Sentences with phrase «schools coalition»

Dr McGrath was one of the professionals who helped devise the National Safe Schools Framework (not to be confused with the Safe Schools Coalition Australia program).

The Our City Our Schools coalition is made up of parents, educators, community members and students all fighting for local control of the Philadelphia schools and the end to the state - controlled School Reform Commission.

The Philadelphia Federation of Teachers, The Our City, Our Schools Coalition and other groups held a spirited rally outside the SRC building before heading in to watch the historic vote.

Several have joined a new grassroots organization, the Diverse Charter Schools Coalition, which supports the creation and expansion of high - quality, racially and economically diverse public charter schools.

The Our City Our Schools coalition has a plan to bring up to $ 300 million to the education budget by demanding that corporations, developers, and big nonprofits pay their fair share, instead of increasing property taxes for everyday Philadelphians.

After a three - week debacle, the findings of the review into the Safe Schools Coalition program are out.

In the city, the Diverse Charter Schools Coalition includes nine charter organizations: Brooklyn Prospect, Brooklyn Urban Garden, Citizens of the World, Community Roots, Compass, Hebrew Public, International Charter, NY French American, and Success Academy (which has six schools in the coalition).

The film, directed by Daniel Barnz, premiered Sunday night at the Ziegfeld and was attended not only by the cast, but by the New Yorkers for Great Public Schools Coalition, an umbrella group of parents that gathered across the street.

One year ago, several community groups and unions including APPS, POWER, NAACP, Parents United for Public Education, Reclaim Philadelphia, the WE caucus of the PFT, the 215 People's Alliance, Media Mobilizing Project and a number of local unions formed the Our Cities, Our Schools Coalition (OCOS), calling for a return to local control.

The Diverse Charter Schools Coalition is proud to help sponsor the conference.

Partners in the effort have included: a kid - run philanthropy, Jewel for Life; three coalitions (Southeast Seattle Education Coalition, Our Schools Coalition and Excellent Schools Now).

With the support and guidance of these four founders — Gordon, Dragon, Forman and Starrett — the CWC Schools coalition pursued a national network of charter schools providing true diversity, exceptional performance, and deeply engaged parent communities.

Meanwhile, in Philadelphia, the Our City, Our Schools Coalition (OCOS) is urging the City Council to create a PILOT program, which they say could raise over $ 250 million annually.

The Our Community, Our Schools coalition in Dallas, along with the Dallas AFL - CIO, Texas Organizing Project, NEA Dallas, Alliance - AFT, Texas Alliance for Retired Americans and Texas New ERA Center / Jobs with Justice hosted a showing of the documentary, Backpack Full of Cash on Thursday, May 10th.

Research School Choice and Charter schools and the government's connection along with Reinventing Schools Coalition (RISC) a new method being used in charter schools across the country.

Fellowship Program: Incubating Prospective Leaders Of Diverse Charter Schools The Coalition is working to secure funding to launch a fellowship program to prepare aspiring school leaders to design and launch intentionally diverse charter schools.

Hornstein planned the summit (and the PR campaign) along with Ivy Olesh, who launched Friends of Chester Arthur in Graduate Hospital before she was even pregnant; and Christine Carlson, who founded the Greater Center City Neighborhood Schools Coalition.

In addition to his work with Brooklyn Prospect, Dan has been instrumental in forming the Diverse Charter Schools Coalition, a group of over 30 charter organizations and advisors dedicated to creating successful, integrated public choice schools.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Diverse Charter Schools Coalition congratulates member schools Bricolage Academy of New Orleans, Morris Jeff Community School, and the International School of Louisiana on outperforming both the statewide and district averages in the 2017 Louisiana Educational Assessment Program (LEAP) assessments.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Diverse Charter Schools Coalition congratulates the three finalists of the 2017 Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools, Denver School of Science and Technology (DSST) Network in Denver, Success Academy Charter Schools in New York and Harmony Public Schools in Texas.

Prior to joining the Diverse Charter Schools Coalition, she served under Secretary John King at the US Department of Education as a Senior Policy Advisor in the Office of Innovation and Improvement where she worked on policies concerning charter schools and provided guidance for Race to the Top - District grantees.

She was a member of the Pahara NextGen fellowship and is a founding board member of the Diverse Charter Schools Coalition.

The Diverse Charter Schools Coalition congratulates the three finalists of the 2017 Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools, Denver School of Science and Technology (DSST) Network in -LSB-...]

