Sentences with phrase «on behalf of students at»

Superior Court Judge William F. Highberger today approved the landmark settlement in Reed v. State of California, et al., a class action suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, Public Counsel, and Morrison & Foerster, LLP, in February 2010 on behalf of students at three Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) middle schools.

The lawsuit was filed by the ACLU of Southern California, Public Counsel Law Center and the law firm of Morrison & Foerster LLP, on behalf of students at the three schools.

The Texas Charter Schools Association (TCSA) team has been at the state Capitol working on behalf of students at public charter schools.

Originally seen as a challenge to teacher seniority, Reed vs. California was filed in 2009 by the ACLU on behalf of students at three low - income schools against the state and the LA Unified school district, alleging that widespread seniority - based layoffs enacted during the budget crisis of 2008 — 2009 disproportionately affected low income and minority students, depriving them of equal access to a quality education.

The lawsuit was filed against L.A. Unified on behalf of students at Liechty, Edwin Markham south of downtown and Samuel Gompers middle schools, also south of downtown, by the ACLU, Public Counsel Law Center and Morrison Foerster.

When filed by attorneys on behalf of students at three Los Angeles Unified middle schools in 2010, the lawsuit challenged the state law mandating teacher layoffs based on seniority.

Mr. President, the new legislation awaiting your signature is a giant step in the right direction — on behalf of the students at my little public school, including my son, Zack: Thank you for putting kids first.

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At the 1935 Confessing Synod at Steglitz, he and his students traveled to Berlin to lobby on behalf of the increasing number of racial victims of NazismAt the 1935 Confessing Synod at Steglitz, he and his students traveled to Berlin to lobby on behalf of the increasing number of racial victims of Nazismat Steglitz, he and his students traveled to Berlin to lobby on behalf of the increasing number of racial victims of Nazism..

As a Single Parent / Mother of a high school student at Detroit Cass Tech (Donovan People - Jones) here in the City of Detroit I am initiating this Petition on behalf of all students and parents around the country and even Canada.

Governor Cuomo clearly understands what's at stake and has been undaunted in advocating on behalf of New York students.»

Last week a small group of Cortland High students met at the Capitol with state representatives from the Cortland area on behalf of Tobacco Free Zone and Reality Check.

The issue of equitable aid was at the heart of the $ 1.11 billion lawsuit brought by the Alliance for Quality Education on behalf of 26 students in eight small city school districts, including Kingston, in 2008.

Scholars at Risk Network Call for Letters on Behalf of Iranian doctoral student Omid Kokabee April 19, 2016

Mr. Mikita has achieved numerous milestones for individuals with disabilities as the first admitted student in a wheelchair in the history of Duke University, where he graduated magna cum laude; the first student in a wheelchair at Brigham Young University's Law School and the first recipient of the Muscular Dystrophy Association's National Personal Achievement Award for his advocacy on behalf of people with disabilities.

Parents, on behalf of their children at three largely Hispanic and African - American schools, had sued the district, arguing that these layoffs created an unstable learning environment, and thereby violated students» constitutional right to «equal and adequate educational opportunity.»

Dr. Wilson's work on behalf of students put at - risk melded well with the social justice mission of Jesuit education.

At the Institute, we believe that jobs - to - be-done theory will prove a crucial tool to getting innovation right on behalf of students.

With some 30,000 students on charter school waiting lists statewide, 10,000 of them in Boston, Baker made one last pitch at a Roxbury rally the night before the election, framing the ballot question as a battle on behalf of low - income families» «desire and desperation for something better.»

An important piece of TCSA's responsibilities is advocating at the state Capitol, the U.S. Congress and in the courtroom on behalf of Texas charter students.

Governor Cuomo clearly understands what's at stake and has been undaunted in advocating on behalf of New York students.»

Belem Paredon, a Travis parent, assured the media and attending crowd that the teachers and administrators at Travis work hard every day on behalf of the students.

United Teachers Los Angeles and unions throughout the state should advocate on behalf of high - quality implementation of the Common Core at both the negotiating table and in the public discourse, taking into account the needs of both its members and students.

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Last year, the Española schools agreed to a $ 3.2 million settlement in a lawsuit filed on behalf of one of Gregor's girl students at Fairview Elementary.

We cultivated genuine partnerships between students and teachers at all levels to harness our collective energy on behalf of children.

After donating the most math points of any participating Texas school, students at Davis Intermediate School will act on behalf of all participants by presenting a check for $ 5,000 to a representative from the Red Cross.

Although the agenda can always be used to advocate on behalf of students, schools, and the profession at the local, state, and federal levels, the 2016 agenda is particularly applicable at the state level as states begin implementing changes required under the Every Student Succeeds Act.

