Sentences with phrase «local public education advocates»

The successful challenge slate had the support of local public education advocates, the Connecticut and Bridgeport Education Associations and the Working Families Party, as well as others.

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An advocate for a local teachers union also expressed concern to the New York Times Magazine about the quality of the education, arguing Bridge focuses less on getting poor students to the baseline as enticing public school students to switch to Bridge schools.

CECs are the local representative bodies that help inform education policy decision making and have been highlighted during the «Mayoral Control Forums» held by Public Advocate Letitia James in recent weeks.

Public education advocates warned that certain provisions could put pressure on state and local...

March 5, 2010 Pomona hearing 1:00 - 4:00 PM Health and Mental Health Transportation, Economic Development, Environmental Conservation Rockland County Fire Training Center Auditorium 35 Firemen's Memorial Drive, Pomona, NY 10970 Contact: Dan Moscato at [phone] or [email protected] March 12, 2010 Bronxville hearing 4:00 - 7:00 PM Education, Labor and Family Assistance Public Protection and General Government Concordia College Sommer Center for Worship & the Performing Arts 171 White Plains Road, Bronxville, NY 10708 Contact: Shelley Andrews at [phone] or [email protected] The Hudson Valley Delegation of the New York State Senate In an effort to ensure the Hudson Valley is fairly represented in all legislative matters before the Senate, nine local Senators representing the counties of Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, and Westchester have formed a bipartisan delegation to more effectively advocate for the needs and concerns of their constituents.

The city Department of Education is breaking state law by moving to shutter one of its struggling Bronx Renewal Schools without a vote from the local education board, Public AdEducation is breaking state law by moving to shutter one of its struggling Bronx Renewal Schools without a vote from the local education board, Public Adeducation board, Public Advocate...

Since the turmoil that saw public school advocates protest across the state — New York State United Teachers decried he tests as an «erosion of local control» — the state Department of Education has revised the controversial testing, reducing the number of questions on the exams, encouraging more teacher involvement in developing them, no longer timing the tests and reducing potential teacher penalties.

Beginning with the Serrano court case in California, advocates for changing the way public schools were financed argued that reliance on local property taxes denied children living in property - poor communities the right to a good education.

It is imperative that governors, state chiefs of education, and other local leaders vocally advocate for the potent change shaper of accountability and convince the public of that power.

Others are involved with parent - based community groups: the Allston Brighton Community Development Corporation (working to create a dialogue among parents on local education issues, including assignment processes for schools), the Black Ministerial Alliance (working to improve the quality of Boston public schools), and City Life / Vida Urbana (working with a group of Latina mothers advocating for their special - needs children).

To the best of our knowledge, and based on all evidence that we're aware of, neither the signers of the Shanker Institute manifesto, nor leaders in the Obama / Duncan Education Department, advocate a «nationalized curriculum» that would «undermine control of public school curriculum and instruction at the local and state level» and «transfer control to an elephantine, inside - the - Beltway bureaucracy.»

Charter advocates argue that charters are public schools, too, serving local children, and that they deserve a fair share of local education dollars.

As part of our mission, CUBE creates educational opportunities for urban school board leaders to gain the knowledge and skills necessary to serve as effective local education policymakers and as advocates for excellence and equity in public education.

During this reauthorization process, NSBA has worked closely with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle to advocate for a modernized education law that affirms the importance of local governance, protects federal investments in Title I grants for disadvantaged students, and prevents the diversion of public tax dollars for private use.

During the reauthorization process, there was a collective effort by NSBA and local school board members to advocate before Members of Congress for a modernized education law that underscores the importance of local governance, protects federal investments in Title I grants for disadvantaged students, and prevents the diversion of public tax dollars for private use.

NSBA continues to work closely with Members of Congress on both sides of the aisle to advocate for a final education bill that underscores the importance of local governance and community ownership, so that our nation's 90,000 school board members will be better positioned to offer all students a world - class public education.

