Sentences with phrase «defender of public education»

President of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), Randi Weingarten has been the leader of the 1.7 million member teachers union since 2008 and is a well recognized national voice for educators and defender of public education.

He was a fierce defender of public education, but at the same time, one of its most clear - eyed critics.

But all Democrats — and all defenders of public education — should steadfastly oppose this nomination, even those who believe in «school choice.»

Defenders of the public education system asserted that the use of vouchers would violate the Constitution, balkanize society, and lead to a kind of educational social Darwinism which would advance the interests of the elite at the expense of the poor.

Hello defenders of public education!

Lt. Gov. Dan Forest released a video last week portraying the GOP as defenders of public education who have used the past four years of Republican control of the state to pull education up from from the bottom of the barrel.

TCTA leaders and staff remain staunch defenders of public education, research - validated modifications, and even things like choice within the public school system.

As we look forward, defenders of public education must play a critical — and vocal — role in holding PA lawmakers accountable for their support (or non-support) of PA's public schools.

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(For eligible attorneys) Provide supervision, education, or training of other persons providing prosecutor or public defender representation and must not be in default on repayment of any federal student loans

Personal Info Birthplace: Staten Island, NY High School: Brooklyn Tech High School (public - requires entrance exam) Higher Education: SUNY New Paltz, University of Buffalo Law School NY19 Connection: Attended SUNY New Paltz, 1970 - 1974; Returned to live in Kingston in 1981 and thereafter moved to Woodstock where he has resided through today Length of Residency in NY19: Kingston, NY and Woodstock, NY since 1983; greater than 34 years Prior Job History: Served as a Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) Volunteer working with Native American tribes in Nebraska, Western Nebraska Legal Services attorney between 1977 - 1980; Ulster County Public Defender's Office in the 1980s and early 1990s, Law Offices of Dave Clegg practicing predominantly personal injury law and elder abuse cases until prpublic - requires entrance exam) Higher Education: SUNY New Paltz, University of Buffalo Law School NY19 Connection: Attended SUNY New Paltz, 1970 - 1974; Returned to live in Kingston in 1981 and thereafter moved to Woodstock where he has resided through today Length of Residency in NY19: Kingston, NY and Woodstock, NY since 1983; greater than 34 years Prior Job History: Served as a Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) Volunteer working with Native American tribes in Nebraska, Western Nebraska Legal Services attorney between 1977 - 1980; Ulster County Public Defender's Office in the 1980s and early 1990s, Law Offices of Dave Clegg practicing predominantly personal injury law and elder abuse cases until prPublic Defender's Office in the 1980s and early 1990s, Law Offices of Dave Clegg practicing predominantly personal injury law and elder abuse cases until present.

Kathryn S. Wylde, president of the Partnership for New York City, a business group, said she had often had dealings with Mr. Klein and that his experience at the Education Department «established his ability to take on a difficult challenge in a straightforward, honest way, and enhanced the credibility that he established during his years in Washington as a defender of the public interest.

«More than just an advocate for public safety, education and the environment, along with many other policy issues, Peter and his family have been defenders of diversity and tolerance, which has fostered Queens becoming one of the most inclusive places on earth.

Neither the defenders of the status quo nor those proposing major changes in education policy have achieved a public - opinion breakthrough in 2013.

As the debate over school choice heats up once again, in the halls of Congress and in many state capitals, a favorite gambit of defenders of the status quo is to damn such changes as «sure to undermine public education» or «bad for the public schools.»

The result is that, as our nation has struggled to improve its public schools, the teacher unions have emerged as the fiercest, most powerful defenders of the status quo, and the single greatest obstacle to the reform of American education.

Hess is hardly a defender of urban public education's failures.

Defenders of the status quo are able to effectively attack certain reforms as «anti-public education» because Americans believe that the public has a legitimate responsibility to ensure that all children receive an adequate education... The divisions emerge when we consider how to act upon these shared purposes.

By openly acknowledging the shortcomings of public schools and embracing innovation, he became a much more credible and effective voice for public education than the NEA or other defenders of the status quo.

In response, Democrats have positioned themselves as the protectors of public education spending and the defenders of the nation's teachers.

