Sentences with phrase «for elected parent»

Marginalise parents in the governance of schools by removing the requirement for elected parent places on the governing boards of academy trusts.

Cameron cited the White Paper, which said: «We will no longer require academy trusts to reserve places for elected parents on governing boards.»

It says: «We will no longer require academy trusts to reserve places for elected parents on governing boards.

Not exact matches

While my efforts to persuade the Board of Selectmen, the town manager, and the Rec Department director to allocate permits in a more equitable fashion, and to use their power to make sure that the programs using town - owned facilities met minimum standards for inclusiveness and safety, fell on deaf ears (we ended up being forced to use for our home games a dusty field the high school had essentially abandoned), I returned to a discussion of the «power of the venue permit» 10 years later in my 2006 book, Home Team Advantage: The Critical Role of Mothers in Youth Sports, where I suggested that one of the best ways for youth sports parents to improve the safety of privately - run sports programs in their communities was to lobby their elected officials to utilize that power to «reform youth sports by exercising public oversight over the use of taxpayer - funded fields, diamonds, tracks, pools, and courts, [and] deny permits to programs that fail to abide by a [youth sports] charter» covering such topics as background checks, and codes of conduct for coaches, players, and parents.

For nearly seven years we have worked hard to set the stage for a healthier next generation of kids by engaging stakeholders on all levels - parents, child care providers, schools, chefs, local elected officials, faith - based leaders, museums, and moFor nearly seven years we have worked hard to set the stage for a healthier next generation of kids by engaging stakeholders on all levels - parents, child care providers, schools, chefs, local elected officials, faith - based leaders, museums, and mofor a healthier next generation of kids by engaging stakeholders on all levels - parents, child care providers, schools, chefs, local elected officials, faith - based leaders, museums, and more.

I always suggest that if parents elect to cosleep in the form of bed - sharing each parent (and not just one) should agree to be responsible for the baby.

By Friday, some parents had elected to keep their children home from the Tiny Tot program, which runs for two hours on mornings and afternoons three days a week.

Some daycare centers build in extracurricular activities or «interest stations» that are age appropriate within the day as part of the service offered to families, while others allow parents to elect to put their kid in gymnastics, karate, art or even second language instruction for an extra fee.

He voted for all the testing that parents and kids hate and voted to impose an outrageous evaluation system on teachers, usurping the authority of locally elected school boards.

Brooklyn Daily Eagle article on momentum building for M.S. OneBrooklyn vision among parents, institutions, and elected officials, including BP Adams

Governor Joins Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Parents, Students and Local Elected Officials to Call on Legislature to Stand Up For Choice in Education

UFT President Michael Mulgrew joined state and city elected officials, parents and education advocates on Feb. 28 to announce his support for proposed state legislation that would require elected parent councils to approve school co-locations before they could go into effect.

And I have been clear that I will work with any group of Senators who have real economic development and jobs - encouragement ideas, who plan to bring substantial tax relief to the people who elected me, who have compassion for the poor and respect for the middle class, who support the improvement of public education and a plan to ease the burden of tuition - paying parents across New York.»

Decades - Old Rusty School Trailers at P.S. 19 in Corona to be Removed New Physical Addition to School Building Slated for Construction QUEENS, NY — Parents, elected and city officials today together announced plans underway to permanently expand capacity that's been long overdue at overcrowded P.S. 19Q in Corona, the largest elementary school in New York -LSB-...]

Directly after the Mayor unveiled his executive budget this past Thurs., May 3rd, which revealed major cuts for Out of School (OST) and after - school programs, the steps of City Hall were flooded with northern Manhattan after - school providers, staff, advocates and parents, and elected officials protesting what some have termed «draconian» and «unimaginable.»

In other words, I am not interested in examples of someone being elected as «President for Life» which has happened numerous times, or examples of parent - child pairs of democratic politicians who manage to be elected in an ordinary democratic election system to a term of office for a fixed term of years.

Newly elected Regents Chancellor Betty Rosa, of the Bronx, had a clear message for parents: You have the right to opt your children out of state assessments.

«I trust this elected (school) board to work with the community for real reform much more than I trust a two - person junta of mayor and superintendent, with no checks and balances,» said Charlie Dee, a 34 - year Milwaukee resident and parent of a former MPS student.

«For months we have been engaging with elected officials, community leaders, and parents, so we can best serve the needs of students in this neighborhood,» Deputy Chancellor for Portfolio Planning Marc Sternberg said in a statemeFor months we have been engaging with elected officials, community leaders, and parents, so we can best serve the needs of students in this neighborhood,» Deputy Chancellor for Portfolio Planning Marc Sternberg said in a statemefor Portfolio Planning Marc Sternberg said in a statement.

Elected parents will receive trainings and leadership development sessions, ensuring they are able to use their positions effectively to make their voices heard, advocate for students, and form functional Councils.

Gov. - elect Andrew Cuomo will be joined at the historic mansion for a «family dinner» that will include his parents, former three - term Gov. Mario Cuomo and former First Lady Matilda Cuomo.

The decision is a stunning blow for Bloomberg, who has repeatedly defended his choice amid intense criticism from parents groups, elected officials and other advocates who said the city needs a schools chancellor with a background in schools.

