Sentences with phrase «education entities spent»

It's not a surprise that education entities spent the most money on lobbying than any other group in 2014, just as controversy over the new Common core standards and the related standardized tests reached a peak.

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Overall, education spending was a major driver of lobbying costs last year, accounting for $ 15.6 million of the nearly $ 25 million spent by the 10 largest lobbying entities.

But the entity was just one of several education - oriented groups that spent heavily on trying to influence legislation as issues ranging from teacher evaluations to charter school expansion stoked debate at the Capitol.

The list of entities eligible to spend SMFP money also would be expanded under the new budget to include «special act school districts, schools for the blind and deaf and other students with disabilities subject to article 85 of the education law, and private schools for students with disabilities authorized pursuant to chapter 853 of the laws of 1976.»

Funders may need to be more deliberate by creating a robust entity that has the sole job of coordinating across the entire geographic cluster to make sure that system leaders, principals and other school leaders, blended learning directors, teachers, and education technology companies have frequent opportunities to network and spend time with each other learning and building in a deliberate way on each other's successes and setbacks.

The parent decides where to spend that money for the child's education and may choose from a variety of participating entities, including religious and non-religious schools.

If you combine the campaign spending of all those entities it does not match the amount spent by the National Education Association, the public - sector labor union that represents some 2.3 million K — 12 public school teachers and nearly a million education support workers (bus drivers, custodians, food service employees), retirees, and college studentEducation Association, the public - sector labor union that represents some 2.3 million K — 12 public school teachers and nearly a million education support workers (bus drivers, custodians, food service employees), retirees, and college studenteducation support workers (bus drivers, custodians, food service employees), retirees, and college student members.

«It's worth remembering that $ 600 billion a year is spent by various government entities on education, and all the philanthropy that's ever been spent on this space is not going to add up to $ 10 billion.

The new lobbying entity includes most of the same groups that spent in excess of $ 6 million lobbying for Malloy's initial education reform initiative, including ConnCAN, the Achievement First, Inc. charter school management company, the Northeast Charter School Network and Families for Excellent Schools, another pro-charter group entity.

This past legislative session, these charter school and education reform entities spent in excess of $ 500,000 successfully persuading legislators to cut their own district's public school funding, at the same time they were sending even more taxpayer money to Connecticut's charter schools, despite the fact that these private institutions have traditionally refused to educate their fair share of students who need special education services, children who require help learning the English Language or those who have behavioral issues.

In state after state, the super-rich, corporate executives and education reform entities spent millions to influence local elections.

Premature and low birth - weight infants face significant risks for medical and developmental disabilities, which saddles government and private entities with billions in additional health care, education, and welfare spending from birth and infancy and throughout a child's life.