Even worse is that these conditions are aided and abetted by defenders of traditional public education practices, who argue that the problems of American public education can not be solved until poverty is eradicated and parents and other reformers are kept out of schools.

For those of us who cover the nation's education crisis, it is easy to joke about the ranting and raving of some defenders of traditional public education, who have what they consider to be clever names for charter schools and impugn the motivations of reformers with wealth (even as they defend teachers unions who bring in $ 622 million every year through dues collected forcibly from teachers who may or many not even support their aims).

His own conversion to the school reform movement offers one more reason why defenders of traditional public education such as the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers can no longer count on the Democratic Party for unquestionededucation such as the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers can no longer count on the Democratic Party for unquestionedEducation Association and the American Federation of Teachers can no longer count on the Democratic Party for unquestioned support.

Tell deliberate lies: Ridicule public education advocates as «defenders of the status quo» who want money thrown at stale ideas, even though those ideas are backed by solid evidence.

Her comments, which drew repeated applause throughout, clearly outlined her concerns about the angry assault public education is facing but did not provide suggestions for any middle ground between critics and defenders of American public schools and teachers.

For school reformers and defenders of traditional public education these days, the Atlanta metropolitan area is better - known for the testing scandal that has engulfed Atlanta Public Schools, revealed the district's dysfunctional school governance, and led to Superintendent Beverly Hall's fall from public education these days, the Atlanta metropolitan area is better - known for the testing scandal that has engulfed Atlanta Public Schools, revealed the district's dysfunctional school governance, and led to Superintendent Beverly Hall's fall from Public Schools, revealed the district's dysfunctional school governance, and led to Superintendent Beverly Hall's fall from grace.

But in states where systemic political dysfunction is the norm, teachers unions and other defenders of traditional public education can rally supporters on their behalf.

To counter the manpower advantage held by defenders of traditional public education such as the NEA and AFT, school reformers — especially Beltway - based players — need to be working the community centers, church pews, and the extensive local networks.

Jon is a former public defender at New York's Legal Aid Society, as well as a former Senior Civil Rights Attorney at the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR).

Reason for despair: My primary reason for despair is the polarized state of relations between reformers and defenders of the status quo in public education.

This isn't to say that defenders of traditional public education aren't concerned about any of this.

Why are school reformers succeeding in winning the policy battle for overhauling American public education while defenders of traditional public education practices failing?

What status quo defenders are backing is a vision of American public education that in practice, has been a failure for children, families, taxpayers and even teachers alike.

After all, it is one that actually casts defenders of traditional public education as crusaders against plutocrats who simply want to bash teachers, end public education and abandon democracy.

Yet defenders of traditional public education are not winning the high ground.

Through strategic litigation, public policy advocacy, and education, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders works in New England and nationally to create a just society free of discrimination based on gender identity and expression, HIV status, and sexual orientation.

Education: University of Colorado School of Law, Boulder, Colorado, 1979 J.D. Honors: Student Attorney, Colorado Public Defender's Office, Boulder University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, 1974 B.S. Honors: Cum Laude

Frequently, I receive phone calls from private attorneys especially on DWI and juvenile related issues because I created a 150 - slide Power Point attorney education presentation for the Law Office of the Public Defender that is still in use.

Attorney Wolf is also a member of the American Bar Association, Milford Bar Association, West Haven Bar Association, and Connecticut Bar Association, including Family Law, Estates and Probate and Young Lawyers Sections, as well as serving as co-chair for the Children in the Law Committee of the Young Lawyers Section Executive Committee and the National Academy of Jurisprudence Family Law Trial Attorneys Association Kristen Wolf is also a participating attorney for the Connecticut Women's Education and Legal Fund and serves as Assigned Counsel for the Office of the Chief Public Defender at the Bristol and Hartford Geographical Area (GA) courts and he Hartford Juvenile court for child protection and delinquency matters, as well as guardian ad litem in the Meriden and Middlesex Judicial Districts.

«Compelling education research and brain science now demonstrate what parents have always known: the success of young people in school and beyond is inextricably linked to healthy social and emotional development» Shirley Brandman, executive director of the commission and a former juvenile public defender in Newark, N.J., wrote in a blog post.