Arne Duncan, the U.S. Secretary of Education is set to resign at the close of the 2015, ending his tenure as one of the most destructive forces
against public education in history.
Not exact matches
What constitutes legitimate protection of a child and what are the obligations of a family to protest
against an injustice
in school segregation, for example, and to open the way for better
public education?
It is this kind of «hate - speech» which led to the burning down of 77 churches
in Norway by militant atheists and which at the most extreme end of the atheist movement leads to comments such as this from the Church Arson website «Any intelligent Antichrist methodology at that point will involve a consolidation of strength,
public education in the ways of science and logic for our individual members, and actions taken
against the remaining believers.
His [Stalins] government promoted atheism through special atheistic
education in schools, anti-religious propaganda, the antireligious work of
public insti tutions (Society of the Godless), discriminatory laws, and a terror campaign
against religious believers.
His government promoted atheism through special atheistic
education in schools, anti-religious propaganda, the antireligious work of
public insti tutions (Society of the Godless), discriminatory laws, and a terror campaign
against religious believers.
In particular, those of us committed to
public education should feel that our backs are
against the wall if the commentators are reading the signs of the times correctly.
Collected for the most part by industrialized countries, where the principal financial markets are located, this money could be used to help struggle
against inequalities, to promote
education and
public health
in poor countries, and for food security and sustainable development.
, we work hard every day to get more kids and their families cooking
in the kitchen, help fight the battle
against hunger, and help more
public school students have an opportunity toward
education in the restaurant and foodservice industry.
In my view, they should be furious about what NCLB is doing to
public education, and should be leading the charge
against it, not least because they are tasked with carrying out some of its worst features.
Public schools are prohibited from membership in any organization or entity which regulates or governs interscholastic extracurricular activities and discriminates against eligible students in public, private, or home educ
Public schools are prohibited from membership
in any organization or entity which regulates or governs interscholastic extracurricular activities and discriminates
against eligible students
in public, private, or home educ
public, private, or home
education.
Democratic problems have no problem with the private sector or voluntary sector being sub-contracted to deliver
public services, but are strongly
against individual vouchers / budgets
in almost every area of welfare, except for areas of luxury or where the individual is
in control of the demand factors for the services (adult
education, luxurious top - ups for social care for the elderly).
These statements come from a Minister who
in the past has attacked secularism as «intolerant and illiberal», has said that religious people contribute more to society than the non-religious, has championed religious groups as being at the heart of the «Big Society», and even tried to amend the Equality Bill
in a way which would leave humanists unprotected
against discrimination and unequal treatment
in the provision of, and access to,
public services, employment,
education, funding, and elsewhere.
She has also said that religious people contribute more to society than the non religious, has championed religious groups as being at the heart of the «Big Society», and even tried to amend the Equality Bill
in a way which would leave humanists unprotected
against discrimination and unequal treatment
in the provision of, and access to,
public services, employment,
education, funding, and elsewhere.
At 68, Tolbert is making his third run for
public office following his unsuccessful effort
against Brown
in 2013 and another failed bid for the Buffalo Board of
Education in 2014.
Despite mea culpas and the
public backing of his boss,
Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Kevin Jennings, a so - called schools czar
in the Obama administration, continues to be the target of a conservative campaign
against his long - ago actions as a schoolteachers.
Del Rio is a leader
in the fight
against the Department of
Education policy barring religious congregations from renting Sunday space
in public schools.
Protests
against Gov. Andrew Cuomo's harmful
public education agenda peaked
in New York City on March 12, when parents, their children and educators joined hands to form a human chain around their buildings before or after classes as if to protect them from the governor's proposals.
While David Miliband melted into the shadows and Diane Abbott failed to capitalise on her increased
public profile, the former health secretary nabbed the shadow
education brief,
in which he excelled
against the turbulent Michael Gove.
In 1999, Pelosi voted against the Ten Commandments being displayed in public buildings, including schools [105] Pelosi voted for the No Child Left Behind Act, which instituted testing to track students» progress and authorized an increase in overall education spendin
In 1999, Pelosi voted
against the Ten Commandments being displayed
in public buildings, including schools [105] Pelosi voted for the No Child Left Behind Act, which instituted testing to track students» progress and authorized an increase in overall education spendin
in public buildings, including schools [105] Pelosi voted for the No Child Left Behind Act, which instituted testing to track students» progress and authorized an increase
in overall education spendin
in overall
education spending.
«Undermining
public education is not a choice,» Senator Patty Murray said
in a speech Wednesday, railing
against the
education secretary's policies.
You appoint an
education secretary who has fought basically
against public education which is a mainstay
in this country.
Cuomo has long pushed back
against calls from
public education advocates to increase annual school foundation aid
in the budget by more than $ 1 billion.
