Sentences with phrase «education demands action»

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We urge you to stand with the Alliance for Quality Education, Citizen Action of New York, savvy egalitarian groups like the Hedge Clippers, and others in demanding that all our kids get the fair shake they deserve.

In a joint statement, state education department Commissioner MaryEllen Elia and Board of Regents Chancellor Betty Rosa said, «These young people, united in peaceful protest to demand action by our Congress on gun violence, are turning tragedy into a teachable moment for our federal lawmakers.»

That's why I work with Citizen Action of New York to build a powerful grassroots organization that demands a quality public education for every child.»

Canada's students gathered in the tens of thousands last week to protest rising tuition and demand better access to postsecondary education during the 6 February National Day of Action.

In fact, one of the things I find most compelling about education is that the most pressing challenges in this field demand collective action and coordination.

They saw a mediocre education system as a big part of the problem - and they demanded action.

The suggested actions include creating demanding and supportive learning environments at school, providing early intervention support, encouraging parent and community involvement and inspiring students to make the most of education opportunities.

«Today's action is all about helping kids get a first - class education in a world that demands nothing less,» Granholm said in a statement commending lawmakers for passing the legislation.

From the Journey for Justice and allied protesters in Chicago locking themselves down in front of Mayor Rahm Emanuel's Office demanding equity for Dyett High students, to a report by Center for Popular Democracy, Action United and Integrity in Education exposing over $ 30 million in charter fraud in Pennsylvania with accompanying actions, we see clearly that the tide is turning!

Kris Perry, executive director of the First Five Years Fund says that ESSA represents a historic gain for early childhood education, «a moment in troubled times when a Congress came together and acted on overwhelming research from experts, demand from voters, and actions taken by state and local leaders across the country to support the development of children from birth to age 5.»

Lord Baker, the former education secretary behind the new law, is concerned enough to write to the government demanding for action.

«Today we stand before you to demand that the Board of Education immediately end all of its moves to push school actions upon the community.

The country's largest education union has demanded action to make teaching a «genuinely equal» profession for women.

The National Education Union will discuss proposals for a union - run supply teacher vacancy service after members demanded action on agencies that make exorbitant charges on schools but pay...

State legislatures, state boards of education, local boards of education, unions, and countless other organizations demand action to correct the real and imagined failings of our nation's public education system.

A 2011 study of the Capitol Hill campus showed that the action - oriented curriculum was effectively preparing students to use their political skills to demand change.36 Schools that specialize in student engagement not only instill a strong emphasis on civic education, but also use tangible experience to prepare students to be the next generation of leaders.

Read our CALL TO ACTION and check out this BUDGET SIDE - BY - SIDE to compare President Trump's education agenda with our demands for the schools all our students deserve.

If parents and teachers across Connecticut fully understood how the education frauds, including those in Connecticut, have set up our children for failure, parents would be opting their children out of these unfair tests, going before local boards of education to demand immediate action and calling upon their legislators to adopt legislation requiring Connecticut to withdraw from the Smarter Balanced Consortium.

«If children for some reason are allowed to live with third persons, their parents may demand them back by civil action in a court of law, but the court must take into account only the interests of the children and their education.

Support their actions by taking back the discussion on higher education and demand the Cooper Union president reaffirming this mission.

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During this current drought, we need greater public education about drought and its impacts in order to gain a broader perspective about what actions the state and individuals could take to reduce demand and increase supply.

Delivering access to justice demands change and action on a very broad range of initiatives — pro bono work by the private bar, fair and adequate funding of legal aid, collaboration among all system participants (clients, lawyers, courts, agencies, NGO's), legal education (and its financing), e-filing and case data standards, court forms, court interfaces to self - represented litigants, unbundled legal services, virtual law practice, multistate practice, law practice ownership and investment, limited practice licenses, unauthorized practice of law rules, lawyer advertising rules, and lawyer discipline.

By now, it's no secret that legal education demands reform, and slowly, law schools are evaluating corrective action.

The Association of Canadian Publishers (ACP) is alarmed by the legal actions launched last week by Ministries of Education for all provinces and territories (except Quebec, and in Ontario through the provinces» school boards) against the Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (Access Copyright) demanding repayment of more than $ 25 million collected under a legally certified tariff for the period of 2010 to 2012.

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