Sentences with phrase «education and advocacy also»

The SEC's Office of Investor Education and Advocacy also released an investor bulletin in tandem with the agency's broader announcement.

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They also have a farm animal welfare program that aims to improve the treatment of farm animals through education and advocacy.

But there is also a new middle class, based on the production and distribution of symbolic knowledge, whose members are the increasingly large number of people occupied with education, the media of mass communication; therapy in all its forms, the advocacy and administration of well - being, social justice and personal lifestyles.

Advocacy, education, and possibly legislation may also reduce waste in the food service and retail sectors.

We also offer education, case management, advocacy and more.

It is also a place for parents to connect with the birth education and advocacy community.

I've also been trained in disability advocacy by the ARC of King County, and am a Parent Trainer through the Finding Your Voice program of the Washington State Education Ombudsman.

Also at 11 a.m, Regents Chancellor Betty Rosa will participate in the Advocates and Organization Leaders» Panel at the Schott Foundation for Public Education 25TH Anniversary Forum: Accelerating Advocacy for Equity and Opportunity, Baruch College, William and Anita Newman Conference Center, 7th Floor, 151 East 25th St., Manhattan.

Fix NY also includes initiatives on key business advocacy issues including: economic development, education and workforce development, energy and environment, health insurance, government contracts, infrastructure, taxation and technology, tourism and travel, and workers» compensation and unemployment.

Speaking at an advocacy dialogue with traditional leaders in the region for the elimination of harmful social and cultural practices, Ms Amidu said research showed that quality education, improved sanitation, nutrition, maternal and child health, and access to water supply also recorded low rates.

Here we also recognize key individuals with our MISMR Advocacy Awards for contributions to science and science education in Michigan.

He also is director of the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies, a nonprofit organization in Ithaca, New York, which promotes optimal nutrition through science - based education, advocacy, and research in partnership with eCornell, Cornell University's online course provider.

Each class can also include grandparents and others who wish to learn advocacy skills for supporting public education.

In my advocacy work I also find that more and more parents whose kids don't fit the cookie cutter mold of their neighborhood school are increasingly interested in the option of high - quality education online — even if it means missing teacher - led instruction.

Private - school lobbyists are also worried that partisan enmity stirred up by their advocacy of school choice could deny them participation in new education - reform programs, some sources say, and even make it difficult for them to influence next year's reauthorization of most major precollegiate - education programs.

Finally, advocacy involves partnering with national civic and policy leaders and grassroots organizations in communities to build a field committed to this new vision of education while also identifying policy barriers and opportunities to implementing a more comprehensive system of supports for children in communities across the country.

The Lab's staff will also continue to lead the national advocacy agenda that NCTL launched in 2007 Additionally, grant will support the Lab's «By All Means» initiative by providing advice and support to the city teams, leveraging financial and technical assistance resources, conducting research on the effectiveness of local work, documenting local work and disseminating best practices, brokering national partnerships with organizations in the health, education, social service, and community schools» fields, and providing direct technical assistance in relevant areas of expertise.

The organization also serves the education community through research and advocacy on behalf of students, educators and schools.

And today, growing segments of the education sector — not just teachers, but also their unions, lawmakers, parents, and prominent researchers and advocacy groups — seem to be forgetting (or willfully ignoring) the value of statewide standardized testiAnd today, growing segments of the education sector — not just teachers, but also their unions, lawmakers, parents, and prominent researchers and advocacy groups — seem to be forgetting (or willfully ignoring) the value of statewide standardized testiand prominent researchers and advocacy groups — seem to be forgetting (or willfully ignoring) the value of statewide standardized testiand advocacy groups — seem to be forgetting (or willfully ignoring) the value of statewide standardized testing.

The report by the nonprofit Grantmakers for Education, issued last week, also notes a growing interest in collaboration among funders, as well as increased attention to fueling educational innovations and providing dollars to support advocacy and public - policy work.

The school reform movement must also embrace explicit and constant advocacy for poor and minority children and their communities as a critical component in advancing the transformation of American public education.

CO ASCD will also sponsor an annual advocacy event — either face - to - face or online — that will feature policymakers and educators having conversations about education policy issues or helping teachers develop their leadership skills in advocacy and influence.

She also oversaw Uncommon's parent and community engagement strategy to empower parents as leaders in the charter school and larger education reform movement, and led the advocacy and external affairs strategy for Uncommon NYC.

But the bill also hands the union a victory on two contentious issues, which is why Los Angeles Unified Superintendent John Deasy joined nonprofit advocacy groups EdVoice, Education Trust - West, Children Now, and StudentsFirst in opposing AB 5.

Georgia also has 4 scholarships: legislative leadership award for exceptional advocacy to the organization or students with disabilities, a scholarship for a special education administrator to attend CEC, scholarship to a special education teacher or paraeducator pursuing further education and one for an individual who has shown significant leadership potential and is currently in a leadership program.

Brian has also worked at California Tomorrow as Senior Associate for Public Education, Advocacy, and Alliance Building for the Community College Access and Equity Initiative.

