Sentences with phrase «education push against»

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Again, this principle is absolutely essential to Waldorf education, however and wherever it is practiced, working with, rather than pushing against, the lawful developmental arc of each child.

«We're going to demand that Governor Cuomo provide the funding that was afforded to us in a court decision for our schools,» she said as she joined advocates to push for more funding under the Campaign for Fiscal Equity, which in 2007 won a lawsuit against the state to provide increased education funding to the city.

One day after it was revealed that Carl Paladino will be suing the Buffalo Board of Education over efforts to oust him from that body, some board members are pushing back against the charge that there is a conspiracy against him The expected federal lawsuit is revealed in a letter Dennis Vacco, an...

It was a push by Cuomo that is shaping up to be a major issue in his Democratic primary campaign against Cynthia Nixon, an actor and education activist.

Still on the table: Education funding — a battle that is again pitting traditional public schools against charters — worker's compensation reforms that the business community and its Senate GOP allies have been pushing, and the governor's ongoing desire for local government consolidation.

The city teachers union pushed back against comments Mayor Bill de Blasio made that seemed to undercut the validity of some sexual - harassment complaints made by Department of Education employees.

Cuomo has long pushed back against calls from public education advocates to increase annual school foundation aid in the budget by more than $ 1 billion.

He said the sect which have in the last seven years pushed for the establishment of an Islamic State and bring an end to Western education in the region «picked the wrong fight against the wrong enemy».

Charter school supporters have often targeted AQE as being beholden to its benefactors in the teachers unions, a line of attack that AQE has repeatedly pushed back against, while AQE has decried any shift towards charter funding as a betrayal of the public education system.

(WBEN) It was a loud night at Tuesday's school board session with protestors showing up and speaking out once again against Carl Paladino, one day before state officials convene hearings about possibly removing him from the Buffalo Board of Education «This is our time, to stand up and push back and...

«We will push back against those who want to change public education, but don't know a damn thing about public education.»

Ofsted was not set up to push through education reforms against resistance from unions, nor was it established to push any particular party political agenda.

Groups like Citizen Action and the Alliance for Quality Education have long been fighting against tests used to determine if teachers and schools are effective and are fighting the push by members of the current school board for more charter schools and potentially conversion of some public schools into charters.

In tackling high school reform, the XQ team was pushing against some of the largest and most stubborn problems in American education.

The unions (and other established education interests) are scrambling to re-establish their once - solid footing by contradictorily pushing back against reform while trying to position themselves as champions of it (think Randi Weingarten).

On the left, the National Education Association sees an opportunity to push back against a policy it never liked in the first place.

Republicans have a significant opportunity in next year's election to win on the education issue by continuing their push for a reform - based education agenda and arguing against the idea that more money without real structural reform can fix the ills of our education system.

Finally, Elgin, a philosopher of education, pushed back against both of these ideas, pointing out that these constructivist views of knowledge are problematic.

And that's where you're getting some push - back from teachers who are working hard on other matters of education reform, and they're saying, ˜Adapting our curriculum takes more time than we've been given and that's going to affect our performance against the new assessments.

Along the way, Green tells fascinating stories of teachers and researchers on a quest to create a true science of education — and pushes back against the notion that great teachers are born, not made.

While the big trend in education is putting emphasis on STEM subjects, the Grattan Institute is making a case against pushing students towards science degrees.

Kim Mead, president of the Washington Education Association, pushed back against that interpretation.

Those on the right increasingly believe that the Common Core represents severe federal overreach into state sovereignty over education; those on the left, including the AFT, are pushing back not against the standards themselves, but against their implementation and use in newly adopted high - stakes teacher evaluation systems.

So to Senator Alexander and Representative Kline I say: By all means, push back against an overzealous Department of Education.

The Bridgeport CT board of education pushed back against superintendent Paul Valles and his program of closing schools and increasing charters.

Organize Colorado business: The business community provided a great deal of support when SB 213 was moving through the legislature by pushing against the education establishment when it came to getting and keeping school reform in SB 213.

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The best education journalism of the week was Leila Fadel's NPR segment, Turning rampant anti-Muslim bullying into teachable moments, which describes how a Muslim family near San Jose «pushed back against bullying and intimidation, at school and the local political arena.»

