Sentences with phrase «agenda against school»

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Stephen Evans, campaigns manager at the National Secular Society (NSS) says: «We welcome the government's robust response to the specific allegations against schools in Birmingham, but it has a long way to go before we can be confident that children's education isn't being compromised by groups with a religious agenda.

, but I love Michelle Obama for making the fight against childhood obesity and for healthier schools a prominent part of her First Lady agenda.

Even as the campaign against Cuomo's agenda was in full swing, UFT members have continued implementing new school - based initiatives established by the UFT contract that are moving New York City schools forward, Mulgrew said.

Mohammed Shafique a governor from one of the schools in Birmingham at the centre of the Trojan Horse allegations has accused Ofsted inspectors of having an agenda against them.

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.

But let's give the former D.C. schools chancellor and her generation of reformers this: They kept the interests of kids at the top of their agendas and never shied away from a fight — and not just easy fights against former Daily Show correspondents.

What really matters is who sets the school board's agenda and who can galvanize public opinion against irresponsible board members.

That's why we need an education agenda that strategically recruits, retains, and rewards the most effective teachers and principals; that builds incredibly high standards; that develops rigorous and useful assessments to measure progress against those standards; that builds data systems that allow teachers, principals, students, and parents to quickly and conveniently access those data for everyday use; and that focuses on dramatic intervention within our country's lowest - performing schools.

This weakness is now of great import because we're up against a group of ideologically driven, right - wing public school critics with an agenda for changing, perhaps eliminating, American public schools.

In 1993, Shanker turned against the charter school idea when he realized that for - profit organizations saw it as a business opportunity and were advancing an agenda of school privatization.

He's against charter schools for political reasons, but his political agenda isn't helping kids in my neighborhood learn how to read or improve their math skills.

This is particularly worrisome because the administration doesn't have any real ability to enforce these provisions or punish states for not fulfilling their promises; and a blow - up will be especially troublesome for President Barack Obama as he fights a tough re-election campaign against Republican nominee Mitt Romney (whose school reform agenda differs little from that of the current office - holder).

At the union's annual convention last week in Denver, where Eskelsen García was officially elected, some teachers said it's time for a leader who will play hardball with the feds and push back against Education Secretary Arne Duncan's agenda, which includes evaluating teachers in part by student test scores and supporting the growth of charter schools, often staffed by non-union teachers.

Sir Michael also told the Committee that Ofsted had no «political agenda» against Christian schools.

The weeklong teachers» strike in Chicago has crippled the nation's third - largest public school system as union leaders fought against budget cuts and a reform agenda laid out by the city's Democratic mayor, Rahm Emanuel.

They then removed public discussion of the ruling from the board's agenda, thus denying the public the right to hear any discussion of why Judge Banks ruled against the Anaheim City School District.

Couched in concerns over Duncan's «failed agenda focused on more high - stakes testing, grading and pitting public school students against each other based on test scores,» the item was introduced at the behest of the California Teachers Association.

Having been on the defensive against school reformers for most of the past decade, NEA and AFT used their considerable coffers to subsidize organizations in exchange for support for their agenda.

Despite the reluctance of school administrators to speak up and push back against this ludicrous accountability exercise that has been promoted by politicians and corporate education reformers who have many self - interested reasons for maintaining this misguided testing endeavor, it is well - known that the «standardized» testing mandate only serves to continue the false narrative of failing American public education in order to drive the profit - making agenda of those who seek to privatize education and undermine the public trust.