ALBANY — A new, well - financed partnership plying both fundamentals of democracy and modern high - stakes lobbying plans to bring Albany's
fight over public school aid into New Yorkers» homes.
Not exact matches
Bullied and bludgeoned by weeks of intense
public debate over a longer school day, Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis fought back Friday by filing an unfair labor practices complaint against Chicago Public Schools leadership and accusing Emanuel of trying to intimidate her in a profanity - filled tirade recently at City
public debate
over a longer
school day, Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis
fought back Friday by filing an unfair labor practices complaint against Chicago
Public Schools leadership and accusing Emanuel of trying to intimidate her in a profanity - filled tirade recently at City
Public Schools leadership and accusing Emanuel of trying to intimidate her in a profanity - filled tirade recently at City Hall.
D.C.
Public Schools Fires Director of Food Services Amid
Fight Over How Student Meals Are Served (The DCist.com, January 15, 2013)
Admittedly procedures themselves are
public things, but you also need parks and
schools, prisons, armies and land and all the kinds of things people can struggle and
fight over.
The latest
fight between the Buffalo Teachers Federation and Buffalo
Public Schools is heating up, this time
over incentives like ice cream socials to persuade kids to take state - mandated tests and threats of punishment for those who don't.
At the same time, the governor and the WFP are currently feuding
over his recent comments knocking the
public education system as a «monopoly» and pledged to
fight next year for more charter
school protections.
A legal
fight between the Buffalo
Public School District and Buffalo Teachers Federation
over a plan to transfer teachers from City Honors will return to court next week, when the district will file papers challenging a restraining order obtained by the BTF.
There are also raw, long - term battles being
fought on new fronts: The teachers» unions, for instance, hate Cuomo's proposed tax breaks for private
schools, and the governor disdains the unions» power
over public schools.
De Blasio's accommodationist streak could also hurt him in upcoming
fights over rent - control laws and mayoral control of the
public schools, both up for renewal this year.
The district has been
fighting for some time
over funding, with the Orthodox Jewish - controlled
school board diverting funds to Yeshivas — religious private
schools that educate a minority of students — and away from the
public schools attended by a majority of students, many of whom are black and Latino.
While the annual spending document has long produced disagreements
over taxes,
school aid and hospital reimbursement rates,
fights about other
public policies — often with minimal fiscal impacts — have now become flash points and stumbling blocks.
And
public - sector labor groups, including the teachers unions and CSEA, have either declared a truce or largely step aside from directly knocking Cuomo has issues like less generous contracts and
fights over charter
schools have died away.
She embarrassed the administration during a
public fight over charter
school space in the spring of 2014 by enlisting the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo, and she undermined the mayor on his frustrating bid to extend mayoral control
over city
schools in the latest legislative session.
The Daily News took a deep dive into the city's
public schools in our five - part «
Fight for Their Future» series — but now we turn the spotlight
over to New York's political and educational leaders to learn what they believe is best for our kids.
Mr. Spitzer, readying for a
fight over the health care cuts and
school aid, told lawmakers on Wednesday morning that he would take his case to the
public.
De Blasio was soundly defeated by Success CEO Eva Moskowitz in a very
public fight over school space, despite largely unsuccessful efforts to de-escalate the battle with a conciliatory speech at Riverside Church and other overtures.
But it's likely to be just the first step in what promises to be a long
fight for Moskowitz
over public school space and the future of the controversial charter network.
The
fight is
over essentially before it began — a disappointment, apparently, to at least one student at Cambridge Rindge & Latin
School (CRLS), the only public high school in Cambridge, Massachu
School (CRLS), the only
public high
school in Cambridge, Massachu
school in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
To this day the
fight continues to rage
over our decision to collocate charter
schools in
public school space.
Over the past three decades, mayors such as Richard Riordan and Antonio Villaraigosa have fought to place reform - minded players on the district's school board, while grassroots reformers such as Green Dot Public Schools founder Steve Barr and the group that is now known as Parent Revolution have successfully forced L.A. Unified to start an effort to spin off over 200 of its traditional public schools into charter school operators and grassroots gro
Over the past three decades, mayors such as Richard Riordan and Antonio Villaraigosa have
fought to place reform - minded players on the district's
school board, while grassroots reformers such as Green Dot
Public Schools founder Steve Barr and the group that is now known as Parent Revolution have successfully forced L.A. Unified to start an effort to spin off over 200 of its traditional public schools into charter school operators and grassroots g
Public Schools founder Steve Barr and the group that is now known as Parent Revolution have successfully forced L.A. Unified to start an effort to spin off over 200 of its traditional public schools into charter school operators and grassroots
Schools founder Steve Barr and the group that is now known as Parent Revolution have successfully forced L.A. Unified to start an effort to spin off
over 200 of its traditional public schools into charter school operators and grassroots gro
over 200 of its traditional
public schools into charter school operators and grassroots g
public schools into charter school operators and grassroots
schools into charter
school operators and grassroots groups.
