Sentences with phrase «heard by policymakers»

Last year, this series profiled Educators for Excellence founders Evan Stone and Sydney Morris, who launched Educators for Excellence in New York City and state to engage teachers in education policy issues and provide a platform for teacher voices to be heard by policymakers and the media — with the ultimate goal of elevating the profession and ensuring that teacher expertise informs smart education policy choices.

As a public school teacher for 22 years, I, too, now feel that my voice is not being heard by policymakers.

«We hope that the consensus among plant scientists presented here is heard by policymakers, the business community, and, more importantly, the general public and initiates a new conversation on how best to implement GM tools to improve crops for sustainable agriculture.

Not exact matches

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will meet senior European officials later in the day in Brussels, where he is expected to hear the terms of a plan drawn up this week by top policymakers including German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

You'll come to know the world and human nature in a unique way by visiting schools and communities in your recruiting; talking with educators, parents, and policymakers; hearing thousands of life stories each year as you read applications and take part in admission committee deliberations, and then following the students you admitted throughout their college years and beyond.

If you're not sure about the answer, there are a number of ways to have your voice heard by education policymakers at the local, state, and national level.

Before a single child's information is turned over to any 3rd party, policymakers should give assurance to parents and educators that no harm will come to Tennessee school children by adopting the following principles: The state and districts should be required to publish any and all existing data sharing agreements in printed and electronic form, and include a thorough explanation of its purpose and provisions, and make it available to parents and local school authorities statewide; The Department of Education should hold hearings throughout the state or testify before the legislature to explain any existing data agreement, and answer questions from the public or their representatives, obtain informed comment, and gauge public reaction; All parents should have the right to be notified of the impending disclosure of their children's data, and provide them with a right to consent or have the right to withhold their children's information from being shared; The state should have to define what rights families or individuals will have to obtain relief if harmed by improper use or release of their child's private information, including how claims can be made; and finally, any legislation must ensure that the privacy interest of public school children and their families are put above the interests of any 3rd Party and its agents and subsidiaries.

Raising their voices today before an advisory committee to the state Board of Education and speaking up at a legislative public hearing on Monday, teachers are making it clear that the student assessments that count in their evaluations are not a subject that should be «kicked down the road» indefinitely by Connecticut policymakers.

At LILA, you will hear from and speak with national education leaders, including U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, and proactively advocate for what matters most in your school and district by participating in Capitol Hill meetings with your federal policymakers.

«The voices and expertise of teachers were heard and addressed by policymakers who did the right thing by putting the focus back where it belongs: on teaching, learning, and student achievement.»

Third, DATIA's active representation of your interests in Washington, DC ensures that the industry's voice is heard by key policymakers in Congress and Federal Agencies — on issues that your business depends on.

ensures that the industry's voice is heard by key policymakers in Congress and Federal Agencies — on issues that your business depends on.

The imbalance is the smoking gun, but its significance is unfortunately poorly understood by skeptics who continue to pass their own confusion to policymakers some of whom, for their own reasons, want to hear the skeptic message instead of consensus science.

As well offering parents online safety resources, we work with policymakers across the political spectrum to ensure our point of view is heard by the people making decisions.