Sentences with phrase «largest education rally»

Partnering with advocacy groups to spearhead the largest education rally ever in Connecticut, with over 6,000 people on the New Haven Green.

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This week will include a focus on what the city can do to stop gas - related explosions after another such explosion occurred this weekend, this time in Borough Park; education politics and policy, as the pro-charter, anti-de Blasio group Families for Excellent Schools will hold a large rally; a continuation of negotiation and criticism between city and state entities over MTA funding; and more.

State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia's appearance at the rally sent education groups into a tizzy, with New York's largest teachers» union panning the move and charter advocates cheering the first - of - its - kind apEducation Commissioner MaryEllen Elia's appearance at the rally sent education groups into a tizzy, with New York's largest teachers» union panning the move and charter advocates cheering the first - of - its - kind apeducation groups into a tizzy, with New York's largest teachers» union panning the move and charter advocates cheering the first - of - its - kind appearance.

Members of Connecticut's largest teachers» union will be rallying in support overhauling the state's education system and urging lawmakers to include voices from educators in the debate over Governor Dannel P. Malloy's education proposals.

State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia's appearance at a charter school rally sent education groups into a tizzy Tuesday, with New York's largest teachers» union panning the move and charter advocates cheering the first - of - its - kind apEducation Commissioner MaryEllen Elia's appearance at a charter school rally sent education groups into a tizzy Tuesday, with New York's largest teachers» union panning the move and charter advocates cheering the first - of - its - kind apeducation groups into a tizzy Tuesday, with New York's largest teachers» union panning the move and charter advocates cheering the first - of - its - kind appearance.

Statewide, unless education advocates rally and the Legislature intervenes, municipalities and school districts will suffer more than $ 1.1 billion in slashed public school aid — the largest school cut in more than two decades.

Although Oklahoma teachers have descended upon the capitol nearly every year to protest what they see as meager public education appropriations, it's no surprise that rallies during state election years are much larger.

The «March for Students and Rally for Respect» was the largest act of organized teacher political action in state history and has caused people to ask what the next steps should be for public education in North Carolina.

But charter schools and the parental choice movement that goes along with them have also become rallying cries for conservative groups and the Tea Party movement that's praised the business - like approach to education and want to see a larger expansion of the schools.

In fact, Martin Luther King III spoke at the «Rally in Tally» where over 10,000 people converged on Florida's Capitol building in Tallahassee to urge the state's largest teachers union to drop a lawsuit challenging a voucher - like education program that benefits low - income families.

Joining ISTA's rally were members of Indiana's other large statewide teachers union, the Indiana Federation of Teachers, and other advocates for public education.

In addition to «The Big Six,» other organizations that are presently lobbying Connecticut legislators in favor of the charter school and «education reform» agenda include the Bronx Charter School for Excellence, the North East Charter Schools Network, Achievement First, Inc., the large charter school chain with schools in New York, Connecticut and Rhode Island, and Families for Excellent Schools, the New York - based lobbing and political entity that bused in charter school students and parents from as far away as New York City and Boston last year to rally in support of Malloy's efforts to hand charter schools even more public funds.

We hold large public education events on all of these issues; present to dozens of university classes and other community groups; and organize rallies.