Collectively, CLASS represents 115,000 students, teachers, parents and other community members, and has also cast its net wider than traditional education advocacy groups to include parent groups, health advocates and foster youth organizations

John B. King, the former U.S. education Secretary and incoming president of the Education Trust, a nonprofit advocacy group, has expressed a range of concerns about DeVos and her commitment to public education, but said he's also keeping an oeducation Secretary and incoming president of the Education Trust, a nonprofit advocacy group, has expressed a range of concerns about DeVos and her commitment to public education, but said he's also keeping an oEducation Trust, a nonprofit advocacy group, has expressed a range of concerns about DeVos and her commitment to public education, but said he's also keeping an oeducation, but said he's also keeping an open mind.

Additional information and guidance is also available on the New York City Department of Education's special education website and the advocacy and disability organizations listed in the liEducation's special education website and the advocacy and disability organizations listed in the lieducation website and the advocacy and disability organizations listed in the link below.

This information is also utilized in State of the State reports and legislative and other government education and advocacy to support afterschool throughout the state.

Edgerley has also donated millions in support of the privatization of public education, including hundreds of thousands of dollars to New Profit, Inc. and Strategic Grant Partners, a Massachusetts based foundation that has been funding the expansion of charter schools and charter school advocacy groups in that state.

Sackler also formed ConnCAN, ConnAD and 50CAN, all major corporate education reform advocacy groups.

He also coordinated the effort of a Los Angeles coalition of civil rights, education and community advocacy groups — known as Communities for Los Angeles Student Success, or CLASS — to use the state's new K - 12 local funding law to improve achievement for minority and low - income students.

Petry is also a founder of Education Reform Now, one of the most active charter school advocacy organizations in the nation and one that has spent millions trying to undermine teachers and the teacher's union in New York City.

In my advocacy work I also find that more and more parents whose kids don't fit the cookie cutter mold of their neighborhood school are increasingly interested in the option of high - quality education online - even if it means missing teacher - led instruction.

Sackler, who helped Malloy's Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor, create Achievement First Inc., the large charter school management company that owns at least 20 schools in Connecticut and New York, also played a pivotal role in forming Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now Inc. (ConnCAN), Connecticut Coalition for Education Advocacy (ConnAD) and 50 - CAN, the national organization that has inserted ConnCAN - like organizations into the education reform debate in Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and RhodEducation, Stefan Pryor, create Achievement First Inc., the large charter school management company that owns at least 20 schools in Connecticut and New York, also played a pivotal role in forming Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now Inc. (ConnCAN), Connecticut Coalition for Education Advocacy (ConnAD) and 50 - CAN, the national organization that has inserted ConnCAN - like organizations into the education reform debate in Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and RhodEducation Advocacy (ConnAD) and 50 - CAN, the national organization that has inserted ConnCAN - like organizations into the education reform debate in Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Rhodeducation reform debate in Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island.

Sackler was also the funding force behind the corporate education reform advocacy groups ConnCAN, ConnAD, and the national education reform advocacy group 50 - CAN.

She also worked at the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California where she concentrated on a range of social and racial justice issues including advancing education equity, LGBTQ issues, immigrant rights, and advocacy for the homeless.

MITUL also engages in broad communication, education and advocacy around the role of teacher unions in defining and leading public education reform.

According to the group's most recent filing with the State Ethics Commission (filed yesterday), the corporate funded education reform advocacy front group also spent $ 14,000 for subway sandwiches and $ 6,771 to Staples to pay for the signs demanding that Connecticut legislators hand over nearly $ 21 million in scarce taxpayer money so that the infamous Steve Perry can open a publicly funded, but privately owned charter school in Bridgeport and a Bronx, New York charter school chain can save Stamford by opening up a charter school there.

New Profit, Inc. also «invests» in a variety of other corporate education reform industry companies and front groups including Educators 4 Excellence, a New York based anti-union advocacy group that recently opened offices in Connecticut; the Kipp Charter School Chain, a company that runs well over 100 charter schools around the nation; the «Achievement Network» and «Turnaround for Children,» two other corporate education reform organizations.

FaithActs for Education also shares an address with Educators 4 Excellence, another corporate funded advocacy group that claims to speak for teachers who are opposed to tenure and other collective bargaining rights.

She also ran the firm's non-profit consulting practice, which built public policy and advocacy campaigns for education organizations, including Parent Revolution.

He also coordinated Communities for Los Angeles Student Success (CLASS), a Los Angeles - based coalition of civil rights, education and community advocacy groups dedicated to closing the opportunity and achievement gaps for students - of - color and students living in poverty.

It will also guide you to activities and resources for music education advocacy on state and federal levels as part of national music education advocacy efforts.

Gates also supports charter schools, but the Walton Family Foundation ($ 164 million in education grants in 2013) stands out because of its uncompromisingly ideological approach to public education and its strong support for policy advocacy in line with that approach.

Some education advocacy groups have also expressed concern that these higher standards might inadvertently widen the achievement gap between students whose native language is English and English learners.

A committee plans to meet Feb. 16 at the state Education Department in Montgomery to work on the draft of that contract, according to Commissioner Thomas Rains, who is also vice president of operations and policy at the A + Education Partnership, a state education advocaEducation Department in Montgomery to work on the draft of that contract, according to Commissioner Thomas Rains, who is also vice president of operations and policy at the A + Education Partnership, a state education advocaEducation Partnership, a state education advocaeducation advocacy group.

Kathleen B. Boundy, Co-director, Center for Law and Education and Candace Cortiella, Director, The Advocacy Institute also contributed.

We are also active in education outreach and advocacy, participating in numerous animal - related events to raise awareness about animal welfare and specific issues as they pertain to Missouri.