Sentences with phrase «civil rights challenge»

«For more than three years, Commissioner Cerf has served New Jersey as one of the most passionate and articulate voices for the greatest civil rights challenge of our time: delivering a high quality education for every child in our state, regardless of zip code or socioeconomic status,» Christie said in a statement.

During his speech, Cantor called access to a good, safe education the «greatest civil rights challenge of our time.»

Ensuring a high - quality education for all students is the civil rights challenge of our times, and in my view, the raison d'être for every educational leader.

The new platform called education choice «one of the greatest civil rights challenges of our time» and detailed the Party's support for education savings accounts (ESAs), vouchers, tuition tax credits, and portability of federal funding:

The fact that the work was being funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation also offered some possibility that the grand dame of old - school civil rights groups would offer a school reform agenda that would actually meet the educational and civil rights challenges facing Black America today.

The LGBTQ community faces some unique civil rights challenges, but they also have unique financial concerns.

Not exact matches

His steady leadership during the challenging times of the civil rights era was transformational for the people he served, in addition to countless others across nations decades later.

If his second marriage were invalid, the children of that marriage would be illegitimate; the claim of illegitimacy would challenge their right to the throne and threaten civil war over the succession.

Civil liberties campaigners have said the scans represent an invasion of privacy and their introduction may yet be challenged by the Human Rights Commission.

The enormity of this challenge motivated Malcolm to attack head on the philosophy of Martin King and the civil rights movement.

CNN should proudly express unique perspectives about the challenges we face today to a man we revere for saving the Civil Rights Movement.

Malcolm challenged black ministers to take a critical look at Christianity, Martin King, and the civil rights movement.

A number of Protestant, Catholic and civil liberties groups challenged this special nod to one faith, declaring that such recognition jeopardizes the rights of other churches (and of individual Catholics) by creating a direct government link with the Vatican.

Flanagan, a Suffolk County Republican, added it was unlikely the GOP conference would challenge the legality of Cuomo's regulatory move for transgender rights, which relies on a 1945 civil rights law.

Facing off against Cancel on Tuesday will be Yuh - Line Niou, a former aide to Queens Assemblyman Ron Kim who narrowly lost to Cancel in April; businessman Don Lee; civil rights attorney Jenifer Rajkumar; former Community Board Chairwoman Gigi Li, and Paul Newell, a community activist who unsuccessfully challenged Silver in a 2008 Democratic primary.

He served as a Tuskegee Airman during World War II and was a civil rights freedom rider who challenged racial segregation laws that denied blacks the right to use public facilities, like restaurants and hotels.

Not on my own account I hasten to add but in support of Rebecca Steinfeld and Charles Keidan, the London couple who are challenging the Government to extend to all couples the right to a civil partnership and whose campaign came to a climax at the Supreme Court on Monday.

The NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, today won the support of TUC Congress in Brighton for its campaign to highlight and challenge the Government's attacks on civil rights.

At 6 p.m., Sen. Liz Krueger will host a conversation with New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, discussing his work to challenge Trump Administration policies on a host of issues from immigration to the environment to civil and voting rights.

Whereas, Dr. King confronted unprecedented challenges with the knowledge and belief that, as one people united in principle and purpose, «we shall overcome» all prejudice, hate, and intolerance; his legacy lives on through the civil rights victories won during his lifetime, as well as those won in the decades since;

Ramos» challenge made headlines this year, as he received endorsements from a number of civil and gay rights groups who saw him as a good shot at ousting Diaz, who feircely opposes gay marriage.

«We have seen how cities and states can overcome complex challenges by taking an approach that considers a broad range of sustainability principles covering human rights, labour standards, environment and anti-corruption, and then working with business and civil society to find lasting solutions.»

Taking a fairly low - key role here is political strategist and former White House aide Chad Griffin, founder of the American Foundation for Equal Rights, the gay civil - rights group formed to challenge thRights, the gay civil - rights group formed to challenge thrights group formed to challenge the law.

They have suffered a series of rebukes from critics, particularly in the civil rights community, who can not be comfortably challenged.

Gov. Gray Davis of California and civil rights groups announced a deal last Thursday to drop legal challenges to a 1994 voter - approved initiative that sought to end public services, including education, to illegal immigrants.

Beginning in the late 1980's, civil rights lawyers challenged the constitutionality of several state school systems, arguing that some schools were too underfunded to be adequate.

In his quest to turn around the schools, the mayor has united working - class Latino parents, civil rights leaders, and big - money Democrats to challenge union leaders.

«My intense desire to see my school excel comes not only from an unwavering belief that all students deserve an excellent education, but also the unique role Sousa played in the civil rights movement,» said Kamras referring to a challenge to segregation at Sousa that culminated in Bolling v. Sharpe, the 1954 Supreme Court case that paved the way for the desegregation of all DC public schools.

