Sentences with phrase «party over education reform»

The involvement of such high - profile Obama alumni highlights the sharp schism within the Democratic Party over education reform.

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Rob Astorino's push to launch the Reform Party — a re-naming of a ballot line created last year set up to oppose the Common Core education standards — is part of a larger struggle for the 2014 Republican gubernatorial nominee to gain some leverage over the state's Republican apparatus.

Incumbent Senate Democrats also had a good night: Gustavo Rivera crushed a challenger who benefited from over half a million in spending from education reform groups, Queens» James Sanders beat back a challenge bolstered by his own county's party officials, and Toby Ann Stavisky cruised to a second straight double - digit victory in Flushing.

The Centre for Reform Education Initiative, CREI, has commended the former Chairman of the Board of Trustees, BoT, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Tony Anenih over his honesty and uprightness in writing to the Economic Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, without anybody's prompting to explain his role in the $ 2.1 billion Arms deal saga.

Problems with the NHS and disputes over education reform have also led to major clashes between the leadership and the left of the party, while disputes over pensions have also soured relationships with many unions.

In staking out platforms in the coming months for what will likely be a feisty GOP primary, Republicans face two quandaries regarding education policy: They need to distinguish their positions from Obama's centrist education reforms, and they need to win over the Republican base, fueled by some Tea Party energy, that will push for the U.S. Department of Education to be dismantled aleducation policy: They need to distinguish their positions from Obama's centrist education reforms, and they need to win over the Republican base, fueled by some Tea Party energy, that will push for the U.S. Department of Education to be dismantled aleducation reforms, and they need to win over the Republican base, fueled by some Tea Party energy, that will push for the U.S. Department of Education to be dismantled alEducation to be dismantled altogether.

«There is a deep factional divide in the Democratic Party over teacher unionism,» said David J. Menefee - Libey, a Pomona (Calif.) College professor who specializes in the politics of education reform.

And when we talk about improving public education, and the very real and increasing threat that is coming from the corporate «education reform» types, who want to layoff teachers, ban or reduce collective bargaining rights, take - over public schools and transfer the care and control of our public schools to various third parties... let's not forget that many districts do not fund enough IA positions and every district fails to fairly compensate IAs for the incredible work they do.

readers know from earlier posts, Governor Malloy, Democratic Party Chair Nancy DiNardo and the Democratic State Central Committee syphoned over more than $ 37,000 in a failed attempt to beat back a Democratic challenge slate in Bridgeport that did not support Paul Vallas or Governor Malloy and Mayor Bill Finch's corporate education reform agenda.

The presence of Democrats in the reform movement has led to a deepening rift within the party over the role of unions in education and teacher protections, particularly as the reform movement has so far failed to deliver on its promised outcomes.

While it isn't clear exactly what she will do if she becomes president — as platform language does not necessarily translate into policy — supporters of those reforms are furious at the changes, highlighting a rift in the party over how to improve K - 12 education.

It has been both amusing and instructive to watch the disintegrating nexus between the Democratic Party and one of its staunchest and most reliable constituencies, the teachers unions, over the reform of public education around the country.

Even as the party itself is divided over embracing Common Core standards, has a retrograde on education in the form of House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (who wants to eviscerate the strong accountability measures contained in the No Child Left Behind Act), and had a primary race for the presidential nod that had seen aspirants backtrack (of offer little information) on their respective school reform agendas, Republicans were able to paper over these issues thanks to strong calls by former Florida governor Jeb Bush, Texas teacher Sean Duffy, and onetime Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice for expanding school choice, advancing Parent Power, and overhauling how teachers are recruited, trained, managed, and comeducation in the form of House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (who wants to eviscerate the strong accountability measures contained in the No Child Left Behind Act), and had a primary race for the presidential nod that had seen aspirants backtrack (of offer little information) on their respective school reform agendas, Republicans were able to paper over these issues thanks to strong calls by former Florida governor Jeb Bush, Texas teacher Sean Duffy, and onetime Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice for expanding school choice, advancing Parent Power, and overhauling how teachers are recruited, trained, managed, and comEducation and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (who wants to eviscerate the strong accountability measures contained in the No Child Left Behind Act), and had a primary race for the presidential nod that had seen aspirants backtrack (of offer little information) on their respective school reform agendas, Republicans were able to paper over these issues thanks to strong calls by former Florida governor Jeb Bush, Texas teacher Sean Duffy, and onetime Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice for expanding school choice, advancing Parent Power, and overhauling how teachers are recruited, trained, managed, and compensated.

In a piece entitled, «Democratic Political Infighting Over Education Harms Black Families,» which was published on The Root last month, Dr. Andre Perry claimed that our organization, Democrats for Education Reform, not only «attacked» Hillary Clinton — because our position on charter schools differs from that of the former secretary of state — but also that we have broken away from the Democratic Party's education Education Harms Black Families,» which was published on The Root last month, Dr. Andre Perry claimed that our organization, Democrats for Education Reform, not only «attacked» Hillary Clinton — because our position on charter schools differs from that of the former secretary of state — but also that we have broken away from the Democratic Party's education Education Reform, not only «attacked» Hillary Clinton — because our position on charter schools differs from that of the former secretary of state — but also that we have broken away from the Democratic Party's education education platform.

The family has contributed over a billion dollars to a variety of causes, including the Republican Party, and organizations that support education reform.

One of the most contentious aspects of Governor Malloy's «education reform» proposal was the section granting Malloy's Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor, the power to take over a local district school, ban collective bargaining, fire the staff and hand the school over to a third party who would then be exempt from having to follow Connecticut's laws about competitive bidding and the law limiting the use of coneducation reform» proposal was the section granting Malloy's Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor, the power to take over a local district school, ban collective bargaining, fire the staff and hand the school over to a third party who would then be exempt from having to follow Connecticut's laws about competitive bidding and the law limiting the use of conEducation, Stefan Pryor, the power to take over a local district school, ban collective bargaining, fire the staff and hand the school over to a third party who would then be exempt from having to follow Connecticut's laws about competitive bidding and the law limiting the use of consultants.

We have a Democratic Governor proclaiming, with pride, that he will veto any «education reform» bill that doesn't give that same Commissioner the ability to take over 25 schools, fire the staff, ban collective bargaining and turn the schools over to some group of unnamed third - party entities who will then be exempt from Connecticut's laws on bidding and the use of consultants.