Sentences with phrase «advocating paid parental»

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On the structural side, they advocate such things as paid parental leave, flextime in the workplace, an extended school day and year, housing subsidies, tougher divorce laws, and welfare benefits favoring two - parent families.

Margaret — why don't you take the all of that energy and enthusiasm you have and use it to advocate for real paid parental leave policies in the US?

Linn put the pricetag on paid parental leave for all union workers at $ 250 million, according to Council Education Committee Hearing chair Mark Treyger — a former teacher advocating for the UFT to get paid parental leave.

The group advocates for the elimination of teacher tenure; teacher evaluations that include test results as a factor; results - based teacher pay; parental choice that includes charters and vouchers; and pension reform.

Elected officials and advocates routinely cite the United States» mediocre standing, and what they know of the educational practices of high - performing nations, to gird their arguments for their favored changes to American education — from encouraging greater parental involvement to revamping school curricula and standards to paying teachers more.

It will become bearable when decidedly more quotidian things become commonplace — like paid parental leave and affordable, quality day care (which Sandberg and Slaughter both advocate).

As a domestic violence advocate / paralegal / journalist, I strongly support a bill to be passed into a law making it a crime of Parental Alienation as in many cases of domestic violence, this is a true form of child abuse and many times, the absent parent is paying child support and is not allowed to see their child.