Sentences with phrase «national advocacy group»

National advocacy group focused on increasing data usage in «teacher effectiveness» and «college and career readiness,» among other things.

The main national advocacy group for better child care is the Child Care Advocacy Association of Canada.

The presence of national advocacy groups like EdChoice that help with the heavy lifting of bill writing, lobbying, and grassroots advocacy often make school - choice legislation an easy target for politicians looking to pass bold education measures.

Given Dr. Watson's exalted position in genetics research it would seem that he would be a good person to work with (for national advocacy groups like NAMI and Canada's schizophrenia society) in working towards genetic testing and genetic therapies for schizophrenia and other serious brain diseases, as well as prevention of insurance discrimination against the mentally ill and their families.

As national advocacy group MomRising celebrates its 10th anniversary, its leaders discuss goals for improving the lives of mothers and children.

The backlash is the product of the kind of compliance - driven silliness that results when well - intentioned progressives in Washington, in foundations, and in national advocacy groups rush to force schools and states to adopt their pet reforms.

National advocacy groups powered by the Koch brothers and other conservative megadonors have found a new cause ripe with political promise: the fight to bring down the Common Core academic standards.

That's what's bothering fifteen special education national advocacy groups about New York State's proposal.

«National Advocacy Group Launches Charter School Legal Defense Fund Main Big Achievement Gaps in Charter School Founded by Betsy DeVos» Husband»

National advocacy groups for students with disabilities, English learners, and equity and fairness; and

Meanwhile, the leader of a national advocacy group said Tuesday that transgender people used bathrooms aligned with their gender identity on Monday during protests in the Legislative Building and weren't arrested for it, despite the law's provisions.

«For far too long, the Gulf has been treated as a sacrifice zone by polluters,» Athan Manuel, director of the lands protection program of the Sierra Club, a national advocacy group.

That perspective, coupled with his service as Chief Executive Officer for Ending Spending, a national advocacy group focused on finding solutions to the nation's fiscal crisis, has provided Todd with a practical view about how to create economic opportunity through business development.

These important issues for mothers have been pushed to center stage by MomsRising, a national advocacy group for mothers and children celebrating its 10th anniversary this year.

Advocacy Groups: If there's a national advocacy group for people with your child's diagnosis, they will probably be able to direct you to good sources of respite care.

Julia Bauscher, who is president of a national advocacy group called the School Nutrition Association, says administrators are under intense pressure to increase instruction time and boost standardized test scores.

On Wednesday, during the strategy session, the governor will meet with Christine C. Quinn, the speaker of the City Council, who is openly gay; Brian Ellner, who is pushing for same - sex marriage in New York for the Human Rights Campaign, a national advocacy group; Ross D. Levi, the head of the state's leading gay rights organization, the Empire State Pride Agenda; and Richard Socarides, a former Clinton administration official and president of Equality Matters, a new advocacy group.

The Chamber of Commerce works directly with political and governmental leaders and through relationships with regional, statewide and national advocacy groups to communicate the issues that are important to Chautauqua county businesses.

A new report from a national advocacy group gives New York improved grades for policies that support effective teaching.

Tuesday marked the deadline for presidential candidates to express interest in attending an aspirationally bipartisan Iowa presidential forum sponsored by The Progressive Agenda Committee, the national advocacy group founded by de Blasio, New York City's liberal Democratic mayor.

Food & Water Action Endorses Tanzie Youngblood for Congress Democratic congressional candidate Tanzie Youngblood has picked up the endorsement of Food & Water Action, the political arm of the national advocacy group Food & Water Watch.

It's also a bad idea because when you take an opioid on a regular basis, they can become ineffective,» says Andrew Kolodny, director of Physicians for Responsible Opioid Prescribing, a national advocacy group.

Boulder City NV About Blog Lanie's Hope is a national advocacy group dedicated to humanizing and illuminating the disease of compulsive gambling.

Child - nutrition programs in the United States are plagued by underfunding, «bureaucratic red tape,» and misconceptions that limit their scope and potential, a report published by a national advocacy group charges.

Test scores in many of America's urban school districts are inching upward at rates that often outpace those of their states as a whole, according to a report released here last week by a national advocacy group for city schools.

Through community outreach, a chapter of the national advocacy group Parents for Public Schools (PPS) found that many Pitt County parents were frustrated by the kindergarten enrollment and transition process.

Memoirs should be written only by extraordinary people, and as we read Radical, Michelle Rhee's chronicle of her Korean American upbringing, college years, Teach For America experience, tenure as D.C. schools chancellor and now as head of a national advocacy group, we should keep in mind what makes her noteworthy in the education world.

Not policymakers, national advocacy groups or funders.

As legislatures convene for their 2006 sessions, a national advocacy group for charter schools is urging lawmakers to remove caps limiting expansion of the publicly funded but largely autonomous schools.

Sam Davidson, California field director of the national advocacy group Trout Unlimited, says of the school's efforts to protect trout habitat in California, «There is wide acknowledgment that without involvement in these efforts by young people, we will ultimately fail or fall short of the results needed to sustain our state's remarkable fish heritage.»

(District of Columbia) Legislation to repeal and replace Obamacare could have resulted in the elimination of benefits to millions of low - income children, shifting some of those services to schools, according to analysis from a national advocacy group.

«As soon as I heard about the achievement school district bill, I just knew I had to be a part of it,» said former state lawmaker Marcus Brandon, who founded a charter school in High Point and is now executive director of CarolinaCAN, a state chapter of the national advocacy group 50CAN which works to promote high quality charter schools.

We are currently working on an expose of charter discipline policies with a national advocacy group.

A report by the national advocacy group People for the American Way found that over a three - year period, the Arizona scheme has cost the state more than $ 55 million in funds that have gone largely to subsidize private and religious education for middle - and upper - income families.

The first featured supporters of the guidance including six educators; researchers; civil rights organizations; representatives from Educators for Excellence, a national advocacy group for teachers; and the National Education Association, a 3 million - member union.

«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.

Based on methods that seem to hold promise, Learning Forward, a national advocacy group that promotes professional development, released a list of new standards for teacher training this year that called for more collaborative, school - based efforts, along with expanded use of technology and the Internet.

A new report from a national advocacy group gives New York improved grades for policies that support effective teaching.

said Bob Schaeffer, director of public education for FairTest, a national advocacy group.

She has vowed to raise $ 1 billion for her national advocacy group, StudentsFirst, and forever break the hold of teachers unions on education policy.

For example, the national advocacy group Parents for Public Schools said: «Common Core State Standards will cause states to save money on creating and scoring tests.

Mike Bober, the president of the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council, a national advocacy group, called it «well - intentioned but misguided» in a video last month, adding that it would jeopardize hundreds of jobs.

«If you see 20 cats, there are probably 40,» said Becky Robinson, president of Alley Cat Allies, a national advocacy group.

On October 16, 1991 Louise Holton and Becky Robinson formed the national advocacy group Alley Cat Allies, after working together to sterilize a cat colony inhabiting an alley in Washington D.C.

Entanglement's work was part of an effort by the Environmental Defense Fund, a national advocacy group, and the nonprofit Air Alliance Houston to help the city of Houston assess environmental damage from Harvey, protect public health and hold companies accountable for their pollution.