Sentences with phrase «democratically elected board of education»

The proposed change would eliminate a democratically elected board of education and replace it with one appointed by the Mayor and City Council.

Connecticut's Supreme Court ruled that the state had failed to follow its laws and ordered that the democratically elected board of education be reconstituted and given back the authority to run the City's schools.

The final reports from Bridgeport's November 2012 education reform referendum are in and it turns out that the corporate education reform industry and its supporters spent at least $ 562,955.16 in their effort to pass Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch's anti-democracy initiative, a proposal that would have eliminated the City's democratically elected board of education and replaced it with one appointed by the mayor.

A Huge Victory for Public Education in Connecticut as Bridgeport Voters Shoot Down Attempt to Eliminate a Democratically Elected Board of Education

on A Huge Victory for Public Education in Connecticut as Bridgeport Voters Shoot Down Attempt to Eliminate a Democratically Elected Board of Education

ConnAD was a primary funder behind the lobbying effort to pass Malloy's education bill last spring, and more recently, helped fund Mayor Bill Finch's failed effort to eliminate a democratically elected board of education in Bridgeport and replace it with one appointed by the Mayor.

Perhaps even more disturbing, Teach for America, along with ConnCAN, Excel's leadership and State Board of Education President Allan Taylor, were the behind - the - scenes architects of the secret and illegal 2011 state takeover of Bridgeport's democratically elected board of education

Based upon a complaint I filed, Connecticut's State Election's Enforcement Commission has opened an official investigation into the alleged campaign finance violations of Residents for a Better Bridgeport, the political action committee that was created to support Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch's unsuccessful effort to eliminate Bridgeport's democratically elected Board of Education and replace it with one appointed by himself.

Scully has devoted his first post to the task of rebuilding Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch's image, by revising the facts associated with Finch's failed attempt to do away with a democratically elected board of education and replace it with one appointed by the mayor.

We certainly know that reality here, as Governor Malloy's education reform associates like Mayor Bill Finch, «Education Reformer Extraordinaire» Paul Vallas, and corporate business organizations like Excel Bridgeport and the Council for Education Reform, are spending over $ 100,000 to eliminate Bridgeport's democratically elected board of education and replace it with one appointed by the Mayor.

Failure to make AYP for three years in a row labels a school or district as «low achieving» and the State can override the democratically elected board of education.

The State Supreme Court ruled that the State's action was illegal and ordered that a democratically elected Board of Education be re-installed.

Next week, the illegal, state appointed board overseeing Bridgeport's school system, will approve a new multi-year contract with Paul Vallas as part of their ongoing effort to prevent a democratically elected board of education from determining Bridgeport's education future.

The endorsed slate of candidates were big supporters of Mayor Bill Finch's failed effort to change the Bridgeport charter to do away with the democratically elected board of education and replace it with one appointed by the mayor.

They are perhaps best known for their opposition to democratically elected boards of education.

They are perhaps best known for their opposition of democratically elected boards of education.

Not exact matches

We could accomplish this by vesting these authorities in the democratically elected mayor, the democratically elected D.C. state board of education, a new «portfolio management» body, or a new type of school board.

Euphemistically called the «Commissioner's Network,» Governor Malloy's plan would allow the unelected Commissioner of Education to take over up to 25 of Connecticut's lowest performing schools, and potentially their entire districts, pushing aside the democratically elected school boards that are the foundation to Connecticut's historic commitment to citizen government.

Pointing to LA Unified's soaring numbers of students living in poverty and learning English, Caputo - Pearl suggested, «If Broad and other billionaires want to ensure a great education for every child, they should invest half a billion dollars, and more, in an LAUSD foundation, run by the democratically elected school board, to fund sustainable neighborhood community schools that address the myriad educational and socio - economic needs of our students.»

Now that Bridgeport's illegal Board of Education has been removed and a democratically elected board has taken its place, perhaps someone — anyone — will begin to ask the important questions that need to be aBoard of Education has been removed and a democratically elected board has taken its place, perhaps someone — anyone — will begin to ask the important questions that need to be aboard has taken its place, perhaps someone — anyone — will begin to ask the important questions that need to be asked.

On the eve of a potentially catastrophic Board of Education vote to turnaround ten more Chicago schools, the school reform research group Designs for Change has released a report showing that school turnarounds are not worth the extra expense, and that the unheralded reforms brought about under the authority of parent - led, democratically - elected local school councils have been far more effective.

Forces behind effort to eliminate democratically elected Bridgeport Board of Education donate to Kenneth Moales Jr..

In Bloomberg's case there was his $ 20,000 check for Residents for a Better Bridgeport, a political action committee seeking to do away with the democratically - elected board of education and replace it with one appointed by the local pro-education reform mayor.

When Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch tried to eliminate the democratically - elected board of education in that city, he turned to Sackler for a last - minute campaign donation of $ 50,000 to help pay for what proved to be his failed effort to undermine democracy.

As a member of the illegal board and then the democratically - elected board, Kenneth Moales Jr. served as corporate education reform guru Paul Vallas» staunchest supporter.

· Provide district leaders who are knowledgeable about education and urban contexts and skillful in collaborative and democratic decision - making processes, starting with a credentialed superintendent of CPS, and transitioning from mayoral control to a democratically elected school board that is accountable to the public.

Like Cervantes» fictional hero Don Quixote — an appropriate analogy since their narratives are also the stuff of fiction — they charge at windmills, dragons of their own making, including teacher unions, underperforming district administrators and, in some cases, such as in Bridgeport, democratically elected school boards, all in the name of the fixing the «crisis» in American education.