The Urban Youth Collaborative called the bill «an unprecedented step to subsidize private
education using the
public's money,» noting
in its release that according to the Campaign for Fiscal Equity, «New York City schools are owed $ 2.3 billion» under court judgements
against the city and state for not providing a minimum adequate
education in the
public schools.
They have offices
in six cities across the state, and now regularly advocate for an agenda that includes ending the school - to - prison pipeline, increasing funding for community schools and pre-kindergarten programs, and railing
against the expansion of privately - run charter school networks, what Easton calls the «privatization» of
public education.
Charter school supporters have often targeted AQE as being beholden to its benefactors
in the teachers unions, a line of attack that AQE has repeatedly pushed back
against, while AQE has decried any shift towards charter funding as a betrayal of the
public education system.
Republicans have railed for years
against federal intrusion
in state government — and especially
public education.
Public employee unions have a huge amount of sway near the heart of the state's bureaucracy, and
in 2014, they worked
against the governor who had angered their members with his tough negotiations on labor contracts and his support for pension and
education reforms.
(WBEN) The Erie County Sheriff's Dept. has launched a
public education campaign to try and combat underage drinking this summer with an effort to tell parents
in stores, not to buy alcohol for kids The initiative, done
in conjunction with Consumers Beverages and WNY United
against Drug and Alcohol...
«Fighting for the 99 percent is also a question of fighting for good
public education and fighting
against a local bully and the best friend of Donald Trump
in Western New York,» Lipsitz said.
Join Howie Hawkins and Brian Jones at the New Possibilities for
Public Education: Rally for Kids and Schools as they stand with educators and parents dedicated to saving public schools and talk about how to fight back against the test and punish regime rampant in schools, the privatization of education, and the attacks against te
Public Education: Rally for Kids and Schools as they stand with educators and parents dedicated to saving public schools and talk about how to fight back against the test and punish regime rampant in schools, the privatization of education, and the attacks against
Education: Rally for Kids and Schools as they stand with educators and parents dedicated to saving
public schools and talk about how to fight back against the test and punish regime rampant in schools, the privatization of education, and the attacks against te
public schools and talk about how to fight back
against the test and punish regime rampant
in schools, the privatization of
education, and the attacks against
education, and the attacks
against teachers
And the Republican Party, Sussman said, has stood «
against women's rights, prudent measures to control guns [and] major innovations
in public education.»
The plan calls for independent oversight of the city's Housing Preservation Department; establishing a
public education campaign to inform tenants about HPD's role; empowering a new body or building inspectors to collect fines
against landlords; having HPD make repairs not completed by the landlord
in the specified amount of time and then billing the landlord; making inspectors carry citations
in multiple languages and send out reports
in multiple languages; forcing landlords to make repairs within 24 hours of emergency violations; establishing an East Harlem HPD oversight team as a pilot for other areas with at - risk low - income housing; providing inspections 24 - hours - a-day, 7 - days - a-week; and improving HPD's follow - up on violations.
City councilman Mark Weprin recently introduced a bill calling for city - wide
education against bullying
in all
public schools.
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Education Tax Benefits [November 29, 2017] AAAS Multisociety Letter on Tax Reform [November 15, 2017] AAAS Letter to U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee on Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (H.R. 1)[November 7, 2017] AAAS Statement on Release of National Climate Assessment Report [November 3, 2017] AAAS Statement on EPA Science Adviser Boards [October 31, 2017] AAAS Statement on EPA Restricting Scientist Communication of Research Results [October 25, 2017] Statement of the Board of Directors of the American Association for the Advancement of Science on Scientific Freedom and Responsibility [October 18, 2017] Scientific Societies» Letter on President Trump's Visa and Immigration Proclamation [October 17, 2017] AAAS Statement on U.S. Withdrawal from UNESCO [October 12, 2017] AAAS Statement on White House Proclamation on Immigration and Visas [September 25, 2017] AAAS Statement from CEO Rush Holt on ARPA - E Reauthorization Act [September 8, 2017] AAAS Speaks Out Against Trump Administration Halt of Young Immigrant Program [September 6, 2017] AAAS Statement on Trump Administration Disbanding National Climate Assessment Advisory Committee [August 22, 2017] AAAS CEO Rush Holt Issues Statement On Death of Former Rep. Vern Ehlers [August 17, 2017] AAAS CEO Rush Holt and 15 Other Science Society Leaders Request Climate Science Meeting with EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt [July 31, 2017] AAAS Encourages Congressional Appropriators to Invest in Research and Innovation [July 25, 2017] AAAS CEO Urges Secretary of State to Fill Post of Science and Technology Adviser [July 13, 2017] AAAS and ESA Urge Trump Administration to Protect Monuments [July 7, 2017] AAAS Statement on House