Sentences with phrase «education advocacy groups say»

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.

Not exact matches

«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.

Some say the bill seeks to stifle contributions to issue advocacy groups that campaign for changes to environmental, education, criminal justice, government ethics, and other policies.

The new task force has its «work cut out for it,» said Billy Easton, executive director of the advocacy group the Alliance for Quality Education, which is partially funded by teachers» unions, in a statement.

At least one advocacy group, the Alliance for Quality Education, said it will go to court to try to rescind the new rules.

At least one advocacy group, the Alliance for Quality Education, says it will go to court to try to rescind the new rules.

«It's trying to confuse people, but it doesn't substantially change anything,» said Diane Venezia Livingston, a mother of three and founder of Port Washington Advocacy for Public Education, a group that opposes tying test scores to teacher evaluations.

A pro-charter advocacy group wants New York education officials to investigate 10 district schools in Brooklyn that it says had «suspiciously high spikes» in scores on state tests.

Billy Easton, executive director of Alliance for Quality Education, a labor - backed advocacy group, said the groups «hope [s] it is true» that the proposals are discrete.

Billy Easton, with the Alliance for Quality Education, an advocacy group to increase school funding that is allied with the teachers unions, says his group is happy that the governor has created the commission.

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.

The Alliance for Quality Education, an advocacy group, has said it also will go to court to try to rescind the new rules.

Higher education is also suffering, says Belinda Robinson, chief executive of Universities Australia, an advocacy group based in Canberra.

While one segment has coalesced around a broad social justice agenda, including education, housing, economics, and criminal justice advocacy, a contrasting group of center - right leaders say the presence of «social justice warriors» will marginalize their voices.

«We've got to end this rampant dishonesty about graduation rates,» Kati Haycock, the director of the Education Trust, the Washington - based research and advocacy group that put together the report, said in a statement.

«Poor kids almost always get a lesser education, and a test won't solve the problem,» said Monty Neill, executive director of FairTest, a Cambridge, Massachusetts, testing - reform advocacy group.

Says Robert Pondiscio, executive director of the advocacy group CitizenshipFirst, those are «the most important fifty - seven words in education reform since the publication of A Nation at Risk in 1983.»

«The provisions dealing with teacher quality in No Child Left Behind have done a wonderful job of focusing attention on the issue of teacher quality in the United States,» said Jack Jennings, the director of the Washington - based Center on Education Policy, a nonpartisan advocacy group that sponsored the gathering.

The Times quotes Derrell Bradford, executive director of E3 (Excellent Education for Everyone), an advocacy group that supports school choice, saying,

«What happened was you had a whole bunch of folks who wanted standards but not standardization,» said Arnold Fege, president of Public Advocacy for Kids, a nonprofit public education advocacAdvocacy for Kids, a nonprofit public education advocacyadvocacy group.

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 education advocacy groups, local school districts and the Washington Education Association, representing Education Association, representing teachers.

«It's very difficult to compare Rochester, Buffalo and Syracuse to New York City,» said Billy Easton, executive director of the Alliance for Quality Education (AQE), a left - leaning education advocaEducation (AQE), a left - leaning education advocaeducation advocacy group.

The founder of a grassroots public school advocacy group based in northern Wisconsin says Rep. Mary Czaja backs «draconian» budget cuts to public education at the behest of Republican party leadership.

«In some ways, they have over-succeeded,» said Joe Williams, executive director of the Democrats for Education Reform, a New York advocacy group, and a longtime follower of teacher unions nationwide.

Amy Wilkins of the Education Trust, an advocacy group that seeks to close the achievement gap, said she is concerned that plans submitted by Indiana and Oklahoma don't do enough to hold schools accountable for educating Latino, African American and other minority children.

Michael Petrilli of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, a Washington - based education advocacy group, said the family will face a tough choice among public, private and charter schools in a city where attempts at education reform have become symbolic of the issue nationwide.

But Kayla McGannon, the director of advocacy for Stand for Children Colorado, said that while backing candidates who supported SB 191 was a «big priority» for the group, it also favored incumbents or challengers who shared the organization's broader views of education policy, not just on teacher effectiveness.

Whatever the future of the new generation of advocacy groups, elected officials who have worked with them say their campaign activities show the strength of their commitment to being serious players in education politics.

«I think opt - out is something that is not reasonable,» State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia said at an event hosted by the teacher advocacy group Educators 4 Excellence.

