Sentences with phrase «education advocacy group as»

From the outside looking in, Wilson's efforts are regarded by at least one education advocacy group as exactly the medicine the district needs.

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Our Patient Advocacy Group provides support and education for patients and their families, for caregivers and to the community as a whole.

Does anyone else see it as odd that a husband and wife would represent «different» education advocacy groups?

The CSPI, a Washington - based non-profit consumer advocacy and education group, is often derisively referred to as the «food police» for coming out against a range of foods, including fettuccine alfredo («heart attack on a plate») and ice cream («coronaries in cones»).

As for my education I am currently working on my Ph.D in Behavioral Ecology and I work for an advocacy group in Albany that allows me full access to the NYS LRS, keeps me in constant face - to - face contact with State Senators, Assembly members, U.S. Congressmen, and our two U.S. Senators.

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.

But news of the additional reform measures emerged as good - government advocacy groups blasted other gubernatorial proposals to create Cuomo - appointed inspectors general overseeing state agencies, the SUNY and CUNY systems, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the State Education Department.

Education advocacy groups are giving Gov. Andrew Cuomo bad grades when it comes to spending on education in his proposed 2014 budget, as Syracuse parents and community members believe the state needs to come through with substantially more money for schools in the spendEducation advocacy groups are giving Gov. Andrew Cuomo bad grades when it comes to spending on education in his proposed 2014 budget, as Syracuse parents and community members believe the state needs to come through with substantially more money for schools in the spendeducation in his proposed 2014 budget, as Syracuse parents and community members believe the state needs to come through with substantially more money for schools in the spending plan.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the creation of the group on Tuesday, made up of experts in health care, drug policy, advocacy and education, as well as parents and recovering addicts.

In the last six months of 2015, two key education factions pulled back their advocacy efforts as imminent threats to unions subsided and charter groups dialed back their lobbying efforts in accordance with Cuomo's shifting priorities.

In October 2014, researchers for the liberal advocacy group Center for American Progress cited the Pygmalion Effect as an argument in favor of the new, more rigorous Common Core State Standards, a bold education reform adopted by more than 40 states starting in 2010.

Price, who serves as chair of the U.S. House Budget Committee, came to campus to speak to a town hall meeting on NIH and NSF funding presented by the Emory Science Advocacy Network, a graduate student group that seeks to promote biomedical research funding through advocacy and edAdvocacy Network, a graduate student group that seeks to promote biomedical research funding through advocacy and edadvocacy and education.

As the horde of rush - hour Jennifer Ann's Group is preventing Teen Dating Violence through Awareness, Education, and Advocacy (+ video games) in memory of Jennifer Crecente.

Advocacy Groups Empower Parents to Act as Catalysts for School Reform A growing number of nonprofit organizations bypass PTAs to force change in public education

AAHHE is primarily focused on the need to develop Latino / a faculty and senior administrators as well as serving as a leading research and advocacy group for Hispanic higher education issues.

Many individuals on Capitol Hill and in advocacy groups appear sincerely to believe that with the right people calling the shots in the U.S. Department of Education, making good decisions, and acting wisely, the law could work as intended.

Memoirs should be written only by extraordinary people, and as we read Radical, Michelle Rhee's chronicle of her Korean American upbringing, college years, Teach For America experience, tenure as D.C. schools chancellor and now as head of a national advocacy group, we should keep in mind what makes her noteworthy in the education world.

It had all the ingredients of arts education advocacy and some enticing rebelliousness as well: a caring teacher who doesn't give up on sliding students, a bad kid with a heart and a brain, a visiting artist in a tough school, and a minority group member defying administrative powers for love of theater.

Advocacy groups such as Education Trust?

Most education advocacy groups, including both teachers unions and the National School Boards Association, as well as the National Governors Association, have signaled their support for the bill.

But student advocacy groups, including Education Trust - West and Children Now, view the plan as a way to nail down the board's commitment to narrowing disparities in achievement.

As the State Board of Education considers overruling the MNPS School Board and possibly approving charter schools for Nashville originally denied at the local level, grassroots advocacy group TREE is calling on citizens to take action.

Serve as a national representative for elementary and middle - school education to Congress, the Executive Branch, state and federal agencies, the news media, researchers, educators, and other education and child advocacy groups;

In a letter dated May 3, dozens of advocacy groups asked Brown to recommit to closing the academic achievement gap for high - need students as he considers an opening on the State Board of Education and a new plan for measuring school performance later this year.

Prior to joining JFF in 2014, Dr. Heller was an independent consultant for many years, serving as a writer, editor, and strategic counsel to numerous education advocacy groups, foundations, associations, and other organizations.

Committee re-organizes itself as private, non-profit advocacy group and expands its charge to encompass all levels of public education.

Malloy implemented an extremely prejudicial evaluation system for teachers, brought in Common Core and its associated testing (SBAC), crushed the OPT OUT movement, reduced funding for public schools while increasing funding for Achievement First Charter Schools, increased funding for CONNCan (a private Charter School advocacy group), appointed Stefan Pryor (CEO of Achievement First) as Commissioner of Education, vastly increased standardized testing throughout the state, and tried to abolish of tenure for teachers, all endorsed and supported by Melodie Peters against the wishes of the membership in CT..