An article by Bruce Fuller in the Summer 2010 issue of Ed Next provides background on political tensions in LA Unified and battles over reform plans that took place when then - Mayor Anthony Villaraigosa «united working - class Latino parents, civil rights leaders, and big - money Democrats to challenge union leaders» in his quest to turn around the schools.

Today - more than a generation after the student upheavals, the civil - rights movement, and the establishment (and then challenge) of affirmative - action programs - it seems out of date, too planned, and insensitive to America's diversity.

Ultimately, these lessons taught Lee that education lies at the center of civil rights and diversity challenges.

As much as empirical challenges may seem to render this debate theoretical, it is a critical one for policy: the authority to issue federal guidance to schools on discipline disparities comes directly from administrative authority to enforce the Civil Rights Act, which requires either different treatment or disparate intent.

Instead it will perpetuate the real civil - rights violation — the woeful failure to educate the vast majority of the city's minority children and prepare them for life's challenges.

Despite challenges posed by data collection, however, DeVos should maintain the Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC).

«The research in Diversity Challenged shows that affirmative action policies have major benefits not only in overcoming the history of exclusion of minorities, but also in creating a richer educational experience for all students and injecting new ideas and understandings into discussions, debates and research on campus,» said Gary Orfield, co-director of The Civil Rights Project at Harvard University.

The polling results were released today to coincide with the national release of Diversity Challenged: Evidence on the Impact of Affirmative Action, a new book by the Civil Rights Project at Harvard University.

I recalled my early high school years and a teacher I had, Mr. Roth, who went above and beyond to educate my ninth - grade class on Civil Rights history and involve us in civic engagement, while specifically connecting us to current issues challenging civil rights and civil liberCivil Rights history and involve us in civic engagement, while specifically connecting us to current issues challenging civil rights and civil libeRights history and involve us in civic engagement, while specifically connecting us to current issues challenging civil rights and civil libercivil rights and civil liberights and civil libercivil liberties.

Frequently, it seems only an external catalyst (federal civil - rights enforcement, international fluctuations in the price of oil, or floodwaters) can spur new approaches to the social and economic challenges that have long faced New Orleans.

This report, co-authored by Safal Partners and Public Impact for the National Charter School Resource Center, examines federal requirements under civil rights laws and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, and state laws governing charter school recruitment, retention, enrollment of EL students and their accountability for EL student performance; requirements and current challenges related to EL data reporting; and whether existing laws are adequate to address the needs of this growing population of ELs in charter schools.

Any legal challenge to these regulations faces an uphill battle, yet judicial efforts may be needed to prevent ED and DOJ from using the civil rights laws to federalize all issues of discipline in the nation's schools.

A coalition of civil rights groups filed suit last week to challenge Colorado's new voucher law, saying that it violates the state's constitution.

She said that states should be able to decide whether schools receiving public funds must follow the requirements of the law; challenged by Hassan to clarify her views, DeVos said she «may have confused» the fact that IDEA is a federal civil rights law.

Seeking insight into some of the most challenging questions on race and equity still left unanswered in America, a bus full of community college faculty and education leaders, including Education Policy Fellowship Program (EPFP) participants, embarked on a civil rights bus tour in late November.

To advocate effectively on behalf of students, principals and teachers must continue to support and uphold the constitutional, civil, and due process rights of all students.Student Achievement Schools should prepare students for the challenges that they will face as they transition from one stage of life to the next by helping students focus on gaining the skills, knowledge, and understandings today that they will need tomorrow.

Black and Hispanic religious leaders and civil rights activists, including Martin Luther King III, implored the Florida Education Association to drop its lawsuit challenging the voucher - like program that serves about 75,000 students.

Today, POLITICO cited a release from the U.S. House Education and Workforce Committee Democrats that claimed Florida's Tax Credit Scholarship Program «has faced many problems, including constitutional challenges in the courts, vast opposition by parents and civil rights organizations, fraud and corruption» and was a «waste of taxpayer funds.»

Just as importantly, eight decades of court rulings — driven by the courtroom work of civil rights activists and school funding equity advocates — also provides reformers with the legal arguments necessary to challenge tenure laws and other policies that impede the constitutional obligation of states to provide children with high - quality education.

Unions have challenged parent choice in the courts, including a lawsuit against vouchers in Florida, a successful action against charter schools in Washington, and a new civil rights lawsuit against charter schools.

Many of us education activists (and yes, this includes folks of color) challenge the fundamental assumption that high - stakes, standardized testing provides ``... fair, unbiased, and accurate data...» as the civil rights organizations assert in their statement, and we challenge this assumption on historical grounds, empirical grounds, pedagogical grounds, political - ideological grounds, cultural grounds, and technical grounds, amongst others.

In assessing Civil Rights in the USA 1865 - 1992, the challenges for the Early Tudors and the nature of early 20th century Russian turbulence, our A-level students follow a balanced and rigorous set of topics as part of their OCR course.