«The bad news is we're not seeing a lot of innovation or discussion around personalized learning,» said Claire Voorhees, national policy director for the Tallahassee, Florida - based Foundation for Excellence in Education, an advocacy group for personalized learning.

«There are countless examples of where the appropriate use of technology has had and is having a positive impact on achievement,» said Bruce Friend, the chief operating officer of iNACOL, a U.S. - based advocacy group for increasing the use of technology in education.

Samantha Tran, senior director for education policy at the Oakland - based advocacy group Children Now, said more specifics are needed throughout the accountability plans so community members can clearly see what districts plan to do.

«There are a lot of factors that go into a teacher's performance in the classroom, and certainly some of those do happen after teachers leave the preparation program,» said Sarah Almy, director of teacher quality at the Education Trust, a Washington D.C. - based advocacy group that pushes for more accountability in eEducation Trust, a Washington D.C. - based advocacy group that pushes for more accountability in educationeducation.

Jonathan Schleifer, the executive director of Educators 4 Excellence (E4E), a teacher advocacy group, congratulated de Blasio and said the new administration will make «the education of our 1.1 million students a priority.»

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«When you have national standards, it becomes very hard for a state school board to control what exactly your child is learning,» said Jenni White of Restore Oklahoma Public Education, a parent advocacy group.

StudentsFirstNY, an advocacy group that promotes charter schools and other education reforms, on whose board several of those donors sit, strongly endorsed the governor's campaign to make test scores matter more in evaluations, saying the existing system bore «zero resemblance» to how students themselves were performing across the state.

John B. King, the former U.S. education Secretary and incoming president of the Education Trust, a nonprofit advocacy group, has expressed a range of concerns about DeVos and her commitment to public education, but said he's also keeping an oeducation Secretary and incoming president of the Education Trust, a nonprofit advocacy group, has expressed a range of concerns about DeVos and her commitment to public education, but said he's also keeping an oEducation Trust, a nonprofit advocacy group, has expressed a range of concerns about DeVos and her commitment to public education, but said he's also keeping an oeducation, but said he's also keeping an open mind.

But in the coming years, they'll be «trying to make equity at the heart of education in states,» said Ryan Smith, executive director of The Education Trust - West, the California arm of the Washington - based education advocaeducation in states,» said Ryan Smith, executive director of The Education Trust - West, the California arm of the Washington - based education advocaEducation Trust - West, the California arm of the Washington - based education advocaeducation advocacy group.

Officials said they would come up with a «50 - state strategy» to tackle teacher equity instead by much earlier this year, but advocacy groups including The Education Trust said the department was allowing states to sweep teacher quality gaps under the rug.

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.

Goode, the NAACP education director, said the group's position on charters may continue to affect its advocacy in local policy debates.

Jonathan Butcher, education director at the Goldwater Institute, a conservative advocacy group that promotes school choice, praised the study's methodology, and said he wasn't surprised that public school choice had failed to produce benefits in Chicago.

«Data has the potential to transform education from a model of mass production to a personalized experience that meets the needs of individuals and ensures that no student is lost along the way,» said Aimee Rogstad Guidera, president and CEO of the Data Quality Campaign, a data advocacy group in D.C. that's been working to help provide best practices for states.

«The strain and the need for more resources in pre-K is really critical,» said Andy Canales, director of the Center for Social Measurement and Evaluation with the education advocacy and research group Children at Risk.

Some of the state's lowest performing schools — including several in Pueblo City Schools (D60)-- are in worse shape today than before they received more than $ 60 million in federal grant money to improve achievement, a report from a Denver education reform advocacy group said.

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.

Arun Ramanathan, who directs the advocacy group Education Trust - West, said he hoped the national focus on education and the importance of good teaching will help bring an end to the notorious «dance of the lemons,» or the shuffling of bad teachers from school to school, which is depicted in an animatedEducation Trust - West, said he hoped the national focus on education and the importance of good teaching will help bring an end to the notorious «dance of the lemons,» or the shuffling of bad teachers from school to school, which is depicted in an animatededucation and the importance of good teaching will help bring an end to the notorious «dance of the lemons,» or the shuffling of bad teachers from school to school, which is depicted in an animated cartoon.

Jennifer Alexander, chief executive of Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now, an education advocacy group, said the suggestion that schools can not be expected to help students overcome the challenges of poverty was dispiriting.

«We believe 191 is foundational to the future success of the education system,» said Tamra Ward president of the business advocacy group Colorado Concern that is part of a broader education reform coalition critical of the move.