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Chicago, IL and other cities across the US — Today, Parents Across America (PAA), a non-partisan, non-profit national network of public school parent activists, released a proposal for true parent empowerment that authentically involves parents in collaborative school decision making and has a strong research base in improving student achievement.

As Congress considers the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA, aka No Child Left Behind), Parents Across America, a national network of public school parents, will be calling on our U. S. Senators and Congressmen this week to share our concerns about the direction of federal education policy, and offer our proposals in a new position paper (attached).

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* Day 1 Monday, February 22, 2016 4:00 PM -5:00 PM Registration & Networking 5:00 PM — 6:00 PM Welcome Reception & Opening Remarks Kevin de Leon, President pro Tem, California State Senate Debra McMannis, Director of Early Education & Support Division, California Department of Education (invited) Karen Stapf Walters, Executive Director, California State Board of Education (invited) 6:00 PM — 7:00 PM Keynote Address & Dinner Dr. Patricia K. Kuhl, Co-Director, Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences * Day 2 Tuesday February 23, 2016 8:00 AM — 9:00 AM Registration, Continental Breakfast, & Networking 9:00 AM — 9:15 AM Opening Remarks John Kim, Executive Director, Advancement Project Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, California Department of Education 9:15 AM — 10:00 AM Morning Keynote David B. Grusky, Executive Director, Stanford's Center on Poverty & Inequality 10:00 AM — 11:00 AM Educating California's Young Children: The Recent Developments in Transitional Kindergarten & Expanded Transitional Kindergarten (Panel Discussion) Deborah Kong, Executive Director, Early Edge California Heather Quick, Principal Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research Dean Tagawa, Administrator for Early Education, Los Angeles Unified School District Moderator: Erin Gabel, Deputy Director, First 5 California (Invited) 11:00 AM — 12:00 PM «Political Will & Prioritizing ECE» (Panel Discussion) Eric Heins, President, California Teachers Association Senator Hannah - Beth Jackson, Chair of the Women's Legislative Committee, California State Senate David Kirp, James D. Marver Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, Chairman of Subcommittee No. 2 of Education Finance, California State Assembly Moderator: Kim Pattillo Brownson, Managing Director, Policy & Advocacy, Advancement Project 12:00 PM — 12:45 PM Lunch 12:45 PM — 1:45 PM Lunch Keynote - «How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character» Paul Tough, New York Times Magazine Writer, Author 1:45 PM — 1:55 PM Break 2:00 PM — 3:05 PM Elevating ECE Through Meaningful Community Partnerships (Panel Discussion) Sandra Guiterrez, National Director, Abriendo Purtas / Opening Doors Mary Ignatius, Statewide Organize of Parent Voices, California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Jacquelyn McCroskey, John Mile Professor of Child Welfare, University of Southern California School of Social Work Jolene Smith, Chief Executive Officer, First 5 Santa Clara County Moderator: Rafael González, Director of Best Start, First 5 LA 3:05 PM — 3:20 PM Closing Remarks Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California * Agenda Subject to Change

As expected, former Queens Sen. Shirley Huntley has pleaded guilty to a mail fraud charge stemming from her embezzlement over a three - year period of $ 87,700 from Parents Information Network, Inc. — a nonprofit that received public funds to (ostensibly) help educate parents about the New York City public school Parents Information Network, Inc. — a nonprofit that received public funds to (ostensibly) help educate parents about the New York City public school parents about the New York City public school system.

At 9:40 a.m., leaders of New York City's charter networks join parents to call on Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration to support 50 new charter schools in public space over the next two years, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

In 1994, her daughter, Pamela Corley, set up a nonprofit at the family home called the Parents Information Network «to disseminate information to parents and others regarding the inner workings of the New York City public - school system.Parents Information Network «to disseminate information to parents and others regarding the inner workings of the New York City public - school system.parents and others regarding the inner workings of the New York City public - school system.»

He's a community organizer and education reformist who works with groups including Syracuse's chapter of the National Action Network and Parents for Public Schools.