«For quite some time, Education Commissioner John King has closed off all meaningful conversation with parents, educators, administrators, and elected officials who have highlighted serious deficiencies in State Education Department policies,» Abinanti said.

Sam Radford, president of the District Parent Coordinating Council of Buffalo, says Paladino should be held accountable as an elected official who makes decisions for all of Buffalo's students.

Local authorities would be given a strategic role as «champions» for parents and pupils, but the Lib Dem leader said the plans did not give councils any power to do this, and consequently took power away from locally - elected politicians.

An at - large voting system for electing members to the East Ramapo school board — long dominated by Orthodox Jews whose children attend private yeshivas — has prevented public school parents who are largely black and Latino from electing candidates of their choice, according to a lawsuit filed by NYCLU.

A radio ad thanking parents, teachers, elected officials and community leaders for fighting back against the threat of teacher layoffs started airing on June 30.

Our elected council of parent keeps asking for answers to contradictions like these and keeps finding a common problem: mayoral control of city schools without mayoral responsibility.

The task force, a group of principals, parents, community board members, elected officials and Department of Education representatives, has met regularly over the years, advocating for new schools and educational space in the increasingly family - filled lower Manhattan neighborhoods.

UFT Family Child Care Providers Chapter Chair Tammie Miller joined Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer and other elected officials and labor leaders for a Manhattan town hall meeting on May 25 to discuss the impact of Mayor Michael Bloomberg's proposed $ 51 million cut to child care funding on children and low - income working parents.

If elected, Mr. Salamanca would be a strong advocate for public education and would actively work with principals and teachers to identify additional resources, and help increase parent involvement in and out of the classroom.

For years, parents, elected officials and community members had made repeated requests for safety measures on 147th Avenue; the requests were previously denied by DOT in 20For years, parents, elected officials and community members had made repeated requests for safety measures on 147th Avenue; the requests were previously denied by DOT in 20for safety measures on 147th Avenue; the requests were previously denied by DOT in 2010.

Decades - Old Rusty School Trailers at P.S. 19 in Corona to be Removed New Physical Addition to School Building Slated for Construction QUEENS, NY — Parents, elected and city officials today together announced plans underway to permanently expand capacity that's been long overdue at overcrowded P.S. 19Q in Corona, the largest elementary school in New York City.

Parents, educators and elected officials are looking for ways to improve northern Manhattan schools.

Upper West Side public school parents, elected officials and Community Board 7 fought for months to keep Upper West Success Academy from moving into an existing public school building.

For the record @HackneyAbbott, I was a trainee solicitor when elected, having gone to law school as a mature student and single parent (1/2)

«Parents struggle to do what's best for their children, and at least so far, in this country parents are not dictated to by local elected officials about how to feed their children,» he said in hisParents struggle to do what's best for their children, and at least so far, in this country parents are not dictated to by local elected officials about how to feed their children,» he said in hisparents are not dictated to by local elected officials about how to feed their children,» he said in his email.

It lays bare his disdain not only for teachers and parents, but for all New York City voters, who apparently can't be entrusted to elect an able mayor as his successor.

«If the costs of continuing care are relatively modest — for example, if it's an experienced male with offspring close to independence,» says Mumme, «a molting parent may elect not to desert.»

Our approach is straightforward: elect and defend the right policymakers, pass high - quality laws that will help the greatest number of kids, and make sure parents are aware of their options and that the laws work for families and children.

Gillian Allcroft, deputy chief executive of the National Governance Association, said: «The vast majority of elected governors (parents and staff) do a great job for their schools and this is one of the reasons why NGA campaigned very strongly for the retention of elected parent governors.

«What has traditionally made this country great is that the leaders don't have to be the elected officials,» says Olson, the president of the Parents for Public Schools national board of directors.

It offers parents help in figuring out what language and literacy experiences to look for in preschools and child care; what to look for in initial reading instruction in kindergarten and the early grades; what to ask school boards, principals, elected officials, and other policy makers who make decisions regarding early reading instruction; and whether their child is making progress in related skills and early reading.

Eva's experience as a teacher, college professor, elected official, Chair of the New York City Council's Education Committee and public school parent make her uniquely qualified to effectively lead the organization in establishing high - performing schools and pioneering for educational excellence.

Parents must be empowered with access to data and other information to hold educators, leaders and elected officials accountable for their performance.

Whatever the inadequacies of the engagement efforts, shouldn't we focus our criticism first and foremost on those elected officials, union leaders, and activists who were pursuing a strategy of deception and vitriol — who woke up every day seeking to thwart positive change for kids, seeking to prevent the expansion of schools that were getting outsized success for children, seeking to undermine policies designed to increase equitable access to the district's better schools, seeking to gum up efforts to empower parents with choice, and seeking to thwart all efforts aimed at fostering an honest conversation about which educators were truly superlative and which were badly underserving children?

Report cards must be provided directly to parents by school districts, and all report cards must be published by December 31 each year to ensure that the information collected is provided in time to be useful for educators, administrators, elected officials, parents and families, and community stakeholders.

In education, it could be read as an argument for «local control» — but with the important caveat that parents, teachers, and principals, not elected school boards, are closest to the action that matters.

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.

California parents looking for better public schools for their kids will get to elect a new state schools chief in November, and this week was their first chance to compare the three candidates side by side — something parents can't yet do with schools.