Sentences with phrase «education proposals»

But while each of the candidates has at least one education proposal in his platform, none has made it the centerpiece of his campaign.

Teachers unions have criticized the governor's education proposals on how to evaluate teachers and students.

But after voters rejected higher - education proposals twice in the early 1990s, the legislature began to combine the K - 12 and college bond requests into one proposal.

It's far from certain what education proposals will pass both chambers.

President Bush put forward a fresh round of education proposals last week, calling for all states to test 12th graders under the National Assessment of Educational Progress and outlining a grant program that would encourage low - income students to study mathematics or science in college.

After completing her master's degree in education policy and management at the Ed School, Smith became a serious «game changer» when she was appointed senior adviser for education for the White House Domestic Policy Council, playing a direct role in what some have called the Obama administration's boldest and most innovative higher education proposals including those related to college access, affordability, and completion.

Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, touched on the competing higher education proposals of Hillary Clinton and Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, saying she believes that the country will end up with a hybrid of Mrs. Clinton's proposal that students be able to graduate from universities without debt from loans, and Mr. Sanders's proposal that all public colleges and universities should be tuition - free.

That must be the test for education proposals from the local level all the way to the U.S. Congress.»

It supports the values of Teachers of Conscience and initiates a means of directly countering Governor Cuomo's education proposals with the moral force of teachers acting as individuals and collectively in the interests of their students and themselves.

Newspaper took a look at school vouchers and other education proposals in their editorial pages this week.

President Donald Trump offered one major K - 12 education proposal during the presidential campaign: a $ 20 billion plan that would reprioritize existing federal education funds to provide vouchers for private - school choice.

But we live today in a world of sound bites pumped up by political spin, where press conferences trumpet new education proposals.

With Gov. Andrew Cuomo pressuring state lawmakers to pass his misguided education proposals as part of the state budget, 1,100 UFT members on March 12 converged on the state capital to shift the focus to the real priority: getting the state to pay the $ 2.5 billion it owes to New York City schools.

This latest sex education proposal is another.

Mayor Bill de Blasio flunked two of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's top education proposals that would weaken his say over school policy — including one that would allow the state to put failing city public schools into receivership.

Superintendents of Dane County area school districts are appealing to Gov. Scott Walker and legislators to back off education proposals made r...

But similar language — this time calling for a halt to the new standards pending legislative review — made its way into a separate education proposal that passed the Senate earlier this month.

More than 1,000 Indiana teachers swarmed the Indiana Statehouse Tuesday for a rowdy rally denouncing the sweeping education proposals moving through the Republican - dominated state House and Senate...

Another of Cuomo's big education proposals in his State of the State was for a $ 2 billion bond act to boost technology in schools.

As CBS2's Marcia Kramer reported, some of the governor's education proposals angered teachers union president Michael Mulgrew.

And the governor's preferred presidential candidate Hillary Clinton caught wind of his proposal, praising it in her first policy tweet since she lost the presidency to Trump in November, referring to the new public education proposal modeled after Sanders» plan.

While Silver, a Manhattan Democrat, was tepid about some of Cuomo's broad education proposals, he maintained a hard stance against the education investment tax credit, which would allow for tax dedications for donating to schools.

Heastie did not offer details on his negotiations with Cuomo over the controversial education proposals, including a plan to overhaul teacher evaluations and one to provide the state with the power to take over failing schools and districts.

As such, the address included plans to open college tuition assistance programs to undocumented immigrants and establish a tax credit offsetting charitable contributions to (read more on Cuomo's education proposals here) and a plan to launch foreign trade missions — including a trip to Cuba.

«De Blasio applauds governor's education commission for early education proposals, urges city to follow suit,» read one recent press release.

The parent - led Community Education Councils from 22 school districts across the city passed resolutions opposing Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposed education proposals as part of the joint fight waged by parents and teachers.

Against the backdrop of a worsening political and fiscal climate in New York, Gov. Mario M. Cuomo last week delivered a State of the State Address that focused on stimulating the economy and making government more accountable, while offering few new or concrete education proposals.

«I would suggest,» he wrote in Compulsory Miseducation, his polemic against universal public education, «that, on the model of the GI - Bill, we experiment, giving the school money directly to the high - school - age adolescents, for any plausible self - chosen education proposals, such as purposeful travel or individual enterprise.

The GOP's gains in the Senate and the House of Representatives could pave the way for some sharply contested education proposals, such as an expansion of private school vouchers, and discourage major legislative challenges to the No Child Left Behind Act.

The disconnect between those math and science education proposals, signed into law by President Bush last summer, and federal officials» inability to fund them was a central topic at a summit of corporate leaders, scientists, and a select group of lawmakers who met here last week.

An expansive 29 - page education proposal that passed the Wisconsin Legislature's budget committee early Wednesday morning would fill in cuts proposed by Gov. Scott Walker while expanding the private school voucher program.

Education proposals coming from Republicans in control of the Wisconsin Legislature and from Gov. Scott Walker have Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Evers speaking out against what he said is a double standard.

Included in FCAN's overview are education proposals related to tuition and fees at state universities, the appointment process of school superintendents and Florida College System governance, among others.

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The proposal to bundle three education proposals into a single amendment for voters to consider in November is drawing criticism from education leaders around the state.

His higher education proposal includes a «predictable tuition plan,» allowing both the SUNY and CUNY systems to raise in - state tuition at state - operated campuses by up to $ 250 a year.

Forester, Bales and other public school advocates were on the offensive after Walker released his K - 12 education proposals on Tuesday, which include lifting the 1,000 - student cap on the statewide private school voucher program that would fold in Racine's voucher program and shifting its funding source from the state's general fund to aid set aside for schools.

«I remain highly concerned about several of the president's other education proposals in the budget request, including freezes in funding for Title I and [the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act],» he said in an emailed statement.

A new presidential administration's efforts to resuscitate a faltering economy combined with a number of bold higher education proposals, resulted in an exceptionally busy 2009 related to federal actions that affected AASCU members.

Education became a dominant theme in the governor's race this week, as Democrats launched an attack against Republican candidate Tom Foley for education proposals they say would slash funding from schools that need it the most.

This appealled to more target voters than sex education proposal — 43 % — but was also the suggestion that repelled the most people; 18 % said it would make them less likely to vote Tory.

The mayor panned two of Cuomo's top education proposals that would weaken his say over school policy — including one that would allow the state to put failing city public schools into a receivership.

So Schneider attached anti-Common Core language to a separate education proposal.

The committee has also adopted sweeping education proposals that go further than changes Walker proposed in his spending plan.

He misinterprets Jefferson's education proposals as a «state - driven plan» and quotes James Madison and Benjamin Rush to similar effect.