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Hundreds of public school parents joined education reform organization StudentsFirstNY and other advocates on the steps of City Hall today to urge new Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza to hit the reset button on Mayor Bill de Blasio's failing education agenda.

(New York, NY)-- Hundreds of public school parents joined education reform organization StudentsFirstNY and other advocates on the steps of City Hall today to urge new Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza to hit the reset button on Mayor Bill de Blasio's failing education agenda.

At 4:15 p.m., hundreds of public school parents and teachers from Kenmore, Lakeshore, Hamburg and across WNY are expected to rally at Sen. Mark Grisanti's office to «hold him accountable for breaking his promise to fully fund public education,» 65 Court St., # 213 (Corner of Court & Niagara Square), Buffalo.

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Hundreds of upset parents showed up last night at contentious meeting in Manhattan where a city panel was going to vote on closing 13 public schools this summer.

That's why more than two hundred public school parents took to the steps of City Hall to demand immediate and bold action by Mayor de Blasio to end «Middle School Deserts» in New Yorkschool parents took to the steps of City Hall to demand immediate and bold action by Mayor de Blasio to end «Middle School Deserts» in New YorkSchool Deserts» in New York City.

Calling for an end to the unfair distribution of teacher quality across New York City public schools, StudentsFirstNY organizers and hundreds of New York City public school parents came together today to demand action to address the disproportionate number of unsatisfactory - rated teachers in schools with the highest needs.

Hundreds of public school students and parents have rallied at the New York state Capitol to urge lawmakers to boost school funding and reject Gov. Andrew Cuomo's education reforms.

After working with hundreds of parents in these sessions, we have seen outcomes that show that parents can truly impact public schools positively.

During a public - safety forum last week in the Broward County school district that brought hundreds of participants, shaken students and enraged parents and educators appealed to school leaders to protect campuses from violence.

Forget about the hundreds of hours that children have already spent prepping or the absurd Common Core Smarter Balanced Assessment Field Test and forget that instead of informing towns that only 10 % of their students need serve as rat labs for this test, Malloy and Pryor decided that ALL Connecticut public school students should be used a guinea pigs — test subjects for a testing that will run from March through June — all without the approval of their parents.

Throughout Washington, D.C., and around the country, parents are raising hundreds of thousands — even millions — of dollars to provide additional programs, services, and staff to some of their districts» least needy schools.7 They are investing more money than ever before: A recent study showed that, nationally, PTAs» revenues have almost tripled since the mid-1990s, reaching over $ 425 million in 2010.8 PTAs provide a small but growing slice of the funding for the nation's public education system.

Starting as a teacher and chess coach at Vaux Middle School and through his years as principal at several traditional public and charter schools, Thomas - EL has transformed the attitudes and strategies of school staff, parents, and members of the community to help hundreds of troubled children not only graduate from high school but go on to earn higher degrees from major colleges and universSchool and through his years as principal at several traditional public and charter schools, Thomas - EL has transformed the attitudes and strategies of school staff, parents, and members of the community to help hundreds of troubled children not only graduate from high school but go on to earn higher degrees from major colleges and universschool staff, parents, and members of the community to help hundreds of troubled children not only graduate from high school but go on to earn higher degrees from major colleges and universschool but go on to earn higher degrees from major colleges and universities.

As cataloged in the Public Schooling Battle Map, government schools have forced parents into conflict over issues like freedom of expression, religion, morality, creationism, evolution, multiculturalism, sexuality, and numerous other issues in hundreds of reported cases in recent years.

Speakers opposed to the state's new public education policies whipped an audience of hundreds into a furor at Comsewogue High School on March 29, 2014 as Opt - Out supporters, preaching from the stage in the auditorium, vowed to «starve the beast» — calling on parents to have their children skip the rigorous standardized tests and deprive the school system of the data upon which the system deSchool on March 29, 2014 as Opt - Out supporters, preaching from the stage in the auditorium, vowed to «starve the beast» — calling on parents to have their children skip the rigorous standardized tests and deprive the school system of the data upon which the system deschool system of the data upon which the system depends.

Personal information of hundreds of Fairfax County public school students was mistakenly posted on the school system's Web site, exposing their student identification numbers, birth dates, home addresses and phone numbers in what parents described as a breach of privacy.

Maine's proposed bill is supported by the Maine State Board of Education, the Maine PTA, Advisory Council on Alternative Education, the Maine Association for Public Charter Schools, and hundreds of parents, educators and other citizens, including the Commissioner of Education.

We hope that the hundreds of teachers and parents who helped submit those applications will continue to participate in the Public School Choice process, and continue their work to fight for the needs of their communities and children.»

There are hundreds of parents and children in Muscogee County who would love additional options, like public charter schools, to help their child reach their highest potential.

On October 18th, hundreds of parents from the Huntington Park charter public school community rallied together against a...

Hundreds of parents, teachers and community members celebrated the start of the new school year at D.C. Bilingual on Friday in the former Community Academy Public Charter School buischool year at D.C. Bilingual on Friday in the former Community Academy Public Charter School buiSchool building.

After hearing from hundreds of parents and school community members at 10 public meetings, the Commission issued a series of recommendations to remove schools from consideration as part of this process, including taking high schools and high - performing Level 1 schools off the table.

Litt noted that more than 50 public school parents sat through Tuesday's board meeting to support the resolution and hundreds of calls were made to school board offices.

Dozens and possibly hundreds of the state's charter schools have adopted policies that illegally require parents to volunteer, the nonprofit law firm Public Advocates charged in its report, «Charging For Access,» issued on Thursday.

The astronomical, hidden cost of sending kids to «good» public schools Public school education may be hundreds of thousands of dollars more than parentspublic schools Public school education may be hundreds of thousands of dollars more than parentsPublic school education may be hundreds of thousands of dollars more than parents think

Connecticut's public school parents and their children will be shocked to find out that hundreds of students will be turned away at the doors of Connecticut public magnet schools despite the fact that classrooms are available and ready to go.

Engaged charter parents will be delivering hundreds of handwritten letters from charter parents across the state, asking lawmakers to enact a fair and comprehensive funding formula that includes public schools of choice, including charters.

«We are not asking for any more than the regular public school funding,» said Pullen, who pointed out that the parents involved in the program have raised hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to supplement teacher assistants for each class.