Sentences with phrase «local teacher advocacy»

I am fortunate to know one of those teachers through local teacher advocacy groups, and she agreed to inform me about her discussions with Mr. Bergner and to share what it is like to be a teacher at a school where Ms. Moskowitz has claimed classroom space for her students.

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The Teachout - Wu campaign has been banking on online engagement with frequent social media posts, Facebook advertising, a Victory Center page with an online phone banking tool and mapped local coordinators across the state, an AskCuomo page in response to Cuomo's refusal to debate, and is also receiving support from a Thunderclap campaign started by a teachers» advocacy group.

New York State United Teachers, with local unions and advocacy groups, announced Thursday an upcoming effort to lobby Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the state Legislature, the state Education Department and the Board of Regents to end testing in pre-kindergarten through second grade.

But within a few years, the law came under bitter attack by teacher unions, local school officials, and small advocacy groups.

In California, TNTP worked with state senator Jack Scott and local advocacy groups to pass a bill for the reform of teacher transfer policies, changing the dynamics of teacher hiring for some 3,000 low - performing schools statewide.

His major focus was outreach and advocacy to local, state, and federal elected officials in the legislative and executive branches of government sharing data about student achievement and job - embedded teacher professional development.

Local, state, and national attention would likely be revealing, not only seeking to verify financial practices, but to hear first hand from teachers and administrators regarding the culture in the schools, and in particular, in the department of special services., Ms. Mostel's courage and Dr. Rush's advocacy are leading the way forward.

The president of Washington's largest teachers» union said the effort had one other positive result: fruitful collaboration between the governor, the Legislature, parents, other education advocacy groups, local school districts and the Washington Education Association, representing teachers.

Each KIPP regional organization is a separate non-profit that oversees their local KIPP schools and provides those schools with shared services in areas such as alumni support, teacher training, leadership development, advocacy, operations, and data analysis.

Recently, E4E teachers have ramped up their work in ending disparities in school discipline through both local and federal advocacy.

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An education advocacy group founded by two New York City teachers and backed financially by Bill Gates is launching a public - relations push to pressure the city and the local teachers union to strike a deal on a new teacher evaluation system, two weeks before a state - mandated deadline that could cost the city millions of dollars in education funding.

Find how E4E teachers turn policy ideas into action through local, state, and national advocacy campaigns.

«The way districts handle professional development with teachers — to me it's a crime,» said Rayne Martin, a former state official who authored Louisiana's Race to the Top application and now heads the local branch of a national advocacy group called Stand for Children.

Join more than 400 charter school leaders, teachers, parents, and students at CCSA's Advocacy Day on Tuesday, May 2, 2017 to discuss with your local legislators issues facing your charter school.

Jitu helped develop the Mid-South Education Association, a grassroots advocacy group comprised of administrators, parents, teachers, young people and local school council (LSC) members to meet the needs of schools in the area.

To ensure great teaching is the norm and that Board certification is the expectation for all teachers, we need policies that strengthen the coherence of the teaching career continuum.The team's policy and advocacy efforts work with federal, state and local lawmakers to advance this mission.

And in Alamance County, local school board member Patsy Simpson has been openly critical of school leaders who would deter teachers from getting involved in the May 16 advocacy.