Lost in the recent
fight over TV ads about racial inequality in New York City
schools is another sort of inequality — that kids in charter
schools only receive a fraction of the funding that all other
public school children receive.
Public education advocates will have many opportunities in the coming months to
fight for greater funding for our children's
schools and against state takeovers that hand our democratically controlled
school boards
over to private third party operators.
As the discussion and debate
over next year's Boston
Public Schools budget begins, the Boston Education Justice Alliance is fighting for the schools our communities d
Schools budget begins, the Boston Education Justice Alliance is
fighting for the
schools our communities d
schools our communities deserve.
In January, during the
fight over DeVos» nomination, Moskowitz released a statement saying the nominee had «the talent, commitment, and leadership capacity to revitalize our
public schools and deliver the promise of opportunity that excellent education provides.»
Similarly, four years ago, about $ 30 millions poured into the race for superintendent of
public instruction when Torlakson faced Tuck, which became a proxy
fight over charter
schools.
With National
School Choice Week behind us, the battle — and it is a battle — to free our children from a monopoly by zip - code
public education system is being
fought on fronts all
over the country, and in red and blue states alike, more and more Democrats are breaking ranks and joining Republicans in the
fight.
No example of this is the
fight by the parents of children at Palm Lane Elementary
School, a currently traditional public school that has been failing for over a d
School, a currently traditional
public school that has been failing for over a d
school that has been failing for
over a decade.
Hugo High
School, like many
public schools in Oklahoma, was a battleground in the
fight over Common Core.
Public school families are fighting over scarce resources, and the reality is that school districts like Freehold Borough have seen significant student population increases without corresponding dollars and schools like University Heights Charter School in Newark have had to cut back on needed mental health services and arts programming because they lack fu
school families are
fighting over scarce resources, and the reality is that
school districts like Freehold Borough have seen significant student population increases without corresponding dollars and schools like University Heights Charter School in Newark have had to cut back on needed mental health services and arts programming because they lack fu
school districts like Freehold Borough have seen significant student population increases without corresponding dollars and
schools like University Heights Charter
School in Newark have had to cut back on needed mental health services and arts programming because they lack fu
School in Newark have had to cut back on needed mental health services and arts programming because they lack funding.
Students with special needs, limited English proficiency, or without a regular place to call home are forced to
fight over limited resources in the
public schools.
The amendment is the latest turn in a long - running
fight over whether private
schools receiving voucher funds should be held to the same non-discrimination standards under ADA as
public schools.
A Phi Delta Kappa / Gallup poll last year found that most Americans report confidence in
public school teachers, and a majority would side with teachers
over governors in collective bargaining
fights.
With
school districts throughout the United States millions of dollars in debt,
fights over teacher seniority are taking place alongside pushes to shift
public money toward charter
schools.
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 e
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 e
schools, the much - less - intrusive intervention at Washington means staff can more easily get on board with state - led turnaround efforts.
She embarrassed the administration during a
public fight over charter
school space in the spring of 2014 by enlisting the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo, and she undermined the mayor on his frustrating bid to extend mayoral control
over city
schools in the latest legislative session.
It was a position that won them considerable
public sympathy and, ultimately, with the help of a large and successful rally in Albany, won them both private space for all three Success
schools and a clear victory
over the mayor, who appeared utterly unprepared to handle the consequences of the
fight he started with the sector.
When it comes to matters of equity and privilege in the
public schools, few issues are more symbolic of the challenge than
fights over teacher assignments.
Bradley funded WILL primarily to be a «litigation center» to aid the
fight over school vouchers, to attack
public sector unions and to backstop Wisconsin's right - wing infrastructure.
She has been
fighting for
over 10 years to improve her local
schools, and volunteering extensively at her children's local
public schools.
Thought that the battle
over Common Core was only being
fought by
public school parents?
Caputo - Pearl and other teacher union leaders, local and national, have
fought against the rise of charter
schools, asserting that they undermine
public education by draining financial support from
public education systems and creating an educational caste system that favors some demographic groups
over others.
Given the cuts to Government spending that are kicking in everywhere, is it time to ask what role green groups should play in a shrinking state?Transition Movement Gets Political I started pondering this question having read a heart - felt and passionate account by Sarah Nicholl and Marietta Birkholtz
over at Transition Culture of how climate change and peak oil activists are
fighting swinging cuts to
schools, libraries and other essential
public services.