Sentences with phrase «down of education bills»

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She was also a high - profile supporter of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, and her wife worked for the mayor's administration in the Department of Education before recently stepping down.

The lame - duck House of Representatives today accepted a stripped - down Senate version of the America COMPETES Act, a bill to strengthen research, education, and innovation at several federal agencies.

But, come this summer, Gates will step down from his post as Microsoft chairman to work at his and his wife's philanthropic Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which focuses on improving the health and education of the world's very poorest populations.

«House of Cards» starts off at a remove, but it really gets going when its story plunges into something like the real world, one in which Bill Maher and Dennis Miller comment on the proceding on TV and a gaff on CNN gets autotuned into a viral clip, where an education bill is broken down and haggled over in terms of details on charter schools and collective bargaining and the slower moving but responsible reporting of a newspaper is put up against a fast - paced website in which an editor tells a writer she can just post her stories herself as soon as she's done with tBill Maher and Dennis Miller comment on the proceding on TV and a gaff on CNN gets autotuned into a viral clip, where an education bill is broken down and haggled over in terms of details on charter schools and collective bargaining and the slower moving but responsible reporting of a newspaper is put up against a fast - paced website in which an editor tells a writer she can just post her stories herself as soon as she's done with tbill is broken down and haggled over in terms of details on charter schools and collective bargaining and the slower moving but responsible reporting of a newspaper is put up against a fast - paced website in which an editor tells a writer she can just post her stories herself as soon as she's done with them.

In early 2016, spurred by a seemingly perpetual bankruptcy crisis at Detroit Public Schools (DPS)-- by this point, counting unfunded pension liabilities, the district was almost $ 1.7 billion in the red — the state senate narrowly passed a bill that would bail out the district and split it into two separate entities: the old DPS, which would exist to collect taxes and pay down debt, and a proposed new Detroit Education Commission (DEC) to oversee schooling in the city, including regulating the openings and closings of traditional public schools and charter schools.

During the 1994 reauthorization of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which ultimately forced the states to begin developing their accountability systems, Shanker was a staunch proponent of tough standards, and penned a pivotal article blasting a proposal to water down the bill.

Tom Vander Ark, who has overseen more than $ 1.3 billion in education grantmaking for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will step down from his post as the Seattle - based philanthropy's top education official at the end of the year.

As congressional debate bogged down over an array of spending and philosophical issues late last week, it appeared that the House and the Senate would not vote on their education spending bills until this week.

(Calif.) In a major effort to crack down on K - 12 truancy, key parts of a package of bills — brought forward by Attorney General Kamala Harris — won passage Wednesday from an Assembly education panel.

On September 10th, the Democratic Party's endorsed slate of candidates for the Bridgeport Board of Education, candidates loyal to Mayor Bill Finch, Board of Education Chairman Kenneth Moales Jr. and Bridgeport's faux superintendent of schools, Paul Vallas, went down in a stunning defeat against a challenge slate made up of candidates opposed to Governor Malloy, Mayor Finch and Paul Vallas» education reform iniEducation, candidates loyal to Mayor Bill Finch, Board of Education Chairman Kenneth Moales Jr. and Bridgeport's faux superintendent of schools, Paul Vallas, went down in a stunning defeat against a challenge slate made up of candidates opposed to Governor Malloy, Mayor Finch and Paul Vallas» education reform iniEducation Chairman Kenneth Moales Jr. and Bridgeport's faux superintendent of schools, Paul Vallas, went down in a stunning defeat against a challenge slate made up of candidates opposed to Governor Malloy, Mayor Finch and Paul Vallas» education reform inieducation reform initiatives.

The abortion language did not reflect a major change to education policy — and it could easily get stripped out of the bill down the line — but it catered to the right.

According to the Boston Globe, Kozol said he will continue his partial fast until Democratic Sen. Edward Kennedy (a sponsor of the original bill) agrees to overhaul what Kozol called a punitive law that relegates urban schoolchildren to an inferior, stripped - down education and demoralizes teachers, who he believes are forced to teach to the test.

Bill Cibes made a fundamental difference then and does so now when he tells ConnCAN and the other «corporate education reformers» that we will not back down in our commitment and dedication to protect what is right about public education while we seek to develop and implement policies that make a real, honest and positive impact on the quality of education in our state.