Appropriations Bill for the Department of Energy [June 28, 2017] Scientific Organizations Statement on Science and Government [June 27, 2017] AAAS Statement on White House Executive Order on Cuba Relations [June 16, 2017] AAAS Statement on Paris Agreement on Climate Change [June 1, 2017] AAAS Statement from CEO Rush Holt on Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Proposal [May 23, 2017] AAAS thanks the Congress for prioritizing research and development funding in the FY 2017 omnibus appropriations [May 9, 2017] AAAS Statement on Dismissal of Scientists on EPA Scientific Advisory Board [May 8, 2017] AAAS CEO Rush Holt Statement on FY 2017 Appropriations [May 1, 2017] AAAS CEO Statement on Executive Order on Climate Change [March 28, 2017] AAAS leads an intersociety letter on the HONEST Act [March 28, 2017] President's Budget Plan Would Cripple Science and Technology, AAAS Says [March 16, 2017] AAAS Responds to New Immigration Executive Order [March 6, 2017] AAAS CEO Responds to Trump Immigration and Visa Order [January 28, 2017] AAAS CEO Rush Holt Statement on Federal Scientists and Public Communication [January 24, 2017] AAAS thanks leaders of the American Innovation and Competitiveness Act [December 21, 2016] AAAS CEO Rush Holt raises concern over President - Elect Donald Trump's EPA Director Selection [December 15, 2016] AAAS CEO Rush Holt Statement Following the House Passage of 21st Century Cures Act [December 2, 2016] Letter from U.S. scientific, engineering, and higher education community leaders to President - elect Trump's transition team [November 23, 2016] Letter from AAAS CEO Rush Holt to Senate Leaders and Letter to House Leaders to pass a FY 2017 Omnibus Spending Bill [November 15, 2016] AAAS reaffirms the reality of human - caused climate change [June
Education Tax Benefits [November 29, 2017] AAAS Multisociety Letter on Tax Reform [November 15, 2017] AAAS Letter to U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee on Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (H.R. 1)[November 7, 2017] AAAS Statement on Release of National Climate Assessment Report [November 3, 2017] AAAS Statement on EPA Science Adviser Boards [October 31, 2017] AAAS Statement on EPA Restricting Scientist Communication of Research Results [October 25, 2017] Statement of the Board of Directors of the American Association for the Advancement of Science on Scientific Freedom and Responsibility [October 18, 2017] Scientific Societies» Letter on President Trump's Visa and Immigration Proclamation [October 17, 2017] AAAS Statement on U.S. Withdrawal from UNESCO [October 12, 2017] AAAS Statement on White House Proclamation on Immigration and Visas [September 25, 2017] AAAS Statement from CEO Rush Holt on ARPA - E Reauthorization Act [September 8, 2017] AAAS Speaks Out
Against Trump Administration Halt of Young Immigrant Program [September 6, 2017] AAAS Statement on Trump Administration Disbanding National Climate Assessment Advisory Committee [August 22, 2017] AAAS CEO Rush Holt Issues Statement On Death of Former Rep. Vern Ehlers [August 17, 2017] AAAS CEO Rush Holt and 15 Other Science Society Leaders Request Climate Science Meeting with EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt [July 31, 2017] AAAS Encourages Congressional Appropriators to Invest
in Research and Innovation [July 25, 2017] AAAS CEO Urges Secretary of State to Fill Post of Science and Technology Adviser [July 13, 2017] AAAS and ESA Urge Trump Administration to Protect Monuments [July 7, 2017] AAAS Statement on House Appropriations Bill for the Department of Energy [June 28, 2017] Scientific Organizations Statement on Science and Government [June 27, 2017] AAAS Statement on White House Executive Order on Cuba Relations [June 16, 2017] AAAS Statement on Paris Agreement on Climate Change [June 1, 2017] AAAS Statement from CEO Rush Holt on Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Proposal [May 23, 2017] AAAS thanks the Congress for prioritizing research and development funding
in the FY 2017 omnibus appropriations [May 9, 2017] AAAS Statement on Dismissal of Scientists on EPA Scientific Advisory Board [May 8, 2017] AAAS CEO Rush Holt Statement on FY 2017 Appropriations [May 1, 2017] AAAS CEO Statement on Executive Order on Climate Change [March 28, 2017] AAAS leads an intersociety letter on the HONEST Act [March 28, 2017] President's Budget Plan Would Cripple Science and Technology, AAAS Says [March 16, 2017] AAAS Responds to New Immigration Executive Order [March 6, 2017] AAAS CEO Responds to Trump Immigration and Visa Order [January 28, 2017] AAAS CEO Rush Holt Statement on Federal Scientists and
Public Communication [January 24, 2017] AAAS thanks leaders of the American Innovation and Competitiveness Act [December 21, 2016] AAAS CEO Rush Holt raises concern over President - Elect Donald Trump's EPA Director Selection [December 15, 2016] AAAS CEO Rush Holt Statement Following the House Passage of 21st Century Cures Act [December 2, 2016] Letter from U.S. scientific, engineering, and higher
education community leaders to President - elect Trump's transition team [November 23, 2016] Letter from AAAS CEO Rush Holt to Senate Leaders and Letter to House Leaders to pass a FY 2017 Omnibus Spending Bill [November 15, 2016] AAAS reaffirms the reality of human - caused climate change [June
education community leaders to President - elect Trump's transition team [November 23, 2016] Letter from AAAS CEO Rush Holt to Senate Leaders and Letter to House Leaders to pass a FY 2017 Omnibus Spending Bill [November 15, 2016] AAAS reaffirms the reality of human - caused climate change [June 28, 2016]
The strike began as a protest
against proposed massive cuts
in public spending, including higher
education.
