Sentences with phrase «for education lobbyists»

For education lobbyists, putting budget cuts in those terms means calculating a deprivation factor.

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Crude and explicit materials, devoid of any reference to marriage or even to love, produced by groups with links to lobbyists promoting abortion and the «morning after» pill, have become the standard for sex education.

The Department of Education is unnecessary; since 1980, it has just been an opportunity for lobbyists and bureaucrats to interfere, to invent new regulations, to make political «contributions» to further such things as unwanted textbook imposition in a school system.

As you'll recall, Cuomo said during his State of the State address that he would be the self - appointed «lobbyist» for public school students this year, taking on what he perceives to be the bloated bureaucracy in the education system.

Education - oriented groups were the top lobbyists, conducting expensive and extensive campaigns as Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposed a package education policy changes for teacher evaluations and charterEducation - oriented groups were the top lobbyists, conducting expensive and extensive campaigns as Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposed a package education policy changes for teacher evaluations and chartereducation policy changes for teacher evaluations and charter schools.

Cuomo also famously doubled down on tying education funding to performance and pushing for greater teacher accountability, saying: «l learned that everyone in public education has his or her own lobbyist.

Cuomo says he's tired of hearing the same «debate» over education that's occurred for the last twenty years, which he says focuses too much on what he calls «high priced» professional education lobbyists and the amount of money to be spent on schools.

Cuomo says he will be the lobbyist for the students, and he called for a new commission, appointed jointly by the governor and legislature, to reform the state's education system, demanding greater accountability.

The governor reserved his deepest criticism for the education community, saying all of the major factions are represented by lobbyists.

As laid out in the letter, the story of how the lobbyist, Peter Galbraith Kelly, sought an internship for the daughter of the president of a «influential» labor union led to Percoco's wife being hired for a part - time job working on an education program.

Before rejoining Mr. Schneiderman's staff as Mr. Kwatra's replacement, Mr. Lasher spent 15 months as executive director of the education reform group StudentsFirstNY, but before that, he worked for Mayor Bloomberg as the administration's chief lobbyist in Albany.

That's what House Democrats, science lobbyists, and officials at the National Science Foundation (NSF) may want to ask themselves as they attempt to salvage the 5 - year, $ 82 - billion reauthorization to boost spending for research, education, and innovation at NSF and two other science agencies.

This focus on outcomes has its roots in her experiences in Texas, where during the 1980s and 1990s she was chief lobbyist for the Texas Association of School Boards and worked on several education improvement efforts piloted by business leaders, including a commission headed by billionaire H. Ross Perot.

«This is a very important win, but it's still an uphill battle,» said Michael Edwards, a lobbyist for the National Education Association.

On the day when the bill covering the Departments of Education, Labor, and Health and Human Services is scheduled for subcommittee markup - May 26 this year - lobbyists and journalists with a stake in the proceedings begin lining up in a corridor of the Rayburn Building.

Strong chapters on school desegregation, bilingual education, education for the disabled, and school finance all support Davies's argument that «in the 1970s, reform often emanated from... within the federal bureaucracy, from the lower federal courts, and through the energetic efforts of congressional staffers, lobbyists, and public interest law firms.»

Washington — In the middle of the night on Oct. 3, as the 98th Congress neared adjournment, a group of lobbyists and Senators turned the reauthorization for Head Start programs into a legislative «Christmas tree» bearing more than $ 200 million in new education initiatives.

Last week's failure of a massive tobacco - settlement bill in the Senate added new urgency to efforts by the Clinton administration and education lobbyists to find money to pay for class - size reductions and other programs with funding contingent on new cigarette taxes.

The list of those attending the Committee for Education Funding's third annual awards dinner represented a who's who among education lobbyists and included enough Congressional aides to overstuff aEducation Funding's third annual awards dinner represented a who's who among education lobbyists and included enough Congressional aides to overstuff aeducation lobbyists and included enough Congressional aides to overstuff a Rolodex.

