Sentences with phrase «education advocacy groups»

School board members generally would welcome regulatory relief from federal intrusion into local policymaking, but civil rights and special education advocacy groups have expressed concern with the department's intentions.

Some education advocacy groups have also expressed concern that these higher standards might inadvertently widen the achievement gap between students whose native language is English and English learners.

With the express mission of unseating Republican governors and flipping control of conservative state legislatures — legacies of the GOP tide in 2010 — the two national unions, in particular, are taking a page out of the playbook of some newer and smaller education advocacy groups: Focus on down - ballot candidates and work up to the top ticket.

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

WEAC and other education advocacy groups have partnered to advance recommendations to the DOJ for project funding that fits within solutions identified during a massive summit on school safety in 2015.

The diverse coalition that included undersecretaries of education from the Clinton and both Bush administrations, representatives from the NEA and AFT, and individuals leading a broad aray of education advocacy groups came together around a bold new direction.

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.

Thirteen education advocacy groups joined forces and sent a letter to Arne Duncan (PDF) that points out flaws with states» new accountability models and urges the secretary to institute a more rigorous No Child Left Behind waiver renewal process.

Last Friday, leading education advocacy groups, including the New York City Charter Center, Families for Excellent Schools, StudentsFirstNY, NECN, and the Coalition for Community Charter Schools stood with parents to call for an elimination of the charter cap.

Eight education advocacy groups last week wrote to Cerf opposing approval of virtual schools, raising objections from the cost, to the fact they say the state does not have legislative authority to approve online charters under existing law.

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...

Collectively, CLASS represents 115,000 students, teachers, parents and other community members, and has also cast its net wider than traditional education advocacy groups to include parent groups, health advocates and foster youth organizations

A list of its broad array of members — which includes universities, education advocacy groups, professional education organizations and more — is at the end of this post.

In an effort to break the stalemate between Los Angeles Unified and union leaders, several education advocacy groups have come forward with their own proposals for teacher evaluations.

E4E was thrilled to be able to work with such a wide range of education advocacy groups in this effort, including United Way of Los Angeles, Education Trust — West, Teach Plus, Parent Revolution, Alliance for a Better Community and many others.

According to the American Diploma Project (ADP)-- a partnership of three education advocacy groups, including the Education Trust — more than 70 percent of high school graduates go immediately to two - or four - year colleges or universities.

... 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.

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.

«Several civil rights and education advocacy groups have a simple message for Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos,» reports Education Week's Andrew Ujifusa.

I was introduced to Nashville Rise after seeking out education advocacy groups and engaging with other involved parents.

He withdrew the state from the standards in June, but education advocacy groups sued and a state judge ruled last week that the Common Core would stand in Louisiana.

On Monday, March 5, 2012, members of the broad alliance of Florida education advocacy groups including: Citizens for Strong Schools, 50th No More, Florida PTA, Fund Education Now, Marions United for Public Education, Save Duval Schools and Support Dade Schools traveled to Tallahassee to join a press conference at 9:30 A in Room 301 of the Florida Senate Office Building.

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.

The president of Washington's largest teachers» union said the effort had one other positive result: fruitful collaboration between the governor, the Legislature, parents, other education advocacy groups, local school districts and the Washington Education Association, representing teachers.

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

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.

In illustrating how important definitions are, many states, special education advocacy groups, and even U.S. Rep. George Miller, the California Democrat who chairs the House education committee, object to proposed language about how states should measure achievement for special education students.

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.

Within hours, dozens of education advocacy groups, think tanks, university departments, and media outlets adopt new «verticals» dedicated to «strange» strategies and interventions.

Teachers unions and public education advocacy groups in Texas are actively fighting a state tax credit proposal there.

They assembled «work groups» that included university professors, leaders of education advocacy groups, experts from testing companies, and K - 12 teachers.

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

Demanding that Gov. Cuomo pay up on the state's long - overdue $ 2.5 billion debt to New York City public schools, two education advocacy groups at a press conference on Feb. 19 released a report that broke down the money owed by Assembly and Senate district in New York City so that each lawmaker who is going to vote on the state budget can tell exactly how much money is missing from his or her district.

With schools and other public services threatened with more budget cuts this year, UFT President Michael Mulgrew joined fellow labor leaders and representatives from community and education advocacy groups at a «99 New York» rally on Oct. 17 on the City Hall steps demanding that the state millionaire's tax be extended.

Labor leaders and some public - education advocacy groups, on the other hand, are hoping for a majority of exclusively mainstream Democrats which would be more inclined beat back pro-charter legislation and a controversial tax credit proposal.

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 spending plan.

In a not - so - veiled reference to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's «People First» campaign, a coalition of education advocacy groups are launching the alternative «Students First: The Reality Tour.»

Members of several good government, fiscal watchdog and education advocacy groups Wednesday took issue with the bill, saying it benefits mainly rich donors, and violates the separation of church and state.

Eliot Spitzer, who challenged claims education advocacy groups have made themselves about the funding stipulations laid down by the ruling.

«Sometimes, what looks good on paper doesn't work on the ground,» said Katherine Shek, a legislative analyst for the National School Boards Association, which praised Obama's commitment to school nutrition but joined two other national education advocacy groups — the American Association of School Administrators and the Council of the Great City Schools — in opposing the legislation.

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

An new report from an education advocacy group accuses members of the state Senate's eight - member IDC of betraying traditional public schools in exchange for campaign donations from charter school supporters.

(Interesting that this education advocacy group is running a competition much like Cuomo has proposed making districts compete against one another for education aid).

New Yorkers for Students» Educational Rights, an education advocacy group, is suing Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the Board of Regents and state Education Commissioner John King, claiming the state has systematically shortgaged the public school system by failing failing to comply with an agreement that followed the landmark Campaign for Fiscal Equity Ruling of 2006.

The Network for Public Education, a nonprofit education advocacy group co-founded by historian Diane Ravitch, is calling for a national «opt out» of high - stakes standardized testing.

WAMC's Brian Shields spoke about bullet aid today with Nikki Jones of the Alliance for Quality Education, a school and education advocacy group in New York.

(In Illinois, for instance, the education advocacy group Advance Illinois is in the know.)

Over the next year, Aaron Tang and Ethan Hutt, the energetic founders of a new education advocacy group, aim to get 1 million middle school, high school, and college students to sign a petition calling for high - quality public education for all students, not just those in suburban and middle - class neighborhoods.

More than half the California school districts surveyed by an education advocacy group said they've spent all or most of the funds set aside to implement Common Core State Standards, but still have more to do to prepare for the new academic standards.

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.»