Trump and U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos are seeking a small cut for special education grants, while they sought to keep traditional Title I aid at $ 14.9 billion, separate from the $ 1 billion choice program they want under Title I. Funding for the 21st Century Community Schools Program, which funds after - school and other enrichment activities, would be cut by $ 200 million in the bill, bringing total aid down to $ 1Education Betsy DeVos are seeking a small cut for special education grants, while they sought to keep traditional Title I aid at $ 14.9 billion, separate from the $ 1 billion choice program they want under Title I. Funding for the 21st Century Community Schools Program, which funds after - school and other enrichment activities, would be cut by $ 200 million in the bill, bringing total aid down to $ 1education grants, while they sought to keep traditional Title I aid at $ 14.9 billion, separate from the $ 1 billion choice program they want under Title I. Funding for the 21st Century Community Schools Program, which funds after - school and other enrichment activities, would be cut by $ 200 million in the bill, bringing total aid down to $ 1 billion.

Nevada's lower courts in Lopez v. Schwartz and Duncan v. State reaffirmed the ruling of the Nevada Supreme Court that the state's Education Savings Account legislation is constitutional; only one section of the bill providing funding for the program was struck down for lack of an appropriation.

The bill «unfortunately continues to propagate the large and ever - growing role of the federal government in our education system — the same federal government that sold us failed top - down standards like Common Core,» Cruz, who didn't vote, said in a statement Wednesday.

The news story began with «State Board of Education members angrily criticized lawmakers» attempts to scale back a major education reform bill, saying Wednesday that the watered - down bill could stall the effort to fix the state's worst schoolEducation members angrily criticized lawmakers» attempts to scale back a major education reform bill, saying Wednesday that the watered - down bill could stall the effort to fix the state's worst schooleducation reform bill, saying Wednesday that the watered - down bill could stall the effort to fix the state's worst schools.»

The New Hampshire House Education Committee, however, recommended a considerably scaled - down version of the bill, which the New Hampshire House of Representatives passed last month by a vote on 184 - 162.

To answer that question, Salon tracked down an expert on California education policy, former State Superintendent of Public Instruction Bill Honig.

Parents are outraged over news that a lobbyist for the American Federation of Teachers bragged about watering down an education - reform bill at the AFT's national conference last month.

State Board of Education members angrily criticized lawmakers» attempts to scale back a major education reform bill, saying Wednesday that the watered - down bill could stall the effort to fix the state's worstEducation members angrily criticized lawmakers» attempts to scale back a major education reform bill, saying Wednesday that the watered - down bill could stall the effort to fix the state's worsteducation reform bill, saying Wednesday that the watered - down bill could stall the effort to fix the state's worst schools.

Strauss noted, «Bill de Blasio campaigned for New York mayor last year as a friend of traditional public education, and his victory was hailed by those who wanted to slow down corporate school reform, which has led to the growing privatization of public education.»

Moales, of course, is the campaign treasurer for Mayor Bill Finch, the disgraced former Chairman of the Bridgeport Board of Education and a member of the illegally appointed Board Education that was struck down and disbanded by the Connecticut Supreme Court.

Josh Thompson's time as a member of Bill Finch's Brain Trust highlight the recent challenges that have been dragging down Connecticut's charter school industry and their corporate education reform allies who continue to undermine public education in Connecticut.

In 1987, the National Commission on Excellence in Educational Administration, which included education - school deans and then - governor of Arkansas Bill Clinton, issued a report that said 60 percent of the nation's principal preparation programs were so abysmal that they should be shut down.

The result is a spate of articles in such places as The Christian Post and Breitbart that give two thumbs down to this solid (though imperfect) conservative victory (under such headlines as «Rhetoric of «Bipartisan» Every Student Succeeds Act Can't Mask Its Federal Control of Education» and «Republican Congress Thwarts Americans, Passes Obama - Backed Education Bill»).

«The decision on what devices to use will be left to school districts, with advice and technical assistance from the Florida Department of Education,» says Wright, as this all comes down to the strategic wording of the bill from the governor.

That's why a large portion of America's college students finance some or all of their education with long - term student loans that allow them to pay for their tuition bills down the line, after they've translated their time at university into a career.

In fact, I'd add that those savings could be used in plenty of other of productive ways as well, including paying household bills, accumulating a down payment for a home, investing in a child's education or simply improving a family's living standard.

Tomorrow afternoon, the Public Education Committee will sit down together in Austin to discuss the fate of House Bill 1190.

But instead of investing in sex education that actually works, the bill misguidedly doubles down on abstinence - only grants — which are harmful and ineffective.