Sentences with phrase «of the boycotting parents»

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Both have been the objects of gay boycotts, Coors for its past support of antigay causes and Miller for parent company Philip Morris's political donations to conservative senator Jesse Helms.

It's not yet clear whether a recent ad boycott of YouTube will be short - lived or the start of a long - term shift away from the video service — one that could undercut Google's growth and that of its corporate parent, Alphabet Inc..

The growing boycott of YouTube by advertisers could cost its parent company Google as much as $ 750 million in revenue, according to one Wall Street investment firm.

She asked what might happen if parents organized a boycott of objectionable meals and, for example, sent all their kids to school with a sack lunch on the day «Brunch for Lunch» was served.

PhD in Parenting leads the way in boycotting Nestle because of their extensive reach and not - good works tied to their brand power, something I've -LSB-...]

I maintain that the Nestle boycott should be taken up by everyone, especially by parents on either end of the infant feeding spectrum.

The Nestlé Boycott started in 1977 in Minneapolis, USA and had one basic demand: that the company halt all promotion of breastmilk substitutes to parents and health workers, including direct advertising to consumers, the distribution of free samples and the use of «milk nurses» (company sales representatives dressed as nurses).

Wow, if the parents were bringing in fast food lunches for student's boycotting the school lunch, that speaks loud and clear about the level of the parents food - education.

There was a backlash from teachers and parents, and in 2015, there was a boycott of some tests, which continues this year.

At a recent conference held by the teacher's group Educators for Excellence, State Education Commissioner Mary Ellen Elia says she plans to try to convince parents not have their children repeat this year's boycott of standardized tests associated with the Common Core learning standards, which resulted in 20 % of students statewide opting out of the tests.

Some parent leaders of the boycott movement had welcomed last week's task force recommendations, but the Regents» action drew a cooler reception.

The test results will still be used to measure teachers» performance ratings, and a spokesman for the teachers union says until that changes, many of the parents involved in the boycott movement will continue to opt their kids out of the tests.

At a recent conference held by the teacher's group Educators for Excellence, State Education Commissioner Mary Ellen Elia says she plans to try to convince parents not have their children repeat this year's boycott of standardized tests associated with the Common Core learning standards, which resulted in 20 percent of students statewide opting out of the tests.

At a recent conference held by the teacher's group Educators for Excellence, New York State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia says she plans to try to convince parents not have their children repeat this year's boycott of standardized tests associated with the Common Core learning standards, which resulted in 20 percent of students statewide opting out of the tests.

Leaders of Long Island's anti-testing movement, whose boycott efforts captured national attention last year, are expanding their campaign of encouraging parents and students to opt out of the state's standardized Common Core assessments, scheduled for next month.

Public school districts across Long Island and the state are bracing for what many educators and parents expect to be a fifth consecutive year of Common Core test boycotts in grades three through eight, even as eight districts in Nassau and Suffolk counties and dozens elsewhere introduce computerized versions of the exams.

Korn said a widespread boycott of the standardized tests last spring, where 20 percent of parents opted their children out of the tests, has also fueled changes.

But a boycott led by parents and unions prompted 200,000 students in grades three through eight to opt out of taking state math and English exams this year.

The Buffalo Parent - Teacher Organization, which includes teachers who are union members, is recommending that its members boycott the first day of the event because its keynote speaker is charter school advocate and principal Steve Perry.

Albany, N.Y. (WBEN / AP)- New York public school students will spend less time taking the unpopular Common Core assessments that have been boycotted by large numbers of parents in recent years.

Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia and Regents Chancellor Betty Rosa appeared eager to assure teachers and parents that the department is trying to be transparent about exams that have been the target of a record - setting boycott movement, both on Long Island and statewide.

New York State United Teachers has begun organizing a plan to encourage parents to boycott the standardized tests that would be half of the basis for the new teacher evaluations.

«This is a move in the right direction, reflecting the change in leadership on the Board of Regents,» said Jeanette Deutermann, a North Bellmore parent and chief organizer of Long Island Opt Out, a grassroots test - boycott movement.

In spring 2015, the boycott grew so large — with parents pulling more than 200,000 students out of testing in English language arts and mathematics, about 20 percent of those eligible statewide — that Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo called for a sweeping review of the state's academic standards and exams.

Deutermann and other parent boycott leaders across the state were early supporters of Rosa for the chancellor's position on the Board of Regents, which oversees the Education Department and sets the state's overall policy on testing and other education issues.

