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Recognizing this more than 50 education organizations released a letter emphasizing the unintended consequences of health care cuts.

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New Federal Education Law Gives State Policymakers Chance to Improve Opportunity for All Students — But Risks Retreat from High Standards and Meaningful AccountabilityNew York, NY — A dozen major civil rights, education, parent, and business organizations from across New York State released a policy brief today thatEducation Law Gives State Policymakers Chance to Improve Opportunity for All Students — But Risks Retreat from High Standards and Meaningful AccountabilityNew York, NY — A dozen major civil rights, education, parent, and business organizations from across New York State released a policy brief today thateducation, parent, and business organizations from across New York State released a policy brief today that makes...

The release, explaining the decision was reached unanimously by the group's two component boards of directors, stated, «The Boards» decision comes on the heels of securing the Pride Agenda's top remaining policy priority ---- protecting transgender New Yorkers from discrimination in housing, employment, credit, education, and public accommodations ---- in the form of new regulations announced in partnership with Governor Andrew M. Cuomo at the organization's Fall Dinner on October 22, 2015.»

New York, NY — As the school year comes to a close, a shocking new report released today by leading education reform organization StudentsFirstNY, The Graduation Facade: How New York City's Diploma Mills Mask College Readiness Crisis, exposes the problem of Diploma Mills — schools where the graduation rates are above average, but the students are not prepared for college or a career after high school.

Also at 10 a.m., The Educational Conference Board, a coalition of major statewide education organizations, will hold a news conference in the LCA Press Room to release a report, «Turning the Corner: With an improved fiscal condition, New York can lead the way for sustainable educational progress.»

The release also informs us that this advertising launch is the Chamber's third campaign in the 2012 cycle and is part of the organization's largest voter education and grassroots mobilization effort in its 100 year history, aimed at highlighting candidates» positions on issues critical to the American recovery.

Last Thursday, Vitae — an organization supported by research funding bodies, that promotes the professional development of early - career researchers in the United Kingdom — released two reports exploring the working conditions and career development of research staff (mainly postdocs) and principal investigators (PIs) in higher education.

Into the Eye of the Storm: Assessing the Evidence on Science and Engineering Education, Quality, and Workforce Demand, released in October by the Urban Institute (UI), a policy - research organization in Washington, D.C., retains the U.S. National Academy of Sciences» report's meteorological metaphor but rejects its analysis and conclusions.

Congress should set a national goal of immediately connecting every school to the developing «information highway» and insuring that every classroom has access to sophisticated data networks by the turn of the century, a policy statement released here by a new national coalition of education organizations urges.

Not to be outdone, a «platform» released by the Movement for Black Lives (a group of organizations organized by Black Lives Matter) issued a scorched - earth condemnation of every aspect of the reform agenda, which it characterized as «a systematic attack... coordinated by an international education privatization agenda, bankrolled by billionaire philanthropists... and aided by the departments of education at the federal, state, and local level.»

According to a news release from the organization, participating private schools would have to «meet state educational guidelines, be open to all students, and not use public funds for religious education.»

In a forum released today by Education Next, Nonie Lesaux of Harvard's Graduate School of Education and Juan Rangel of a Chicago charter school organization, UNO, discuss whether these changing demographics call for substantial reforms in the current instructional practices designed to address Hispanic students» needs, or whether improving education practices across the board is the best way to meet the needs of HEducation Next, Nonie Lesaux of Harvard's Graduate School of Education and Juan Rangel of a Chicago charter school organization, UNO, discuss whether these changing demographics call for substantial reforms in the current instructional practices designed to address Hispanic students» needs, or whether improving education practices across the board is the best way to meet the needs of HEducation and Juan Rangel of a Chicago charter school organization, UNO, discuss whether these changing demographics call for substantial reforms in the current instructional practices designed to address Hispanic students» needs, or whether improving education practices across the board is the best way to meet the needs of Heducation practices across the board is the best way to meet the needs of Hispanics.

In 2002, the same year that Levine published A Mind at a Time, ten different national organizations, including the Department of Education and the Learning Disabilities Association of America, released a report describing points of consensus about learning disabilities.

In its place, the organization released a report last week devoted to the influence of conservative religious groups on public education.

The Transforming Teaching Project, a HGSE - based initiative allied with education organizations across the nation, today released a white paper offering a comprehensive analysis of the problems with American teaching and detailing 12 Design Challenges to transform the teaching field.

