Sentences with phrase «one's opposition to charter schools»

At 9:30 a.m., NYC Councilman Barry Grodenchik and state Sen. Leroy Comrie hold press conference with parents who collected hundreds of petitions in opposition to a charter school co-location, 213 - 10 92nd Ave., Queens.

This, ultimately, is the crux of the labor union opposition to charter schools.

Four DeSoto County House Republican incumbents targeted by a pro-school choice group because of opposition to charter schools are among at least nine incumbents who lost party primaries Tuesday.

Mulgrew and, at times, Mayor de Blasio, have expressed opposition to charter schools.

Each mayoral candidate the association will interview for a union endorsement pledged to support opposition to charter schools, Likewise, Mayor Stephanie Miner has opposed reduced limits on charter schools and earned the association's approval.

Perkins» recent opposition to charter schools has sparked outrage in the Democratic Party and the community.

Officials asked them to pledge support for three items before an interview, including opposition to charter schools.

Despite being home to some of the best charter schools in the country, Boston has lost many of its most entrepreneurial and successful charter leaders to other states because of persistent opposition to charter schools.

Still, that doesn't signal widespread opposition to charter schools, a topic we return to below.

It has talked with the Federal Way School District, and is looking at other districts, too, including Seattle, although the school board there has expressed strong opposition to charter schools.

Have you wondered why opposition to charter schools moved to the top of the NAACP's agenda?

In both cases, the local Boards of Education voted against the charter school proposals and testified in opposition to the charter schools before the State Board of Education and the General Assembly's Education Committee.

The stakes in this race are very high for charter schools, as evidenced by this recent LA Weekly article on Kayser's relentless opposition to charter schools.

That fact, coupled with the House's past opposition to charter schools, foreshadows a difficult fight.

Brill's anger about union opposition to charter schools is strangely undiminished by the results of the nation's most comprehensive study of charter schools, which was funded by pro-charter school foundations.

In fact Stamford Parent Teacher Council members came to the SBOE meeting with more than 700 petition signatures in opposition to the charter school.

Harlem parents outraged by state Sen. Bill Perkins» opposition to charter schools are looking to teach him a lesson come election time.

Massey criticized the mayor's Renewal Schools program and his opposition to charter schools.

The speech mocked the mayor for his foreign travel, his opposition to charter schools, and his inability to deliver on core political promises, and signaled an admitted «interest» by Moskowitz in unseating de Blasio in 2017.

Much of this money was spent on advertisements attacking Mr. de Blasio for his opposition to charter schools and a later ad praising Mr. Cuomo for coming to their aid.

Families for Excellent Schools, a group financed by wealthy charter school supporters, seized on the speech, in which the mayor pledged to create 100,000 well - paying jobs over the next decade, to attack him for his opposition to charter schools.

Jason Riley, Wall Street Journal columnist and senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, sits down with Paul E. Peterson to discuss where the opposition to charter schools is coming from.

Although it shouldn't have surprised me, one of the things I found most difficult to accept was the opposition to charter schools voiced by many legislators from minority communities, where the existing schools were failing and charter options were so desperately needed.

Opposition to charter schools, to the extent that it exists, appears to be highest among those who know less about them.

A handful of Michigan public school teachers have expressed their opposition to charter schools by refusing to accept student - teachers from universities that grant charters.

It's clear that opposition to charter schools, and the support of the status quo, have financial repercussions that will cost this state dearly.

Mary, the graphic simply was a manifestation of what is really behind the opposition to charter schools.

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People reiterated its opposition to charter schools Saturday when its board of directors ratified a resolution calling for a moratorium on charter school expansion until more oversight is established.

Worst of all, says Brill, is union opposition to charter schools — publicly funded institutions which, he says, take a «no excuses» attitude toward education.

In Hoboken, opposition to charter schools was a decisive issue in a race that swept into office a new slate of the school board candidates.

Julia is a retiree and member of the United Federation of Teachers union, and supports de Blasio mainly because of his opposition to charter schools.

NEA had not taken any formal steps to determine who its rank - and - file actually preferred for the Democratic nomination, but it's no secret that there were many in the union who favored Sanders over Clinton, citing the socialist's «opposition to charter schools, support for collective bargaining rights and free tuition at public higher education institutions.»

On Saturday, America's oldest civil rights organization made its opposition to charter schools and Black families official.

The speech mocked the mayor for his foreign travel, his opposition to charter schools, and his inability to deliver on core political promises, and signaled an admitted «interest» by Moskowitz in unseating de Blasio in 2017.

But a number of black Democrats said they mistrusted Republicans» claims of wanting to improve education for black children, a current that flows strongly through their opposition to charter schools.

The political calculus also has made charter schools more appealing, as Democrats and teacher unions have softened their opposition to charter schools.