She comes back to New York at a time when parents are so upset over what top politicians say was the botched rollout of the new Common Core learning standards that they allowed their children to boycott the tests.

In April, parents pulled more than 200,000 students in grades three through eight out of state tests — the largest boycott of its type in the nation.

If parents don't send a child to school on the day of testing to boycott the exams, the child will then be forced to take a makeup test.

She comes back to New York at a time when parents are so upset over what top politicians say was the botched roll out of the new Common Core learning standards that they allowed their children to boycott the tests.

The Royal Free hospital and medical school hold a televised press conference, at which Wakefield advises parents to boycott MMR in favour of single vaccines.

When Gen loses his grip in the face of adversity — the boycotting of his chess group by his players» parents, for instance, when it's discovered he's both mentally ill and sleeping on the steps of a local landmark — it amounts to a thoroughly convincing meltdown, replete with voices in the head, nervous agitation and a scampering along the edge of full - blown insanity.

New parents Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard have hit the U.S. Tv circuit in an attempt to push a boycott of tabloids which feature paparazzi photos of...

This Commentary special collection offers a range of perspectives on parents» opting their children out of tests, from researchers who are studying the phenomenon, to parents who have long embraced testing boycotts, to teachers whose opinions on the subject vary widely.

Back in 1996, Callaghan organized 70 Spanish - speaking immigrant parents, who boycotted the Ninth Street Elementary School — calling for an end to failed bilingual - education methods and instead demanding that the school system teach the children of immigrant garment workers academic English as soon as possible.

In May, the CTU passed a tough resolution opposing the Common Core in its entirety, which it followed with calls for parents to boycott tests; a handful of teachers refused to administer the tests (see sidebar, opposite page).

The boycott began on Aug. 19, the first day of school, after religious leaders in the community encouraged parents to...

According to Richard Kluger, author of a history of the Brown case entitled Simple Justice, the boycotting parents rallied behind Bishop's leadership and formed the Consolidated Parents group, whose ranks included my mother and her close friends Marie Smith (my friend Alonzo's mother) and Burma Wparents rallied behind Bishop's leadership and formed the Consolidated Parents group, whose ranks included my mother and her close friends Marie Smith (my friend Alonzo's mother) and Burma WParents group, whose ranks included my mother and her close friends Marie Smith (my friend Alonzo's mother) and Burma Whitted.

Testing started Tuesday at the school, where a group of teachers, administrators, parents and students had earlier agreed to boycott the exams, called Smarter Balanced, which are replacing Washington's old statewide tests.

At a recent conference held by the teacher's group Educators for Excellence, State Education Commissioner Mary Ellen Elia says she plans to try to convince parents not have their children repeat this year's boycott of standardized tests associated with the Common Core learning standards, which resulted in 20 % of students statewide opting out of the tests.

Whether the boycott movement grows in the new school year or education officials can successfully talk parents out of opting out, it's more clear that schools with high test boycott rates won't be penalized by losing federal or state monies.

More than 40,000 parents have signed a petition calling for a boycott of primary school tests, which are due to be taken later this month.

More than 60 parents boycotted that process at the urging of Parent Revolution, the Los Angeles reform group and charter - school ally that organized McKinley's effort.

The article notes that Secretary King is «not respecting the voices of parents, teachers and students; doubling down on threats to financially punish students for boycotting tests; and digging in his heels to...

The expected proposals follow a chaotic year for primary assessment in 2016, when the introduction of new, harder tests prompted reports of increased stress among pupils, protests and boycotts by parents and pleas from school leaders for an end to the system.

The reform initiative now faces legal challenges, and some parents are even threatening a boycott of Newark schools as they open this week.

His proposals for assessment echo the demands of many in the teaching profession, and in particular the main teaching unions, for less intensive testing of pupils and follow a rejection of primary school SATs tests by parents, who staged a boycott of schools on May 3 in protest over the stress they have caused.

Parents spent months speaking up — to the principal, the superintendent, the district and the board of education — even threatening a school boycott.

Continue reading Teachers and Parents of Puerto Rico Launch Historic Strike & Boycott against Standardized Testing: «We want a just, equitable world for our children.»

On May Day, thousands of Puerto Rican teachers, parents, and students launched strikes and boycotts to push back against austerity measures that would close nearly 300 schools, lay off 7,000 teachers, convert public schools into privatized charters, and cut public sector pensions.

Michael Davern, a teacher from Southwark, said members should «sink the ship before it sails» and urged parents to join in any boycott and opt out of testing.