Sentences with phrase «education advocacy»

Three of the state's largest public education advocacy groups are leading opposition to legislation that would greatly restrict the use of long - term bond issues by school districts.

If there is a clear sign of the growing influence of a new breed of national education advocacy organizations, it surely lies in their entry into state - level politics.

I gained so much more knowledge about the field of special education advocacy than I had when I came into the program.

These grants are designed to advance the capacity of partner organizations across the state to become leading voices in education advocacy efforts, especially on behalf of communities and students of color.

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State - based education advocacy organizations and their leaders are often rich in passion and knowledge, yet strapped for time and resources.

I will begin meeting with education advocacy groups and legislators to advocate for school funding and good education policy.

We also invest in education advocacy efforts that enable families to attain the best possible public education for their children.

Music for All is unique in that it combines programming at a national level with arts education advocacy.

«Although the school choice and special education advocacy movements involve vastly different actors and histories, they share a common assumption,» she writes.

The annual award will recognize state, education, or philanthropic leaders who have a track record of successful education advocacy or education leadership, and are champions of change.

We believe that change can happen when we harness the collective influence and voices of a diverse group of civil rights and education advocacy organizations across the state.

I offer special education advocacy and mediation services for children with special needs and other health issues.

When these students are meaningfully involved in education advocacy, such as supporting the school library, they can learn active listening, problem solving, and communication skills.

«What they did was move the problem to another setting,» said Ann Siegel, a lawyer and director for special education advocacy for Disability Rights Florida.

Thank you to Professor Patty Roberts, Director of Clinical Programs and Supervisor of the PELE Special Education Advocacy Clinic for her outstanding leadership and organization for ISEA.

Snow is now executive director of Teach for America — Connecticut and is on the board of Excel, a local education advocacy group.

StudentsFirstNY is a grassroots education advocacy organization dedicated to improving public school options throughout New York State.

Yet, even as state lawmakers approved modest raises for some teachers in recent years, legislators faced withering criticism from education advocacy organizations who pointed out the state's most experienced teachers were left out.

Essaibi - George's call for a hearing is part of an effort by education advocacy groups and others to increase investment in the city's public schools.

Advocates for Children of New York's Project Achieve: A Model Project Providing Education Advocacy for Children in the Child Welfare System AFC has created a model program called Project Achieve to ensure that children in or at risk of placement in foster care receive access to appropriate educational services.

A coalition of education advocacy groups on Tuesday started the process of once again asking voters to allow charter schools in Washington state...

During the 2014 budget session, we joined forces with other education advocacy groups and organized a campaign to share student stories about school funding shortfalls and ensure the legislature restored school investment to more adequate, pre-Recessionary levels.

Rick Hess talks with Derrell Bradford of 50CAN about how he got into education advocacy work, what the work is like, and what keeps him going.

«The important thing is not to panic,» said Debra Brown, director of education policy at Children Now, a statewide education advocacy organization based in Oakland.

The focus of the webinar is Manna's recent released report, titled: New Education Advocacy Organizations in the US: National Snapshot and a Case Study of Advance Illinois.

Michael Phillips, board chair of the leading education advocacy group 50CAN, spoke last month at a TEDxWilmingtonED Conference on the topic, «When Kids Learn on Broken Chairs.»

To increase our collective understanding of the challenges, identify viable solutions, and ensure effective charter school practices that justify the trust of parents and students with disabilities, the charter sector needs a credible entity that will be a reliable resource for key stakeholders; both in the charter sector and the special education advocacy community.

As the Executive Director of the Disability Rights Legal Center at Loyola Law School, Eve managed all aspects of this non-profit disability rights organization and supervised all major programs, including the Civil Rights Litigation Project, Disability Mediation Center, Cancer Legal Resource Center, Community Outreach Program, and Education Advocacy Project.

Wednesday was higher education advocacy day at the capitol, and students and professors teamed up to argue for more funding.

The National Education Association and Teach Plus, a national non-profit education advocacy organization, have selected 52 of the country's...

The special education advocacy taught at ISEA could best be described as legally - based advocacy.

Recently, Carmen L. Lopez, a retired Superior Court judge, raised a series of concerns about Excel Bridgeport, a corporate funded education advocacy group that has been actively pushing an «education reform» agenda.

Then you should have been at the UFT's first - ever New York City Career and Technical Education Advocacy Day in Albany on May 17, when high - achieving students from seven of the city's career and technical education schools showed off their impressive skills.

In addition, the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce and the Prichard Committee (the most prominent education advocacy group in the state) have created a joint initiative called «Business Leader Champions of Education» that is pushing for overall improvements in the state's schools.

Consisting of several new faces as well as loyal supporters from the original founding of the program in the 1990s, this Council counts among its members active artists, cultural philanthropists, and arts educators who put civic engagement and arts education advocacy among their highest priorities.

Manna uses the concept of «policy entrepreneurship» to examine the characteristics and priorities of many of the newly formed education advocacy organizations in the US, how they operate and influence policy, and factors associated with their success.

Change the Stakes, a New York based pro-public education advocacy group, provides Eight Reasons to Opt Out of SBAC testing.

It is important for adults to check their assumptions about your own ability to allow students to experience Meaningful Student Involvement through education advocacy.

Parent Revolution, in addition to 13 other California education advocacy groups, like United Way, California Charter Schools Association, Students Matter and The Education Trust - West, submitted their own joint letter to the U.S. Department of Education supporting the proposed regulations.

TRENTON, NJ — In response to the ongoing debate on proposed charter school regulation changes and subsequent calls for a moratorium on charter expansion at the State Board of Education meeting today, several education advocacy organizations and charter school parents offered the following statements:

NAMM is headed to their annual gathering at the NAMM Music Education Advocacy D.C. Fly - In, May 21 - 24.