Sentences with phrase «for great public schools»

It isn't enough for the families of children who are desperate for a great public school education.

As part of its campaign, the assembly developed a list of seven qualities for great public schools.

Filings at the state Board of Elections show NYSUT's Fund For Great Public Schools super PAC has invested in both mailers and TV ad production over the last week to knock Republican Chris Jacobs and boost Small's chances in the battleground district.

From 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m., Democratic NYC mayoral contenders Anthony Weiner, Bill de Blasio, Bill Thompson, John Liu, and Sal Albanese (but not Council Speaker Chris Quinn, who dropped out of this event) participate in the New Yorkers for Great Public Schools education debate.

The KIPP Foundation supports excellence, growth, and sustainability across the network, as well as leads network - wide efforts to innovate, share what we are learning, and advocate for a great public school system.

And it raises an interesting question for the Great Public Schools Now vision of expanded charter and magnet schools, and the LAUSD attempt to expand magnets.

The KIPP Foundation supports excellence, growth, and sustainability across the network, and leads network - wide efforts to innovate, share what we are learning, and advocate for a great public school system.

The CCSA report, called Step Up: How Charter Schools Provide Higher Levels of California Public University Access, will likely by cited by charter school supporters in Los Angeles as they look to drum up support for Great Public Schools Now, a nonprofit that wants to expand charter access in LA Unified.

«I ask that you respect our families» right to advocate for greater public school opportunities for all children in the city, including 4 - year - olds.»

«The operational influence and control exercised by Andrew Pallotta and Carl Korn and the capacity in which he serves each entity strongly suggest the activities of the Fund for Great Public Schools constitute «coordination» under NYS election law,» Cox said in the complaint.

Mobilize for Education September 22 A coalition of organizations, calling itself the National Mobilization for Great Public Schools, is asking people to meet at house parties September 22 to discuss education concerns and possible solutions.

In the end, we are left to look at the Education Week Quality Counts report as simply pushing a specific agenda for greater public school funding and lower class sizes.

They worked in three of Denver's public high schools, fighting for greater public school accountability and student voice.

Already clear from her endorsement by Houstonians for Great Public Schools (Houston GPS), an organization which pushes to make testing outcomes the center of the school board's focus and her work as an analyst at Children At Risk which is most widely known for its school rating system heavily based on STAAR scores, Gretchen Himsl is clearly the candidate most tied to the state's accountability system.

A spokesman for Great Public Schools Now said the group would have no response to passage of the resolution.

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The results of the survey became an application for a Great Public Schools Now grant, and Bright Star on Friday was awarded $ 250,000 that will go toward workplace enhancements, including four additional weeks of paid maternity or paternity leave, childcare subsidies for teachers, fitness classes on campuses, nutrition counseling and lactation pods, so teachers who return from maternity leave will have a private place to pump breastmilk at school.

The film, directed by Daniel Barnz, premiered Sunday night at the Ziegfeld and was attended not only by the cast, but by the New Yorkers for Great Public Schools Coalition, an umbrella group of parents that gathered across the street.

The NYSUT - supported Fund For Great Public Schools is taking its efforts to the open 7th Senate district in Nassau County and the Hudson Valley race where Democrats hope to unseat Sen. Bill Larkin.

WASHINGTON — The National Education Association (NEA) announced today that it has hired Andy Coons, chief operating officer of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, to join its leadership team as senior director of its Center for Great Public Schools.

New Yorkers for Great Public Schools, a union - backed parent coalition, released a report questioning Washington D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee's success.

DeVos hearing: In her confirmation hearing to become U.S. education secretary, Betsy DeVos says she will be «a strong advocate for great public schools,» but «if a school is troubled, or unsafe, or not a good fit for a child — perhaps they have a special need that is going unmet — we should support a parent's right to enroll their child in a high - quality alternative.»

The case stems from the contribution from the New Yorkers for a Brighter Future to the Fund for Great Public Schools, the latter of which has been heavily involved in state legislative campaigns on behalf of Democratic candidates, primarily for the state Senate.

The Fund for Great Public Schools's listed treasurer is Andy Pallotta, a vice president at the union, while the Brighter Future group's website is listed as the union's main office in the Albany suburbs.

The Fund for Great Public Schools, a teachers» union PAC, spent $ 28,471 on support for Ceretto and $ 26,803 on advertising against Morinello.

One of her websites, the Partnership Educational Justice, says its goal is to help students, and their families «advocate for the great public schools they deserve,» with a particular focus on low income students.

The New York State United Teachers» Fund for Great Public Schools has spent $ 1.8 million aiding Democrats.

The Fund for Great Public Schools, a teachers union backed SuperPAC has weigh in support of Senator Rivera, while New Yorkers for Independent Action have sided with CM Cabrera because of his strong support for charter schools and education tax credits for individuals and corporations that donate to public, private and parochial schools.

At the same time the PAC, known as the Fund For Great Public Schools, has also spent $ 62,447 opposing her Republican opponent, Chris Jacobs.

The Fund For Great Public Schools, a NYSUT - backed super PAC, is spending the money to boost the candidacies of Democrats Adam Haber, Amber Small and Chris Eachus, filings made public today show.

The PAC, Fund For Great Public Schools, is spending $ 259,308 on the purchase and production, along with $ 40,834 in anti-Larkin mailers.

In the last four weeks alone, the Fund For Great Public Schools has poured more than $ 1.1 million into the race to bolster Eachus against Republican Sen. Bill Larkin.

The ad, released by the independent expenditure committee Fund For Great Public Schools, was pulled on Monday by Cablevision in the Hudson Valley Senate district after lawyers for Senate Republicans complained about the ad's claims.

Yet the Fund for Great Public Schools, which claims to be an independent political committee, has connections to NYSUT's PAC, known as VOTE - COPE, according to Cox.

The Fund for Great Public Schools, a teachers union backed SuperPAC, spent tens of thousands of dollars backing Senator Rivera.

Andrew Pallotta is listed as the treasurer of both the PAC and the Fund for Great Public Schools, according to filings viewed by The Post.

The group, Fund For Great Public Schools, has reported spending $ 59,603 on printing costs for palm cards boosting Jackson's bid for the nomination in the 31st Senate district, which is being vacated by congressional candidate Adriano Espaillat.

The Funding For Great Public Schools is backed by the New York State United Teachers union, listing its treasurer as NYSUT Vice President Andy Pallotta.

The formation of New Yorkers for Great Public Schools is just the teachers unions» latest effort to derail meaningful reform in our schools.

«As parents, we are outraged that Success Academy charter schools can enter a New York City public school building, and without any oversight or approval, rip out potentially dangerous PCB - containing fixtures without taking any environmental precautions,» says the formal complaint to the state by the parents, who are backed by two nonprofit organizations, New Yorkers for Great Public Schools and the Alliance for Quality Education.

Its super PAC, the Fund for Great Public Schools, unleashed $ 718,000 — nearly three times what Small's own campaign contributed — to try to help the Democrat overcome Jacobs.

As Bill Raabe, director of the National Education Association's Center for Great Public Schools, points out: