Sentences with phrase «larger national education association»

The two national teachers» unions — the American Federation of Teachers and the larger National Education Association — together have more than 4.6 million members.

Unions like the American Federation of Teachers, along with the larger National Education Association, have opposed charter schools.

Both Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), and Dennis Van Roekel, president of the larger National Education Association (NEA), recognize the threat.

ACTE is the largest national education association that prepares youth and adults for careers.

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The NEA Advocacy Fund is a super PAC that was launched by the National Education Association (NEA), the nation's largest teachers union, in 2010.

Could it be that the National Education Association, the nation's largest teachers» union and one of the most politically powerful special interests in history, isn't really about educational effectiveness after all, and that the Democrat Congress is in the pockets of the NEA?

Open Secrets, a project of the nonprofit Center for Responsive Politics, ranks the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association — the nation's largest teachers unions — as the 9th and 11th most generous givers to Democrats out of more than 18,000 super PACs during the 2016 election cycle.

Patti Ralabate is the Interim Associate Director for the Education Policy and Practice Department at the National Education Association, the nation's largest professional employee organization.

It is no accident that the American labor movement has been kept afloat by the success of public - sector unions - and that the largest, most powerful union in the country is not the Teamsters or the United Auto Workers, but the National Education Association.

The National Education Association, the nation's largest teachers» union, has asked U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings and members of Congress to waive accountability provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act for schools hit by the hurricane as well as those taking in large numbers...

The BEST program is among the most rigorous in the country, according to Michael Pons, a spokesman for the National Education Association, the nation's largest teachers union.

This focus shocked many Americans, as was clear from the bad press the National Education Association, the nation's largest teacher union, received when some of the curricula posted on its website suggested that teachers avoid attributing blame for the attacks — despite the fact that the attacks were a clear product of a well - organized terrorist group.

Hour after daylightless hour he sits, a medium - size, mustachioed man jotting notes while what the National Education Association calls «the largest democratic assembly in the world» swirls around him.

The National Education Association (NEA)-- the country's largest teachers union — remains opposed to merit - based salary schedules, said Kathleen Lyons, a spokeswoman for the www.nea.org National Education Association.

The 5 - 4 vote in New York state's second - largest school district was a victory for charter opponents, particularly the local affiliate of the National Education Association.

But the country's largest teachers union, the National Education Association, still frets that the program lacks sufficient accountability for results: «Voucher students are not included in state assessments, so taxpayers have no way of knowing how the voucher funds have been spent, and how students have fared.»

The National Education Association, the largest union in the United States, and the American Federation of Teachers have many resources at their disposal to try to shape educatioEducation Association, the largest union in the United States, and the American Federation of Teachers have many resources at their disposal to try to shape educationeducation policy.

Ninety - three percent of American Indian students, totaling more than 624,000, attend nontribal public schools, while the remaining 7 percent go to schools that are overseen by the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs, according to a policy handbook co-produced by the National Education Association, the nation's largest teachers» union, and the National Indian...

With major financial backing from the National Education Association, California's largest teachers» union has launched an initiative to organize employees in hundreds of charter schools in the state.

African - American students are far more likely than their white peers to receive a subpar education, in larger classes taught by unqualified teachers in decaying buildings, according to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

The National Education Association, the nation's largest teachers union, is on board with the plan — despite having voted for a measure calling for Duncan's resignation this week.

Lily Eskelsen García is president of the National Education Association, the nation's largest labor union.

She is the recipient of the 2017 Jason Kinsey Friend of NAPDS Award (National Association for Professional Development Schools) as well as the 2017 recipient of the Edward C. Pomeroy Award for Outstanding Contributions to Teacher Education by the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) and currently serves as Board Chair of AACTE, and is an Executive Committee member at - large with the Council of Academic Deans from Research Education Institutes (CADREI).

Today (1 September) the largest education union in the UK comes into force - with the amalgamation of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) and the National Union of Teachers (NUT) creating the National Educatieducation union in the UK comes into force - with the amalgamation of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) and the National Union of Teachers (NUT) creating the National EducationEducation Union.

This dovetails exactly with the aims of the National Education Association (NEA), the nation's largest teachers» union, which hated NCLB from the beginning.

Founded in 1921, National Council for the Social Studies is the largest professional association in the country devoted solely to social studies education.

Source: National Education Association, «Charteristics of Large Public Education Pension Plans,» 2010.

Clinton appears poised to receive the endorsement of the nation's largest teachers union, the National Education Association (NEA), this weekend, but the potential endorsement is causing controversy among many rank - and - file members.

While both of the two largest teachers» unions — the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers — are members of the Leadership Conference, they did not sign on.

The National Education Association (NEA), the nation's largest professional employee organization, is committed to advancing the cause of public eEducation Association (NEA), the nation's largest professional employee organization, is committed to advancing the cause of public educationeducation.

The Walk - In for Public Education is organized by the local Educators Association, and on a larger scale by the National Education Association.

The bill has so far failed to secure the endorsement of both the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers, the country's two largest teachers» unions.

Alexandria, Va. (July 15, 2015)- As the U.S. Senate approaches the end of debate on the nation's largest education law, the National School Boards Association (NSBA) continues to actively engage with our nation's lawmakers in support of a comprehensive, strategic modernization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Aceducation law, the National School Boards Association (NSBA) continues to actively engage with our nation's lawmakers in support of a comprehensive, strategic modernization of the Elementary and Secondary Education AcEducation Act (ESEA).

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Almost a year since the National Union of Teachers (NUT) and the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) announced their merger to form the largest education union in Europe, I'm here to discuss the challenges of uniting two large organisations, each with loyal memberships.

In February 2014, the head of the National Education Association, the nation's largest teachers union, called for a «course correction» on Common Core.

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National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) The nation's largest and most influential organization of early childhood educators and others dedicated to improving the quality of programs for children from birth through third grade.

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On Sept. 1, Lily Eskelsen García becomes president of the National Education Association, the largest labor union in the country.

Hillary Rodham Clinton told the president of the National Education Association that she would listen to teachers if elected president, a simple promise Monday that impressed the president of the nation's largest labor union.

With Teach for America, which places high - achieving college graduates into low - income schools for two years, as one of the featured partners in the recruiting coalition, Dennis Van Roekel, president of the National Education Association, the nation's largest teachers union, emphasized the importance of a career - long commitment.

«We believe in teacher evaluation, when done right,» said Lily Eskelsen García, president of the National Education Association, the nation's largest teachers union, which has helped argue the cases in Florida and Tennessee.

«Despite growing evidence to the contrary, it appears the administration has decided that charter schools are the only answer to what ails America's public schools,» the National Education Association, the largest teachers union, said in comments submitted to the Education Department.

The new president of the largest teachers union in the country will become the voice of roughly 3 million teachers at perhaps the most critical moment in the National Education Association's history.

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National Council of Teachers of English: The NCTE, the world's largest subject - matter educational association, is devoted to improving the teaching of English and the language arts at all levels of education.

NEPC is funded in large part by several teachers unions, including the National Education Association.

National The National Education Association Student Program (NEA - SP) is the largest united student voice in the nation.

After all, states are charged with overseeing how teaching and curricula is provided to students, and state laws play a much - larger role in structuring how districts operate than the collective bargaining deals they strike with AFT and National Education Association affiliates.