Sentences with phrase «national education advocacy groups»

«Sometimes, what looks good on paper doesn't work on the ground,» said Katherine Shek, a legislative analyst for the National School Boards Association, which praised Obama's commitment to school nutrition but joined two other national education advocacy groups — the American Association of School Administrators and the Council of the Great City Schools — in opposing the legislation.

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The Network for Public Education, a nonprofit education advocacy group co-founded by historian Diane Ravitch, is calling for a national «opt out» of high - stakes standardizedEducation, a nonprofit education advocacy group co-founded by historian Diane Ravitch, is calling for a national «opt out» of high - stakes standardizededucation advocacy group co-founded by historian Diane Ravitch, is calling for a national «opt out» of high - stakes standardized testing.

National political strategist L. Joy Williams, who was recently appointed as a senior adviser for education activist and actress Cynthia Nixon's gubernatorial campaign, weighed in on what made her join the Nixon campaign and her thoughts on Nixon's advocacy toward people of color and other marginalized groups, on Tuesday night.

Previously, Heather was the executive director of Environmental Working Group (EWG), director of education advocacy for National Wildlife Federation, and counsel to U.S. Senator Russ Feingold.

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.

The Quality Education for Minorities Network, a Washington - based advocacy group, announced the program this month; it was planned in partnership with several organizations, including the American Federation of Teachers and the National Urban League.

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.»

People for the American Way, a national civil - liberties advocacy group founded by the television producer Norman Lear, began working to have the procedures changed last year after it was denied the opportunity to testify in favor of textbooks criticized by Mel and Norma Gabler of Education Research Analysts, a nonprofit organization...

Most education advocacy groups, including both teachers unions and the National School Boards Association, as well as the National Governors Association, have signaled their support for the bill.

In last week's Communiqué, Antonucci's weekly newsletter, he tells us, «An Education Intelligence Agency analysis of NEA's financial disclosure report for the 2009 - 10 fiscal year reveals the national union contributed more than $ 13 million to a wide variety of advocacy groups and charities.

Serve as a national representative for elementary and middle - school education to Congress, the Executive Branch, state and federal agencies, the news media, researchers, educators, and other education and child advocacy groups;

Building on those findings, this month, the National Alliance of Public Charter Schools, the National Association of Charter School Authorizers (Richmond's group), and 50Can, an education reform advocacy group, jointly released a report with recommendations for states to hold virtual charters more accountable for student performance.

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

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

«The bad news is we're not seeing a lot of innovation or discussion around personalized learning,» said Claire Voorhees, national policy director for the Tallahassee, Florida - based Foundation for Excellence in Education, an advocacy group for personalized learning.

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.

Pro-charter advocacy group Center for Education Reform has accused national unions of recruiting charter educators into protesting.

So far, eight states have policies requiring them to do a similar analysis, most of them adopted in the last few years, according to the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ), a research and advocacy group that supports higher standards for schools of education.

NSBA works strategically with our state school boards associations, national education and disability associations, and other advocacy groups to support federal funding for special education.

«When you have national standards, it becomes very hard for a state school board to control what exactly your child is learning,» said Jenni White of Restore Oklahoma Public Education, a parent advocacy group.

The National Commission on Teaching and America's Future, a non-profit advocacy group, is collaborating with Qualcomm, Kajeet for Education, and HTC to launch an initiative designed to «empower pre - service / student teachers with advanced wireless technologies.»

Arun Ramanathan, who directs the advocacy group Education Trust - West, said he hoped the national focus on education and the importance of good teaching will help bring an end to the notorious «dance of the lemons,» or the shuffling of bad teachers from school to school, which is depicted in an animatedEducation Trust - West, said he hoped the national focus on education and the importance of good teaching will help bring an end to the notorious «dance of the lemons,» or the shuffling of bad teachers from school to school, which is depicted in an animatededucation and the importance of good teaching will help bring an end to the notorious «dance of the lemons,» or the shuffling of bad teachers from school to school, which is depicted in an animated cartoon.