Scores of lobbyists and onlookers enjoyed free sweets during a National Bake Sale for Education on Capitol Hill, but the point was to call attention to $ 4 billion in school spending cuts now on the table in Congress.

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.

Education lobbyists say HR 2086 would conceivably allow school districts to use federal dollars to pay for vouchers for private school tuition or to pay private companies to provide school services.

«It's still hard to say what will happen, but we're thankful the administration plan is holding firm on education,» said Joel Packer, a lobbyist for the National Education Asseducation,» said Joel Packer, a lobbyist for the National Education AssEducation Association.

All of this has set the stage for education industry lobbyists to achieve an unprecedented expansion in for - profit elementary through high school education.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan kicked off the meeting with a group that included national and regional education advocates, lobbyists, and others looking for policy updates, by saying the department still hopes to get $ 300 million from Congress for a new early - childhood education inEducation Arne Duncan kicked off the meeting with a group that included national and regional education advocates, lobbyists, and others looking for policy updates, by saying the department still hopes to get $ 300 million from Congress for a new early - childhood education ineducation advocates, lobbyists, and others looking for policy updates, by saying the department still hopes to get $ 300 million from Congress for a new early - childhood education ineducation initiative.

WASHINGTON — Several members of the Congressional committees that oversee social - service spending last week criticized education lobbyists here for using what one member termed «pressure tactics» to protect education funding increases.

Its evolution into a financier, lobbyist, and marketing shop for a variety of as - yet - unproven whole - school designs must be considered at best a modest contribution to the cause of education improvement.

As if all of that wasn't clear enough, Bronin's donor list even contains most of the lobbyists who represent the pro-privatization, anti-teacher and anti-public education groups in Connecticut including the lobbyists for ConnCAN, the Northeast Charter School Network and the Connecticut Council for Educatioeducation groups in Connecticut including the lobbyists for ConnCAN, the Northeast Charter School Network and the Connecticut Council for EducationEducation Reform.

At the same time, these «school nurse lobbyists» wanted to encourage legislators to put more money for K - 12 education in to the state budget so that vital education programs and services do not have to be cut.

I also blame the current national Department of Education for Reach to the Top, for pushing these policies and private foundations, which are the new tax free lobbyists.

Model legislation is a template for a bill designed by education reformers, business leaders and lobbyists who work with state legislators to promote, sponsor and pass the bill.

He's also spent time as a Teach for America teacher (3rd grade in Washington, D.C.); a nonprofit fundraiser, marketer, and lobbyist with College Summit; a summer consultant in FSG's youth and education practice; and in social marketing with PR firm Porter Novelli.

«A lot of my members are concerned that she's never been seen as an advocate for public education,» said Dan Rossmiller, lobbyist for the Wisconsin Association of School Boards.

In the shorthand of the traditional education lobby, TER was often tied to the powerful Texans for Lawsuit Reform, sharing common lobbyists.

She is a registered lobbyist and advocate for public education before the Montana Legislature.

«We all came here under the belief that parents ought to be able to direct the education of their kids,» said Grant Callen, head of Empower Mississippi, one of the leading lobbyists for school choice in the state.

When I served on California's State Board of Education, every time I cast a vote there were lobbyists for teachers unions, administrator unions, charter schools and a plethora of other special interests sitting right there in the front row.

The support of a U.S. education secretary, even an unpopular one, for such thinking emboldens like - minded state legislators and lobbyists to push the agenda.

Parents are outraged over news that a lobbyist for the American Federation of Teachers bragged about watering down an education - reform bill at the AFT's national conference last month.

Rhee's group receives funding from Murdoch, who «has pledged to spend more than $ 1 billion to bring for - profit schools, including virtual education, to the entire country by electing reform - friendly candidates and hiring top - notch state lobbyists.»

CCER's Executive Director, Jeff Villar, who once served as the superintendent of schools in Windsor, left his position there three months ago to become the six - figure executive director and lobbyist for the Connecticut Council for Education Reform (CCER).