Researchers, policy makers and the public need to recognize, as we do at The Small Schools Coalition, that a school should not be deemed «small» unless is has 250 or fewer students (and absolutely fewer than 400).

Name Change We've officially changed our name to the Diverse Charter Schools Coalition, a subtle but important change.

Dr. Stuart Grauer, a teacher, is head of school at The Grauer School; president of The Grauer Foundation for Education; founder of The Small Schools Coalition; and author of the upcoming book Fearless Teaching.

The Small Schools Coalition catalogs research from scholars worldwide documenting how students in small schools outperform students in large schools on standardized achievement tests, significantly.

Her professional affiliations include the American Educational Research Association, the American Psychological Association, the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, the Coalition of Schools Educating Boys of Color, the Gender and Education Association, the International Boys» Schools Coalition, and the National Association for Single - Sex Public Education (Advisory Board Member).

Allegheny Intermediate Unit (aiu3) Alliance for Excellent Education (AEE) American Alliance of Museums (AAM) American Association of Classified School Employees (AACSE) American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) American Association of School Administrators (AASA) American Association of State Colleges & Universities (AASCU) American Council on Education (ACE) American Counseling Association (ACA) American Educational Research Association (AERA) American Federation of School Administrators (AFSA) American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) American Federation of Teachers (AFT) American Institutes for Research (AIR) American Library Association (ALA) American Medical Student Association (AMSA) American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) American School Counselor Association (ASCA) American Speech - Language - Hearing Association (ASHA) American Student Association of Community Colleges (ASACC) Apollo Education Group ASCD Association for Career & Technical Education (ACTE) Association of American Publishers (AAP) Association of American Universities (AAU) Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) Association of Jesuit Colleges & Universities (AJCU) Association of Public and Land - grant Universities (APLU) Association of Public Television Stations (APTS) Association of School Business Officials International (ASBO) Boston University (BU) California Department of Education (CDE) California State University Office of Federal Relations (CSU) Center on Law and Social Policy (CLASP) Citizen Schools Coalition for Higher Education Assistance Organizations (COHEAO) Consortium for School Networking (COSN) Cornerstone Government Affairs (CGA) Council for a Strong America (CSA) Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) Council for Opportunity in Education (COE) Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) Council of the Great City Schools (CGCS) DeVry Education Group Easter Seals Education Industry Association (EIA) FED ED Federal Management Strategies First Focus Campaign for Children George Washington University (GWU) Georgetown University Office of Federal Relations Harvard University Office of Federal Relations Higher Education Consortium for Special Education (HESCE) indiCo International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Johns Hopkins University, Center for Research & Reform in Education (JHU - CRRE) Kent State University Knowledge Alliance Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Magnet Schools of America, Inc. (MSA) Military Impacted Schools Association (MISA) National Alliance of Black School Educators (NABSE) National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) National Association for Music Education (NAFME) National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) National Association of Federally Impacted Schools (NAFIS) National Association of Graduate - Professional Students, Inc. (NAGPS) National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU) National Association of Private Special Education Centers (NAPSEC) National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) National Association of State Directors of Career Technical Education Consortium (NASDCTEc) National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE) National Association of State Student Grant & Aid Programs (NASSGAP) National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD) National Center on Time & Learning (NCTL) National Coalition for Literacy (NCL) National Coalition of Classified Education Support Employee Unions (NCCESEU) National Council for Community and Education Partnerships (NCCEP) National Council of Higher Education Resources (NCHER) National Council of State Directors of Adult Education (NCSDAE) National Education Association (NEA) National HEP / CAMP Association National Parent Teacher Association (NPTA) National Rural Education Association (NREA) National School Boards Association (NSBA) National Student Speech Language Hearing Association (NSSLHA) National Superintendents Roundtable (NSR) National Title I Association (NASTID) Northwestern University Penn Hill Group Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey School Social Work Association of America (SSWAA) Service Employees International Union (SEIU) State University of New York (SUNY) Teach For America (TFA) Texas A&M University (TAMU) The College Board The Ohio State University (OSU) The Pell Alliance The Sheridan Group The Y (YMCA) UNCF United States Student Association (USSA) University of California (UC) University of Chicago University of Maryland (UMD) University of Maryland University College (UMUC) University of Southern California (USC) University of Wisconsin System (UWS) US Public Interest Research Group (US PIRG) Washington Partners, LLC WestEd

NSBA and Rebuild America's Schools coalition forwarded a letter to Senate Leaders supporting a two - year extension for Qualified Zone Academy Bonds (QZABs), which are used by school districts in every state to renovate, repair, and modernize school buildings and classrooms.