The standards the group was to release April 12 at its convention in Chicago will place an expanded emphasis on basic skills and list specific tasks that students should accomplish at designated points in their K - 12 educations, according to the president of the 100,000 - member organization.

ROCKVILLE, MD — Over the past few weeks, the Colorado Department of Education released a study on student performance in geography, an international research organization put out a 32 - nation study of reading literacy, and the National Education Goals Panel issued its second annual progress report.

«This year's award winners exemplify commitment to the study and practice of education,» said AERA Executive Director Felice J. Levine in a press release shared by the organization.

The 38 undersigned organizations — representing a broad cross section of civil rights, disability, business, and education organizations — write to firmly oppose the recently released draft of the Student Success Act, which would amend and reauthorize Title I and other parts of the Elementary and Secondary Education Aceducation organizations — write to firmly oppose the recently released draft of the Student Success Act, which would amend and reauthorize Title I and other parts of the Elementary and Secondary Education AcEducation Act (ESEA).

Washington, D.C. — Today, 38 organizations — representing a broad cross-section of civil rights, business, disability, and education organizations — publicly released a letter sent yesterday to House Education and Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline «firmly opposing» a proposal to rewrite Title I and other parts of the Elementary and Secondary Education Aceducation organizations — publicly released a letter sent yesterday to House Education and Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline «firmly opposing» a proposal to rewrite Title I and other parts of the Elementary and Secondary Education AcEducation and Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline «firmly opposing» a proposal to rewrite Title I and other parts of the Elementary and Secondary Education AcEducation Act (ESEA).

This policy brief, released by the organization now known as Education Cities and the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, explores current experience with charter incubation and the local policies and funding needed to create and sustain healthy markets for successful incubators.

According to two polls released this month by different organizations, U.S. adults maintain divergent views on some of the most controversial topics in public education today.

A new analysis released by leading education reform organization StudentsFirstNY finds that Mayor Bill de Blasio has done little to improve New York City public schools since he took control in January 2014.

In 2011, the organization released Creating Opportunity Schools, a bold plan for reinventing education in (IPS).

(Crown Heights, Brooklyn) Parents of students from P.S. 289 George V. Brower School teamed with leading education reform organization StudentsFirstNY to release a letter to Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña calling for the Department of Education to step in and facilitate change at the Crown Heights elementareducation reform organization StudentsFirstNY to release a letter to Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña calling for the Department of Education to step in and facilitate change at the Crown Heights elementarEducation to step in and facilitate change at the Crown Heights elementary school.

Empower Mississippi Releases Education Choice Scorecard RIDGELAND, MISSISSIPPI — Empower Mississippi, a new grassroots advocacy organization, released the first ever Education Choice Scorecard in the state of Mississippi.

08/27/2013: LULAC joins 9 other civil rights organizations in releasing a white paper analyzing the Department of Education's ESEA Waiver system.

July 21, 2016 (New York)-- Educators 4 Excellence - New York (E4E - New York), a teacher - led organization that seeks to elevate the voices of teachers in policy discussions, released the following statements on proposed actions for improving school climate released today by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and the New York City Department of Education.

For nearly a half - century, Phi Delta Kappa (PDK), a professional educators organization, has released a nationwide poll this time of year that attempts to capture the American public's attitudes toward public education.

The newly released 2015 Annual State of the Educational Marketplace report draws from different organizations and sources of data, and was published by the Education Market Association, a Silver Spring, Md. - based trade organization.

July 29, 2016 (New York)-- Educators 4 Excellence - New York (E4E - NY), a teacher - led organization that seeks to elevate the voices of teachers in policy discussions, praised the State Education Department's early release of statewide testing scores and participation rates as a continued move toward greater transparency for New York's educatioEducation Department's early release of statewide testing scores and participation rates as a continued move toward greater transparency for New York's educationeducation system.

New York's Department of Education plans to release performance ratings for about 18,000 public school teachers Friday, the largest such disclosure in the country and the climax in a battle that has pitted the teachers union against parents, taxpayers and news organizations that demanded the data.

June 14, 2017 (Chicago)- Educators for Excellence - Chicago (E4E - Chicago), a teacher - led organization, released its policy paper, «Sounding the Alarm: Building the Climate and Culture our Students Need,» at an event that brought together over 150 Chicago educators and representatives from health care, criminal justice, education and city and state government to explore how Chicagoans can better support students struggling with issues such as citywide violence, food instability and homelessness.

