Sentences with phrase «education activists from»

I at BAEO's annual symposium, which brings together parents, policymakers and education activists from all over the country to fight for ensuring that all African - American children have a range of high - quality educational options available to them.

A group of education activists from Tennessee, SOCM, also produced a lengthy document about the IDEA opposition.

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.

Somehow, I got included in an email conversation between Ed Johnson, well - known education activist from Atlanta, Georgia, and a group of professors who study education issues.

Not exact matches

The next demonstration will take place on January 29th, according to plans from the Education Activist Network and the National Campaign Against Cuts and Fees - the two groups which have taken the lead on most of the later protests.

Nixon, an education activist, is a de Blasio ally and would be seen as testing Cuomo from the political left.

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.

The WFP opted to endorse Cuomo's primary challenger, Cynthia Nixon, the actor and education activist who has mounted a spirited challenge from the left.

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.

Hawkins was polling 9 % statewide even before a widely - praised debate performance, and has earned endorsements from a spectrum of people and organizations, including Ralph Nader, Seattle socialist city council member Kshama Sawant, education analyst Diane Ravitch, and former Mobil Oil VP - turned - renewable energy activist Lou Allstadt; as well as Albany weekly paper Metroland, 6 teachers» unions, 6 Democratic Party clubs, Socialist Alternative, and a number of groups leading the fight against school privatization, such as United Opt Out and the New York Badass Teacher Association.

Few activists were mollified by ESPA's statement that a new directive from Governor Andrew Cuomo — interpreting existing state human rights law's sex discrimination and disability discrimination protections to cover transgender New Yorkers — amounted to «securing the Pride Agenda's top remaining policy priority, protecting transgender New Yorkers from discrimination in housing, employment, credit, education, and public accommodations.»

Latino elected leaders joined liberal anti-charter school activists on the steps of City Hall to demand that Success Academy Charter Schools return an $ 8.5 million donation from hedge fund manager John Paulson because of his role in the Puerto Rican debt crisis — where the government is slashing education spending in a desperate effort to balance its books... [Click here to read more]

The move was met with outrage from local politicians and education activists, who argued that the community needed the seats for local elementary students instead.

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Rural education scholars and activists from all corners of the globe converged June 19 - 23 on this historic foothills town near the Virginia - Tennessee border to share information about the struggles of rural schools and people worldwide.

Making this information available, I believe, will have a catalytic effect, empowering school boards, taxpayer groups, and other activists to push for greater productivity from our sheltered and bloated education bureaucracy.

Washington — Several conservative scholars and political activists who have criticized the activities of the Education Department may soon be assigned by that department to review proposals for federal grants, according to information obtained from the National Institute of Education (nie).

Educators from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Teaching Systems Lab, and the instructional design firm Fresh Cognate have created Youth in Front, a new hub of learning - oriented resources and multimedia assets for young activists and the educators and adult allies interested making their voices heard — particularly those who are stepping into activism for the first time, and for the educators who are responding to action in their schools and communities.

Moving away from fiction, Guinness World Records 2016 is in eighth spot on the list of most borrowed nonfiction (all library users), and I Am Malala — the 2012 memoir of education activist Malala Yousafzai, aimed at readers aged 10 - 18 — is at number 10 in the list of most borrowed biographies.

Washington Post education reporter Valerie Strauss is not known for an open mind on school choice, but she would have been wise to do a little homework before reprinting a 1,300 - word oped from an anti-voucher activist in Florida.

The century was young when the activist Margaret Haley dared to speak from the floor of the National Education Association's convention in Detroit, challenging the assertions made by its president.

Howard Fuller's memoir, written with Lisa Frazier Page, chronicles his journey from political activist to school superintendent and back again, revealing along the way the monumental challenge of ensuring that poor black children have access to a high - quality education.

We will focus on applications to the practice of education, from classroom teaching to school leadership, so that we are equipped to reflect upon and improve our work as educational practitioners, scholars, and activists.

In her new book from Harvard Education Press, Brooklyn Dreams, author and educator Sonia Nieto tells the story of her life in education — as a student, teacher, and Education Press, Brooklyn Dreams, author and educator Sonia Nieto tells the story of her life in education — as a student, teacher, and education — as a student, teacher, and activist.

Last Thursday, a panel of student activists from Harvard Law School (HLS) and the Heller School for Social Policy and Management (Heller) at Brandeis University gathered at the Harvard Graduate School of Education to discuss that question and describe the recent the movements for inclusion on their respective campuses.

