Sentences with phrase «education activist said»

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.

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Liberal activists who have been critical of Cuomo on education and other issues think an insurgent with greater name recognition could provide a stronger challenge, even though polls say Cuomo is still popular among Democratic voters statewide.

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.»

The progressive party's decision to endorse the actor and public education activist came the day after the governor's campaign said it would not seek the party's endorsement.

She spoke at a press conference Monday organized by the Alliance for Quality Education, an activist group that pushes for more state funding for schools and has said that the current funding distribution favors wealthy, white districts over poor areas with people of color.

Mulgrew said his schedule has been filled with meetings with elected officials, labor groups and education activists about how to handle the dangers ahead.

«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.

Anti-testing activists said the opt - outs sent a clear message to Cuomo, the Regents and the state Education Department: The tests and curricula aligned with the Common Core academic standards must be completely retooled.

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.

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.

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.

Dozens of students, parents, educators and activists are urging the U.S. Senate not to confirm John King, President Obama's choice to succeed Arne Duncan as education secretary, because he pushed education policies when he was education commissioner of New York State that they say were «ineffective and destructive.»

Hawkins said he recruited NYC education activist and socialist Brian Jones as his running mate in order to focus attention on schools.

«While no longer a candidate, I will continue to passionately and relentlessly pursue a reform education agenda as an education activist, a columnist and blogger, and as the co-owner of the influential political news organization,» Allon said in a statement.

The groups, consisting of state lawmakers, city lawmakers and civil rights activists, say the deal struck between Bloomberg and State Education Commissioner David Steiner to allow the magazine executive to take charge violates the law.

Actress and education activist Cynthia Nixon, a gubernatorial candidate challenging Gov. Andrew Cuomo, says legalizing marijuana is vital to «ending a key front in the racist war on drugs» and will help raise additional revenue for New York State.

«What made this convening so impressive is that while so much in education reform can divide activists into warring camps, expanding learning time unites reformers around a shared vision of bringing excellence and breadth to our nation's most impoverished and struggling schools,» said Lecturer Chris Gabrieli, cofounder and chairman of the National Center on Time & Learning, a nonprofit dedicated to expanding learning time to improve student achievement and enable a well - rounded education.

Mission's Kimberly Campisano, one of the teacher - advisers involved in the project, says, «Working with the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art has given me the opportunity to share what I know firsthand about the urban teaching experience, and the importance of art in activist education.»

And the school likely wouldn't have such classes, some teachers here say, if the U.S. Department of Education's office for civil rights hadn't forced the Salt Lake City district to bolster its services for English - learners in response to a complaint by a local activist in 2001.

This creates concern why public education is now controlled by two private organizations,» says Gretchen Logue, a Missouri education activist and one of the co-founders of Truth in American Education, a network of activists and organizations opposing Comeducation is now controlled by two private organizations,» says Gretchen Logue, a Missouri education activist and one of the co-founders of Truth in American Education, a network of activists and organizations opposing Comeducation activist and one of the co-founders of Truth in American Education, a network of activists and organizations opposing ComEducation, a network of activists and organizations opposing Common Core.

Karen Braun, a parent activist who blogs about school issues and is involved with «Stop Common Core in Michigan,» said that Austin's comments about parental ability to make choices on education for their children are at odds with the Michigan revised school code.

Activists say less funding and less teachers mean larger class sizes, special education cuts and an overworked school staff.

After all, he said, he was introducing the education historian and anti-corporate reform activist Diane Ravitch.

It sure is, say local opt - out activists, who oppose so - called school reform measures — including high - stakes tests used to evaluate teachers — that they say are designed to foster private alternatives and ultimately dismantle public education.

When pressed by Hull MP and former NUT activist Emma Hardy on whether changes to gradings could reward schools that took large numbers of pupils with special education needs or excluded pupils, Spielman said this was an «interesting suggestion for the new framework».

Trish Gorham, president of the Oakland Education Association, said the actions of a small group of activists pale in comparison with the uncertainty created by some of the sweeping changes Wilson has proposed.

Chris Stewart, a national school choice activist and the director of outreach and external affairs at Education Post said: «As a longtime member and supporter...

Some educators and activists who campaigned for Mr. Obama in 2008 say they believed he was intent on making a significant shift in direction on education from the Bush administration, in part to counterbalance the weight of standardized testing in schools.

Education historian and activist Diane Ravitch said that language was unacceptable and that, among other things, the Democrats needed to make a statement opposing corporate replacements for neighborhood public schools.

The bottom line: The activists are worried that if she becomes president, she won't depart much from President Obama's education reform policies, which critics say have contributed to the privatization of public education.

Inglewood education activist D'Artagnan Scorza says people he's spoken with are looking beyond the state takeover.

Oklahoma parent activist Jenni White — who has led the anti-Common Core effort in that state for nearly a decade — says Gates's money is always welcomed by government education officials because schools are «perennially unfunded.»

Standardized test scores may be rising in the city's public schools, but those gains on paper do not translate into any meaningful improvements in the lives of the city's poorest students, said former New Orleans education official and activist Dr. Andre Perry.

Students, parent activists and teachers took the stage to celebrate the defeat of Ballot Question 2, which called for a lift to the statewide cap on charter school expansion — a victory that Massachusetts Teachers Association President Barbara Madeloni said quashed efforts to privatize public education.

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She said that because changes were initiated from the education bureaucracy instead of from activist parents, crucial elements were not addressed.

Darling, whom Bennett listed as a reference, said he's a great fit for the job, calling him «an education - reform activist with a national reputation.»