Sentences with phrase «education activist in»

District One incumbent James Garvey is opposed by Lee Barrios, retired special education teacher from Mandeville, and Sharon Hewitt an education activist in the St. Tammany Parish public school system.

Mark Mishler has been a public school parent and education activist in Albany, NY, since 1994.

An education activist in New York for years, Ms. Nixon has also been studying up on other policy areas, including transportation, according to people familiar with her activities.

In this edition of the EdCast, Camila Vallejo and Noam Titelman, education activists in Chile, shine light on the Chilean Students Movement and how it is attempting to transform a broken system for generations to come.

Education activists in Chicago are fighting for an ordinance that would direct hundreds of millions of dollars in to Chicago Public Schools.

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Shahidi is an 18 - year - old actress and activist who uses her platform to advocate for important issues like diversity in Hollywood, girls» education and voter turnout.

Roads leading to the 20 - year - old education activist's home in Mingora were blocked off earlier in the day.

David Hogg, the student turned anti-gun activist following the shooting deaths of 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida in February, has announced he is putting off his college education to work on the 2018 midterm elections.

I first heard of homeschooling as a child growing up in a college town in New England, when the only people who homeschooled their children were hippies living on communes in the country or academics and political activists protesting against the regimented and regimenting education «the system» provided for its own repressive purposes.

Yet after covertly helping civil rights groups set up a well - funded Voter Education Project in 1961, the administration failed to provide the protection that activists required if they were to survive the intimidation of segregationists and what passed for justice in southern courts.

Pro-family activist Peter LaBarbera warns that a $ 65 million endowment given to several groups that promote the h0m0 lifestyle will be used in their efforts to «crimin - 0, alize» Christian opposition to their agenda.The Pride Foundation of Seattle Lambda Legal Defense and Education Network, the National Gay and Les Task Force, and Parents and Friends of Les and Gays (PFLAG).

Thus, by abandoning the man - woman distinction in favor of the heterosexual - homosexual distinction, homosexual activists demand not parenthood (paternity or maternity), but the right to some new abstract parental status that reduces the role of the «parent» to the exercise of certain functions such as education.

Social activist Geoffrey Canada, who is among that number, is creating a new education project that goes beyond schools, and tries to better children's lives in the community.

In that position, he became a vocal community and religious spokesman and activist on issues of ecumenism, civil rights, education and the Viet Nam War.

It's not entirely clear what Spitzer would do as comptroller for education, but he has indicated he would use the office's audit authority over much of the city's bureaucracy in a more activist role.

Education activist Christine Marinoni won't be able to vote for her actress wife in September's Democratic primary because she isn't a registered Democrat but is one of the nearly 42,000 members of the state's left - leaning Working Families Party.

Education activist and actress Cynthia Nixon's announcement she'll challenge Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a Democratic primary this September made national news.

The governor is seeking to quickly shore up support among his left - leaning Democratic base — a group with which he has not always seen eye - to - eye — particularly since Nixon, also a public education activist, announced she would challenge him in a primary in September.

Actress and education activist Cynthia Nixon has grabbed a lot of headlines since entering the Democratic primary race for governor, but still lags far behind Cuomo in New York City, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll.

In Cuomo's first public remarks since Nixon, also an education activist, declared she would challenge him for the Democratic Party's nomination, Cuomo said in Manhattan: «We're in a democracy, anybody can run, anybody can say whatever they want to say.&raquIn Cuomo's first public remarks since Nixon, also an education activist, declared she would challenge him for the Democratic Party's nomination, Cuomo said in Manhattan: «We're in a democracy, anybody can run, anybody can say whatever they want to say.&raquin Manhattan: «We're in a democracy, anybody can run, anybody can say whatever they want to say.&raquin a democracy, anybody can run, anybody can say whatever they want to say.»

The New York native and longtime education activist said Cuomo has failed to fight corruption, fix New York City's subways or address inequalities in schools.

The League of Conservation Voters Education Fund (LCVEF) works with our state LCVEF partners, educates the public, media and elected officials about key environmental issues, works to increase voter participation in the democratic process and mobilizes a diverse network of activists to advocate for sound environmental policies.

While never the closest of allies, Cuomo and the party have engaged in open warfare recently after the liberal - leaning organization opted to endorse Cynthia Nixon, the actor and education activist who has mounted a spirited primary challenge for governor from the left.

She married fellow education activist Christine Marinoni in 2012.

At 4 p.m. Tuesday, Black Lives Matter activists will rally in front of the Department of Education to deliver a list of demands to Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña, which include ending zero tolerance programs, ending «black teacher pushout,» and a mandatory K - 12 black history curriculum.

