Word: nonprofits
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...applicants--all with at least two years' teaching experience--have been accepted out of 2,600. The chosen few go through a summer of course work covering everything from leadership to finances, followed by a yearlong residency at a school and on-site coaching. NLNS, which is a nonprofit, has placed principals in such cities as New York, Chicago and Memphis, Tenn. Two-thirds of NLNS graduates are women or people of color. Graduate Omar Gobourne, an African American who flew helicopters for the Army in the first Gulf War, went on to help launch the E.L. Haynes charter school...
...according to a study conducted by the Texas Transportation Institute. Increasingly, tolls are seen as a way to reduce traffic. "We simply can't afford to build our way out of traffic congestion, so we have to better manage it," says Michael Replogle, transportation director of Environmental Defense, a nonprofit group that advocates "time-of-day tolling": tolls that would take effect during rush hours to discourage driving at peak times...
...percent effective method of safe sex. They neglected to mention, however, that Mississippi and Texas, two states that overwhelmingly supported Bush and his sexually repressive agenda, have two of the top-five highest teen pregnancy rates in the country, according to careful research done by the Guttmacher Institute, a nonprofit organization focused on sexual and reproductive health research, policy analysis and public education...
...times people go to nonprofit work to hone their interests,” explains Garcia. “Then they go back to grad school or law school to try to change the system on that level...
...Arryx is one of 29 Technology Pioneers chosen this year by the World Economic Forum, the nonprofit organization of global political and business leaders best known for its annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland. Selected from among 114 nominees by a panel of technology experts, the Pioneers' biotech developments augur advances that will help people live longer, healthier, more productive lives. Pioneers like Arryx; Astex, a biotech firm in Cambridge, England; Raven Biotechnologies and Xencor, both in California; and Memory Pharmaceuticals of Montvale, New Jersey, are targeting cancer, Alzheimer's, nutrition, animal husbandry - you name it. Their innovations are a testimony...