Sentences with phrase «higher education advocacy»

«Eliminating subsidized loans would increase the cost of college by thousands of dollars for many of the six million undergraduates who receive those loans each year,» according to the blog run by the Institute for College Access and Success (TICAS), a non-profit higher education advocacy group.

Executive director of Virginia 21, a higher education advocacy organization based in Richmond.

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High prices particularly affect the US, though some other countries have trouble getting access to the medication in the first place, said Sarah Lucas, the CEO of Beyond Type 1, a non-profit focused on education and advocacy related to the disease.

Insofar as that support includes advocacy in Washington, D.C. for institutions of Christian higher education, we believe our association with the CCCU significantly weakens our collective voice for our distinctive mission, at a time when we are under increasing scrutiny.

A: Our mission is to help sustain family farms in Marin and Sonoma Counties by providing high quality, minimally processed organic dairy products, and to support family farming and revitalize rural communities everywhere through advocacy and education.

General www.waimh.org World Association of Infant Mental Health www.zerotothree.org Zero - to - Three www.aap.org American Academy of Pediatrics www.civitas.org/index.html High quality parenting resources www.surestart.gov.uk United Kingdom's government website on early development www.mchlibrary.info Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University www.mi-aimh.org Michigan Association for Infant Mental Health www.ounceofprevention.org High - powered service / advocacy organization for young children www.parentsasteachers.org www.talaris.org Talaris institute does education for parents and professionals about young children

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«With his work at the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, and to be just the third African American on the state's highest court, he exhibited a lifelong advocacy for civil rights.

The Saratoga County Prosperity Partnership (Saratoga Partnership), the county's designated economic development agency, and the Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA), a leading voice for the worldwide semiconductor industry, today announced the establishment of a strategic partnership to drive high - tech business attraction and growth in Saratoga County while establishing a hub for semiconductor outreach, advocacy and education in the Northeast.

MALTA — On Thursday, the Saratoga County Prosperity Partnership and the Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA), a leading voice for the worldwide semiconductor industry, announced the establishment of a strategic partnership to drive high - tech business attraction and growth in Saratoga County while creating a hub for semiconductor outreach, advocacy and education in the Northeast.

We look forward to working with Senator Klein to ensure that New York State makes the investments necessary to ensure high - quality early childhood education for New York's children,» said Gregory Brender, the Co-Director of Policy and Advocacy for United Neighborhood Houses.

The Network for Public Education, a nonprofit education advocacy group co-founded by historian Diane Ravitch, is calling for a national «opt out» of high - stakes standardizedEducation, a nonprofit education advocacy group co-founded by historian Diane Ravitch, is calling for a national «opt out» of high - stakes standardizededucation advocacy group co-founded by historian Diane Ravitch, is calling for a national «opt out» of high - stakes standardized testing.

A pro-charter advocacy group wants New York education officials to investigate 10 district schools in Brooklyn that it says had «suspiciously high spikes» in scores on state tests.

Research!America is the nation's largest not - for - profit public education and advocacy alliance working to make research to improve health a higher national priority.

«A decade ago, New York's highest court ruled that our state must hand over billions of dollars to improve public education — but that money has not materialized,» said Zakiyah Ansari, the advocacy director of the Alliance for Quality Education, which organized the Jan. 10 press conference on the City Hall steps to kick off the lobbyeducation — but that money has not materialized,» said Zakiyah Ansari, the advocacy director of the Alliance for Quality Education, which organized the Jan. 10 press conference on the City Hall steps to kick off the lobbyEducation, which organized the Jan. 10 press conference on the City Hall steps to kick off the lobbying push.

Higher education is also suffering, says Belinda Robinson, chief executive of Universities Australia, an advocacy group based in Canberra.

The monthly, peer - reviewed Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine is the official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, a professional membership society that improves sleep health and promotes high quality patient centered care through advocacy, education, strategic research, and practice standards (www.aasm.org).

The AASM is a professional membership society that improves sleep health and promotes high quality patient centered care through advocacy, education, strategic research, and practice standards.

clinical practice, science, and excellence of molecular and genomic laboratory medicine through education, innovation, and advocacy to enable highest quality health care.

Wild salmon, however, contains the highest level of vitamin D found in any food naturally four times the amount present in farmed varieties, according to the Alliance for Natural Health USA, an education and advocacy group.

About The American Academy of Sleep Medicine Established in 1975, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) improves sleep health and promotes high quality patient centered care through advocacy, education, strategic research, and practice standards.

American voters say «reversing declining trends in children's health and education» should be the Clinton Administration's third - highest priority, according to a survey released by a national children's - advocacy coalition.

Several groups, led by the Campaign for Fiscal Equity (CFE), a nonprofit legal advocacy organization, filed suit in 1993 claiming that New York State was depriving New York City public school students of their constitutional rights to a «sound basic education,» a standard that had been prescribed in 1982 by the state's highest court (in New York, the Court of Appeals).

Education Week takes no editorial positions and has no advocacy agenda, but is guided by the conviction that the goal of ensuring a high - quality education for all children is advanced by a reliable flow of first - rate news, information, and analysis and a robust yet civil exchange of views on educatioEducation Week takes no editorial positions and has no advocacy agenda, but is guided by the conviction that the goal of ensuring a high - quality education for all children is advanced by a reliable flow of first - rate news, information, and analysis and a robust yet civil exchange of views on educatioeducation for all children is advanced by a reliable flow of first - rate news, information, and analysis and a robust yet civil exchange of views on educationeducation issues.

The vast majority of EP alumni work for other education organizations, including high - performing charter school networks and education nonprofits, state and federal agencies that allocate billions of dollars across the sector and impact millions of children, education policy and advocacy organizations, and ed tech companies.

