the scholarship with schools, universities and major employers.

An interview with Patrick Wolf about his evaluation of the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program and about its likely future is available here.

It's important for youngsters to seize every opportunity and I'm pleased through my Foundation to give back in such a wonderful way in association with not only the scholarships but also in supporting further enrichment programmes with Raynes Park High School in the areas of science, technology, engineering and maths, computer coding, through sport and helping the growth of a community tennis programme.»

School vouchers provide funds to parents to enable them to enroll their children in private schools and, as a result, are one of the most controversial education reforms in the United States (to see an interview with Patrick Wolf about his evaluation of the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program and about its likely future please click here).

«Offered jointly by HGSE and GSAS, this new Ph.D. program will expand our intellectual and programmatic collaboration with other Schools at Harvard, while opening an opportunity for critical interdisciplinary scholarship in the area of education policy and practice,» said Michael D. Smith, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

In the experimental evaluation of the initial DC Opportunity Scholarship Program that I led from 2004 to 2011, the number of students in testing grades dropped substantially from year 3 to year 4, leading to a much noisier estimate of the reading impacts of the program, which were positive but just missed being statistically significant with 95 % confidence.

In «Lost Opportunities,» published by Education Next last week, Wolf supplements this with important evidence from the District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program.

I am a fierce supporter of school choice — and that includes vouchers, tax credits, opportunity scholarships and all the other devices that make private schools part of the choice equation — and I am broadly on team two, believing we have a moral obligation to empower parents with more choices and greater freedom in how they choose to educate their child.

«We speak with the college representatives, and they inform us of the different merit - or need - based opportunities for grants and scholarships,» says Cole.

After supporting lifting the cap on charter schools, and sponsoring opportunity scholarship legislation for children with special needs and low - income students, I was ostracized by my party and progressive institutions in North Carolina.

The latest blow to the 5 - year - old Opportunity Scholarship program was dealt Nov. 12 by the full panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal in Tallahassee, which voted 8 - 5, with one abstention, to uphold an August decision by a three - member panel of that court that found the program unconstitutional.

Digital portfolios allow them to expand their horizons and provide them with more opportunities to receive constructive criticism, college scholarships, and job offers.

Other major efforts include extending unprecedented opportunities for learning by bringing computers with Internet access to every eligible library in the U.S. and Canada, and providing scholarships to academically talented minority students in the U.S. with severe financial need through the Gates Millennium Scholars Program.

A 2010 evaluation of the District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program that I led for the U.S. Department of Educationfound that students offered private - school choice by winning a random lottery graduated from high school at the rate of 82 percent, compared with 70 percent for the control group.

As with the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program evaluation, President Obama's very own Department of Educationassigned this study its highest rating for scientific rigor.