In their 2004 action brief on the parent - involvement provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act, the Public Education Network and the National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education cite several reasons for the low level of parental involvement in many schools, including a less - than - welcoming atmosphere, language and cultural barriers, insufficient training for teachers, and lack of parent education or parenting sparent - involvement provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act, the Public Education Network and the National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education cite several reasons for the low level of parental involvement in many schools, including a less - than - welcoming atmosphere, language and cultural barriers, insufficient training for teachers, and lack of parent education or parenting sParent Involvement in Education cite several reasons for the low level of parental involvement in many schools, including a less - than - welcoming atmosphere, language and cultural barriers, insufficient training for teachers, and lack of parent education or parenting sparent education or parenting skills.

Others ask parents and carers to refrain from discussing the business of school or children attending school in any public forum, while many request that complaints are made via official school channels rather than social networking sites.

Some, for example, are incorporating parent / carer codes of conduct into school policies to set expectations around the use of social media.Others ask parents and carers to refrain from discussing the business of school or children attending school in any public forum, while many request that complaints are made via official school channels rather than social networking sites.

Parents generally arrived at their chosen school through a largely linear process that began with the ruling out of large segments of the broader educational market of schools (e.g. ruling out all traditional public schools based on prior negative experiences, ruling out the private sector due to financial constraints) followed by the identification of a particular school through the parent's social network of family, friends and work colleagues.

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Prior to joining Educators for Excellence, Princess served as the executive director of Democracy Builders, a parent advocacy organization focused on authentically engaging parents in school advocacy issues, and as the senior director of family & community engagement for the Democracy Prep Public Schools network, where she was responsible for recruiting and engaging thousands of families on education initiatives.

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Two key issues during the 2008 - 2009 school year brought together our network of parents, educators, and community members to begin building GO Public Schools Oakland to ensure our community had information and opportunities to shape decisions about our public schools and hold leaders accounPublic Schools Oakland to ensure our community had information and opportunities to shape decisions about our public schools and hold leaders accouSchools Oakland to ensure our community had information and opportunities to shape decisions about our public schools and hold leaders accounpublic schools and hold leaders accouschools and hold leaders accountable.

Her sons attended Ánimo Inglewood Charter High School, and she springboarded from support for the school and its network, Green Dot Public Schools, to becoming a co-founder of Parent Revolution and helping get a state law passed that allows parents to force change at failing scSchool, and she springboarded from support for the school and its network, Green Dot Public Schools, to becoming a co-founder of Parent Revolution and helping get a state law passed that allows parents to force change at failing scschool and its network, Green Dot Public Schools, to becoming a co-founder of Parent Revolution and helping get a state law passed that allows parents to force change at failing sSchools, to becoming a co-founder of Parent Revolution and helping get a state law passed that allows parents to force change at failing schoolsschools.

Through our grassroots organizing for parents in struggling district schools, GO Public Schools Oakland engages a network of family advocates who are demanding for improvements in schools across Oschools, GO Public Schools Oakland engages a network of family advocates who are demanding for improvements in schools across OSchools Oakland engages a network of family advocates who are demanding for improvements in schools across Oschools across Oakland.

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Join our growing network of parents, students, educators and advocates who believe better public schools are the key to securing the American Dream for all children, regardless of circumstance.

FEA: FEA carries forward the ideas presented in the Joint Organizational Statement on No Child Left Behind, signed by 154 national education, civil rights, religious, disability, parent and civic groups, including National School Boards Association, American Association of School Administrators, Council for Exceptional Children, Learning Disabilities Association of America, National PTA, National Council of Churches, National Urban League, Public Education Network, National Education Association, American Library Association, and more.

Charter board chairs representing 19,000 of our city's students have also voiced their support of the formula, along with the Urban League of Greater New Orleans, the Orleans Public Education Network, New Schools for New Orleans, VAYLA, the Louisiana Association for Public Charter Schools, STAND for Children, the New Orleans Parents» Guide to Public Schools, and Kids ReThink New Orleans Schools.

The coalition consists of Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now, Families for Excellent Schools, the Northeast Charter School Network, Achievement First and dozens of Connecticut charter public school paSchool Network, Achievement First and dozens of Connecticut charter public school paschool parents.

