Although a few small changes have been made to the laws within the last few years, due to exposure and the
efforts of advocacy organizations, there has not been significant progress.
A report last month from a
pair of advocacy organizations, the Alliance for Childhood and Defending the Early Years, argued that «there is a widespread belief that teaching children to read early will help them be better readers in the long - run,» but that there is «no scientific evidence that this is so.»
The president and
CEO of the advocacy organization Center for Teaching Quality lays out a roadmap for reforming our education system and improving the school environment for «teacherpreneurs.»
Panelists will discuss a forthcoming report that examines the influence and
approach of advocacy organizations in three states that recently enacted or considered school reform legislation: Louisiana, Tennessee, and North Carolina, as well as the implications of a new methodology designed to accurately measure the influence of individual advocacy groups.
As Mike Cohen, the
president of the advocacy organization Achieve, observed: «The new SBAC and PARCC assessments have Common Core written all over [them]-- federally funded, part of a national effort... In many states where opposition to the Common Core emerged, the compromise was to hold on to the standards and get rid of the aligned tests.»
There was no consensus on what the 188 speakers — school superintendents,
executives of advocacy organizations, parents needing interpreters, high school students and teachers — had to say during the orderly but often impassioned one - minute testimonies that went on nearly five straight hours.
«People still saw Artists Space as a
sort of advocacy organization that should promote young artists» careers,» Mr. Kalmár said, «that we should essentially test run artists for the market, and I don't think that's what we should do.
Since the NAACP case in 1958, the Supreme Court has recognized the First Amendment
right of advocacy organizations to maintain the confidentiality of their private donors, precisely in order to protect the donors against government coercion.
(CNN)- Republican donor Al Hoffman Jr. announced the
launch of an advocacy organization on Saturday that will push Congress to pass comprehensive gun control legislation.
If you are
part of an advocacy organization, we encourage you take a look at the Annie E. Casey Foundation's Race Equity and Inclusion Action Guide: Seven Steps to Advance and Embed Race Equity and Inclusion Within Your Organization.