Sentences with phrase «many public school advocates»

Public school advocates offer one possible solution; voucher proponents urge another.

When Nicole Baker Fulgham met one of her fellow faith - based public school advocates for coffee once, he recounted a conversation he had with a friend who is a long - time elementary school principal in the Bronx.

In a number of states, these agencies are dominated by teacher unions and public school advocates who have made it virtually impossible for some religions to operate schools in accordance with their religious principles.

She is a staunch public school advocate and served as the spokesperson for the Alliance for Quality Education.

AFT President Randi Weingarten said Astorino is using an anti-Common Core campaign to «cloak» his other positions on education issues that would be far less palatable to public school advocates.

The loss means the Legislature continues to have sole discretion over school funding, but public school advocates say they aren't ready to give up yet.

Syracuse Post-Standard: New York City public school advocate to run as lieutenant governor with Green Party's Hawkins

In the Capitol building, public school advocates unfurl a petition to keep the cap on the number of charter schools.

Robert Jackson has had a storied career as a community leader, public school advocate and City Council member.

ALBANY — American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten said Republican gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino is using an anti-Common Core campaign to «cloak» his other positions on education issues that would be far less palatable to public school advocates.

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.

«We will continue to stand with teachers and public school advocates to 1) oppose the corporate takeover and privatization of education and 2) expand education funding to meet our children's needs and so that teachers can teach,» said Howie Hawkins.

Both public school advocates and voucher backers are weighing the legal situation before announcing their next moves.

Jose Vilson of EduColor, a movement and platform for educational equity and justice, discusses strategies for elevating the voices of public school advocates of color.

Ohio officials are weighing their next move after the Ohio Supreme Court dealt a huge blow to Gov. Ted Strickland, the legislature, and public school advocates by ruling that the legalization of slot - like machines at horse - racing tracks is subject to a statewide referendum.

A lead gift from Roy E. Larsen, chairman of Time, Inc. — a public school advocate — establishes the new classroom and research center on HGSE's campus.

That sparked outrage among traditional public school advocates.

DoE staff members — and public school advocates outside the department — could also try to sway DeVos's handling of other department responsibilities, such as discrimination complaints filed against universities, and investigating sexual assaults on college campuses under Title IX.

Public school advocate, engineer and parent David F. Welch founded Students Matter to defend children's fundamental right to have an equal opportunity to access quality public education.

Except, unlike other charter schools, traditional public school advocates like those supporting Nixon are not calling for its closure.

Teachers unions and traditional public school advocates accused him of not listening to them, of failing to slow down and assess what was and wasn't working as the state implemented the Common Core (which was first introduced by his predecessor).

EduColor seeks to elevate the voices of public school advocates of color on educational equity and justice.

Many parents, teachers, public school advocates and taxpayers are asking whether the Connecticut General Assembly will hold a real public hearing on the Common Core, the Common Core testing fiasco, and the flawed teacher evaluation system?

For two years, teachers and public school advocates have been warning elected and appointed officials about the impending disaster that will be caused by the rollout of the Common Core, the Common Core testing scheme and the teacher evaluation program.

Lyn also brings a perspective from her volunteer role as president of TREE: Tennesseans Reclaiming Educational Excellence, a grassroots band of parents, teachers and public school advocates committed to growing child - centered education.

While the racial, social, political, and economic consequences of poorly performing schools are innumerable and harsh, they won't be felt by Burris who earned $ 268,000 as a principal; or Ravitch who became a fierce public school advocate only after her children completed private school; or Valerie Strauss — another private school parent — who uses her Washington Post real estate to bolster all the drivel teachers» unions send her (without mentioning her connection to communication contracts with labor).

Meanwhile, state officials reported dropout decreases in large school systems such as Charlotte - Mecklenburg Schools and Wake County Schools, although some public school advocates point out that may only indicate state funding shortfalls will have the least impact on school systems with the resources to blunt the damage.

As teachers, parents and public school advocates know, the corporate education reform industry has been putting out inaccurate and misleading statements, along with outright lies, to persuade the public that teacher tenure is bad.

Tennessee public schools advocate Hoyt hopes North Carolina doesn't end up treading similar waters.

When President Barack Obama and Education Secretary Arne Duncan continued and expanded NCLB's absurd ranking and punishing of public schools based on socio - economic and other inappropriate measures, teachers, parents and public school advocates spoke out.

The Bridgeport Board of Education race has garnered national attention and is now seen as proof that parents, teachers and public school advocates can use elections to beat back the corporate education reform industry.

While the Senate bill is «imperfect,» according to Gentzel, «it is something NSBA and our strong base of public school advocates can work to perfect moving forward.»

«A staunch supporter of our state school boards associations, and committed public school advocate, John's presidency comes at a pivotal time when NSBA is both celebrating its past 75 years of success and paving the way for its future,» said NSBA's Executive Director Thomas J. Gentzel.

Diane Ravitch, the nation's leading public school advocate pointed out the harsh reality in her blog yesterday, Connecticut Governor Malloy Increases Funding for Charters, Cuts Funding for Public Schools;

We have Jesse Turner and tens of thousands of other public school advocates, activists and supporters.

National NAACP Leadership, Charter and Public School Advocates to Discuss Impact of Charters on Underfunded School Districts

The decision is being appealed, as public school teachers and public school advocates fight to preserve the fundamental due process rights that teachers have in this country.

The A-F grades have received mixed reviews because public school advocates say the lower grades will unfairly stigmatize schools, while proponents argue that progress indicators need to be easy for the average public to understand.

Routing school district aid directly to voucher schools was one of several proposals that signaled a trend toward school privatization, public school advocates said.

As parents and public school advocates join teachers and their unions in this historic battle to ensure our public schools are run for the benefit of the public and not corporate America, we should be just as loud and clear that our schools need far more IAs and that IAs deserve far better pay.

In his effort to «win» over (aka snow) teachers, parents and public school advocates, Malloy's plan appears to be to push off a couple of elements of his corporate education reform industry agenda until he can make it past November's election for governor.

Martin cited the overwhelming re-election victory of public school advocate Tony Evers as State Superintendent, who specifically thanked WEAC members in his victory speech on April 4, as well as strong school board and school referendum victories throughout the state.

Currently, schools are rated on a five - step scale from «significantly exceeds expectations» to «fails to meet expectations,» which public school advocates recommended DPI adopt over letter grades.

The effort was organized by a coalition of Dane County school boards, superintendents and community public school advocates in cooperation with the Wisconsin Education Association Council.

The proposal's class size component had the backing of many top public school advocates, such as the N.C. Association of School Administrators, which helped to negotiate the deal.

However, many public school advocates are more riled by the schools» deep ties to out - of - state leaders than their politics.

Organizations on behalf of public school advocates, however, are hoping to put a stop to the program in order to keep badly needed funds within the public schools.

Fellow commentator and public school Advocate Wendy Lecker's latest column in the Stamford Advocate examines CT Voices for Children's new research report which is entitled,» Choice Watch: Diversity and Access in Connecticut's School Choice Programs.»

Johnson's amendment highlights longstanding and multi-faceted debates among voucher proponents, disability rights advocates and public school advocates over whether private schools that get taxpayer - funded vouchers should be subject to the same rules governing public schools.

Public school advocates gathered enough signatures to get a repeal measure on the state ballot, forcing him to navigate the fallout from teacher walkouts and an effort to overturn a signature accomplishment while asking for another term.