Sentences with phrase «of advocacy organizations»

This ban resulted in outrage and protests, but so far the government has refused to even meet with authors or members of advocacy organizations.
The role of the regulator in commenting on this, or of our advocacy organizations failures in assessing whether the power imbalances may have shifted too much, are all worthy of scrutiny.
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.»
This special series examines a fresh wave of advocacy organizations that wield increasing political influence in the education arena.
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.
In Indiana, thanks to DeVos» funding of advocacy organizations and her financial contributions to political campaigns, then - Gov.
«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.
A national coalition of advocacy organizations has just launched a new ad to stop the confirmation of Judge Samuel Alito to the U.S. Supreme Court
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.
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