Sentences with phrase «of local elected school boards»

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His chapter on the efforts of the Christian Coalition to elect candidates to local school boards is titled «Religious Fascism,» although he says nothing about the agenda of the group that remotely justifies the use of that ugly word.

With local officials from school board on up now hearing from internet - organized constituents, and with cadres of veteran Obama volunteer commandos dug in across the country post-election, we may see an explosion of email, online video, social networking outreach and all of the other tools of electronic advocacy in the coming months — but this time turned on the projects in the stimulus bill, not on electing a candidate.

Joshua Lafazan became one of the youngest officeholders in the state when he was elected to his local school board, now he's running for a post on the county Legislature.

Mayoral control was introduced in 2002 to replace the older system of a Board of Education dominated by borough president appointees and local elected school boards which were, in some cases, corrupt.

Magee says the governor is trying to «usurp the local authority of elected school boards.»

Also bring academies into some kind of proper locally based democratic control, local government or directly elected schools boards, admissions to be done by LAs, insist on pupil premium, absolutely vital.

Local developer and longtime school district critic Carl Paladino, and two other newcomers, Theresa Harris - Tigg and Jim Sampson, were elected Tuesday to seats on the Buffalo Board of Education.

Although the appointees have local accountability to an elected board of outstanding head teachers, their existence points to a growing recognition that you can't run schools directly from Whitehall.

Like DiNapoli, Mack was elected at age 18 to his local school board, the Rush - Henrietta Board of Educaboard, the Rush - Henrietta Board of EducaBoard of Education.

When the principal informs her that she's No. 2 and can't catch the student ahead of her, she concocts a plan to elect Bernard to the local school board to abolish class rankings.

Second, Washington's high court ruled that «charter schools are devoid of local control» over educational issues because an elected school board does not govern them.

One of the most significant local contests on the Nov. 5 ballot is in Cleveland, where citizens will decide whether to keep a 4 - year - old system of mayoral control of their district or return to an elected school board.

To the best of your knowledge, are members of your local school board elected or appointed by another public official such as a mayor?

Those elected to headteacher boards do not have decision - making powers, but provide local expertise to inform the decisions of National and Regional Schools Commissioners and ministers.

For instance, it seems increasingly clear that our revered system of «local control» by elected municipal school boards can not cope with today's realities of metropolitanization, mobility, and interest - group politics.

We also help colleagues craft local policies that can be presented to their boards of education; and we frequently host study visits to our New York City community schools for delegations of elected officials from other cities and countries.

(Our own Checker Finn has not been a fan of school boards for some time and as recently as 2010 wrote, in National Affairs, that «it seems increasingly clear that our revered system of «local control» by elected municipal school boards can not cope with today's realities of metropolitanization, mobility, and interest - group politics.»)

Several members of an American Indian tribe in rural South Dakota are suing the local school district in federal court, claiming its method for electing board members discriminates against Native Americans by weakening their voting power.

Currently, a little less than half of the state's superintendents are elected, while the rest are appointed by the local school board - as is common through most of the country.

Little Rock: Local advocates held a press conference in Little Rock on Thursday to draw attention to the state takeover of the city's public schools and the dissolution of a locally elected school board that had pledged to bring increased resources to the city's schools and students.

The «details tucked into dozens of plans being turned in to U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos this week were hammered out by a hodgepodge of elected and appointed officials — from governors and legislators to state school board members and local superintendents — during sometimes sparsely attended meetings, caucuses, and task force sessions.»

«Local public schools under the general supervision of the state board of education shall be maintained, developed and operated by locally elected boards.

If an alliance district will submit to getting rid of veteran teachers (and replacing them with scab labor from TFA); getting rid of staff people, not just in the schools and central office, but in town offices as well; hand over their democratic rights to elect their officials and let a Strong Man / Woman Mayor appoint people to the Board of Ed (even non residents); remove all checks and balances in local government; and, let any reformer do whatever they want to children, who will be guinea pigs for reform, drill - and - kill, «no excuses» punishments of preschoolers and kindergarteners — THEN Malloy will release money for leaky roofs and essential remediation of toxins.

On the issue of assessments, federal regulations should support the authority granted, through ESSA, to local school board members, as locally elected officials, to participate in the process of determining the type of assessments that are administered at the local level.

The Aurora Public Schools Board of locally elected officials voted to close HOPE Online campuses because of their chronically low performance, and the State Board overruled the local board's deciBoard of locally elected officials voted to close HOPE Online campuses because of their chronically low performance, and the State Board overruled the local board's deciBoard overruled the local board's deciboard's decision.

The wise and all - knowing senators also decided to tell the people of Wake County how their school board will be elected because you can't let communities have any say about how their local schools are governed.