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· What supports might be helpful in educating and encouraging the board to consider more actively advocating for public education and local school governance?

«As the Senate reaches the home stretch for consideration of ESEA, NSBA will continue to advocate on behalf of America's 90,000 school board members for an education law that restores local governance, allocates targeted investments in Title I, and authorizes the resources needed to improve academic achievement for all public school students.»

NSBA will continue to monitor the progress and advocate for a final education bill that underscores the importance of local governance and community ownership, so that our nation's 90,000 school board members will be better positioned to offer all students a world - class public education.

· What additional steps might be considered to further engage the board in advocating for public education and local school governance?

Her position has alienated Moskowitz from local charter leaders and advocates, who have taken pains to draw a bright line between their support for school choice and the policies advocated by the Trump administration, which has proposed a widespread school voucher program along with billions of dollars in cuts to public education.

Our goal is to help local union leaders to be bold, collaborative, creative advocates for the improvement of public education.

The school system and public education advocates believe the county commissioners — by way of the local taxpayers — are the «last line of defense» against reduced state and federal funding and other unfunded state mandates.

I'm no Foley advocate; indeed, I voted for Jon, but Malloy was the proven enemy while Foley pledged to end Common Core in CT, abolish SBAC, and return control of public education to local districts.

The lack of local control is one key reason why advocates such as Natalie Beyer, a member of the Durham Public Schools Board of Education, says the state should at least require that the leaders of public charters be residents of North CarPublic Schools Board of Education, says the state should at least require that the leaders of public charters be residents of North Carpublic charters be residents of North Carolina.

The leading advocate for public education, NSBA represents state school boards associations and their more than 90,000 local school board members throughout the U.S.

A grand total of three teachers and two public education advocates attended the NC Department of Public Instruction's public hearing on the proposed model teacher contract, which local school districts will use to award the top 25 percent of teachers with 4 - year contracts that may come with $ 500 bonuses for each of those four years — as long as those teachers give up their tpublic education advocates attended the NC Department of Public Instruction's public hearing on the proposed model teacher contract, which local school districts will use to award the top 25 percent of teachers with 4 - year contracts that may come with $ 500 bonuses for each of those four years — as long as those teachers give up their tPublic Instruction's public hearing on the proposed model teacher contract, which local school districts will use to award the top 25 percent of teachers with 4 - year contracts that may come with $ 500 bonuses for each of those four years — as long as those teachers give up their tpublic hearing on the proposed model teacher contract, which local school districts will use to award the top 25 percent of teachers with 4 - year contracts that may come with $ 500 bonuses for each of those four years — as long as those teachers give up their tenure.

And while local officials acknowledge multiple factors may play into tonight's decision, Central Elementary's plight has become a rallying cry among public education advocates in North Carolina this month, with some castigating state lawmakers for handing down funding shortfalls that increasingly strain local school systems.

Working with and through our state associations, NSBA will remain steadfast in advocating before Members of Congress and the Administration to ensure that local school districts receive the funding and flexibility vital to continuous improvement in student achievement, and to advancing equity and excellence in public education.

Now public education advocates are asking what happens to the public funding diverted from local school districts to bankroll the controversial pilot program?

In fact, one can advocate for a much more expansive definition of public education: one that offers greater parental choice in a system that is responsive to local community and parental demand, while absolutely shunning for - profit elementary and secondary schools.

MABE remains dedicated and vigilant to our purpose — to advocate for local school board governance as the cornerstone of excellence and equity in public education.

Public education advocates hammered the bill for offering incentives to private school parents through tax - free school savings accounts while curtailing the deduction for state and local taxes that fund public scPublic education advocates hammered the bill for offering incentives to private school parents through tax - free school savings accounts while curtailing the deduction for state and local taxes that fund public scpublic schools.

SB102 (Orr)-- prohibits college and universities, local board of education, schools using public funds to advocate for or against ballot measures.

