Sentences with phrase «failing schools campaign»

The failing schools campaign supports the charter sector's most powerful ally, Governor Andrew Cuomo, and his ambitious, controversial education agenda.

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Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

She then briefed on Cuomo - related issues, including him failing to close campaign finance loopholes, failing to veto any incumbent protection gerrymandering, not doing enough for election reform, for looting public schools to give tax cuts to banks and not taking a stance against fracking.

As Buffalo Public school parents kicked off a campaign Monday to demand transferring their children out of failing city schools, one school continues working on its turnaround plan.

Other expenses include a few thousand on school supplies, which he handed out in his district a few weeks ago, $ 14,000 in contributions to other political campaigns, and $ 3,243 to the State Board of Elections for violation fees (Espada has a history of failing to file his campaign disclosure reports.)

New Yorkers for Students» Educational Rights, an education advocacy group, is suing Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the Board of Regents and state Education Commissioner John King, claiming the state has systematically shortgaged the public school system by failing failing to comply with an agreement that followed the landmark Campaign for Fiscal Equity Ruling of 2006.

That agenda fails to pay the city the $ 2.5 billion in state aid that schools are owed from the 2006 settlement of the Campaign for Fiscal Equity lawsuit, despite a $ 5 billion state budget surplus.

She has put education at the heart of her campaign, arguing the city schools are failing and need to do better.

An Albany County state supreme court justice has ruled against plaintiffs from eight «small city school districts» who contended that the state has failed to adequately fund them in light of the Campaign for Fiscal Equity lawsuit that almost a decade ago found that New York City schools had been systemically shortchanged when it came to state aid.

The city school system — the largest of its kind in the country — is on the verge of dramatic change, and Gov. Cuomo has bet his second term on an aggressive campaign to transform a system he claims has failed more than 250,000 students over the past decade while state bureaucrats twiddled their thumbs.

«Stephanie Miner's tenure as mayor has been defined by systematic poverty, record murder rates, crumbling infrastructure, failed schools and divisive partisan politics,» Katko's campaign said.

He is helped by the fact Success» so - called #SaveOurPreK campaign has failed to garner anything approaching the amount of attention as the school space battle, when Moskowitz was making front - page news regularly for declaring that de Blasio was effectively shuttering high - performing charter schools.

Malliotakis» campaign has argued that she can manage the city better than de Blasio has — she regularly criticizes the mayor for failing schools, the homelessness crisis, crumbling subways, and other quality of life issues.

Compared to typical get - out - the - vote activities, having a failing school in the neighborhood had a smaller effect on turnout than face - to - face contact, but a noticeably larger effect than campaign phone calls and mailers.

Skandera's time in New Mexico began with the 2010 election of Governor Susana Martinez, a Republi - can whose campaign promises included turning around failing public schools.

Charter advocates in Massachusetts sought to increase the number of urban students who can enroll in charters, and the state had several well - qualified charter operators eager to open new schools, but both efforts failed in the legislature and in a referendum after a fierce campaign by teachers» unions.

Smoothing the plaintiffs» way in Davids v. New York is the 1995 decision in Campaign for Fiscal Equity (CFE) v. New York, a long - running constitutional challenge that contended that the state was failing to adequately fund New York City schools.

Lee's embrace of the failed Durham proposal may be of note to school board and county commission members considering his campaign.

LA Times: For coverage of the LA School board race that focused too much on the outside funding and its sources and failed to report on school - level controversies and campaign dynamics that mattered to parents and probably determined the surprise outcome of theSchool board race that focused too much on the outside funding and its sources and failed to report on school - level controversies and campaign dynamics that mattered to parents and probably determined the surprise outcome of theschool - level controversies and campaign dynamics that mattered to parents and probably determined the surprise outcome of the race.

Because school segregation is as much a story of failed public policy as it is one of white / privileged families thwarting it, our hearts - and - minds campaign offers a new model for integration in which this undertaking falls not on the backs of marginalized communities, but on white and / or privileged families who care about equity.

Large, national charter - school chains have been major of the beneficiaries of the campaign to fix «failing» public schools.

Greuel aligned herself with education reformers earlier in the campaign process and has consistently said she support the trigger option as a way to fix failing schools (read about it here.)

The 74: «We Must Draw a Line in the Sand»: Inside Nevada's New Campaign to Rescue Failing Schools http://bit.ly/2kJDkr3

This campaign aims to bring all education stakeholders together to help failing schools.

