Sentences with phrase «electing education champions»

While the first three components have our team organizing parents across the state, advocating in Olympia during the legislative session, and partnering with districts to implement successful programs, the fourth one — electing education champions — kicks into gear during election season.

Stand utilizes a multi-pronged advocacy strategy to elect education champions, lobby for legislative reform, and develop parent and educator leaders who work to persuade elected officials and voters to support education reforms that will improve outcomes for students.

Not exact matches

Even after President Bush was elected specifically championing education reform, it took a bi-partisan Congress until January 2002, a full year after inauguration, to send him a final bill.

Ever since our president - elect nominated school choice champion Betsy DeVos to be education secretary, there's been a vigorous debate amongst us education nerds about the proper way to think about school choice.

Working with elected leaders, WakeEd influences and champions critical education policy issues.

After state superintendent Tony Bennett's election night defeat sent shockwaves through the school policy world, Governor - elect Mike Pence says the education policies Bennett championed aren't going anywhere.

One of the many ways TCSA champions for public charter schools is to work closely with elected officials and influence education public policy.

Shortly after he was elected with CEA's first endorsement in 2010, the governor of this state disrespected every teacher with his «tenure» comment, then promoted Common Core, supported the corporate education movement through charter schools, advocated for more and more standardized testing, hired an education commissioner who had absolutely no public school experience (in fact had ties to charter schools), chipped away at teacher security through negative tenure reform, and championed the complete elimination of the state contribution to the retired teacher's health insurance fund.

Local school boards (also known as boards of education, school committees, school directors, or trustees) are elected — or occasionally appointed — to be leaders and champions for public education in their states and communities.