This lesson was not lost on the chair of the Charlottesville summit — an activist governor from Arkansas who would soon be involved in the education reform debate from a completely different vantage point.

This week 150 prominent experts, activists, advocates, and thinkers from around the world will visit Harvard to participate in the Global Education Think Tank.

Schifter, who spent several years working on Capitol Hill advocating for students with disabilities, teaches a course on federal education policy, and requires students to role play a variety of actors, from politicians to community activists, to better understand how policy becomes law.

In addition, according to a press release from the coalition formed to fight off the Achievement First attack, «Scores of neighborhood residents, civil rights activists, education advocates, teachers, classroom support personnel, and legislators» joined together last week to «speak out against proposed displacement of Clark School students.»

«In retrospect, it seems strange that so many liberals bought into an idea that emanated from conservative think tanks and conservative thinkers,» education scholar and anti-privatization activist Diane Ravitch wrote.

He received his training in education as a fellow at the Broad Superintendents Academy, an 18 - month program funded by the Broad Foundation of Los Angeles that trains executives from inside and outside education to become activist superintendents for urban districts.

Awesome piece from education writer and activist Citizen Stewart: You graduated from a private school.

I recently had an epiphany while listening to Melissa Katz, a wonderful student activist from New Jersey, talk about corporate education reform on the radio.

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Panelists will include Jesse Turner, who has just completed his walk from Connecticut to Washington to protest federal education policies; National Education Association Vice President Lily Eskelson; Chris Janotta, founder of the Million Teacher March; and parent activist Leonie Haimson, of Class Sizeeducation policies; National Education Association Vice President Lily Eskelson; Chris Janotta, founder of the Million Teacher March; and parent activist Leonie Haimson, of Class SizeEducation Association Vice President Lily Eskelson; Chris Janotta, founder of the Million Teacher March; and parent activist Leonie Haimson, of Class Size Matters.

And given that the Obama administration has shown a willingness to ignore congressional critics of the waiver gambit (including Miller and House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline, who, despite his protests, benefits greatly from the evisceration of No Child), reformers and activists in those states will have to organize on the ground and battle to make graduation rates more accurate.

At the public hearing conducted by our Board on the proposed rule, there was testimony from fifty witnesses, the large majority in opposition, primarily representing the teachers» unions and advocacy groups, colleges of education, and assorted education activists.

This is because it can be difficult for even the most reform - minded governors, with strong support for his efforts from activists and wonks on the ground, to overhaul public education.

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.

Unlike other players in the school reform movement, Parent Power activists are grassroots - oriented players, often coming from backgrounds outside of education and policymaking circles, and have actually have dealt day - to - day with traditional districts which have treated them as little more than nuisances and pests.

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.

Negotiators on the platform committee met this past weekend in Orlando (you can watch here, starting at the 31st minute) and changed an earlier draft of the K - 12 education plank (one of five education sections) that had drawn criticism from activists who wanted the Democrats to take a stand against some of the key elements of corporate reform, including on charter schools and test - based accountability.

NEW YORK — On October 9th at 4:00 p.m, activists from all over the city will gather at UFT headquarters to protest the emphasis on high - stakes testing that education advocates denounce for harming students, educators, and public schools.

In cities around the country, teachers and other education activists are strategizing how the lessons from Chicago's strike can be applied to their specific situations.

From DFER National President Shavar Jeffries: On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate HELP Committee will convene the confirmation hearing for Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Education, conservative activist Betsy DeVos.

The vote followed opposition from teacher organizations, civil rights groups, women's rights activists, students, centrist think tanks, reform leaders, evangelical Christians, special education advocates.

But when school districts were told by states around 2011 that they would have to change their curricula to fit the Core — states had to overhaul their overall standards and testing plans first — opposition exploded, first from tea - party activists, then from progressives who chaffed under Washington - driven, test - fixated education.

Likewise, for conservative politicians and activist - profiteers disproportionately bankrolled by these and other monied interests, the «reform» argument gives them a way to both talk about fixing education and to bash organized labor, all without having to mention an economic status quo that monied interests benefit from and thus do not want changed.

When executives at Pearson, the world's largest for - profit education company, held their London shareholder meeting Friday, they were greeted by activists from the American Federation of Teachers, urging them to oppose so - called «gag orders» restricting teachers from revealing information about Pearson's Common Core tests.

With that in mind, we asked a variety of prominent voices in education — from policy makers and teachers to activists and parents — what their vision of a perfect school system would be.