Serve as a national representative for elementary and middle school education to Congress, the Executive Branch, state and federal agencies, the news media, researchers, educators, and other education and child advocacy groups;

Since then, a consortium of advocacy groups representing special education students, such as the Easter Seals and the National Center for Learning Disabilities, have pushed to end the allowance.

Sackler was also the funding force behind the corporate education reform advocacy groups ConnCAN, ConnAD, and the national education reform advocacy group 50 - CAN.

Amid a national debate about tenure laws that can keep ineffective teachers in the classroom, the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ), an advocacy group, has turned the spotlight on teacher education programs and the results paint a grim national debate about tenure laws that can keep ineffective teachers in the classroom, the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ), an advocacy group, has turned the spotlight on teacher education programs and the results paint a grim National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ), an advocacy group, has turned the spotlight on teacher education programs and the results paint a grim picture.

The Center for Education Reform, a pro-charter advocacy group, traced charter - school closures since 1992 in what it called the «first - ever national analysis» of its kind.

With the express mission of unseating Republican governors and flipping control of conservative state legislatures — legacies of the GOP tide in 2010 — the two national unions, in particular, are taking a page out of the playbook of some newer and smaller education advocacy groups: Focus on down - ballot candidates and work up to the top ticket.

From 2012 - 2016, Oliveira served on the Executive Committee of the Council for the Great City Schools, a national urban education policy and advocacy group based in Washington, DC.

The National Association for Bilingual Education is an American advocacy group that provides teacher training, educational leadership, and lobbying efforts on behalf of legislation regarding individuals learning English as a second language.

National black and Hispanic education reform advocacy groups, as well as Florida - based coalitions of minority clergy, have argued that the scholarships provide opportunities for high - quality education to predominantly minority children who wouldn't get it otherwise.

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.

That task has been made all the harder, said Shelly Spiegel - Coleman of Californians Together, an education advocacy group, by the lack of timely advice or direction from national or state proponents of Common Core.

Those ratings, by the nonprofit advocacy group National Council on Teacher Quality, which has been a vocal critic of teacher preparation programs, were based heavily on education school curriculum and selectivity.

It's often shallow, though, according to the National Council on Teacher Quality, an education research and advocacy group that has criticized American teacher training programs.

«Coalition to Ban Ohio Dog Auctions will continue working with local, state and national animal advocacy groups to actively address - through investigations, education, media relations and legislative involvement - Ohio dog auctions and their relationship to puppy mills and pet homelessness.»

The National Center for Science Education has adopted as part of its mission the task of attacking researchers and commentators who question the biased and alarmist position on global warming staked out by the Obama administration and environmental advocacy groups, so Steven Newton's highly critical essay comes as no surprise.

She has organized and managed education and advocacy programs dealing with a wide range of energy and environmental issues, such as high level nuclear waste legislation, director of a solar installers» training and energy conservation installation program, coordination for numerous state, local and national conferences / strategy workshops, and has assisted community - based groups in establishing job - training / energy rehabilitation programs.

Vote Hemp is a national, single - issue, non-profit advocacy group founded in 2000 by members of the hemp industry to remove barriers to industrial hemp farming in the U.S. through education, legislation and advocacy.

Politically conservative educators who reject evidence for global warming are increasingly seeking out supplemental materials that present the skeptical view, said Mark McCaffrey, programs and policy director for the National Center for Science Education (NCSE), a science advocacy group.

Mount Vernon, KY — Vote Hemp, the national single - issue advocacy group dedicated to re-commercializing industrial hemp, and Kentucky non-profit Growing Warriors, have partnered to organize a planting of industrial hemp in Mount Vernon, KY on May 16, 2014, as part of the nationwide grassroots education effort Hemp History Week.

The Consumer Federation of America is a national organization of more than 250 nonprofit consumer groups that was founded in 1968 to advance the consumer interest through research, advocacy, and education.

She is the National Convenor of Psychologists for Peace — an interest group of the APS that advocates the use of peaceful rather than violent methods for the resolution of conflict through psychological research, education and advocacy.

Previously, Huber was the president of Ascend, the premier AOUM advocacy group, formerly known as the National Abstinence Education Association.

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