Sentences with phrase «other education reform advocates»

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Education reform advocates, on the other hand, are facing the possibility that de Blasio is elected mayor and immediately works to stop the expansion of NYC's charter schools:

Its impressive «Schools That Work» series, in which Edutopia throws all of its multimedia resources into detailed coverage of an individual school, recently featured YES Prep, an urban charter - school network often mentioned in the same breath with KIPP, Achievement First, and other «no excuses» schools championed by advocates of test - driven education reform.

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(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.

When launching the latest grand reform du jour, education leaders and advocates have frequently made the mistake of overselling the benefits and ease of adoption to teachers, parents, community members, and other stakeholders.

In a commentary piece entitled Heeding the lessons of teenagers, fellow Education Advocate and columnist Wendy Lecker used her latest article in the Stamford Advocate and other Hearst Media Group outlets to remind us that when it comes to the so - called «education reform» agenda it is critically important that student voices be heard above the din of politics and the greed of the corporate education reform Education Advocate and columnist Wendy Lecker used her latest article in the Stamford Advocate and other Hearst Media Group outlets to remind us that when it comes to the so - called «education reform» agenda it is critically important that student voices be heard above the din of politics and the greed of the corporate education reform education reform» agenda it is critically important that student voices be heard above the din of politics and the greed of the corporate education reform education reform industry.

Advocates of integrating technology education in teacher education face a significant obstacle that may not be experienced by other curriculum reformers — they probably do not know much about curriculum reform.

For more than two years many Connecticut teachers, public school advocates, parents of public school students and others have been warning about the dangers that will result from Governor Malloy's corporate education reform industry initiative.

Even more importantly, when will parents, activists, education leaders, and other reform advocates demand that classroom teachers reflect the communities they serve?

In the last two years, Ravitch has accused private entrepreneurs, the «corporate - reform movement,» Florida Governor Rick Scott, charter schools, and voucher advocates, among others, of trying to «destroy» public education.

As a school - choice advocate, she is well - positioned to put her stamp on the expansion of charter schools and other effective - but often controversial - education reforms.

In other news, another corporate education reform industry leader, Colorado Democratic Congressman Jared Polis, returned to twitter last night to continue his rant about the country's leading public school advocate, Diane Ravitch.

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.

The overall reluctance of New York's education reform leaders to take a public stand on DeVos reveals a third rail that local charter advocates — and their counterparts in other charter - heavy cities, like New Orleans, Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles — are now forced to maneuver.

From appointing reform advocate Stefan Pryor as his education superintendent, to succinctly summing up the problems with tenure and other aspects of traditional teacher compensation... Malloy has made Connecticut one of Dropout Nation «s Five States to Watch on the school reform front.»