Sentences with phrase «based education and advocacy»

Every year we engage thousands of people with online and sanctuary - based education and advocacy initiatives to reduce animal suffering and grow compassion.

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But there is also a new middle class, based on the production and distribution of symbolic knowledge, whose members are the increasingly large number of people occupied with education, the media of mass communication; therapy in all its forms, the advocacy and administration of well - being, social justice and personal lifestyles.

ACA provides advocacy and evidence - based education and professional development, and is the only national accrediting body for the organized camp experience.

The CSPI, a Washington - based non-profit consumer advocacy and education group, is often derisively referred to as the «food police» for coming out against a range of foods, including fettuccine alfredo («heart attack on a plate») and ice cream («coronaries in cones»).

Your gift can help Mass Audubon expand our field research, science education, evidence - based advocacy, and public outreach work on critical conservation issues, and enable us to continue making meaningful impacts every year.

«And this year we are especially pleased to be gathering in Worcester, where for decades we have worked within the city and with other central Massachusetts communities to promote land conservation, nature - based education, and advocacy.&raqAnd this year we are especially pleased to be gathering in Worcester, where for decades we have worked within the city and with other central Massachusetts communities to promote land conservation, nature - based education, and advocacy.&raqand with other central Massachusetts communities to promote land conservation, nature - based education, and advocacy.&raqand advocacy.»

The Sanctuaries 100th celebration on April 9 will present an opportunity to look back on how they've evolved as community resources for conservation, nature - based education, and environmental advocacy, and how they are positioned to inspire even more people to forge their own bonds with the natural world.

The African Heights Foundation is a not - for - profit organization, based in Accra, Ghana, dedicated to using the tools of education, advocacy and civic participation to raise leaders and active citizens excelling in various sectors of society in Ghana and Africa.

He also is director of the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies, a nonprofit organization in Ithaca, New York, which promotes optimal nutrition through science - based education, advocacy, and research in partnership with eCornell, Cornell University's online course provider.

About Blog The World Endometriosis Society (WES) advances evidence - based standards and innovations for education, advocacy, clinical care, and research in endometriosis and related disorders, in collaboration with its stakeholders and global partners to improve the lives of all affected women and their families.

The council is a Washington - based advocacy group, and Mr. Bauer was the undersecretary of education under Mr. Bennett.

«Each of these audiences will be critical in building a broader - based education reform movement that goes beyond the wonks, advocacy groups, and charter folks.»

«We've got to end this rampant dishonesty about graduation rates,» Kati Haycock, the director of the Education Trust, the Washington - based research and advocacy group that put together the report, said in a statement.

The Washington - based advocacy organization cites a range of what it perceives as offenses related to education, such as efforts by the Bush administration to zero out funding for the Women's Educational Equity Act and to «weaken Title IX protections for female athletes,» and its failure to investigate the exclusion of females from certain education programs.

The Quality Education for Minorities Network, a Washington - based advocacy group, announced the program this month; it was planned in partnership with several organizations, including the American Federation of Teachers and the National Urban League.

We envision that the institute will bring faith, education, policy, and advocacy leaders together to identify, understand, and elevate best practices for effective faith - based education programs.

We seek to learn whether the creation of an institute that provides the space and time for the sharing of ideas, resources, best practices, lessons learned, etc. can result in the development of sustainable, strong, effective, actionable and replicable faith - based supplemental education (out - of - school learning) and advocacy programs.

Most of the nation's colleges of education are doing an inadequate job of preparing aspiring elementary teachers for what is often characterized as their most important task: teaching children to read, a report by a Washington - based advocacy and research organization concludes.

Dr. Scott seeks to identify, understand, and elevate the work of exemplary faith - based supplemental education programs and faith - based advocacy organizations.

Along with attendance, testing, GPA checks, and tracking their students post-high school, Build SF uses rubrics for student projects, develops peer assessments, and asks mentors to fill out formal exit surveys on students, based on skills developed by the Partnership for 21st Century Learning, an acclaimed advocacy group dedicated to infusing twenty - first - century skills into education through collaborative community efforts.

Her research explores the relationship between education, policy, and equality of opportunity through three policy strands: 1) the racial politics of public education, 2) the politics of school choice, marketization, and privatization, and, 3) the role of elite and community - based advocacy in shaping public education policies and research evidence utilization.

The report, scheduled for release this week by Mass Insight Education and Research Institute, a Boston - based research and advocacy group, envisions a broad - based and highly cooperative system of rapid school improvement.

CEE - Trust, an initiative of the extraordinary The Mind Trust, convenes and collaborates with reform - minded, city - based education groups, like foundations and advocacy organizations.

Low - income, African - American, and Hispanic students in the 50 largest districts in Texas are less likely to attend schools with experienced teachers than high - income and white students in those same districts, concludes a report by the Education Trust, a Washington - based nonprofit research and advocacy organization.

The Alliance for Excellent Education is a Washington, DC — based national policy, practice, and advocacy organization dedicated to ensuring that all students, particularly those who are traditionally underserved, graduate from high school ready for success in college, work, and citizenship.

Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools ® is an education - based project that uses sports and education programs to activate young people to develop school communities where all youth are agents of change — fostering respect, dignity and advocacy for people with intellectual disabilities.

What started as an exciting interest in public charter school performance eventually evolved into work at a research - based advocacy organization that collects data and publishes reports about educational choice and reform initiatives in K — 12 education.

A public education and advocacy organization promoting high - quality, voluntary prekindergarten for all 3 - and 4 - year - olds; supports state - based children's advocates, and educates policymakers and the public about the need for preK for all children.

John serves on the boards of FUEL Education, a Boston based non-profit focused on helping families in poverty save for college, and the National Council on Teacher Quality, a Washington D.C. - based think tank focused on research and advocacy related to teacher quality and teacher effectiveness.

«Choice for me is either sending my child on a bus ride away because [a school] offers the science program that he loves so much, or the school that's literally five minutes way that he can roll out of bed and walk to because he loves art,» says Zakiyah Ansari, advocacy director for the New York - based Alliance for Quality Education, which opposed school closures.

«Poverty is certainly not destiny,» said Amber Arellano, executive director of Education Trust - Midwest, a Royal Oak - based education policy and advocacy orgaEducation Trust - Midwest, a Royal Oak - based education policy and advocacy orgaeducation policy and advocacy organization.

Michael Petrilli of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, a Washington - based education advocacy group, said the family will face a tough choice among public, private and charter schools in a city where attempts at education reform have become symbolic of the issue nationwide.

The initiative builds on existing voter registration tools currently available as part of ASCD's Web - based Action Center, an advocacy tool that connects educators with resources to help them speak out on issues of excellence and equity in education.

RSCT efforts include education, research, advocacy, and building the capacity of grassroots leaders and community - based organizations to positively impact rural school reform.

One of Trump's biggest education promises — a proposed $ 20 billion block grant promoting charter and private schools — was developed with input from DeVos» D.C. - based advocacy group, the American Federation for Children.

«There are countless examples of where the appropriate use of technology has had and is having a positive impact on achievement,» said Bruce Friend, the chief operating officer of iNACOL, a U.S. - based advocacy group for increasing the use of technology in education.

«There are a lot of factors that go into a teacher's performance in the classroom, and certainly some of those do happen after teachers leave the preparation program,» said Sarah Almy, director of teacher quality at the Education Trust, a Washington D.C. - based advocacy group that pushes for more accountability in eEducation Trust, a Washington D.C. - based advocacy group that pushes for more accountability in educationeducation.

ConnCAN, known to us as the charter school advocacy group formed by Achievement First Inc., the charter school management company, that was set up by Stefan Pryor and friends, beat out every other «education reform» group in the country, do to their ability to consistently misrepresent the facts on the most constant basis.

Indeed, on such issues as the common core and teacher evaluations, many might choose a cautious approach, said Iris Maria Chavez, the assistant field director for the Education Trust, a Washington - based advocacy group.

Our campaign includes more than 50 education advocacy organizations plus teachers and school administrators, representatives of charter schools and traditional public schools, urban and rural interests, business and organized labor, faith - based groups and community groups.

In 2011 she was selected as an Education Pioneers Fellow and completed her fellowship at the Data Quality Campaign, an education policy and advocacy organization based in WashiEducation Pioneers Fellow and completed her fellowship at the Data Quality Campaign, an education policy and advocacy organization based in Washieducation policy and advocacy organization based in Washington DC.

David Sciarra, executive director of the Education Law Center, a Newark - based school advocacy group, noted that many traditional urban public schools are older and in worse condition, and have to wait for the state Schools Development Authority to take any action on facilities.

The Alliance for Excellent Education is a Washington, DC - based national policy and advocacy organization that works to improve national and federal policy so that all students can achieve at high academic levels and graduate from high school ready for success in college, work, and citizenship in the twenty - first century.

Alliance for Excellent Education: The Alliance for Excellent Education is a Washington, DC — based national policy and advocacy organization dedicated to ensuring that all students, particularly those who are traditionally underserved, graduate from high school ready for success in college, work, and citizenship.

Stand for Children: Stand for Children is a nonprofit, parent, teacher, and community - based advocacy organization that works to ensure all children graduate from high school prepared for, and with access to, a college education.

DQC is an advocacy organization based in Washington, DC, working to ensure that students, parents, educators, and policymakers have access to high - quality education data and the tools to use this information to improve student achievement.

EducationCounsel: EducationCounsel is a mission - based education consulting firm that combines experience in policy, strategy, law, and advocacy to drive significant improvements in the U.S. education system.

The Alliance for Excellent Education is a Washington, DC — based national policy and advocacy organization dedicated to ensuring all students, particularly those traditionally underserved, graduate from high school ready for success in college, work, and citizenship.

Edgerley has also donated millions in support of the privatization of public education, including hundreds of thousands of dollars to New Profit, Inc. and Strategic Grant Partners, a Massachusetts based foundation that has been funding the expansion of charter schools and charter school advocacy groups in that state.

Families for Excellent Schools (FES) is a major New York City based, corporate funded, charter school and education reform advocacy group.