Sentences with phrase «priority schools campaign»

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«We want to prevent mass shootings from happening and while this could have happened with other types of weapons, NeverAgain believes school safety should be priority right now, not just background checks,» said Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student Kali Clougherty, 18, referring to a campaign for gun coschool safety should be priority right now, not just background checks,» said Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student Kali Clougherty, 18, referring to a campaign for gun coSchool student Kali Clougherty, 18, referring to a campaign for gun control.

New York State United Teachers, a union that remains powerful by virtue of its 600,000 members regardless of its losses in the recent election cycle, denounced Cuomo's letter on Thursday, arguing that his apparent priorities — strengthening teacher evaluations, lengthening the probationary period before teachers may get tenure and boosting charter schools — are handouts to pro-charter billionaire hedge funders who give generously to his campaigns.

Forcina, a former Marine who worked at a software company prior to becoming an attorney, said his top campaign priorities are elder care, writing laws that will aid small businesses in northeast Queens, lowering taxes and supporting the creation of charter schools in his district.

Fundraising for the Warren Alpert Medical School and the Brown Institute for Translational Science is a priority for the $ 3 - billion BrownTogether comprehensive campaign the University launched publicly in fall 2015.

Addressing the crowd, Dean James Ryan spoke about spending the past year, with the help of colleagues, thinking about the school's mission and developing three strategies to improve education: cultivating leaders and innovators, collaborating on questions that matter, and communicating with the field, which he explained were also the school's campaign priorities.

One priority of the Campaign for Harvard Graduate School of Education is «Collaborate on Questions That Matter.»

A Wise Up campaign has since been launched, alongside the National Children's Bureau, which is calling for teachers, parents and pupils to sign an open letter addressed to Theresa May, urging her to rebalance the system and make wellbeing a priority for schools.

Naturally, the discussion returned during the election campaign this year, with Labor promising $ 400 million for teaching scholarships aimed at encouraging recent STEM graduates to enter the education field.4 At the same time, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull floated the idea of making maths and science a requirement for finishing high school, stating it was a «big priority» for the Government.

Breaking the pipeline is an explicit federal priority, and on the campaign trail, Hillary Clinton pledged $ 2 billion to help schools add counselors and reduce suspensions.

Setting out the education priorities for Labour in the election campaign, he called for all teachers to have qualified teacher status or to be moving towards it and to allow local authorities to be able to open new schools «on an equal footing with other providers».

NEA's Priority Schools Campaign (PSC) kicked - off a long - term, multi-faceted family and community engagement effort in Augusta, Georgia with uplifting assemblies at three priority high sSchools Campaign (PSC) kicked - off a long - term, multi-faceted family and community engagement effort in Augusta, Georgia with uplifting assemblies at three priority high schoolsschools.

NEA's Priority Schools Campaign is working with Roberts and other priority schools to provide tips and techniques on how the community can work together in struggling schools, increase graduation rates, and close gaps in academic achievement for all stSchools Campaign is working with Roberts and other priority schools to provide tips and techniques on how the community can work together in struggling schools, increase graduation rates, and close gaps in academic achievement for all stschools to provide tips and techniques on how the community can work together in struggling schools, increase graduation rates, and close gaps in academic achievement for all stschools, increase graduation rates, and close gaps in academic achievement for all students.

Similarly, President Donald Trump outlined his support for school choice on the campaign trail last year and has continued to make this a priority of his administration.

-- Howenstine High School (January 31, 2012) Howenstine High School, a priority school in Tucson, Arizona, was featured on KGUN9 - TV as» school making a profound difference in the lives of students» and receiving national attention from the NEA Priority Schools CamSchool (January 31, 2012) Howenstine High School, a priority school in Tucson, Arizona, was featured on KGUN9 - TV as» school making a profound difference in the lives of students» and receiving national attention from the NEA Priority Schools CamSchool, a priority school in Tucson, Arizona, was featured on KGUN9 - TV as» school making a profound difference in the lives of students» and receiving national attention from the NEA Priority Schools Camschool in Tucson, Arizona, was featured on KGUN9 - TV as» school making a profound difference in the lives of students» and receiving national attention from the NEA Priority Schools Camschool making a profound difference in the lives of students» and receiving national attention from the NEA Priority Schools Campaign.

«Closing student achievement gaps is one of the most pressing challenges facing public education, and a critical component in transforming our priority schools,» said Denise Alston, C.A.R.E. presenter and NEA staff with the Priority Schools Caschools,» said Denise Alston, C.A.R.E. presenter and NEA staff with the Priority Schools CaSchools Campaign.

She met with educators and students at great schools across Michigan, Illinois and Wisconsin and campaigned to make public education a priority for lawmakers.

Through our six - year Priority Schools Campaign we will partner with our state and local affiliates to assist priority schools identified by the U.S. Department of EduSchools Campaign we will partner with our state and local affiliates to assist priority schools identified by the U.S. Department of Eduschools identified by the U.S. Department of Education.

The hard work and dedication of educators in these priority schools often goes unrecognized, but at the 2011 NEA Representative Assembly in Chicago, examples of innovative and collaborative approaches to education reform at NEA Priority Schools Campaign sites were highlighted during a presentation in front of more than 8,000 delschools often goes unrecognized, but at the 2011 NEA Representative Assembly in Chicago, examples of innovative and collaborative approaches to education reform at NEA Priority Schools Campaign sites were highlighted during a presentation in front of more than 8,000 delSchools Campaign sites were highlighted during a presentation in front of more than 8,000 delegates.

This spring, the National Education Association's (NEA) Priority Schools Campaign launched three VLCs geared toward teachers and Education Support Professionals working in priority sSchools Campaign launched three VLCs geared toward teachers and Education Support Professionals working in priority schoolsschools.

During his campaign, President - elect Trump's primary K - 12 education policy priority was a new $ 20 billion initiative that would provide funds for school choice vouchers.

In response, Andrea Johnson and the Hartford Federation of teachers did exactly the right thing by revoking their endorsement of Bronin's campaign and making it clear that as long as he is unwilling to commit to making Hartford's public school students, parents, teachers and schools a true priority, he is simply not ready for the critically important job of serving as Hartford's mayor.

«When superintendents step up and make summer learning a priority and invest in it, we see other progress at school sites and other partners, and in some cases, cities coming to the table as well,» said Jennifer Peck, the co-chair of the California Summer Matters campaign and the President and CEO of the Partnership for Children & Youth.

Parental and community engagement are key goals for NEA Priority Schools Campaign, a multi-year effort to bring permanent transformation and improvement to America's lower - performing priority sSchools Campaign, a multi-year effort to bring permanent transformation and improvement to America's lower - performing priority schoolsschools.

The advocacy and lobbying group is also behind the multi-million dollar advertising campaign to undermine New York Mayor Bill de Blasio's decision to make New York City's public schools a high priority compared to the Bloomberg administration's approach that diverted tens of millions in public resources away from the public schools and to the city's privately run charter schools.

The campaign, launched earlier this month, draws attention to the more than 1 million student names on charter school waitlists across the country and asks Congress to continue making funding for charter schools a priority.

Trump campaigned on a promise to dramatically improve school choice — charter schools and private school voucher programs — and his Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has made it a priority.

The National Literacy Trust is a national charity dedicated to raising literacy levels in the UK, through community literacy projects, campaigning to make literacy a priority for politicians and parents and supporting schools.