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«With zero competition, we are concerned about a «too big to fail» student loan company that has zero incentive to work for students, borrowers, and their families,» said Natalia Abrams, executive director of the advocacy group Student Debt Crisis, in an interview with CNBC.

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Nearly 3,000 of these student - organized protests are planned, according to the advocacy group EMPOWER.

Federal borrowers facing periods of low or no income can also file for Income Based Repayment (IBR) or Pay As You Earn (PAYE), which cap your monthly payments to a percentage of what you earn, not what you owe, according to Gary Carpenter, CPA and Executive Director of National College Advocacy Group, which supplies information regarding student loans.

Last fall, under pressure from French advocacy group Union of Jewish Students (UEJF), Twitter agreed to remove some offensive tweets.

«If we want to fix childhood obesity, chocolate milk is just one of the things we need to get rid of,» said Jeff Anderson, a parent of three students at Wolftrap Elementary in Vienna and a member of Real Food for Kids, a Fairfax area advocacy group.

A recent report from the Eastside advocacy group InnerCity Struggle says that 62 % of students in that area's schools don't have time to finish their meals.

State leaders and advocacy groups have accused the board of making decisions that favor private school students at the expense of public school children, many of whom are low - income, have disabilities or are immigrants who don't speak English.

New Yorkers for Students» Educational Rights, an education advocacy group, is suing Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the Board of Regents and state Education Commissioner John King, claiming the state has systematically shortgaged the public school system by failing failing to comply with an agreement that followed the landmark Campaign for Fiscal Equity Ruling of 2006.

Leonie Haimson, executive director of Class Size Matters, an advocacy group who has spearheaded the opposition to the state's sharing of students data, urged Gov. Andrew Cuomo to call on King to «halt... this unethical and dangerous plan.»

In a not - so - veiled reference to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's «People First» campaign, a coalition of education advocacy groups are launching the alternative «Students First: The Reality Tour.»

«New York City has never been the mayor's priority,» said Mona Davids, head of the New York City Parents Union, a student advocacy group.

The students were aligned with «NYC Let Them Play,» an advocacy group that pushes for more sports programs in schools of color.

«Keep in mind,» says the Farm Bureau, «the advocacy groups behind this legislation include unions, college students and downstate members of the Legislature who do not understand... the realities of providing food for our tables.»

Students don't like the way SU shut down the Advocacy Center in June, consolidating sexual assault services in the school's counseling center and moving student support groups into the the Office of Health Promotion.

Every year, union workers, young students, advocacy groups, and members of the New York City Fire Department gather at the site to remember the victims and bring awareness to the ongoing fight for labor reform.

Families for Excellent Schools, a pro-charter advocacy group out of New York City, took umbrage with NYSUT's statement Tuesday, demanding it «immediately apologize» to the 120,000 charter school students across the state and their families for «calling them a distraction.»

Chung - Wha Hong, executive director of the New York Immigration Coalition, an advocacy group, said the Regents» agenda was a natural evolution of a process begun years ago to refine the state's policies regarding students who are not proficient in English.

The results show why appeals to morality by politicians and advocacy groups can be so effective, said Andrew Luttrell, lead author of the study and a doctoral student in psychology at The Ohio State University.

Price, who serves as chair of the U.S. House Budget Committee, came to campus to speak to a town hall meeting on NIH and NSF funding presented by the Emory Science Advocacy Network, a graduate student group that seeks to promote biomedical research funding through advocacy and edAdvocacy Network, a graduate student group that seeks to promote biomedical research funding through advocacy and edadvocacy and education.

«We want to bring together folks who are in government, administration, scientific societies, advocacy groups, students, faculty, even members of Congress,» Varmus says.

Several groups, led by the Campaign for Fiscal Equity (CFE), a nonprofit legal advocacy organization, filed suit in 1993 claiming that New York State was depriving New York City public school students of their constitutional rights to a «sound basic education,» a standard that had been prescribed in 1982 by the state's highest court (in New York, the Court of Appeals).

A legal - reform advocacy group that contends numerous laws, court rulings, and regulations hamper schools in their job of educating students has launched a Web site to help dramatize its arguments.

«These students join us with a wealth of experience from a variety of settings; schools, government agencies, foundations, community groups, advocacy organizations, and higher education institutions.

Master's student Megan Red Shirt - Shaw, Oglala Lakota and a member of the HGSE student group Future Indigenous Educators Resisting Colonial Education (FIERCE)-- which prepares educators to resist the manifestations of colonialism in school systems — has thrown herself into the work of advocacy, helping organize protests and events at HGSE, including a donation drive for the DAPL protestors.

