Sentences with phrase «for equitable school»

«Those who really want to end public education as we have it now are now poised to move on different state legislatures with ESA laws similar to Nevada,» said David Sciarra, the executive director of the Education Law Center, a New Jersey group that advocates for equitable school funding and helped organize the legal case against Nevada's voucher program.

We should all be working together to fight for equitable school funding for all of our public school children, not pitting them against one another.»

Congratulations to the thousands of educators, parents and students who have long advocated for equitable school funding.

New Haven clergy came together to call on state lawmakers to come up with a solution for equitable school funding.

Recognizing that children need a range of supports and champions, Martha has partnered with E4E colleagues to advocate for equitable school funding in California and conducts «college readiness» trainings to help her school's parents support their children in college preparation.

An evidence - based strategy for equitable school improvement.

Since winning a Minnesota Senate seat in 1992, the teacher - turned - legislator has become a prominent advocate for equitable school funding and a leading voice for improving public schools.

First, just as the states refused to make good on the «equal» part of «separate but equal» after Plessy, for more than 40 years states have failed to provide equal access to the funding needed to achieve excellent schools for all children, largely because of a lack of federal accountability for equitable school funding.

Alliance for Quality Education, a labor - backed advocacy group that pushes for equitable school funding, is leading a campaign for a $ 1.9 billion increase in the budget.

Not exact matches

In the commentary in question we commended the USCC for «trenchant statements on protecting the unborn and on the evil of active euthanasia, together with a call for equitable tax support for school choice and support for increased immigration.»

Widely affirmed proposals call for the restructure of low - performing schools, more emphasis on the basics, safer classrooms, more rigorous graduation standards, periodic measurement of progress through some kind of standardized tests, longer days and year - round schooling, decentralization into smaller learning communities and greater freedom for those smaller units, smaller classes, better - qualified teachers and improved salaries, more parental input and more equitable funding.

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.

«When the charter industry begins serving students with special needs and English Language Learners at the same rate as traditional public schools, and cracks down on the fraud, mismanagement and abuse prevalent at so many charters, perhaps its leaders can then join our longstanding fight for the equitable funding that all kids need.»

Nixon said Cuomo is not obeying a 12 - year - old court order in the Campaign for Fiscal Equity case, which says the state needs to spend billions more on schools in order for them to become equitable.

«For our schools to continue to improve and provide our students with the best education possible, they must have proper and equitable funding — our State Aid Proposal is aimed at making that happen,» State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia said.

Nixon has been very close with the Alliance for Quality Education, an organization that has been pushing the state to fulfill the terms of a lawsuit over equitable funding for school districts.

«Our members are very knowledgable about education issues, and while there is great concern about the implementation of the Common Core and the over-reliance on testing, there are many other issues that are front - burner for NYSUT members,» he said, listing concerns over the property tax cap, equitable school funding, the teacher evaluation system and the statewide expansion of pre-kindergarten.

For the last 17 years, I've been fighting for better schools and more equitable education funding all across New York staFor the last 17 years, I've been fighting for better schools and more equitable education funding all across New York stafor better schools and more equitable education funding all across New York state.

Also at 11 a.m., Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb and his colleagues will be joined by education advocates and professionals at a press conference to call for equitable education funding and the release of school aid runs, back of Assembly chamber, state Capitol, Albany.

«New York State United Teachers today issued early endorsements to three incumbent state senators who have reliably stood with parents and educators in fighting for fair and equitable funding while vigorously opposing the climate of over-testing that is harming students and public schools,» NYSUT said in a statement.

«Cynthia Nixon has stood with our members in the streets for many years to fight for the truly equitable schools we deserve,» said Javier H. Valdés, MRA Co-Executive Director.

When their daughter started kindergarten in 2001, Nixon discovered the Alliance for Quality Education, a parent organization that advocates for increased and equitable distribution of school funding.

«Our educational assets will be rapidly expanded to provide equitable access for every child to enter and complete basic education, enter and complete secondary school» it says.

This short of the $ 1.5 billion education advocates like the Alliance for Quality Education say is necessary to provide more equitable funding for poorer schools deemed to be in high - needs districts.

The group's poll surveyed 300 voters in New York, finding 61 percent of voters backed a more equitable balance in public school funding for rich and poor communities.

