Sentences with phrase «speaking of public school parents»

Speaking of public school parents, 84 % give their children's schools an A (53 %) or B (31 %) grade.

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With public schools fast becoming incubators of gender ideology, parents need to cast off their fears of entering the fray, speak out, and, most importantly, teach their children that their sex is a beautiful, biological reality.

She has developed a parenting series entitled Connection, Cooperation and Communication, and speaks with parents at both public and private schools on issues of attachment, empathy, and emotional intelligence.

«I applaud those students for speaking up, I applaud the students for taking action and I think the calls of the students and parents have captured the attention of the administration of the Buffalo Public Schools and the teacher's union and I'm hoping that those two entities can come together in the best interest of the education of the children at City Honors,» he said.

The video features State Assemblyman Karim Camara, New York City Councilman Robert Cornegy, StudentsFirstNY parent advocates, and NYCAN Executive Director Derrell Bradford who spoke at a rally of 400 district public school parents in support of the Governor last week.

First lady Chirlane McCray made her first public pitch for mayoral control of city schools on Wednesday, speaking at a parent forum on community schools in Brooklyn.

As state legislators entered the crowded room, they quickly became the centers of huddles of UFT members and parents eager to speak with their representatives and urge them to protect New York City's public schools from DeVos» efforts to defund and privatize public schools.

Standing in front of the Great Western Staircase, parents from across the city spoke to their children's life - changing experiences in public charter schools.

Speaking about the consultant's study predicting further decline in the population of Clarkstown's public schools, the Journal News reported: «The reality is, this report can not define the future of Clarkstown,» said parent Sean Magee, of Congers, a former school board candidate.

To make sense of the opt - out phenomenon, Education Next spoke with two public school parents: Scott Levy, a local school board member in New York State, and Jonah Edelman, cofounder and CEO of Stand for Children.

Now, in his role as superintendent of Weymouth (Mass.) Public Schools, Salim said he holds monthly roundtables for teachers and parents to speak about the work, issues, and successes, which was something he learned from Ackerman.

We spoke with frustrated teachers and exasperated administrators, well aware that they're riding the back of an AP tiger from which it's hard to dismount, especially for a public school that must weigh the priorities of parents, taxpayers, and voters.

In terms of services, only 18 percent of choice parents said that a program for students learning to speak English was made available to them, compared with 50 percent of public - school parents.

When the privileged speak of inequality and inequity in public schools, they are quick to criminalize charters, and, ultimately, parents who make these choices.

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Students, parents and legislators shared their stories and spoke about the importance of having these public school options.

When President Barack Obama and Education Secretary Arne Duncan continued and expanded NCLB's absurd ranking and punishing of public schools based on socio - economic and other inappropriate measures, teachers, parents and public school advocates spoke out.

FundEducationNow.org is determined to arm children, parents, teachers and concerned citizens with the power to speak out against the Florida Legislature's plan to defund public education, disrespect professional educators and cause deep and lasting harm to the state's 2.6 million school children.Thanks to thousands of volunteer hours and in - kind donations, FundEducationNow.org quickly grew into a statewide non-partisan alliance of dedicated advocates.

Recruiting messengers such as teachers, parents, and business leaders who can speak to the importance of their local public schools and share their concerns about vouchers directly with policymakers and the media.

CCSA will continue to work with our members, like the Alliance, to disseminate information to parents and school community stakeholders about a variety of public education issues such as charter school renewals, facilities challenges, increasing awareness about charter schools in the community, and speaking about their family's personal experience at the charter with media.

As a public school parent and arts educator in Salt Lake City, I can't speak to some of his concerns, but I can speak to assumptions about schools.

But at the very moment that the children of the land face certain defeat, parents, teachers, the teacher's union (known as the Hartford Federation of Teachers) and other public education advocates rally together to speak out on behalf of their children, the school, the importance of public education and what is right.

«Parents are looking for a place where students feel welcome, they feel like a part of the family, they feel a part of a community, they are able to develop closer relationships with teachers, and they want them to know who they are,» says Evelyn Castro, Principal of Ednovate College Prep charter school when speaking about one of the most important things parents want in a school and how sometimes a smaller charter public school can providParents are looking for a place where students feel welcome, they feel like a part of the family, they feel a part of a community, they are able to develop closer relationships with teachers, and they want them to know who they are,» says Evelyn Castro, Principal of Ednovate College Prep charter school when speaking about one of the most important things parents want in a school and how sometimes a smaller charter public school can providparents want in a school and how sometimes a smaller charter public school can provide that.

