Sentences with phrase «education election contest»

Now, nobody seems surprised that «reformer» Marshall Tuck, running for California schools superintendent in the country's most high - profile education election contest, has pulled in every single major newspaper endorsement in California — despite the fact that California and national teachers unions are throwing everything they have against Tuck.

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In a series of tweets posted on his verified Twitter handle, the President not only congratulated Fayemi for «winning the APC ticket to contest the July 14, 2018 governorship elections in Ekiti State;» he also expressed confidence that the party candidate's «track record as a reformist — with a passion for education, health and welfare — will stand him in good stead in the elections.»

My tweet of Friday April 20, 2018 was typical of the reaction, «Actually Buhari was describing himself - he didn't get a good education and has no certificate; he's lived on the Nigerian state all his life; he doesn't like work; and he's fixated on Nigeria's oil...» In truth, Buhari has not presented evidence of completing secondary school - in all the elections he contested, including in 2015 he tendered affidavits to INEC and has declined to perform the simple task of providing his school certificate; since he joined the army in 1961, he has been a «ward» of the Nigerian state and served in multiple states as military governor, as Minister of Petroleum and Chairman of NNPC board under illegal military regimes; he was himself an unconstitutional military head of state; he was Chairman of Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF) under the despotic and thieving dictator, Abacha; and is now back as civilian president.

A professor of Language and Communication Arts at the Rivers State University of Education, Prof. Olufumilayo Adesanya - Davies, has announced her intention to contest the presidential election in 2019.

The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) will today hold a debate for presidential candidates contesting the general elections.

A professor of Language and Communication Arts at the Rivers State University of Education, Prof. Olufumilayo Adesanya - Davies, has announced her intention to contest the presidential election...

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«Our findings show how local arenas can serve as important battlegrounds in national politics — penetrated by networks of outside donors and organizations who see local elections as critical contests over competing visions of education,» said Reckhow.

State ballot measures involving education faced a tough sell in Tuesday's elections, including in Florida, where a hotly contested initiative that would have loosened a 2002 constitutional amendment governing class size went down to defeat.

We asked Harvard Graduate School of Education faculty to share thoughts and reactions to the election, during which Republicans maintained control of the House and Senate and — in an important local contest — a ballot question to expand the cap on charter schools was rejected by voters.

See our Education Voter's Guide for results of the contests at play on election night that have high stakes for stakes for state and federal educatioEducation Voter's Guide for results of the contests at play on election night that have high stakes for stakes for state and federal educationeducation policy.

While the best - known race on November 8th was the presidential election with its profound ramifications on our lives, those of us working in progressive education in Massachusetts were intently watching another heated contest unfold: Question 2, which proposed to lift the cap on charter schools by authorizing up to 12 new charter schools each year, forever.

The GOP takeover of the Senate could shake up higher education policy, analysts say, while results in state elections offer more of a mixed bag, with teacher unions prevailing in California, while the GOP retained two hotly contested governorships in Wisconsin and Florida, where education issues played a role.

Education, as it often does, took a back seat during the heated and closely contested election campaign between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.