Senate Republicans blame Democrats for the G.E.A. and argue that their leadership has led to more equitable funding for schools.

The Moral Mondays movement came to New York State on Jan. 12 as about 1,000 students, parents, advocates and union leaders from New York City and across the state converged on the state Capitol to demand fair and equitable funding for public schools.

However, board member Luis Reyes, a researcher at Hunter College in Manhattan, said the graduation goal would prove «delusional» unless the state provides more equitable funding for schools in poor neighborhoods.

A significant minority of the free schools are opting to use these methods of allocating places despite concerns that they do not promote fair, equitable access for all children.

is AFFIRMING that a more democratic, equitable and collaborative system is possible where local schools supported by the entire community provide excellent education and the wrap around services needed to meet each child's right to reach his / her full human potential and their community's right for social and economic development,

Meanwhile, education advocates on Tuesday began their lobbying efforts with a rally calling on more equitable funding for high - needs schools across the state.

The issue of equitable aid was at the heart of the $ 1.11 billion lawsuit brought by the Alliance for Quality Education on behalf of 26 students in eight small city school districts, including Kingston, in 2008.

As an advocate for better schools and more equitable education funding all across the state, affordable housing, LGBTQ equality, clean energy, legalizing marijuana, and women's reproductive rights, Cynthia Nixon is running a grassroots campaign for governor without corporate funding.

Three days earlier, Mr. Cuomo's budget director, Robert Mujica, issued an 1,100 - word statement about «fair and equitable» school funding — an issue Ms. Nixon has advocated around for more than a decade.

The Regents will also push for a more equitable school aid formula and for some adjustments in the implementation of the Common Core academic standards, Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch said in a statement.

Nixon has worked over the years with the Alliance for Quality Education, a group heavily funded by unions that has pushed for more equitable distribution of state aid to public schools.

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Each of the schools has selected an equity adviser, who monitors and assesses policies and progress in «the development and maintenance of an equitable environment for all faculty» at UCI.

Third, since this new system applies a single, simple approach to autonomy and accountability across all public schools, it also needs an equitable system for resources and enrollment.

Years of research show that it's closely linked to almost everything that we as a nation say we want for our children and demand from our schools: academic achievement, social and emotional development, civic engagement, and equitable opportunity.

For many communities, the phrase «magnet school» calls up familiar images of an equitable learning environment, an interest - based curriculum, and progressive education in action.

But a truly integrated school focuses on creating a positive experience for all students of all backgrounds, and supports what we call the «ABCDs» of diverse and equitable schools: strong academics, a strong sense of belonging, a commitment to dismantling racism, and an appreciation of diversity.

To make pensions more equitable and effective tools for staffing schools, we propose that retirement benefits paid to any teacher should be tied to the lifetime contributions made by or for that teacher.

Finland is remarkable for not only routinely scoring among the top nations on the PISA exams, but also for being among the most equitable school systems in the world.

If we are serious in our desire for a just and equitable society, the real question is how to create entire systems of high schools where excellence is the product of everyday practice.

However, PISA data can not discern whether this is because schools are more equitable in providing learning opportunities for collaborative skills, or whether collaboration skills are mainly developed outside schools.»

However, there are multiple cases now active that could provide an opportunity for the Supreme Court to revisit its 1973 San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez ruling, which held that the U.S. Constitution does not guarantee a right to equitable school funding (see «Reconsidering the Supreme Court's Rodriguez Decision,» forum, Spring School District v. Rodriguez ruling, which held that the U.S. Constitution does not guarantee a right to equitable school funding (see «Reconsidering the Supreme Court's Rodriguez Decision,» forum, Spring school funding (see «Reconsidering the Supreme Court's Rodriguez Decision,» forum, Spring 2017).

El - Mekki was also a Principal Ambassador Fellow at the U.S. Department of Education under Arne Duncan, and he is the founder of Black Male Educators for Social Justice, a fellowship dedicated to supporting and recruiting more African American men into the teaching profession — a critical component, El - Mekki believes, in creating more equitable schools.

It lists 40 recommendations for bringing about more equitable treatment of girls by schools, ranging from strengthened enforcement of federal laws prohibiting sex discrimination to the adoption of «gender fair» curricula.

Lastly, we continue to advocate for equitable distribution of state facilities aid for all public schools.