Sentences with phrase «on strengthening public schools»

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Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos was more supportive of the effort to strengthen charter schools statewide as the governor wants to lift the cap on the alternative public schools by 100.

The state's teachers union is already gearing up for a major fight this budget season on education issues after Cuomo declared he wanted to end the «public monopoly» on education through a strengthening of charter schools.

On public service issues, NHS dentists for service families will be prioritised and school placements for children in service families will be strengthened.

All of the Senate's bills on mayoral control include provisions to strengthen charter schools, which Flanagan said are an integral part of the public school system.

Lasher said his campaign will focus on issues like housing, strengthening rent laws and protecting tenants, building «a new generation of Mitchell - Lama - style housing» and ending state income tax for public school teachers.

On Thursday, February 26, HGSE's Master Class welcomes Dan Levy, senior lecturer in public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, faculty chair of the Kennedy School's SLATE (Strengthening Learning and Teaching Excellence) initiative, and co-chair of the HarvardX research committee.

Spring slate of HGSE Master Classes Announced On Thursday, February 26, 2015 HGSE will welcome Dan Levy, senior lecturer in Public Policy at HKS, faculty chair of the Kennedy School's SLATE (Strengthening Learning and Teaching Excellence) initiative, and co-chair of the HarvardX research committee.

On Thursday, February 26, 2015 HGSE will welcome Dan Levy, senior lecturer in Public Policy at HKS, faculty chair of the Kennedy School's SLATE (Strengthening Learning and Teaching Excellence) initiative, and co-chair of the HarvardX research committee.

While it is difficult to disentangle the reasons for this strengthening over time of the program's estimated effects, these findings nonetheless suggest that our first - year results may understate the positive effect of the FTC program on public school performance

The debate on school choice is about more than just opposing vouchers and our efforts center on supporting policy that strengthens public schools.

We look forward to strengthening our entire charter law, with an eye on flexibility and a better system for funding schools, so that more children in Connecticut can have access to quality choices, like public charters, in their communities.

Most parents want to see their neighborhood public schools strengthened, with small classes and less emphasis on standardized testing.

A new poll released on March 3rd by AROS member Center for Popular Democracy (CPD) and In the Public Interest (ITPI) shows strong national support for initiatives to strengthen charter school accountability and transparency.

It's time to start focusing on these students now, to stop harming more students, and to focus back on our neighborhood schools, working with their local school councils, and strengthening the core of the Chicago Public School sschool councils, and strengthening the core of the Chicago Public School sSchool system.

The bill defines a «community school» as a public school that focuses on improving student learning, strengthening families, developing healthier communities, working with community partners to provide additional services to the surrounding community, and providing wrap - around support services to pupils and their families but does not include independent charter schools or charter schools that are not an instrumentality of a school district.

Among its promises are that Democrats will support free community college for all, make it easier to repay student loans, allow borrowers with student loans to discharge their debts in bankruptcy if necessary, strengthen higher education schools that serve minorities, crack down on «for - profit schools that take millions in federal financial aid,» and continue to work to improve public schools by holding teachers and schools «accountable.»

Johnson will be evaluated on the district's academic progress, on the implementation of four district - wide projects and on her ability to strengthen Minneapolis Public Schools internal and external relationships.

Conference participants will spend the day: learning from experts about issues facing DC's public charter schools, sharing innovations and best practices that are driving student outcomes, inspiring each other to engage in advocacy that strengthens our movement, focusing on equity so together we can achieve the goal of quality public school choices for all DC families.

The $ 1 billion initiative builds on a key recommendation from the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology to establish a national STEM Master Teacher Corps to recognize and retain the United States» most talented STEM teachers and build a community of practice among them and their peers to strengthen STEM education in the nation's public schools.

Developed by ASCD and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in collaboration with key leaders from education, public health, and school health fields, the new model combines and builds on elements of the traditional coordinated school health approach and the whole child framework to strengthen a unified and collaborative approach to learning and health.