Actions identified to support snow leopard conservation
in Uzbekistan are resolution of herder conflict,
public awareness and
education programs, introduction of ecotourism income for local communities and increase protection
against illegal hunting.
Here we find curriculum organizations, teacher
education organizations, and educational policy organizations working together
against standardized testing, the privatization of
public schooling, the school to prison pipeline, advocating for parent and community involvement
in schools.
U.S. Secretary of
Education Betsy DeVos railed
against state constitutional prohibitions on
public funds going to religious institutions
in a speech to the Alfred E. Smith...
The incumbent superintendent of
public instruction, Delaine Eastin, will be challenged by Gloria Matta Tuchman, a leader of the statewide campaign
against bilingual
education,
in a runoff election.
Murray warns
against false hope: «Some say that the
public schools are so awful that there is huge room for improvement
in academic performance just by improving
education.
For older
education researchers, all calls to conduct formal experiments probably have a «déjà vu» quality, reminding them of a battle they thought they had won long ago — the battle
against a «positivist» view of science that privileges the randomized experiment and its related research and development model whose origins lie
in agriculture, health,
public health, marketing, or even studies of the military.
When it comes to the crown jewel of its $ 110 billion
in education stimulus spending and the foundation of its efforts to reshape American schooling, an administration rocked by
public outcry
against backroom deals wants to hide the judging table from the
public?
In A Smarter Charter: Finding What Works for Charter Schools and Public Education, Richard D. Kahlenberg (author of the excellent Shanker biography Tough Liberal) and his Century Foundation colleague Halley Potter (a former teacher at Two Rivers Public Charter School in D.C.) weigh today's charter movement against Shanker's vision and find it too market - driven, too willing to tolerate racial segregation, and overall, disappointin
In A Smarter Charter: Finding What Works for Charter Schools and
Public Education, Richard D. Kahlenberg (author of the excellent Shanker biography Tough Liberal) and his Century Foundation colleague Halley Potter (a former teacher at Two Rivers
Public Charter School
in D.C.) weigh today's charter movement against Shanker's vision and find it too market - driven, too willing to tolerate racial segregation, and overall, disappointin
in D.C.) weigh today's charter movement
against Shanker's vision and find it too market - driven, too willing to tolerate racial segregation, and overall, disappointing.
The NPR piece drove home the point that standards themselves can only accomplish so much: «Even as Zimba and his colleagues defend the standards
against cries of federal overreach,» Garland wrote, «they are helpless when it comes to making sure textbook publishers, test - makers, superintendents, principals and teachers interpret the standards
in ways that will actually improve American
public education.»
«I would suggest,» he wrote
in Compulsory Miseducation, his polemic
against universal
public education, «that, on the model of the GI - Bill, we experiment, giving the school money directly to the high - school - age adolescents, for any plausible self - chosen
education proposals, such as purposeful travel or individual enterprise.
On Tuesday
Education Next editor -
in - chief Paul E. Peterson sat down with Jason Riley of the Wall Street Journal to discuss the forthcoming PEPG - EdNext poll showing that the
public is turning
against teachers unions.
The key bulwarks
against this kind of mission creep are, first, a definitive,
public statement from the President - elect on the administration's position on Uncle Sam's role
in schools; and, second, absent that,
education officials» deep familiarity with today's policy issues and ability to apply conservative principles to them.
Far from attempt
against religion, secularism
in public education provides a framework of coexistence and respect between different religious and belief systems, without imposing any binding way.
So to avoid that appearance of intransigence the teacher's unions were relatively less obstinate about charters and shackled them with all sorts of limitations
against the day when the
public would once again lapse into disinterest
in education issues and charters could be quietly and tidily done away with.
But this battle
against Common Core does not just concern homeschoolers — all families, no matter whether their children attend a
public school, a private school, or a home school, must work together
in this struggle
against the standardization of
education.