Nixon, a longtime activist on education and LGBT issues, announced March 19 that she was challenging the two - term incumbent in the Democratic primary.

We were Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Black, White, Latinx, Asian, straight, gay, citizen, DREAMers, activists in the areas of housing, criminal justice, LGBTQI rights, immigration, education, racial justice, women's rights, and many other issues.

At 10:30 a.m., clergy members and education activists from around the state will deliver 800 + petition signatures to Cuomo calling for «full and fair» school funding ($ 2.2 billion in additional state aid), governor's office, 2nd Floor, state Capitol, Albany.

As an activist for education, a member of several anti-common core groups, and the administrator of the Stop Common Core In NYS Dutchess County page, I spent considerable time and effort in promoting the Stop Common Core ballot linIn NYS Dutchess County page, I spent considerable time and effort in promoting the Stop Common Core ballot linin promoting the Stop Common Core ballot line.

In a move which threatens to embarrass Mr Clegg activists have tabled a highly critical motion on the Government's education policy.

«The Koch brothers donated $ 87,000 to Andrew Cuomo when he first ran in 2010 because they knew a good investment when they saw one,» the 51 - year - old said at the event, where she also touted her history as an activist on education, women's rights and LGBTQ rights.

Critics, including education activists, say potential changes in might jeopardize a steady steam of funding in the future, and gradually widen the gap between wealthy and poor districts.

John Dau, a Class of 2011 alumnus of Syracuse University, author and education activist, said that education plays a vital role in the community, and added that without the Syracuse City School District, he would not be where he is today.

ALBANY — Teachers» unions are leveraging an unprecedented statewide protest of standardized testing in public schools as their latest weapon in a war with Governor Andrew Cuomo over education reform — whether the parent activists who began the so - called «opt out» movement like it or not.

Does actress and education activist Cynthia Nixon pose a formidable threat to Cuomo in the primary?

It was a push by Cuomo that is shaping up to be a major issue in his Democratic primary campaign against Cynthia Nixon, an actor and education activist.

The Sex and the City star and education activist challenging Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a Democratic primary, made a copy of her 2017 federal and state tax returns available to reporters Friday.

Chris Cerrone, a Western New York parent and co-founder of New York State Allies for Public Education, an opt - out activist group, offered a different take on why city districts numbers have remained low or, in the case of Buffalo Public Schools, experienced a significant decrease.

At 11:45 a.m., formerly incarcerated people and other activists march to Cuomo's NYC office demanding funding for in - prison education, 633 3rd Ave., Manhattan.

Education activists wanted no part of the apparent admissions experiment in their neighborhood.

However, a major Bronx disability activist who has worked closely with Assemblyman Benjamin on housing and education issues but was not able to participate in the panel strongly disputes this.

The teachers union and education activists cheered recent revelations that Gov. Cuomo may seek to reduce the role of state tests in teacher evaluations.

New York, NY — As final negotiations wrap up on the state budget, public school parent activists and students today rallied outside Tweed Courthouse to urge legislators to pass the meaningful education reforms outlined in Governor Cuomo's education Opportunity Agenda.

National political strategist L. Joy Williams, who was recently appointed as a senior adviser for education activist and actress Cynthia Nixon's gubernatorial campaign, weighed in on what made her join the Nixon campaign and her thoughts on Nixon's advocacy toward people of color and other marginalized groups, on Tuesday night.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who is running for reelection and faces a Democratic primary challenge from actress and education activist Cynthia Nixon, promised to grant 35,000 felons currently on parole in New York State the right to vote.

Actress and education activist Cynthia Nixon, who is challenging Cuomo in the Democratic primary, and First Lady Chirlane McCray recently said they support legalizing marijuana.

Despite the buzz surrounding a potential gubernatorial bid by education activist and actress Cynthia Nixon and negative headlines amid a corruption trial for one of his former aides, Gov. Andrew Cuomo is still the frontrunner in the 2018 New York governor's race, according to a new poll.

Actress Sarah Jessica Parker said that actress and education activist Cynthia Nixon, who is challenging New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, has been «good for the conversation» in the 2018 gubernatorial race and that a challenger «is always good» in any race.

Actress and education activist Cynthia Nixon speaks onstage during «The People's State Of The Union» at Town Hall on Jan. 29, 2018 in New York City.

At a news conference in Oceanside with education activists, Kaminsky accused Senate Republicans of orchestrating a «secret deal» to fund the ads in exchange for the charter school hike.