Today, all 22 of our schools and our network office will travel to the state capital with parents, scholars, teachers and others to protest this decision and request equity in funding and facilities for public charter schools.

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Presenting Organizations Charter Board Council of New Orleans / / Eastbank Collaborative of Charter Schools / / Young Leadership Council / / Citizens for 1 Greater New Orleans / / Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools / / Bureau of Governmental Research / / Scott S. Cowen Institute for Public Education Initiatives / / Black Alliance for Educational Options / / New Orleans Chamber of Commerce / / Urban League of Greater New Orleans / / Orleans Public Education Network (OPEN) / / EngageNOLA / / New Schools for New Orleans / / Neighborhood Partnership Network / / Algiers Economic Development Foundation / / New Orleans Regional Black Chamber of Commerce / / Puentes New Orleans / / Vietnamese Initiatives in Economic Training / / Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of LA / / NOLA Parent Organizing Network / / Greater New Orleans Education Foundation / / United Negro College Fund / / Baptist Community Ministries

We support the charitable mission of our partner, the Illinois Network of Charter Schools, a 501 (c)(3) organization that brings together students, parents, educators, and administrators who all share a common goal: to improve the quality of public education by promoting and strengthening charter public schools throughout the State of IlSchools, a 501 (c)(3) organization that brings together students, parents, educators, and administrators who all share a common goal: to improve the quality of public education by promoting and strengthening charter public schools throughout the State of Ilschools throughout the State of Illinois.

Parents Across America (PAA) is a national network of active public school parents, with 50 chapters in 26 Parents Across America (PAA) is a national network of active public school parents, with 50 chapters in 26 parents, with 50 chapters in 26 states.

As a parent of two children attending Windham Public Schools, I wish to testify regarding the negative effects of the Commissioner's Network.

The School Of The Future Gets A Dry Run Teachers Union Prez Pens «Imagine» Critique Charter Plans Detailed; Parents Weigh In Elm City Imagine Sparks Debate NHPS, AF Team Up On Experimental School Elm City Charter Eyed For Futuristic «Conversion» City's Charter Network Hires San Francisco Firm To Design The K - 8 Public School Of The Future

In addition to «The Big Six,» other organizations that are presently lobbying Connecticut legislators in favor of the charter school and «education reform» agenda include the Bronx Charter School for Excellence, the North East Charter Schools Network, Achievement First, Inc., the large charter school chain with schools in New York, Connecticut and Rhode Island, and Families for Excellent Schools, the New York - based lobbing and political entity that bused in charter school students and parents from as far away as New York City and Boston last year to rally in support of Malloy's efforts to hand charter schools even more public school and «education reform» agenda include the Bronx Charter School for Excellence, the North East Charter Schools Network, Achievement First, Inc., the large charter school chain with schools in New York, Connecticut and Rhode Island, and Families for Excellent Schools, the New York - based lobbing and political entity that bused in charter school students and parents from as far away as New York City and Boston last year to rally in support of Malloy's efforts to hand charter schools even more public School for Excellence, the North East Charter Schools Network, Achievement First, Inc., the large charter school chain with schools in New York, Connecticut and Rhode Island, and Families for Excellent Schools, the New York - based lobbing and political entity that bused in charter school students and parents from as far away as New York City and Boston last year to rally in support of Malloy's efforts to hand charter schools even more publicSchools Network, Achievement First, Inc., the large charter school chain with schools in New York, Connecticut and Rhode Island, and Families for Excellent Schools, the New York - based lobbing and political entity that bused in charter school students and parents from as far away as New York City and Boston last year to rally in support of Malloy's efforts to hand charter schools even more public school chain with schools in New York, Connecticut and Rhode Island, and Families for Excellent Schools, the New York - based lobbing and political entity that bused in charter school students and parents from as far away as New York City and Boston last year to rally in support of Malloy's efforts to hand charter schools even more publicschools in New York, Connecticut and Rhode Island, and Families for Excellent Schools, the New York - based lobbing and political entity that bused in charter school students and parents from as far away as New York City and Boston last year to rally in support of Malloy's efforts to hand charter schools even more publicSchools, the New York - based lobbing and political entity that bused in charter school students and parents from as far away as New York City and Boston last year to rally in support of Malloy's efforts to hand charter schools even more public school students and parents from as far away as New York City and Boston last year to rally in support of Malloy's efforts to hand charter schools even more publicschools even more public funds.