We have ASD because it was part of our RTTT application commitments and because it is what the progressives want in order to privatize education, destroy traditional public schools, destroy traditional public school teachers, eliminate elected school boards, destroy the voice of parents and local control.

«This is unwarranted intrusion and interference in the matters of an elected local school board, and it is wrong.»

They are run by independent boards instead of elected local school boards and answer to an authorizer that oversees their charter agreement.

Among its basic goals, DSBA is dedicated to advancing the quality of Delaware's public schools, promoting efficient and effective administration of those schools and strengthening the tradition of local citizen control through the establishment of education policy by elected and appointed school board members directly accountable to the communities they serve.

«Only though a clearly defined and appropriate federal role, a willingness to explore a revised charge of the U.S. Department of Education, and placing primary responsibility for education in the hands of locally elected school boards who clearly have the greatest confidence of the public, will school reform efforts thrive at local levels.»

On the eve of a potentially catastrophic Board of Education vote to turnaround ten more Chicago schools, the school reform research group Designs for Change has released a report showing that school turnarounds are not worth the extra expense, and that the unheralded reforms brought about under the authority of parent - led, democratically - elected local school councils have been far more effective.

-- so that a large percentage of families who have «won» the Norwich Free Academy bonanza are those who sit on appointed or elected boards, or who work in the Town Hall... it's unclear who got this year's bonus special dispensation... But one family seems to believe that all of their children will get the NFA benefit — at a cost of over $ 100K of local taxpayer dollars (with increased segregation and isolation in the impoverished Windham schools).

He contends the move to enlist charters is not evidence - based, would not be financially attractive to charter operators, would cause chaos in the lives of our most vulnerable students while further damaging neighborhoods, would usurp local elected school board control, and would not solve the challenging problems presented by low - performing, high - poverty schools.

While charter schools are required to comply with certain state laws and the policies of an elected state or local board, they also possess a level of autonomy not seen in the traditional public school setting.

The bottom line is that despite the billions of dollars from the federal government and foundations, firing of all those old bad teachers, no teacher union and no local elected school board the New Orleans reforms failed miserably.

Student & Community Focused FCSBM affirms the importance of local control by accountable elected school board members in service to parents, students and taxpayers.

In Celebrating National Charter Schools Week Senator Romero not only noted that this week is a time to celebrate the tremendous success of public charter schools but the continued voracious opposition to public charter schools by unions and the local Boards of Trustees the unions pay toSchools Week Senator Romero not only noted that this week is a time to celebrate the tremendous success of public charter schools but the continued voracious opposition to public charter schools by unions and the local Boards of Trustees the unions pay toschools but the continued voracious opposition to public charter schools by unions and the local Boards of Trustees the unions pay toschools by unions and the local Boards of Trustees the unions pay to elect.

«Classrooms and Kids» puts that money directly in the hands of local school districts so those locally elected board members and their education leaders can make local decisions that best meet the needs of their community's children.

We applaud the Legislature and Governor for their vision and courage to move Florida in the direction of being a national leader in education by enhancing parental choice, school accountability, and local control through our duly elected School Board Meschool accountability, and local control through our duly elected School Board MeSchool Board Members.

The introduction of an elected school board in 1968 and the passage of the Home Rule Act in 1973 were attempts to increase local political representation, but the school board and council lacked independent taxing authority.

Currently, local school board members and the state's superintendent of public instruction are elected.

Denying these citizens» right to elect local school boards through state takeovers or mayoral control should sound the same alarm as denying them the vote because the impact of the action minimizes their democratic voice and vote.

With regard to the school board term limit proposal in Amendment 8, Speaker Corcoran neglects to mention that this is one of the «bundled» amendments that will also establish a state governed charter school authorization board that can circumvent the power of our own locally elected officials in addition to establishing a parallel «public» school system that will not answer to local school boards, which is only another ploy to redirect precious, scant taxpayer dollars to entities that have little oversight or accountability.

Pursuant to the Illinois School Code, in 1996, the Chicago Board of Education established a Local School Council Advisory Board (LSCAB) comprised of both elected and appointed currently - serving LSC members.

To provide a unified voice to all citizenry, local boards of education, elected public officials, and legislative bodies that have an impact on Arizona's rural schools.

Given the compressed timeframe in which the dissolution of the SRC must take place in order for the District to regain local control by the beginning of the 2018 - 2019 school year and the difficulty the District would likely face getting legislative approval from Harrisburg to change its charter to allow an elected school board in the next few weeks, Education Voters of PA supports mayoral control of the school board at this time.

The 32 local school boards were replaced by «Community Education Councils» consisting of parents elected by Parent Associations of elementary and middle schools in the community districts and given even less authority on school matters within those districts than the 1996 law.

Although the appointees have local accountability to an elected board of outstanding head teachers, their existence points to a growing recognition that you can't run schools directly from Whitehall.

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