Sentences with phrase «local education activist»

-LSB-...] Weber, a local education activist, wrote up a great (opinionated) synopsis of what happened in the latest school board race, and how the no - charters beat the -LSB-...]

Local education activist, Jesse Mojica was named the new executive director for Family and Community Engagement in the city Department of Education.

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Rachel May, coordinator of the university's sustainability education, has been a local activist for years.

Many activists joined efforts to reform local government, public education, medicine, finance, insurance, industry, railroads, churches, and many other areas.

Saturday's rally was spearheaded by local Tea Party activist Rus Thompson and the Shooters Committee On Political Education, a gun advocacy group.

The move was met with outrage from local politicians and education activists, who argued that the community needed the seats for local elementary students instead.

And the school likely wouldn't have such classes, some teachers here say, if the U.S. Department of Education's office for civil rights hadn't forced the Salt Lake City district to bolster its services for English - learners in response to a complaint by a local activist in 2001.

Local conservative education activist Cindy Reagor has lead a crusade against constructivism, objecting that at constructivism's core «is the idea that everything is subjective and that there is no truth.»

Addressing the large audience of New England - area teachers and parent - activists attending the meeting at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, the speakers nevertheless urged advocates of education programs for the gifted to lobby local and state officials for the expansion of gifted - education Education, the speakers nevertheless urged advocates of education programs for the gifted to lobby local and state officials for the expansion of gifted - education education programs for the gifted to lobby local and state officials for the expansion of gifted - education education programs.

While all the usual local suspects have been deeply involved in this walkout — the Oklahoma administrators «association» CCOSA, the Association of School Boards, and school district personnel — a specific group of Oklahoma education activists have orchestrated much of the social media action.

It sure is, say local opt - out activists, who oppose so - called school reform measures — including high - stakes tests used to evaluate teachers — that they say are designed to foster private alternatives and ultimately dismantle public education.

But Janet Downs, an activist with the Local Schools Network, accused the Department for Education of trying to avoid bad publicity about academies by pushing the release back until after the release of its white paper on March 17.

Corporate education reform foe Diane Ravitch will visit Madison next month and activists are using the occasion to inform local citizens about the movement to privatize schools.

It means talking with parents and community activists worried about children with greater needs having access to fewer resources, local business leaders concerned about protecting the critical contributions of public schools to their local workforce and economy, and many others who have a stake in public education and our country's future.

They will be joined by local community activists, civil rights leaders, and Hartford Public Schools teachers and education support staff who are supporting the parents» efforts.

Itasca Small, a long - time supporter and activist for states rights; local control over education and stopping Common Core; and defending our State Superintendent's constitutional powers over education in our state; is running for State Senator against Bob Worsley (R - LD25 Mesa).

In contrast, Education Commissioner Richard Crandall responded to local parent activist Cheri Kiesecker that Colorado would be using computer scoring for two thirds of students» PARCC writing responses:

These actions have led education advocate and activist Jonathan Pelto to ask the state's Commissioner of the Department of Children and Families to investigate «the abusive bullying and punishment that is being perpetrated by some local school superintendents and local school officials against those who have been opted out of the SBAC testing.»

She has been an activist for public education and underrepresented populations at the national, state, and local level, including marching on Washington on a «Journey for Justice», presenting at conferences, giving testimony at legislative sessions, and being published on topics related to educational equity.

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