Sentences with phrase «fight against school districts»

Charter schools have also chosen to fight against school districts even when it was in the public interest to work together.

Not exact matches

Incumbent Democratic Cecilia Tkaczyk, a former school board member and owner of a sheep farm, is fighting what's turning out to be our region's most expensive state race for the large, oddly - configured 46th state Senate district against Republican George Amedore, a former Assemblyman and owner of a second generation Rotterdam - area homebuilding company, who she defeated by 18 votes in a tense recount two years ago.

Educators and parent leaders from Brooklyn's PS / IS 180 and PS 231, the District 75 school with which it shares space, held an early - morning «Black Friday» protest against budget cuts and layoffs on June 17 as part of the ongoing series of «Fight Back Friday» demonstrations at schools around the city.

The fiery California atheist who last week lost his bid at the U.S. Supreme Court to get «under God» stricken from the Pledge of Allegiance vows to continue the fight with new plaintiffs, preferably in cases against school districts all over the country.

As educators such as Bruyette, as well as parents, school - food providers, and policy makers, continue to see connections between good health and better learning, more districts are likely to join the fight against sedentary lifestyles and unhealthy eating — in and out of school.

But charters are now so well established that they are fighting back against the second - class funding status that states and school districts have assigned them.

In a letter to parents, officials of the Burleson, Texas, school district have responded to criticism of the district's school safety training program, which has been portrayed in the news media as encouraging students to attack intruders or otherwise fight back against them.

Unless the parent can afford to pay for private school tuition or to move to a different school district, the student is forced to settle for a sub-par education or take legal action against the district to fight for appropriate educational services.

Jeffries said this work includes promoting both district and charter schools in places like Denver, and fighting against «bad actors» in the charter sector — a move that would seem essential today, given the growing stories about

Yet school districts oppose — and would fight against — any expansion of choice.

«We believe in publicly funded public education and we believe that we can have a system in Chicago that is equal to or exceeds school districts in Finland or Japan,» she says of the colleagues with whom she has reshaped the Chicago Teachers Union into a leading force in the fight against school privatization, closures, cuts and the gimmickry that too often passes for education policy.

By providing parents, students and teachers with a way to engage in the process, set districts priorities and lift up our democratically elected School Board, we are giving education justice a fighting chance against education «reformers» who seek to privatize and profit off our public schools.

«If you have a school that's struggling, in most cases, the parents, the district and the teachers are working really hard to try and fix it,» said Kathleen Oropeza, a Florida mom who co-founded the nonprofit FundEducationNow.org and fought against parent trigger bills the past two legislative sessions.

The Franklin McKinley community is preparing to fight back against a proposed Rocketship school in the district.

Lubbock Independent School District Superintendent Dr. Behrl Robertson, Jr., spoke to EverythingLubbock.com from Austin, where he fought against SB 3.

We're asking parents, students, and other community advocates to join us in the fight to maintain the federal school discipline guidance, which is a critical tool that can help schools and districts reduce the use of practices that push students out of school (e.g. suspensions and expulsions) and prevent them from disciplining in ways that discriminate against students of color.

Contrast Grim's statements with the frustrations of the Indianapolis Public Schools leaders, who moved to authorize a lawsuit against the state over its intervention plans Thursday: While the district wants to fight the outright takeover of four other district schools, the much - less - intrusive intervention at Washington means staff can more easily get on board with state - led turnaround eSchools leaders, who moved to authorize a lawsuit against the state over its intervention plans Thursday: While the district wants to fight the outright takeover of four other district schools, the much - less - intrusive intervention at Washington means staff can more easily get on board with state - led turnaround eschools, the much - less - intrusive intervention at Washington means staff can more easily get on board with state - led turnaround efforts.

While local school superintendents seem to be sitting out the fight against Gov. Nathan Deal's proposed constitutional amendment for an Opportunity School District, more school boards are declaring their opposition, including Cherokee County last week and Clayton on Tuschool superintendents seem to be sitting out the fight against Gov. Nathan Deal's proposed constitutional amendment for an Opportunity School District, more school boards are declaring their opposition, including Cherokee County last week and Clayton on TuSchool District, more school boards are declaring their opposition, including Cherokee County last week and Clayton on Tuschool boards are declaring their opposition, including Cherokee County last week and Clayton on Tuesday.

Remember, this year's Los Angeles School Board race was the most expensive school board election in U.S. history, as the powerful charter lobby ran candidates in an ultimately successful effort to gain a pro-charter majority on the board in this city that is desperately fighting against charter expansion and the subsequent financial strangling of Los Angeles Unified School DisSchool Board race was the most expensive school board election in U.S. history, as the powerful charter lobby ran candidates in an ultimately successful effort to gain a pro-charter majority on the board in this city that is desperately fighting against charter expansion and the subsequent financial strangling of Los Angeles Unified School Disschool board election in U.S. history, as the powerful charter lobby ran candidates in an ultimately successful effort to gain a pro-charter majority on the board in this city that is desperately fighting against charter expansion and the subsequent financial strangling of Los Angeles Unified School DisSchool District.

The fight against Common Core has exposed the failures of those trying to force a federally - based one - size - fits - all curriculum on states and local school districts.