Sentences with phrase «schools equity coalition»

The National Center for Special Education in Charter Schools Equity Coalition released a joint statement urging the charter sector to commit to strong and fair discipline practices for all students, including students with disabilities, saying:

Not exact matches

The lawsuit in question, DeRolph v. State of Ohio, was filed in 1991 by the Ohio Coalition for Equity and Adequacy in School Funding.

But in 2002, a group of 160 school districts filed Coalition for a Common Cents Solution v. State claiming that Iowa's school finance system violates the state constitution on both adequacy and equity grounds.

The Launch of the Turning the Tide Report Marks the First Step in Efforts of Coalition to Inspire Concern for Others in High School Students, Reduce Achievement Pressure, and Create Greater Equity for Economically Diverse Students

In 1993, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled in Alabama Coalition for Equity v. Hunt that the state's school finance system was unconstitutional.

Driven by escalating concerns that African - American, Latino, American Indian, and some Asian - American students make up the majority of the nation's dropouts every year, the coalition unveiled its «Campaign for High School Equity,» a document that spells out clear policies it believes Congress should pursue to reverse that trend.

The Launch of the Turning the Tide Report Marks the First Step in Efforts of Coalition to Inspire Concern for Others in High School Students, Reduce Achievement Pressure, and Create Greater Equity for Economically Diverse Students New York, NY — Today, admissions deans and other leaders from the nation's top colleges and universities joined together to announce the launch of Turning the Tide: Inspiring Concern for Others and the Common Good through College Admissions, a report with concrete recommendations to reshape the college admissions process and promote greater ethical engagement among...

Through the books and coalition, Sizer established nine common principles — many still used today — for school reform projects, including learning to use one's mind well, personalization, student - as - worker / teacher - as - coach, demonstration of mastery, a tone of decency and trust, commitment to the entire school, and democracy and equity.

Reframing how the legislation was written to capture that focus on «students» and «equity,» rather than «choice» or school type, enabled the coalition to attract more Democratic colleagues in the House.

The Equity Coalition includes representatives from a diverse range of organizations with an interest in students with diverse learning needs, special education programs, charter schools and education reform.

For instance, members of the Equity Coalition have published joint statements on discipline and to the Trump Administration and 115th Congress regarding critical issues impacting students with disabilities in charter schools.

In its 9 - page critique of the draft plan, the Equity Coalition criticized the broad potential strategies for improvement as «vague and noncommittal,» and called for more involvement of parents in schools needing intensive help.

She is a founding member of Mecklenburg Area Coming Together for Schools (Mecklenburg Acts), a four - year - old grassroots coalition of parents, citizens and organizations working to build community commitment to equity and excellence in all of Mecklenburg County's public sSchools (Mecklenburg Acts), a four - year - old grassroots coalition of parents, citizens and organizations working to build community commitment to equity and excellence in all of Mecklenburg County's public schoolsschools.

In particular, the funds will support our efforts to identify innovative practices and provide technical assistance to a cohort of charter schools, publish our Annual Research Synthesis, and grow our Equity Coalition to engage key partners in both the special education and charter school sectors.»

Her career spans from time as a front line bilingual adolescent crisis counselor, with La Raza Consortium, to spearheading national think tank efforts in education equity and social justice on the boards of Grantmakers for Education, the National Equity Project, and the National Coalition for Community Scequity and social justice on the boards of Grantmakers for Education, the National Equity Project, and the National Coalition for Community ScEquity Project, and the National Coalition for Community Schools.

The National Equity Project began in 1991 as a regional office of Ted Sizer's Coalition for Essential Schools, then based at Brown University.

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In addition to our other work, we are currently in the process of pulling together what we call our Equity Coalition, an advisory body comprised of leaders from across the special education and charter school sectors, who will help us wrestle with the most challenging issues we face and lend their collective expertise to solving them.

Report of the Intercultural Development Research Association Related to the Extent of Equity in the Texas School Finance System and Its Impact on Selected Student Related Issues, Prepared for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund in Texas Taxpayer & Student Fairness Coalition v. Williams, No.

She is lead counsel on ACLU's education equity litigation, including lead counsel for Community Coalition v. Los Angeles Unified School District, a lawsuit seeking to compel LAUSD to provide the proper amount of funding and services to high - need students.

Earlier this year, the Texas Public Policy Foundation and the Texas Conservative Coalition Research Foundation published a list of principles for school finance which includes the fundamental point that the basis of the equity argument for increased education funding should be challenged, because educational equity is not the same as school funding equity.

Jenna Tomasello is the co-founder of Learn Together, Live Together, a diverse, bipartisan coalition of education stakeholders striving to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in schools.

The petitions were delivered by representatives from Communities for Los Angeles Student Success (CLASS), a coalition of nonprofits and community groups that fight for equity in local schools, according to organizers.

Daphannie was a School Change Coach and Project Manager for the Bay Area Coalition for Equitable Schools (BayCES) now known as the National Equity Project (NEP).

We are driven by our mission to serve students and families, advocate for the conditions and resources that facilitate quality, and represent a coalition of schools that are committed to the values of equity, diversity, collaboration, integrity, and excellence we stand for.

On March 17, IEL's Coalition for Community Schools is hosting a four - part series of webinars, entitled «Community Schools and Equity: Bringing Community and Opportunity into the Heart of Education Reform.»

About Fix the Formula Illinois Fix the Formula Illinois is a campaign of Advance Illinois, Center for Tax and Budget Accountability, Educators 4 Excellence, Equity First, Faith Coalition for the Common Good, Funding Illinois» Future, Gamaliel of Metro Chicago, High School District Organizations of Illinois, Illinois Alliance of Administrators of Special Education, Illinois Association of School Administrators, Illinois Association of School Business Officials, Illinois for Educational Equity, Illinois Principals Association, Instituto del Progreso Latino, Latino Policy Forum, League of United Latin American Citizens, Noble Network, Ounce of Prevention Fund, Pilsen Neighbors Community Council, Quad County Urban League, South Suburban Action Conference, Springfield Urban League, Taylorville Citizens for Education, Teach Plus Illinois, Tri-County Urban League, United Congregations of the Metro East, Urban Muslim Minority Alliance and Vision 20/20.

In 2011, we helped organize a broad coalition of partners, including the Oakland Education Association (OEA), SEIU Local 1021, Youth UpRising, National Equity Project, California Teachers Association, Urban Strategies Council, Oakland Parents Together, Bay Area Parent Leadership Action Network (PLAN), Oakland Schools Foundation, and Teach for America to support AB 609 to reverse millions of dollars in audit fines to OUSD incurred during the period of state administration.

One of the many fronts in the school war has been the federal Every Student Succeeds Act, which requires states, as a condition of receiving federal school aid, to provide some of the direct oversight and accountability that the Equity Coalition seeks, especially in identifying failing schools.

See sample LCAP templates for school districts and counties to use for foster youth, developed by The Coalition for Educational Equity for Foster Youth.

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