Sentences with phrase «behalf of a group of students»

The suit was filed April 20 in Marion County Superior Court on behalf of a group of students and their families from different school districts.

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«A ruling by a single judge in one circuit can not and does not undo the years of clear legal precedent nationwide establishing that transgender students have the right to go to school without being singled out for discrimination,» said a statement from five groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), that have filed «friend of the court» briefs on behalf of transgender students.

The suit was filed on behalf of two groups, the NYC Parents Union and the Partnership for Educational Justice, and essentially argues the tenure provisions give students access to ineffective teachers and ultimately hinders children the basic constitutional guarantee of being taught literacy, math and verbal skills.

Last week a small group of Cortland High students met at the Capitol with state representatives from the Cortland area on behalf of Tobacco Free Zone and Reality Check.

The AAAS Mentor Award honors AAAS members who have mentored significant numbers of underrepresented students, including women, minorities, and persons with disabilities, pursuing Ph.D.'s in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), and who have demonstrated scholarship, activism, and community building on behalf of underrepresented groups in STEM fields.

The Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, reflecting rising concerns that stricter college - admission requirements will limit minority students» access to higher education, this month filed a petition on behalf of 14 Hispanic groups denouncing the use of minimum cutoff scores and the «overemphasis» placed on test scores in the admissions process.

As another scholar Jeremy Rabkin noted in Judicial Compulsions, the interests of the students quickly got lost in a «fog of legalisms» to be replaced by the interests of advocacy groups allegedly acting on their behalf.

For example, Bedrick said, the bill proposed by Rubio and Rokita would have given federal tax credits only for donations to scholarship - granting organizations that don't «earmark or set aside contributions for scholarships on behalf of any particular student, or to any specific school or group of schools.»

The lawsuit — filed Nov. 14 in the Arizona Supreme Court on behalf of the parents by People for the American Way, a Washington - based advocacy group, and other groups — marks the first time a voucher program for special - needs students has been challenged in court, according to the Institute for Justice, an Arlington, Va. - based legal - advocacy group that will...

The Caucus of Rank and File Educators (CORE) is a group of dedicated teachers, retirees, Paraprofessional School Related Personnel (PSRPs), parents, community members and other champions of public education who fight for equitable public education and hope to improve the Chicago Teacher's Union (CTU) so that it fights both on behalf of its members and on behalf of Chicago's students.

The suit was filed in 2012 by a nonprofit group, Students Matter, on behalf of nine public school sStudents Matter, on behalf of nine public school studentsstudents.

Summary: This article reports on the results of student survey on school mental health conducted by the Benenson Strategy Group on behalf of the Born This Way Foundation, an organization founded by singer Lady Gaga and her mother, Cynthia Germanotta, to research and promote mental wellness among young people.

The lawsuit was filed in May 2012 by a group called Students Matter on behalf of nine California sStudents Matter on behalf of nine California studentsstudents.

According to the post, «Using supergroups takes attention away from individual groups of students, and with it, action on behalf of groups that need it.»

Parents, education advocates and civil rights groups, who represent Communities for Los Angeles Student Success, or CLASS, are organizing a «silent protest» on behalf of low - income students, schools and communities by placing 375 empty desks on Beaudry Avenue.

Parents, education advocates and civil rights groups, who represent Communities for Los Angeles Student Success, or CLASS, are organizing a «silent protest» on behalf of low - income students, schools and communities by placing...

Teachers reported that their students demonstrated increased self - confidence, improved ability to speak in front of groups and on behalf of themselves, and knowledge of career options beyond high school.

Campaign for Quality Education v. California was filed that same summer by the nonprofit law firm Public Advocates on behalf of a coalition of community groups serving low - income and minority students.

Previously, she served as Chief of Staff for the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics, informing the Administration's P - 20 policy and programmatic efforts on behalf of the nation's Latino students and families, including helping to secure over 150 private - and - public sector commitments with a collective investment of over $ 335 million to build on and accelerate federal, state, and local investments in high - quality education for the nation's Hispanic community, and launching the Federal Interagency Working Group to strengthen and align federal policy efforts with local initiatives.

None of those groups are directly connected to the «other» charter school and Corporate Education Reform Industry groups that have spent money lobbying in Connecticut, including StudentsFirst and Students for Education Reform, which together dropped in over $ 1 million on behalf of Malloy's proposals.

«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.

Overall, using supergroups takes attention away from individual groups of students, and with it, action on behalf of groups that need it.

The advocacy group that brought the Vergara case on behalf of California students has called the ruling a game - changer and says it could be a template for similar court battles in other states.

That case, brought on behalf of several public school students in Southern California, was backed by a nonprofit group calling itself Students Matter, founded by Silicon Valley entrepreneur Davistudents in Southern California, was backed by a nonprofit group calling itself Students Matter, founded by Silicon Valley entrepreneur DaviStudents Matter, founded by Silicon Valley entrepreneur David Welch.

If you'd like somebody else, such as a family member or friend, to work directly with the Ombudsman Group regarding your student loan issue, then have that person fill out the form in the FSA Feedback System and indicate that they are filling out the form on behalf of someone else.

The piece written by Bradshaw on behalf of The Russell Group comes at a time when the student loan debt issue is coming to a head in the UK.

Participants who role - played as delegates were given briefing statements to prepare ahead of time, and representatives were selected by the students to give plenary statements on behalf of the regional blocs and interest groups.

2011 — In May four students attended CSD - 19 with the SustainUS delegation where they delivered several «interventions» on behalf of the Major Group for Children and Youth.

I knew that my actions taken on behalf of the protection of the environment were not confined to only myself; rather, they were shared by a whole group of youth leaders, the Sierra Student Coalition.

In the University of Pennsylvania School of Law's Program on Documentaries & the Law students create «nonfiction advocacy films on behalf of actual clients and / or groups devoted to the advancement of -LSB-...]

Just as he had done in Austria, Redl established a reputation for his work with young people and in 1944 he and his then student David Wineman founded on behalf of the Detroit Group Project, Pioneer House, a home for boys aged eight to twelve with behaviour problems.

Division 49 Awards Xu Li, Xuan Jia, and Dennis M. Kivlighan Jr. that you have been selected as the 1st place award recipient for outstanding graduate student poster on behalf of Division 49 Society for Group Psychology and Group Psychotherapy... Read More»

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Xu Li, Xuan Jia, and Dennis M. Kivlighan Jr. that you have been selected as the 1st place award recipient for outstanding graduate student poster on behalf of Division 49 Society for Group Psychology and Group Psychotherapy for your paper, «Perceptual Fit of Group Cohesion and Member Disclosure: An Actor ‐ Partner Response Surface Analysis.»

Elliott DeVore, Keri Frantell, and Dr. Joe Miles were selected as the 2nd place award recipient for outstanding graduate student poster on behalf of Division 49 Society for Group Psychology and Group Psychotherapy for your paper, «Attachment and Intergroup Dialogue.»