Parents Across America comments on implementation of the federal Statewide Family Engagement Center Program May 2018 Parents Across America (PAA) is a national network of active public school parents, with 50 chapters in 26 Parents Across America comments on implementation of the federal Statewide Family Engagement Center Program May 2018 Parents Across America (PAA) is a national network of active public school parents, with 50 chapters in 26 Parents Across America (PAA) is a national network of active public school parents, with 50 chapters in 26 parents, with 50 chapters in 26 states.

WHO: Public charter school parents, students, school leaders and community members, as well as the Northeast Charter Schools Network staff WHAT: Day of Silence demonstration by public charter school parents, students and school leaders ahead of the Appropriations Committee public hearing WHERE: Legislative Office BuiPublic charter school parents, students, school leaders and community members, as well as the Northeast Charter Schools Network staff WHAT: Day of Silence demonstration by public charter school parents, students and school leaders ahead of the Appropriations Committee public hearing WHERE: Legislative Office Buipublic charter school parents, students and school leaders ahead of the Appropriations Committee public hearing WHERE: Legislative Office Buipublic hearing WHERE: Legislative Office Building.

The coalition includes: 215 People's Alliance, AFSCME DC 47, AFSCME 1199C, AFT Local 2026, Alliance for Philadelphia Public Schools, Caucus of Working Educators, Media Mobilizing Project, Neighborhood Networks, Parents United for Public Education, PASNAP, Philadelphia Federation of Teachers, Philadelphia NAACP, Philly Student Union, POWER, Reclaim Philadelphia, SEIU 32BJ, Taxi Workers Alliance, Teacher Action Group, UNITE HERE Local 634 and UrbEd.

While some Success Academy parents believe the network is preparing their children for the future better than their traditional public schools, others resent the levels of discipline in the school and began looking for other options for the following year (Spear, 2015).

Within the UNO school community, plenty of parents and students say network schools are a better option than the regular public schools.

In fact, a number of organizations join Children Now in calling for the further development and adoption of a Weighted Student Formula concept in 2013, including the ACLU, California School Boards Association, Californians for Justice, Campaign for Quality Education, The Education Trust — West, EdVoice, MALDEF, New Schools Venture Fund, Parent Leadership Action Network, Public Advocates, Silicon Valley Leadership Group, United Ways of California, Youth Together, and many others.

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Additionally, many of these parents do not have the same privilege of moving outside of their neighborhoods if their public schools are not performing at a level deemed to be «good» nor do they have the networks, resources, or time that many middle and upper - class families have to research better choices that are available to them (Hannah - Jones 2016).

The Healthy Fathering Collaborative of Greater Cleveland (HFC) is a network of public and private agencies that aims to provide education, services, and support directly to fathers throughout the lifespan of fatherhood, from pre-conception and pregnancy to childbirth, early childhood, and parenting school - age children.85 Member agencies provide four types of services: programs that help fathers address barriers that impact their involvement with their children; supportive services for fathers; fatherhood development programs; and father - child social / recreational event programs.86

Workshops included Advance Training for SEFEL Trainers and Coaches, M.L. Hemmeter; Overview of the Social Emotional Foundations in Early Learning: The Teaching Pyramid Model; Val Von Behren, Early Childhood Advisory Council Coordinator, Division of Early Childhood Development, Maryland State Department of Education; Look, Up in the Sky, It's SEFEL; Neal Horan, Co-Director, Training and Technical Assistance, Center for Child and Human Development, Georgetown University Medical Center; Positive Solutions for Parents, Cynthia Senseney, Family Network Coordinator, Parent Liaison, Carroll County Infants and Toddler Program and SEFEL Learning Party Training, Jodi Shani, PreKindergarten Teacher, Howard County Public Schools.