Sentences with phrase «leading education advocacy group»

Michael Phillips, board chair of the leading education advocacy group 50CAN, spoke last month at a TEDxWilmingtonED Conference on the topic, «When Kids Learn on Broken Chairs.»

Last Friday, leading education advocacy groups, including the New York City Charter Center, Families for Excellent Schools, StudentsFirstNY, NECN, and the Coalition for Community Charter Schools stood with parents to call for an elimination of the charter cap.

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Most recently, the advocacy group held a Blockchain Education Day event in Washington, DC, in which members of Congress mingled with representatives from more than 70 leading companies in the blockchain industry to promote the use of new innovations like blockchain and distributed ledger technology.

Alliance for Quality Education, a labor - backed advocacy group that pushes for equitable school funding, is leading a campaign for a $ 1.9 billion increase in the budget.

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).

Polls indicating that voters have not warmed to the idea of giving state education money to children who attend private schools led officials at the leading school - choice advocacy group to announce the decision last month.

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.

Kati Haycock, who leads the Washington - based advocacy group Education Trust, called the November change an «about - face» that let states «keep sweeping under the rug the gaps in teacher quality that contribute so heavily to longstanding achievement gaps.»

In the group's own words: «The American Federation for Children is the leading national advocacy organization promoting school choice, with a specific focus on advocating for school vouchers, scholarship tax credit programs and Education Savings Accounts.»

Three of the state's largest public education advocacy groups are leading opposition to legislation that would greatly restrict the use of long - term bond issues by school districts.

Since January of this year, Occhiogrosso's company has billed A Better Connecticut, the leading charter school advocacy group, over $ 2.3 million for television ads, polling and strategy to support Malloy's education reforms.

Student advocacy has a long history going back to at least the 1930s, when a youth - led group called the American Youth Congress presented a list of grievances to the US Congress including public education.

Jonathan Sackler created ConnCAN, the charter school advocacy group that led the record breaking $ 6 million lobbying campaign to pass Governor Dannel «Dan» Malloy's corporate education reform industry initiative in 2012.

NCSECS is developing this resource jointly with special education and charter school experts from numerous leading national organizations and advocacy groups.

Parent Revolution, an education advocacy group that has led the parent trigger effort in California, will host the meet and greet...

As the leading advocacy group for public education, NSBA's federal advocacy group develops policies and strategies to secure legislation and regulations that enhance public education and support more than 50 million students in public schools.

Sherlett Hendy - Newbill has won the endorsement of the Network for Public Education, a public education advocacy group led by Diane Ravitch, one of the strongest voices in the country opposed to standardized testing and charterEducation, a public education advocacy group led by Diane Ravitch, one of the strongest voices in the country opposed to standardized testing and chartereducation advocacy group led by Diane Ravitch, one of the strongest voices in the country opposed to standardized testing and charter schools.

She currently leads the advocacy group, American Federation for Children, and sits on the board of the Jeb Bush - led Foundation for Excellence in Education.

Nathan is a co-founder of Teachers United, a teacher - led education policy advocacy group, and currently teaches AP Human Geography and AP Government & Politics at Lincoln High School in his hometown of Tacoma.

Although they noted the massive expenditure by the lead education reform group, Families for Excellent Schools, which is based in New York, they didn't total all of the funds being spent by the corporate funded education reform advocacy group.

More visible, for now, are two of the other trends that Schuster saw in 1982: Many state - level officials are now scrambling to develop their own capacity to take the lead on K - 12 education, and all sorts of advocacy groups are scrambling to figure out how they can wield influence effectively in this new environment.

The diverse coalition that included undersecretaries of education from the Clinton and both Bush administrations, representatives from the NEA and AFT, and individuals leading a broad aray of education advocacy groups came together around a bold new direction.

Democrats for Education Reform (DFER) is known as one of the most anti-union, anti-teacher «education reform» advocacy groups in the country and, according to a recent job posting, they are now «looking for a dynamic and «jack of all trades» state director to lead its CT expansionEducation Reform (DFER) is known as one of the most anti-union, anti-teacher «education reform» advocacy groups in the country and, according to a recent job posting, they are now «looking for a dynamic and «jack of all trades» state director to lead its CT expansioneducation reform» advocacy groups in the country and, according to a recent job posting, they are now «looking for a dynamic and «jack of all trades» state director to lead its CT expansion efforts.

Sackler is a member of the Northeast Charter School Network's Board of directors and both Sackler and Olson are founding members of ConnCAN, the charter school advocacy front group that has led the effort to promote Governor Dannel Malloy's corporate education reform initiatives.

ConnCAN is the charter school advocacy group that is not only associated with Achievement First Inc. but it is the entity that led the record - breaking $ 6 million dollar lobbying campaign in support of Malloy's 2012 Corporate Education Reform Initiative.

Sackler, a Greenwich resident whose company, Purdue Pharma, makes OxyContin, is Connecticut's leading pro-charter school advocate, having founded and funded Connecticut's major Corporate Education Reform Industry advocacy groups including ConnCAN, ConnAD and A Better Connecticut.

Kati Haycock, who leads the Washington - based advocacy group Education Trust, called the change, first reported by Education Week, an «about - face» that lets states «keep sweeping under the rug the gaps in teacher quality that contribute so heavily to longstanding achievement gaps.»

Scott Selfon is a senior development lead in Microsoft's Advanced Technology Group (ATG), where he manages developer consultancy, education, support and advocacy efforts across Microsoft gaming platforms and technologies.