Sentences with phrase «to defend public education»

The letter brings together a coalition of organizations with a record of defending public education while maintaining a fair and balanced funding mechanism for individual states.

The bleak reality is that there's little we can do right now to defend public education against the federal government.

Those allies saw an opportunity to use urban students of color as a wedge to break down the alliances defending public education.

In both struggles, teachers and their allies defended public education.

at Defend Public Education!

«Getting Informed for the Presidential Election 2016 Main Defending Public Education under Secretary of Education DeVos»

In making the case against further teacher union endorsements of Clinton, the blog Defend Public Education meticulously chronicled Broad's relationship with the candidate, going back to a visit Broad made in 1983 to the Arkansas home of Clinton and her husband, then - Gov.

DeVos and her ilk have succeeded in politicizing the education debate to such an extent that historically nonpartisan contests have seen clear divides between candidates who defend public education (and are often backed by Democrats, progressives and teacher unions) and candidates who align with the DeVos agenda (and who are often backed by Republicans, social conservatives and corporate interests that favor privatization).

Margaret Spellings, education secretary under President George W. Bush, also defended public education and the role of the U.S. Education Department.

Forging a social movement to defend public education means defining what we are for.

It is not surprising that some parents and students in Chicago are not enthusiastic about defending public education.

Most importantly, in this election the Social Equality Educators helped to popularize a program which asserted that our union is strongest when we partner with parents and community organizations in a common struggle to defend public education from corporate education reformers.

Click on the picture to view the video of selected speakers defending public education at the October 19, 2017 meeting of the Philadelphia School Reform Commission.

BOZA will also be rendering a decision on whether a military - style voucher school can occupy an MPS building in a Milwaukee neighborhood at 4 pm on Thursday, October 6th as well so come and defend public education on both counts.

Teachout depicts Egan, the former Albany school board president, as a «serious public servant» whose record defending public education and advocating for the public financing of elections make him the true progressive pick in the race.

But to quickly march this story forward, I've taken some facts from Ken Derstine of Defend Public Education!

The event was focused on the need to protect and defend public education in New York State from threats emanating from Washington, D.C.. For instance, the national tax overhaul passed into law at the end of 2017 sharply limits state and local tax deductions, which harms states like New York and California that invest in public education and health care.

«Defending Public Education under Secretary of Education DeVos Main Ms. DeVos: Here Is The Trouble with Vouchers»

We will defend public education and public service.

Granted, the teachers» unions have some independent resources, but what they have to spend politically to defend public education is peanuts compared with what the billionaires spend to privatize public schools.

«We are proud of every dollar we spend on services to our members and defending public education,» said UFT spokesman Dick Riley.

It is possible to challenge the status quo while honoring good teachers and defending public education,» Broad wrote in a 2012 Education Week commentary titled «Never Let a Good Crisis Go to Waste.»

Lewis, who will headline the «Rally to Defend Public Education» at 7 p.m. May 1 at Monona Terrace, along with Texas school Superintendent John Kuhn, makes no secret of which side she is on.

Karen Lewis, president of the Chicago Teachers Union, will headline the «Rally to Defend Public Education» at 7 p.m. May 1 at Monona Terrace.

«Promoting and defending public education is a prime focus for NSBA,» said Francisco M. Negrón, Jr., NSBA's Chief Legal Officer.

«As we defend public education, it's imperative that we continue to shine the spotlight on equity,» said Thomas J. Gentzel, Executive Director & CEO, National School Boards Association.

Defending public education is increasingly expensive.»

In fact, WEAC has worked tirelessly to help organize a strong coalition of educators, administrators, school board members and parent groups to defend public education in the budget process.

Professor Lipman presented a powerful keynote at Saving Our Schools: Defending Public Education, a March 27 conference co-sponsored by Citizens for Public Schools and the Public Higher Education Network of Massachusetts (PHENOM).

Defend public education — the only educational institution in our communities that has the capacity, commitment, and legal obligation to serve all children.

Teachers around the world must rely to defend public education.

I recently had the honor of presenting at the Network for Public Education's first national conference in Austin, Texas, which brought together many of the people who inspire me most in the struggle to defend public education.

Parents 4 Teachers (P4T) is a CPS parent group that stands up for teachers, defends public education and fights for quality schools for ALL children.

But we want to join with all those who are fighting to defend public education as an essential pillar of our democracy.

In this way, superintendents became endowed with the unique responsibility of defending public education, whether protecting it from the critics who sought to dismantle the system or advocating on behalf of more money for schools.

However, the most effective work to defend public education must be done at the local level and involve parents who will fight the fight at home and at the ballot box.

Join us as we defend PUBLIC EDUCATION and the voices of the District 15 community members who don't want their school to be co-located!

Eleven members of APPS attended the October meeting; two addressed the Commission on matters of defending public education.