I was proud to be present when the National Association of Charter Authorizers (NACSA) on November 28 in Washington, D.C. announced their One Million Lives campaign that aims to provide better schools to one million children by focusing on opening more good charter schools and closing failing ones.

The Massachusetts operation, called Families for Excellent Schools - Advocacy, a pro-charter group, was hit with a record $ 426,500 fine for failing to disclose its donors related to a 2016 Massachusetts ballot campaign — a race that became the most expensive ballot measure in state history.

The Louisiana Federation for Children, a branch of the American Federation for Children, the nation's leading proponent of school choice, has launched an ad campaign — titled «John Bel Failed Us» — featuring parents accusing the governor of breaking his word.

GOP strategists also like school choice because it adds a spark of positive energy to a 2014 campaign agenda that's awfully heavy on the negatives: no to Obamacare, no to minimum - wage hikes, no to gay marriage — but yes to rescuing struggling kids from failing public schools through the power of the free market.

Without prejudice to any other rights, Project Appleseed, the National Campaign for Public School Improvement may terminate this EULA if you fail to comply with the terms and conditions of this EULA.

Following an emergency meeting of the Hartford Federation of Teacher's Executive Committee on Monday, a meeting that candidate Luke Bronin attended but where he failed to appropriately address his relationship with the charter school industry, the HFT voted unanimously to withdraw their endorsement of Bronin and his campaign for mayor.

A former political organizer - he worked for Walter Mondale's failed presidential campaign and the star - crossed movement to draft Mario Cuomo for a White House bid - he runs Project Appleseed, a nonprofit group that helps parents shed their timid, «teachers know best» attitudes and dive into the nitty - gritty of schools and education policy.

As public school administrators by and large have failed to ensure proper learning environments, they have waged a P.R. campaign to demonize teachers and to peg teacher evaluations to student standardized test scores.

Today, NACSA launched One Million Lives, a multi-pronged campaign to provide better schools to one million children by closing failing charter schools and opening many more good ones.

Last week former state Rep. Marty Walz, who campaigned for Great Schools Massachusetts, suggested that if the ballot question failed, the group would push in the Legislature to lift the cap on charter schools in districts where the measure Schools Massachusetts, suggested that if the ballot question failed, the group would push in the Legislature to lift the cap on charter schools in districts where the measure schools in districts where the measure passed.

Readers know that Perry, who has failed to show up for his City of Hartford principal's job more than 20 percent of the time, has created his own charter school management company and is now trying to open a charter school in Bridgeport with the help of Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch and Finch's disgraced campaign treasurer and former Bridgeport Board of Education Char Reverend Kenneth Moales, Jr..

Charter Proponents Focus On Shutting Down Failing Schools On Wednesday morning, NACSA head Greg Richmond will join New Jersey Schools Commissioner Chris Cerf and California charter schools advocate Jed Wallace at Washington D.C.'s National Press Club to announce a new campaign, «One Million Lives,» that aims to crack the whip on thSchools On Wednesday morning, NACSA head Greg Richmond will join New Jersey Schools Commissioner Chris Cerf and California charter schools advocate Jed Wallace at Washington D.C.'s National Press Club to announce a new campaign, «One Million Lives,» that aims to crack the whip on thSchools Commissioner Chris Cerf and California charter schools advocate Jed Wallace at Washington D.C.'s National Press Club to announce a new campaign, «One Million Lives,» that aims to crack the whip on thschools advocate Jed Wallace at Washington D.C.'s National Press Club to announce a new campaign, «One Million Lives,» that aims to crack the whip on the duds.

Parents Demand Charter in LAUSD's First Parent Trigger Campaign A high - spirited group of nearly 100 parents descended on the Los Angeles Unified district office Thursday and turned in petitions demanding sweeping changes at their failing school in the first use of the controversial parent trigger law in the city.

«In a showdown that's fast approaching 2007's $ 7 million campaign spending record, the teachers union and reform groups each succeeded in protecting one of their key supporters on the LAUSD School Board last night — but failed to score any decisive victory against the other side.

Jon Krakauer, who had supported the CAI to the tune of $ 75,000, also questioned Mortenson's accounts and released his allegations in a lengthy article titled Three Cups of Deceit From the Book Jacket The inspiring account of one man's campaign to build schools in the most dangerous, remote, and anti-American reaches of Asia In 1993 Greg Mortenson was the exhausted survivor of a failed attempt to ascend K2, an American climbing bum wandering emaciated and lost through Pakistan's Karakoram Himalaya.