As another scholar Jeremy Rabkin noted in Judicial Compulsions, the interests of the students quickly got lost in a «fog of legalisms» to be replaced by the interests of advocacy groups allegedly acting on their behalf.

It had all the ingredients of arts education advocacy and some enticing rebelliousness as well: a caring teacher who doesn't give up on sliding students, a bad kid with a heart and a brain, a visiting artist in a tough school, and a minority group member defying administrative powers for love of theater.

Master's student Megan Red Shirt - Shaw, Oglala Lakota and a member of the HGSE student group Future Indigenous Educators Resisting Colonial Education (FIERCE)-- which prepares educators to resist the manifestations of colonialism in school systems — has thrown herself into the work of advocacy, helping organize protests and events at HGSE, including a donation drive for...

The New York City Board of Education «effectively robs from public - school children» to provide Chapter 1 remedial services to students from religious schools, an advocacy group for public education has charged.

There are signs of significant progress: In just two years, the number of students without access to adequate bandwidth has been cut in half, according to a new analysis of E-rate application data by school - broadband advocacy group EducationSuperHighway.

A third group created «Super Art Students,» which also is an art advocacy movie, and three third graders created «DEEP SPACE» to teach the concepts needed to create the illusion of depth on a picture plane.

Over the next year, Aaron Tang and Ethan Hutt, the energetic founders of a new education advocacy group, aim to get 1 million middle school, high school, and college students to sign a petition calling for high - quality public education for all students, not just those in suburban and middle - class neighborhoods.

The Class Size Matters advocacy group has also compiled data showing that about 40 percent of elementary and middle schools in the Renewal program — and nearly all of the high schools — have some classes with 30 or more students in them.

Voucher advocacy groups accused Edwards of reneging on campaign promises that no student in the voucher program would have to change schools.

The bill is supported by the American Academy of Pediatrics, California State PTA, American Academy of Sleep Medicine, California Federation of Teachers, California Sleep Society and several hospitals, school districts and student advocacy groups.

The lawsuit — filed Nov. 14 in the Arizona Supreme Court on behalf of the parents by People for the American Way, a Washington - based advocacy group, and other groups — marks the first time a voucher program for special - needs students has been challenged in court, according to the Institute for Justice, an Arlington, Va. - based legal - advocacy group that will...

The notices are a product of the class action Williams v. California, filed in 2000 by the American Civil Liberties Union and other advocacy groups, charging the state with reneging on its constitutional obligation to provide students with the essentials for an education.

The South hit a demographic turning point over the past couple of years, becoming the first U.S. region in which both low - income and minority students constitute a majority of public school enrollment, an Atlanta - based advocacy group says.

Co-founders Tamir Harper and Luke Risher presented all of the basic ideas behind UrbEd, including the need for an education advocacy group composed of and run by students.

On Tuesday I'll escort a group of our students to Albany for Charter School Advocacy Day.

Many of Bellwether's comments reiterated criticisms that California student advocacy groups, including Education Trust - West and Children Now, have previously made to the board.

Their hope is that students, parents, citizens and public school advocacy groups will use the film to help start an important conversation about the role and value of public education in America.

David Welch, the Silicon Valley entrepreneur who financed Students Matter, the advocacy group that filed the Vergara suit, has given Ms. Brown guidance, and came to a meeting of about 30 people at her apartment in April to discuss it, she said.

Student advocacy has a long history going back to at least the 1930s, when a youth - led group called the American Youth Congress presented a list of grievances to the US Congress including public education.

«This was exactly the problem that a lot of policy makers and educators were trying to solve,» said Karen Nussle, the executive director of the Collaborative for Student Success, a Common Core advocacy group, «to get a more honest assessment of where kids are and being transparent about that with parents and educators so that we could do something about it.»

This sensible bill garnered support from the likes of EdVoice, Students Matter and StudentsFirst — all Sacramento student advocacy groups.

The Synergy Conference convenes hundreds of out - of - school time providers, including faith - based organizations, community colleges, universities, child advocacy groups, community entities, and other stakeholders to share insight on research - based practices, effective programs, and public policies that impact students and their overall success in school and life.

That question gets at the heart of what kind of legacy will be left in D.C. for Rhee, who resigned shortly after Mayor Vince Gray defeated Adrian Fenty in 2010 and went on to form a well - funded advocacy group called Students First.

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.

Similarly, the Florida school choice advocacy group RefinED contends that school vouchers, which allow parents to transfer students to private schools at taxpayer expense, make private schools part of the public school system.

After soliciting input for over a year from education groups, research and advocacy organizations, students and parents, the State Board of Education on Friday approved final regulations governing how districts spend funds they receive through the Local Control Funding Formula, the state's new school financing law.