On July 13, 2011, Governor Dannel Malloy signed into law Public Act 11 - 232, An Act Concerning the Strengthening of School Bullying laws.

The NAACP, in October 2016, recognized the racism inherent in the concept of charter schools and called for «a moratorium on charter school expansion and for the strengthening of oversight in governance and practice» because «the NAACP has been in the forefront of the struggle for and a staunch advocate of free, high - quality, fully and equitably funded public education for all children».

The resolution cited the fact that charter boards accept public money but lack democratic accountability, that charter schools are contributing to increased segregation, that punitive disciplinary policies are disproportionately used in charter schools as well as other practices that violate students» rights, that there is a pattern of fraud of mismanagement in the sector in general, and it then called for opposition to privatization of education, opposed diversion of funding from public schools, called for full funding for quality public education, called for legislation granting parents access to charter school boards and to strengthen oversight, called for charter schools to follow USDOJ and USDOE guidelines on student discipline and to help parents file complaints when those guidelines are violated, opposed efforts to weaken oversight, and called for a moratorium on charter school growth.

We are also working on a three - year review of the wellness policy of Chicago Public Schools, which will culminate in presenting our recommendations to strengthen the policy to the Chicago Board of Education.

Our public comments highlight specific provisions in ESSA for which New Leaders thinks that departmental regulations or guidance (including regulations or guidance specifically on the role of school leaders) will be needed if the new law is to deliver on its promise to strengthen teaching, especially in the highest - need schools, and accelerate academic achievement and other outcomes, particularly for our most vulnerable students.

We draw on the research and ideas of faculty members in Information Studies, our partner in the Graduate School, and work collaboratively with colleagues at the Semel Institute, the Luskin School of Public Affairs, the UCLA Law School, and other schools and departments to strengthen our knowledge and practice.

Under one roof, these elements carry out your school marketing, strengthen your brand, and improve your public relations even as your focus switches to working on different rooms of your mansion throughout the year.

The Virginia Index of Performance (VIP) program awards points to schools and divisions based on the percentage of students achieving at the advanced level on Standards of Learning assessments and progress made toward educational goals advocated by Governor Kaine and adopted by the Board as part of its comprehensive plan for further strengthening public education in the Commonwealth.

USA Today quoted Sen. Susan Collins as saying that DeVos» «concentration on charter schools and vouchers... raises the question about whether or not she fully appreciates that the secretary of education's primary focus must be on helping states and communities... strengthen our public schools.»

The Partnership is the nation's first collaborative effort dedicated to strengthening public schools through a systematic focus on principals.

Initiatives underway include cracking down on puppy mills; providing humane education for more than 400,000 public school students; offering training programs for shelter staff, rescuers, law enforcement, FBI agents and animal control officers, and strengthening and enforcing existing animal cruelty laws.

The second annual Texas Fatherhood Summit: Strengthening Services to Support Fathers hosted by the Child and Family Research Partnership at The University of Texas at Austin LBJ School of Public Affairs and the Texas DFPS Prevention and Early Intervention Division was held on March 24, 2017.

We think it's important for Government to be willing to give recognition and strengthening in lots of areas... signage on roads indicating traditional country, cultural centres and keeping places, protocol at public events, curriculum modules in schools and public monuments to Indigenous people and language preservation and restoration projects.

The 2nd Annual 2017 Texas Fatherhood Summit: Strengthening Services to Support Fathers hosted by the Child and Family Research Partnership at The University of Texas at Austin LBJ School of Public Affairs and the Texas DFPS Prevention and Early Intervention Division was held on March 24, 2017.

Recipients included The Centre on Philanthropy, which helps strengthen and sustain the nonprofit sector; Family Centre, which provides support and counseling services for families in crisis; and Bermuda Sloop Foundation, which provides experiential educational programs to public school teens.

With an emphasis on experiential learning opportunities, Quicken Loans has created several initiatives specifically designed to strengthen STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) skills among students in Detroit Public Schools.