PTA promotes parent involvement in all schools, and works to ensure nationwide access to quality public education — primarily by providing parents and communities with tools and resources to support their students, and by speaking with a powerful voice on behalf of every child.

When Board member Robert Cotto spoke, there were audience members dismissing him for not being a parent; no such criticism was levied against other Board members — most of whom do not have children currently attending Hartford Public Schools — who happened to be in favor of approving plans for a new charter school.

Chicago Public Schools divides areas of the city into one of four socio - economic tiers by looking at each area's median income, education level, home - ownership rates, single - parent family rates, rates of English - speaking, and neighborhood school performance.

Dr. Howard Fuller, one of the country's leading advocates for public school choice, spoke about the importance of excellent schools at «Parents as Partners,» a major school information fair that ExED co-hosted in Exposition Park in Los Angeles.

The principal of a Manhattan public school where white parents spoke out against desegregation efforts has requested more police at her campus.

Hartford, CT — Without saying a word, our stories will speak for themselves as public charter school parents, students, educators and school leaders participate in a «Day of Silence» public...

Hopefully more Connecticut school administrators will join education leaders like Madison, Connecticut Superintendent Thomas Scarice and stand up, step forward and speak out against the Common Core Smarter Balanced Assessment Test (SBAC), the overuse of standardized testing in Connecticut's public schools and the right of parents to opt - out their children from these unfair, unnecessary, expensive and destructive tests.

We are calling on parents, educators, students and community members to speak to your members of Congress to let them know that we will not accept funding cuts at our public schools.

While school superintendents and administrators have been a major part of the anti-standardized testing coalitions in New York, far fewer Connecticut school administrators have been willingly to step forward and speak up on behalf of the students, parents, teachers and public schools they are sworn to serve.

This hour - long feature documentary, Consider The Alternative provides viewers with a balanced understanding of publicly - funded charter schools from those who can speak about it best: charter school supporters, public school teachers and administrators, members of the legislature, the Nebraska State Board of Education and a parent moving through the education system.

According to parent Lorie Barzano of the Coalition to Strengthen Austin (TX) Urban Schools, PAA's newest affiliate, «At every meeting I have attended in the past year, at least one parent speaks out that «we want to fix our public schools, not bring in outside contractors or untested experiments.»Schools, PAA's newest affiliate, «At every meeting I have attended in the past year, at least one parent speaks out that «we want to fix our public schools, not bring in outside contractors or untested experiments.»schools, not bring in outside contractors or untested experiments.»»

Parents, teachers, school administrators, public education advocates and experts all speaking in favor of the legislation that would drop the use of the unfair, inappropriate and discriminatory Common Core tests from Governor Dannel Malloy's teacher evaluation program.

His willingness to stand up and speak out on behalf of students, parents, teachers and public schools has earned him accolades and praise from the Washington Post to the Wait, What Blog and from many others.

Leigh Bordley, member of Durham Public Schools Board of Ed, spoke as a parent, asking that the bill strengthen the language regarding transportation.

«This bill is not one that has ever been discussed in open community meetings, in meetings of the Boston School Committee, which I attend regularly, in the local press or in any other public way,» said Wolf, who spoke on her own behalf, not as a representative of the parent group Quality Education for Every Student (QUEST), of which she is a member.

Hartford, CT — Without saying a word, our stories will speak for themselves as public charter school parents, students, educators and school leaders participate in a «Day of Silence» public demonstration at the State Capitol inside the Legislative Office Building on Tuesday, February 21st from 1p.

«To react to parents who are speaking out by threatening to defund our schools is outrageous,» said Megan Diver, the mother of twin girls who refused their third - grade test at Public School 321 in Park Slope, Brooklyn.

It is interesting to note that most of these important bills have been proposed by Republican members of the Connecticut General Assembly, but an increasing number of Democratic legislators are standing up and speaking out in favor of Connecticut's students, parents, teachers and public schools.

Over the 24 years Lily Din Woo has been the principal of Public School 130 in Lower Manhattan, her typical day changed very little: sick or misbehaving students, budgets, curriculum woes and meetings with parents, many of whom do not speak English.

Dumping the unfair, inappropriate and discriminatory Common Core Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium SBAC test is a critical part of derailing the corporate education reform industry's unwarranted attack on teachers, students, parents and public schools, but Connecticut's teachers unions should make it a priority to speak out on behalf of parents» right to opt their children out of the Common Core SBAC test....