The corporate CEOs and Presidents have set up a website, retained lobbyists and hired a staff including their new Executive Direct, Rae Ann Knopf, who served as Vermont's Deputy Secretary of Education from 2006 until she left to take the position the Connecticut Council for Education Reform.

If you are so inclined, you may also want to read the recent Washington Post (10.24.16) article, entitled «The big problem with the Obama administration's new teacher - education regulations», in which the chair of Connecticut College's Education Department co-wrote that the «academy provisions» which were incorporated into ESSA (after initially being developed by the two charter lobbyist organizations New Schools Venture Fund and Relay Graduate School of Education) would exempt «entrepreneurial «start - up programs» (i.e. teacher preparation «academies»)... from many of the requirements that states will enforce for other programs — such as hiring faculty who hold advanced degrees or conduct research, holding students to certain credit hours or course sequences, or securing accreditation from the field's accrediting bodieeducation regulations», in which the chair of Connecticut College's Education Department co-wrote that the «academy provisions» which were incorporated into ESSA (after initially being developed by the two charter lobbyist organizations New Schools Venture Fund and Relay Graduate School of Education) would exempt «entrepreneurial «start - up programs» (i.e. teacher preparation «academies»)... from many of the requirements that states will enforce for other programs — such as hiring faculty who hold advanced degrees or conduct research, holding students to certain credit hours or course sequences, or securing accreditation from the field's accrediting bodieEducation Department co-wrote that the «academy provisions» which were incorporated into ESSA (after initially being developed by the two charter lobbyist organizations New Schools Venture Fund and Relay Graduate School of Education) would exempt «entrepreneurial «start - up programs» (i.e. teacher preparation «academies»)... from many of the requirements that states will enforce for other programs — such as hiring faculty who hold advanced degrees or conduct research, holding students to certain credit hours or course sequences, or securing accreditation from the field's accrediting bodieEducation) would exempt «entrepreneurial «start - up programs» (i.e. teacher preparation «academies»)... from many of the requirements that states will enforce for other programs — such as hiring faculty who hold advanced degrees or conduct research, holding students to certain credit hours or course sequences, or securing accreditation from the field's accrediting bodies.»

Of particular note is that while pledging to support Hartford's Public Schools, Bronin relied heavily on donations from the Charter School and Corporate Education Reform Industry, collecting huge amounts of money from charter school advocates and Greenwich residents Jonathan Sackler and Billionaire Paul Tudor Jones II, as well as employees, board members and lobbyists for Connecticut's charter schools.

Interestingly rather than telling NBC news the truth, the whole truth and nothing be the truth, the spokesperson for Governor Malloy's Department of Education and the paid lobbyist for one of Connecticut's Corporate Education Reform Industry groups decided that they would intentionally mislead the mother, NBC news and the people of Connecticut into thinking the mom did not have the right to opt her child out of the Common Core SBAC Test.

Jeffrey Villar, the Executive Director of the Connecticut Council for Education Reform, is a registered lobbyist whose compensation package is in excess of $ 150,000 a year.

Our Philadelphia founding member, Helen Gym, shared news reports that her group, Parents United for Public Education, and others have filed an ethics complaint against the William Penn Foundation and the Boston Consulting Group, alleging that BCG was acting as a lobbyist when it developed a plan for the School District of Philadelphia including major school closures and charter expansion, funded through and at the direction of the foundation.

Sarah currently works as a facilitator for Education Equity Consultants providing social justice learning experiences and is a lobbyist assistant for MASA.

Paid to promote the Common Core, the Common Core testing and more state aid for charter schools, Fasano's pro-public education stance is just too much for these charter lobbyists to handle and so they are targeting him.

Former state superintendent Tony Bennett, who faced ethics charges after accusations of changing A-F grades in 2013, is back in the political game after registering as a lobbyist to the Florida legislature for an Indiana based education company.