... If the contract does endorse forced placements, it would come as a blow to education advocacy groups, who argue that principals should be free to hire who they want into their buildings.

As the leading advocacy group for public education, NSBA's federal advocacy group develops policies and strategies to secure legislation and regulations that enhance public education and support more than 50 million students in public schools.

ConnCAN, known to us as the charter school advocacy group formed by Achievement First Inc., the charter school management company, that was set up by Stefan Pryor and friends, beat out every other «education reform» group in the country, do to their ability to consistently misrepresent the facts on the most constant basis.

Indeed, on such issues as the common core and teacher evaluations, many might choose a cautious approach, said Iris Maria Chavez, the assistant field director for the Education Trust, a Washington - based advocacy group.

Education advocacy groups unified as Communities for Los Angeles Student Success today announced they are holding a rally tomorrow morning at district headquarters to encourage Deasy not to resign and to call for an end to...

In fact, in midterm elections in Colorado, when the group Democrats for Education Reform — an advocacy group of Republican money masquerading as centrist Democrats — made a high - spending bid to grab control of the state education board, their slEducation Reform — an advocacy group of Republican money masquerading as centrist Democrats — made a high - spending bid to grab control of the state education board, their sleducation board, their slate lost.

At the same time, some education officials and advocacy groups fear the opt - out movement will reverse a long - term effort to identify teachers and schools — and students — who are not up to par, at least as far as their test performance goes.

A report on comments from numerous interest and advocacy groups as the U.S. Department of Education prepares to write ESSA regulations — frankly, where law is really made — only bolsters the fear of continued federal domination.

These groups are taking on challenges related to school creation, human capital, facilities, advocacy, and much more, as the district transitions from public - education leviathan to one of many school operators.

Serve as a national representative for elementary and middle school education to Congress, the Executive Branch, state and federal agencies, the news media, researchers, educators, and other education and child advocacy groups;

He also coordinated the effort of a Los Angeles coalition of civil rights, education and community advocacy groups — known as Communities for Los Angeles Student Success, or CLASS — to use the state's new K - 12 local funding law to improve achievement for minority and low - income students.

Since then, a consortium of advocacy groups representing special education students, such as the Easter Seals and the National Center for Learning Disabilities, have pushed to end the allowance.

And in 2012 when the Trumbull Education Association refused to accept an «award» from ConnCAN, the charter school advocacy group, Wright, in his role as Chairman of the Trumbull Board of Education, attacked the union saying,

However, although no official announcement has yet been made, it appears that Adam Goldfarb has recently landed the job of Chief Operating Officer for the education reform and charter school advocacy group known as Democrats for Education Reforeducation reform and charter school advocacy group known as Democrats for Education ReforEducation Reform (DFER).

Democrats for Education Reform (DFER) is known as one of the most anti-union, anti-teacher «education reform» advocacy groups in the country and, according to a recent job posting, they are now «looking for a dynamic and «jack of all trades» state director to lead its CT expansionEducation Reform (DFER) is known as one of the most anti-union, anti-teacher «education reform» advocacy groups in the country and, according to a recent job posting, they are now «looking for a dynamic and «jack of all trades» state director to lead its CT expansioneducation reform» advocacy groups in the country and, according to a recent job posting, they are now «looking for a dynamic and «jack of all trades» state director to lead its CT expansion efforts.

Schneider adds that since Education Reform Now Advocacy (ERNA) and Families for Excellent Schools Advocacy (FESA) are registered as non-profit foundations and not campaign groups, neither is required to disclose who they collect their money from.

This law comes as no surprise to the head of the city's education advocacy groups.

Claiming to have over 100 chapters across the country, the «student run» advocacy group has, as of late last summer, collected more than $ 7.3 million since its inception to fund their «education reform» activities.

«What is new,» he tells NPR Ed, «is the tremendous amount of resources and energy in the last 10 or 15 years being put into what's referred to as «disrupting» the current system in favor of alternative certification, by philanthropy, think tanks, advocacy groups and the U.S. Department of Education.»

As I sat at the meeting of the education committee of the Connecticut General Assembly in early spring and heard the CEO of the charter school advocacy group, ConnCAN, say that Connecticut needed more seats in charter schools in order to save students from «being trapped in failing schools», I had questions.

The National Association for Bilingual Education is an American advocacy group that provides teacher training, educational leadership, and lobbying efforts on behalf of legislation regarding individuals learning English as a second language.

National black and Hispanic education reform advocacy groups, as well as Florida - based coalitions of minority clergy, have argued that the scholarships provide opportunities for high - quality education to predominantly minority children who wouldn't get it otherwise.

«As parents we believe that every child deserves an excellent public education,» said Natalie Beyer, a member of the Board of Education in Durham, North Carolina and a founder of the advocacy group Public Sceducation,» said Natalie Beyer, a member of the Board of Education in Durham, North Carolina and a founder of the advocacy group Public ScEducation in Durham, North Carolina and a founder of the advocacy group Public Schools NC.