She has been asked to present at conferences nationwide, and to consult on education policy locally and nationally related to social and emotional learning and on behalf of students entangled in the juvenile justice system.

On behalf of our members, TCSA recently submitted public comments to Education Commissioner Mike Morath on matters impacting students at public charter schools: New Instructional Facility Allotment and separately, the Student Attendance Accounting HandbooOn behalf of our members, TCSA recently submitted public comments to Education Commissioner Mike Morath on matters impacting students at public charter schools: New Instructional Facility Allotment and separately, the Student Attendance Accounting Handbooon matters impacting students at public charter schools: New Instructional Facility Allotment and separately, the Student Attendance Accounting Handbook.

A lawsuit was filed in federal court on behalf of five students at Achievement First Crown Heights, claiming that the charter school did not provide mandated services «and were punished for behavior that arose from their disabilities.»

Maria Morelli - Wolfe, a lawyer with Greater Hartford Legal Aid Inc., which last year filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights on behalf of children with disabilities at the public charter school, said that very often those students spend too many hours out of the classroom — suspended in school or out of school — because of behaviors they weren't necessarily able to control.

He strongly urges school reform on behalf of more student learning and directs the Center for School Change at the University of Minnesota.

Rubin, an associate professor at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, said the complaint appears to be an effort to silence her ability to write about education policy and to speak and advocate on behalf of public school students.

We thank Assemblywoman Crystal Peoples - Stokes for appearing at an Albany rally and speaking on behalf of Buffalo charter students.

For example, AIR researchers identified and selected early warning indicators and thresholds for each of three school districts in Ohio to identify students in grades 8 and 9 at risk of failing to graduate high school on time on behalf of the Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest.

She currently teaches at P.S. 321 in Park Slope, where the privileges available to her current students have only strengthened her resolve to fight for a more equitable system on behalf of the students she left behind.

The targets of the most recent Betsy DeVos reversal include two Obama - era memorandums aimed at requiring student loan servicers to work on behalf of borrowers.

Back to the letter, So there are companies out there that charge hundreds of dollars to look at a list of maybe 3 - 5 different options concerning your student loans, then take some financial information from you and submit it on your behalf.

The piece written by Bradshaw on behalf of The Russell Group comes at a time when the student loan debt issue is coming to a head in the UK.

Federal student loans are supposed to be forgiven if the feds determine a school defrauded its students, consumer attorneys say, but that still hasn't happened, according to the Project on Predatory Student Lending, a legal clinic at Harvard University that is suing the federal government on behalf of Dieffenbacher and thousands of other former Corinthian College ststudent loans are supposed to be forgiven if the feds determine a school defrauded its students, consumer attorneys say, but that still hasn't happened, according to the Project on Predatory Student Lending, a legal clinic at Harvard University that is suing the federal government on behalf of Dieffenbacher and thousands of other former Corinthian College stStudent Lending, a legal clinic at Harvard University that is suing the federal government on behalf of Dieffenbacher and thousands of other former Corinthian College students.

If you practice law as a prosecutor, public defender or provide advocacy on behalf of low - income communities at a nonprofit organization, you may have a portion of your federal student loans forgiven.

If you have student loans, chances are you've probably received a letter in the mail, saw an advertisement, or got a phone call from a company that claims they can get rid of your student loan debt, or at least negotiate on your behalf and significantly reduce your debt.

Advocacy on behalf of low - income consumers is an integral part of our work at the Student Loan Borrower Assistance Project (SLBA).

Whitney Barkley - Denney, a lawyer at the Center for Responsible Lending, said she was unsurprised the administration was acting on behalf of the student loan companies.

Over one week in April, Miss Marcie Teodoro's class of 14 first - grade students at the Hubbard Woods Elementary School held a donation drive on behalf of C.A.R.E.

The equine charity in De Soto, Wisconsin, received a $ 5,000 donation from Zoetis on behalf of Taylor Rietveld, a third - year veterinary medical student at Purdue University.

(b) No person shall spay or neuter any dog or cat for or on behalf of a pound or animal shelter unless such person is a licensed veterinarian or a student currently enrolled in the college of veterinary medicine, Kansas state university, who has completed at least two years of study in the veterinary medical curriculum and is participating in a spay or neuter program and as part of the curriculum under the direct supervision of a licensed veterinarian.

We continue to fight against tuition on behalf of all future students of Cooper Union and at universities everywhere.

While this is a step in the right direction, there is great reluctance on behalf of law students, as well as present and future legal professionals on whether this alternate route to articling will create a two - tier system; where those who choose the LPP route are assumed to have failed at attaining articles the traditional way and those who do it, do so out of necessity.

As a graduate student at a UC school, you are a private customer of business run on behalf of the State of California.