Sentences with phrase «last national education organizations»

ASCD was one of the last national education organizations to formally endorse the common core standards.

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Last month, both the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) and the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) joined other organizations in expressing a «deep concern» about the nomination of Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education.

As education reporter Alan Borsuk wrote recently, «There it was again last week: A chart from a reputable national education organization that put Wisconsin at the top of the list, provided you were standing on your head.»

People for the American Way, a national civil - liberties advocacy group founded by the television producer Norman Lear, began working to have the procedures changed last year after it was denied the opportunity to testify in favor of textbooks criticized by Mel and Norma Gabler of Education Research Analysts, a nonprofit organization...

The association is one of the last major education organizations to endorse the state - led effort spearheaded by the Council of Chief State School Officers and the National Governors Association.

Over the last quarter century, the teachers unions have clearly been the most powerful force in American education, and they have clearly been using their extraordinary power — in collective bargaining at the local level, in the political process at the state and national levels — to undermine major reform and to burden the schools (via seniority provisions, the protection of bad teachers, and all the rest) with ineffective forms of organization.

The RESPECT Blueprint embraces seven critical components of a transformed teaching profession jointly identified by ED and seven other national organizations, including American Federation of Teachers (AFT), Association of School Administrators (AASA), Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), Council of the Great City Schools (CGCS), Federal Mediation and Conciliation Services (FMCS), National Education Association (NEA), and National School Board Association (NSBA) lastnational organizations, including American Federation of Teachers (AFT), Association of School Administrators (AASA), Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), Council of the Great City Schools (CGCS), Federal Mediation and Conciliation Services (FMCS), National Education Association (NEA), and National School Board Association (NSBA) lastNational Education Association (NEA), and National School Board Association (NSBA) lastNational School Board Association (NSBA) last spring.