AAHHE is primarily focused on the need to develop Latino / a faculty and senior administrators as well as serving as a leading research and advocacy group for Hispanic higher education issues.

«These students join us with a wealth of experience from a variety of settings; schools, government agencies, foundations, community groups, advocacy organizations, and higher education institutions.

According to lawyers for the Multicultural Education Training and Advocacy Project in Cambridge, Mass., the state officials» actions are directly correlated with the disproportionately high dropout rate among Hispanic students in the state.

Worse, this dumbing down — always with the noblest of intentions, of course — carries the imprimatur of advocacy groups like Complete College America, headed by respected former Indiana Commissioner for Higher Education Stan Jones and generously supported by the likes of Gates, Carnegie, Helmsley, and Lumina.

In my advocacy work I also find that more and more parents whose kids don't fit the cookie cutter mold of their neighborhood school are increasingly interested in the option of high - quality education online — even if it means missing teacher - led instruction.

The organization works alongside the Ministry of Women's Affairs and the Ministry of Higher Education and carries out policy advocacy, counselling and legal support as well as mentorship programmes.

Consisting of several new faces as well as loyal supporters from the original founding of the program in the 1990s, this Council counts among its members active artists, cultural philanthropists, and arts educators who put civic engagement and arts education advocacy among their highest priorities.

Prior to her service in the presidential administration of President Barack Obama, Ericka was Vice President for Operations and Strategic Leadership at the Education Trust, a nationally recognized research and advocacy organization dedicated to promoting high academic achievement of all students, kindergarten through college.

Over the next year, Aaron Tang and Ethan Hutt, the energetic founders of a new education advocacy group, aim to get 1 million middle school, high school, and college students to sign a petition calling for high - quality public education for all students, not just those in suburban and middle - class neighborhoods.

Phillip Lovell, vice president of federal advocacy at the nonprofit Alliance for Excellent Education, which focuses on high school reform, says that there are simply not enough good charter school providers to take the place of all the low - performing, large urban high schools.

Advocates for Children of New York (AFC) leads a statewide coalition of educational and advocacy organizations and families who have come together to urge the creation of multiple pathways to a diploma in New York State, each of which holds all students to high expectations, provides them with quality instruction, and opens doors to career and post-secondary education opportunities.

By participating actively in national advocacy efforts, HECSE is demonstrating the important role higher education plays in America's public education infrastructure.

Low - income, African - American, and Hispanic students in the 50 largest districts in Texas are less likely to attend schools with experienced teachers than high - income and white students in those same districts, concludes a report by the Education Trust, a Washington - based nonprofit research and advocacy organization.

Prior to her service in the presidential administration of President Barack Obama, Miller was vice president for operations and strategic leadership at the Education Trust, a nationally recognized research and advocacy organization dedicated to promoting high academic achievement of all students, kindergarten through college.

The Alliance for Excellent Education is a Washington, DC — based national policy, practice, and advocacy organization dedicated to ensuring that all students, particularly those who are traditionally underserved, graduate from high school ready for success in college, work, and citizenship.

Although advocacy was not something many in OACTE envisioned would factor into their higher education careers, we have come to believe that advocacy is not only important, but essential, to the continued health and evolution of teacher education work.

A public education and advocacy organization promoting high - quality, voluntary prekindergarten for all 3 - and 4 - year - olds; supports state - based children's advocates, and educates policymakers and the public about the need for preK for all children.

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Respectfully, Action United Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment Alliance for Multilingual Multicultural Education American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education American Association of State Colleges and Universities American Federation of Teachers ASPIRA Association Association of University Centers on Disabilities Autistic Self Advocacy Network Bay Area Parent Leadership Action Network California Association for Bilingual Education California Latino School Boards Association Californians for Justice Californians Together Campaign for Fiscal Equity Campaign for Quality Education Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning Center for Teaching Quality Citizens for Effective Schools Coalition for Educational Justice Council for Exceptional Children Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund Easter Seals ELC, Education Law Center FairTest, The National Center for Fair & Open Testing Higher Education Consortium for Special Education Justice Matters Latino Elected and Appointed Officials National Taskforce on Education Lawyers» Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Learning Disabilities Association of America Los Angeles Educational Partnership Movement Strategy Center NAACP National Alliance of Black School Educators National Center for Learning Disabilities National Council for Educating Black Children National Council of Teachers of English National Disability Rights Network National Down Syndrome Congress National Down Syndrome Society National Education Association National Latino / a Education Research and Policy Project National League of United Latin American Citizens Parent - U-Turn Parents for Unity Philadelphia Education Fund Public Advocates Inc..

«The event demonstrated there's a chance we'll find an early learning champion who will value the importance of high - quality early learning programs for all of California's kids with teachers who are compensated fairly,» said Patricia Lozano, executive director of Early Edge California, an advocacy organization promoting expanded early education programs.

She is responsible for the implementation of student programming, higher education policy advocacy, and systems change initiatives.

In a letter dated May 3, dozens of advocacy groups asked Brown to recommit to closing the academic achievement gap for high - need students as he considers an opening on the State Board of Education and a new plan for measuring school performance later this year.

It was written by former award - winning high school principal Carol Burris, who is now executive director of the nonprofit Network for Public Education advocacy group.

According to the American Diploma Project (ADP)-- a partnership of three education advocacy groups, including the Education Trust — more than 70 percent of high school graduates go immediately to two - or four - year colleges or univeducation advocacy groups, including the Education Trust — more than 70 percent of high school graduates go immediately to two - or four - year colleges or univEducation Trust — more than 70 percent of high school graduates go immediately to two - or four - year colleges or universities.

«We're not quite seeing the bold jump to innovation that we would like to see,» said Chip Slaven, a senior advocacy advisor for the Alliance for Excellent Education, which works to improve high schools.