Created in 2002 through the efforts of several officers from the original Safe Schools Coalition (SSC), the Association has sponsored an annual conference on alternative education for the past several years.

The Small Schools Coalition provides school leaders, districts, boards, and school designers with breaking data on the benefits of small schools.

The Small Schools Coalition is a non-profit, no cost, voluntary membership association that advances the interests of small (ideally around 230 students) schools, the families they serve, and the teachers who thrive in this optimal environment.

No stranger to the field of progressive education, Head of School and Founder of The Grauer School and the Small Schools Coalition, Stuart Grauer has just published Fearless Teaching: Collected Stories (AERO press) leveraging his broad experiences and insights on the cultures of teaching and learning in our society today.

I am so thankful for the Small Schools Coalition!

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Stuart Grauer — founder of the Small Schools Coalition and head of The Grauer School — for being selected by the University of San Diego's School of Leadership and Education Sciences (SOLES) to receive the 2014 Author Hughes Career Achievement Award given annually to an outstanding graduate.

Respectfully, Action United Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment Alliance for Multilingual Multicultural Education American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education American Association of State Colleges and Universities American Federation of Teachers ASPIRA Association Association of University Centers on Disabilities Autistic Self Advocacy Network Bay Area Parent Leadership Action Network California Association for Bilingual Education California Latino School Boards Association Californians for Justice Californians Together Campaign for Fiscal Equity Campaign for Quality Education Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning Center for Teaching Quality Citizens for Effective Schools Coalition for Educational Justice Council for Exceptional Children Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund Easter Seals ELC, Education Law Center FairTest, The National Center for Fair & Open Testing Higher Education Consortium for Special Education Justice Matters Latino Elected and Appointed Officials National Taskforce on Education Lawyers» Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Learning Disabilities Association of America Los Angeles Educational Partnership Movement Strategy Center NAACP National Alliance of Black School Educators National Center for Learning Disabilities National Council for Educating Black Children National Council of Teachers of English National Disability Rights Network National Down Syndrome Congress National Down Syndrome Society National Education Association National Latino / a Education Research and Policy Project National League of United Latin American Citizens Parent - U-Turn Parents for Unity Philadelphia Education Fund Public Advocates Inc..

Summer is busy at the Diverse Charter Schools Coalition!

She was a member of the third cohort of the Pahara NextGen fellowship and is a founding board member of the Diverse Charter Schools Coalition.

She is currently the Deputy Director at the Diverse Charter Schools Coalition (DCSC).

The Re-Inventing Schools Coalition (RISC) has experimented with this on a large scale, employing CBL principles to the point where students are grouped by ability rather than age.

School Launch Program At its annual convening in January, the Diverse Charter Schools Coalition proudly introduced its School Launch Program, a new initiative that will catalyze the launch of -LSB-...]

Press Release: New Campaign Highlights Positive Impact Of Mississippi's Charter Schools FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: OCTOBER 19, 2016 RIDGELAND, MISSISSIPPI — Empower Mississippi and the Save Our Schools Coalition announce the launch of a campaign to highlight public charter school students in Mississippi and the devastating consequences they would experience if a lawsuit attempting to shut down charter schools were to be successful.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Diverse Charter Schools Coalition Board, members, staff, and partners honored Blackstone Valley Prep as School of the Year for best exemplifying the Coalition's values.

About: The Save Our Schools coalition is made up of students, parents, teachers, and concerned citizens who want children in Jackson to have access to high quality public charter schools.

Blackstone Valley Prep, Valor Collegiate, and the International School of Louisiana Receive the Coalition's Inaugural Awards WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Diverse Charter Schools Coalition Board, members, staff, and partners honored Blackstone Valley Prep as School of the Year for best exemplifying the Coalition's values.

The Victorian government has funded Safe Schools Coalition Victoria with a commitment to work with every state secondary school by 2019.

Recently, Safe Schools Coalition has been accused of «promoting a radical view of gender and sexuality», and foisting it on schools through «indoctrination», «enforcement», and «induction».

A key aspect of Safe Schools Coalition is that its model is based on the voluntary membership of schools and is instigated by schools themselves, almost always led by staff or students.

The national initiative isn't mandatory, yet nearly 500 schools around the country have joined the Safe Schools Coalition since it begun.