Sentences with phrase «education activists like»

Education activists like Diane Ravitch, however, may agree that higher standards are a good thing in education, but not by way of the CCSS.

Opponents that include ultra conservative tea partiers like Lt. Gov. Dan Forest, as well as House Speaker Thom Tillis, some teachers, and some progressive education activists like Diane Ravitch — are fighting to take down what some see as either a government takeover of the nation's schools or a platform for excessive testing and corporate profit.

Not exact matches

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.

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.

This one is taking place within the Democratic Party, where the unions» opposition to reform has led to increasing dissatisfaction — led by groups like Democrats for Education Reform, vocally expressed by moderate and liberal opinion leaders, energized by a growing network of education activists (many with roots in Teach for America), and funded by well - heeled philanthropists like Bill Gates and EEducation Reform, vocally expressed by moderate and liberal opinion leaders, energized by a growing network of education activists (many with roots in Teach for America), and funded by well - heeled philanthropists like Bill Gates and Eeducation activists (many with roots in Teach for America), and funded by well - heeled philanthropists like Bill Gates and Eli Broad.

That difference is something I'd like activists like BLM and advocates for education reform to respect.

Conservative organizations, think tanks, and other right - wing activists backed by corporate donors including the Koch brothers, the family of U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, and the Bradley Foundation, have long been preparing for a case like Janus as part of a larger campaign to break unions.

CHARTS AND GRAPHS ARE NOT ENOUGH: Activist Deray McKesson generated 1,700 retweets and likes with his comment that «It's exhausting to see so many reporters write about education with no proximity to actual school systems, or classrooms.

Black and Hispanic religious leaders and civil rights activists, including Martin Luther King III, implored the Florida Education Association to drop its lawsuit challenging the voucher - like program that serves about 75,000 students.

Randi Weingarten likes to claim people who call her out are ultra-right-wing Tea Partiers, education privatizers, or agents of libertarian activist - philanthropists Charles and David Koch.

While labor activists like to think of the strikes as a sign of a resurgent labor movement, a recent article by Jason Walta, senior counsel for the National Education Association, the largest teachers» union in the country, strongly indicates otherwise.

Like Woestehoff, many education activists believe other alternatives offer more parental control than parent trigger laws.

Most of us grassroots activists don't have the millions of dollars to lobby legislators like the Corporate Driven Education Reformers do.

Between the use of his bully pulpit, his competitive programs like RTTT and his recent rebellion against NCLB, Duncan is the most activist education secretary the U.S. has ever seen.

Climate Activist and Fellow with the Alliance for Climate Education (ACE), Maxine Jimenez, knows first hand what climate change looks and feels like.

Calling all outliers, activists, innovators, entrepreneurs, and creators to find your home alongside like - minded continuing education students at The New School's Open Campus.