DeVos pushed back against the notion that the Education Department would be abdicating its authority.

, «Grabbing the Bull By The Horns: Cuomo, Nutter and the Backlash Against Making Sh*t Up,» DFER executive director Joe Williams indirectly points to the odd political bedfellows who are pushing for much needed changes in education.

Though not the main theme of an excellent blog post, «Grabbing the Bull By The Horns: Cuomo, Nutter and the Backlash Against Making Sh*t Up,» DFER executive director Joe Williams indirectly points to the odd political bedfellows who are pushing for much needed changes in education.

School Choice Isn't «Either - Or» Betsy DeVos» one - sided push against public education isn't productive.

We have an opportunity to push back against neoliberal education policies, and we should take advantage of any opportunities we have.

It's a time when many are planning strong push - back activities against Rahm Emanuel and other autocrats who are listening only to their rich friends while thumbing their noses at the people who actually use the public schools, at solid education research, and ultimately at the mostly poor, mostly black and brown children whom they claim to love so much.

Alliance for a Better Utah pushes back against the Utah Technology Council for its State Board of Education endorsements.

At the union's annual convention last week in Denver, where Eskelsen García was officially elected, some teachers said it's time for a leader who will play hardball with the feds and push back against Education Secretary Arne Duncan's agenda, which includes evaluating teachers in part by student test scores and supporting the growth of charter schools, often staffed by non-union teachers.

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Allen pushed back against the idea of California providing universal preschool for undocumented students, repeating his view that the state's education dollars should only be spent on legal residents.

While DeVos» group, the Great Lakes Education Project, supported most of the changes, it pushed back hard against a proposed Detroit commission focused on improving both charters and traditional schools, contending it would be beholden to the city's mayor and school - district officials.

In the new book, When School Policies Backfire (Harvard Education Press), Mac Iver examines how and why parents pushed back against a no - zero policy in Houston, Texas, that was approved in 2009.

Early on, there was serious push - back against TFA by education professionals.

But parents and education activists who have been fighting against the Common Core standards for years now protested Alexander's insistence on pushing through the massive «bipartisan» bill in order to prove Congress could get things done.

Education Secretary Arne Duncan pushed back against the contention that his nominees don't have sufficient higher education exEducation Secretary Arne Duncan pushed back against the contention that his nominees don't have sufficient higher education exeducation experience.

While Democratic Party centrists in Clinton's mold have been some of the most enthusiastic cheerleaders for charter schools, Clinton's comments come as many within the Democratic Party are pushing back against so - called education reformers who want to dismantle teacher protections and increase the number of charter schools.

Horace Mann, whom history regards as the father of the American public education system, met resistance during the early 19th century against his push for common schools open to all children regardless of class or religious sect.

Indianapolis Public School leaders have been pushing back against the state Department of Education announced 2 weeks ago its intentions to take over of six of the district's schools under Indiana school accountability laws.

Hundreds of protesters hit the streets in Denver to send a message to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos... Voucher proponents on the Hill are pushing a federal tax credit voucher program... two new community schools announced in Philadelphia, and activists in Florida campaign against for - profit charter corporations.

Using one case study from sports (the Vancouver Giants hockey team) and one from education (Hackney Schools Borough in London, England), the authors illustrate how the six components of uplifting leadership combine the hard and soft skills that are often set against each other in traditional leadership practice: counterintuitive thinking combined with disciplined application; dreaming with determination; collaboration with competition; metrics with meaning; pushing and pulling people into change; and long - term sustainability with short - term success.

I probably cover Lakewood's morally and fiscally bankrupt schools too often, but this Ocean County school district that enrolls almost entirely Latino and Black low - income students pushes all my education reform buttons: tyranny of the majority (in this case the ultra-Orthodox residents who control the municipal government and the school board); lack of accountability; lack of school choice for poor kids of color but anything goes (at public expense) for children of the ruling class; discrimination against minority special education students.

Families in districts with majorities of poor black and Latino children are increasingly pushing back against educator recruitment groups like Teach for America, scorning their efforts as education tourism for privileged Ivy Leaguers.