Educational advocates are concerned not only about changes in the use of tax - free college savings accounts (529 Plans), but also restrictions on the amount tax payers can deduct for state and local taxes, which in turn are used to fund public education.

Prior to working in the federal government she was the Director of Public Policy and Community Partnerships for Green Dot Public Schools where she was responsible for executing Green Dot's reform agenda by advocating at the local, state and federal level for education reform, supporting existing schools with compliance and oversight, the development of new schools and overseeing the implementation a community schools model at the new Locke Wellness Center.

The awards were announced at NSBA's Advocacy Institute in Washington, which focuses on building year - round advocates for public education and local school governance in public, legal, and legislative arenas.

The National School Boards Association (NSBA), working with and through our state associations to represent more than 90,000 local school board members, advocates for equity and excellence in public education through school board governance.

Although the three organizations are funded primarily from local taxpayer funds and are supposed to be advocating for local public schools, all three have spent the last three years lobbying for Governor Malloy's restrictive, centralized and top - down Corporate Education Reform Industry agenda... An agenda that undermines local control of education, seeks to limit the rights of parents, denigrates teachers and turns Connecticut's public schools into little more than Common Core testing fEducation Reform Industry agenda... An agenda that undermines local control of education, seeks to limit the rights of parents, denigrates teachers and turns Connecticut's public schools into little more than Common Core testing feducation, seeks to limit the rights of parents, denigrates teachers and turns Connecticut's public schools into little more than Common Core testing factories.

The charter school front groups, ConnCAN and the Connecticut Council for Education Reform, with the help of the Connecticut School Finance Project, the Connecticut Association of Boards of Education (CABE) and the Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents (CAPSS)-- the latter two groups which are funded through local school budgets and are supposed to be advocating for public schools — have proposed a set of principles for a new school funding formula for Connecticut that will undermine the state's public school districts and drain local municipal buPublic School Superintendents (CAPSS)-- the latter two groups which are funded through local school budgets and are supposed to be advocating for public schools — have proposed a set of principles for a new school funding formula for Connecticut that will undermine the state's public school districts and drain local municipal bupublic schools — have proposed a set of principles for a new school funding formula for Connecticut that will undermine the state's public school districts and drain local municipal bupublic school districts and drain local municipal budgets.

After the House and Senate ended session, many teachers and public education advocates met with their local state representatives.

Do they stand with Connecticut's students, teachers, parents, public school advocates and taxpayers or will they continue to turn our public schools into little more than testing factories and money pits for an industry that is gorging itself on scarce taxpayer funds while undermining the role of teachers, parents and the local control of public education.

The overall reluctance of New York's education reform leaders to take a public stand on DeVos reveals a third rail that local charter advocates — and their counterparts in other charter - heavy cities, like New Orleans, Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles — are now forced to maneuver.

While recognizing that public education continues to face major challenges and problems that must be addressed, Representative Ziobron has become an advocate for parents who wish to opt their children out of the Common Core tests and for policies that support, not undermine, the role of parents, teachers, and local citizens in how their local schools should be run.

• Promote efficient and responsible government • Provide the veterinary profession with political credibility and visibility • Speak on behalf of the veterinary profession in Florida in a strong and unified voice • Help candidates sympathetic to our profession achieve or maintain public office • Encourage members to participate in the political process • Build and maintain key relationships in both local and state government • Strengthen the political education of our membership providing awareness of government, candidates and important political issues • Provide a bipartisan means for the FVMA and our lobbyists to advocate for the veterinary profession, small business owners and the animals entrusted in our care

Develop an education program in partnership with local veterinarians, dog trainers, local rescues and advocates, and offer educational programs about the importance of spay / neuter and provide the public with information about where they can obtain spay / neuter and the costs.

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The state's premier professional organization for LCPCs is the Montana Licensed Clinical Professional Counselors Association, which is a local chapter of the American Mental Health Counselors Association whose mission is to «advocate and defend Licensed Professional Counselors through [their] practice law, public policy advocacy, education, and professional development.»