Alliance member organization Journey for Justice released a new report, Death by a Thousand Cuts, examining the disastrous impact of school closures and outlining a vision for education reform.

Today, POLITICO cited a release from the U.S. House Education and Workforce Committee Democrats that claimed Florida's Tax Credit Scholarship Program «has faced many problems, including constitutional challenges in the courts, vast opposition by parents and civil rights organizations, fraud and corruption» and was a «waste of taxpayer funds.»

Today, the Education Commission of the States (ECS), a national organization of state education policy leaders, released a report that reviews state policies related to teacher license recEducation Commission of the States (ECS), a national organization of state education policy leaders, released a report that reviews state policies related to teacher license receducation policy leaders, released a report that reviews state policies related to teacher license reciprocity.

A commission made up of college of education deans, state legislators, university presidents, heads of postsecondary systems, state and district superintendents, and leaders of nationwide organizations has released a report presenting recommendations for state policy related to teacher preparation data systems.

On October 20, a coalition of higher education, PK - 12, and state - level organizations released a statement citing concerns about the final teacher preparation program regulations released last week by the U.S. Department of Eeducation, PK - 12, and state - level organizations released a statement citing concerns about the final teacher preparation program regulations released last week by the U.S. Department of EducationEducation.

As a coalition of 22 organizations working with and on behalf of Colorado students and their families, we would like to comment on the Colorado Department of Education's recent release of mock district accountability reports for the 2016 - 17 school year.

Likewise, such an approach aligns with the 2014 «Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing» measurement standards recently released by the leading professional organizations in the area of educational measurement, including the American Educational Research Association (AERA), American Psychological Association (APA), and National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME).

All of this is also happening despite the fact that this flies in the face of the 2014 «Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing» also released this year by the leading professional organizations in the area of educational measurement, including the American Educational Research Association (AERA), American Psychological Association (APA), and National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME).

One reason D.C.'s education reforms attracted significant attention across the country was their timing: DCPS started using IMPACT to evaluate teachers during the 2009 — 2010 school year, just as the education reform organization The New Teacher Project (TNTP) released a report recommending that districts develop evaluation systems that rate teachers «based on their effectiveness in promoting student achievement.»

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For Learning Forward: Tracy Crow, 972-421-0900 [email protected] For NCTAF: Karen Cheeks, 240-233-4110 [email protected] WASHINGTON, DC — Sept. 16, 2015 — Learning Forward and the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future (NCTAF) are excited to announce that Laurie Calvert will serve the organizations as education policy...

PRESS RELEASE Over 1,400 Schools Sign the Maker Promise to Grow America's Nation of Makers Washington, D.C., Friday, June 17, 2016 — Digital Promise, a nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating innovation in education, and Maker Ed, a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering educators to facilitate engaging learning experiences with youth through maker education, today announced -LSB-...]

The organization is urging the State Board of Education to adopt a policy that would require schools to select the option that only releases test results to students and their guidance counselors, not military recruiters.

Earlier today, StudentsFirst — yes, that's right — Michelle Rhee's StudentsFirst... (The organization that IS NOT LOBBYING in Connecticut) issued a press release attacking the opponents of Governor Malloy's «Education Reform» bill.

Idaho nonprofit organization Bluum released a new report Wednesday with insights from Hispanic parents in southern and eastern Idaho about their children's education.

Kerri Briggs, Director of Education Reform at the George W. Bush Institute and Cynthia G. Brown, Vice President of Education Policy at the Center for American Progress, said of Change Agents: «Our two organizations applaud the release of this timely report that will help states to ensure that a high - caliber principal leads every school in the nation... This report and the accompanying companion guide build on New Leaders» experience in the field and give states tools and strategies to reframe policies to bolster the principal talent pipeline.»

Indianapolis, Indiana, June 27th, 2013 — Democrats for Education Reform Indiana (DFER - IN) released its «DFER - INtake: Legislator Assessment» evaluating state legislators» actions relative to education reform bills in the 2013 General Assembly, organization officials announcEducation Reform Indiana (DFER - IN) released its «DFER - INtake: Legislator Assessment» evaluating state legislators» actions relative to education reform bills in the 2013 General Assembly, organization officials announceducation reform bills in the 2013 General Assembly, organization officials announced today.

Dozens of organizations associated with the Black Lives Matter movement released a policy platform this week that prominently features a range of education issues.