Sentences with phrase «other education advocacy groups»

WEAC and other education advocacy groups have partnered to advance recommendations to the DOJ for project funding that fits within solutions identified during a massive summit on school safety in 2015.

During the 2014 budget session, we joined forces with other education advocacy groups and organized a campaign to share student stories about school funding shortfalls and ensure the legislature restored school investment to more adequate, pre-Recessionary levels.

The president of Washington's largest teachers» union said the effort had one other positive result: fruitful collaboration between the governor, the Legislature, parents, other education advocacy groups, local school districts and the Washington Education Association, representing teachers.

Not exact matches

«Sometimes, what looks good on paper doesn't work on the ground,» said Katherine Shek, a legislative analyst for the National School Boards Association, which praised Obama's commitment to school nutrition but joined two other national education advocacy groups — the American Association of School Administrators and the Council of the Great City Schools — in opposing the legislation.

Some say the bill seeks to stifle contributions to issue advocacy groups that campaign for changes to environmental, education, criminal justice, government ethics, and other policies.

National political strategist L. Joy Williams, who was recently appointed as a senior adviser for education activist and actress Cynthia Nixon's gubernatorial campaign, weighed in on what made her join the Nixon campaign and her thoughts on Nixon's advocacy toward people of color and other marginalized groups, on Tuesday night.

But news of the additional reform measures emerged as good - government advocacy groups blasted other gubernatorial proposals to create Cuomo - appointed inspectors general overseeing state agencies, the SUNY and CUNY systems, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the State Education Department.

Labor leaders and some public - education advocacy groups, on the other hand, are hoping for a majority of exclusively mainstream Democrats which would be more inclined beat back pro-charter legislation and a controversial tax credit proposal.

With schools and other public services threatened with more budget cuts this year, UFT President Michael Mulgrew joined fellow labor leaders and representatives from community and education advocacy groups at a «99 New York» rally on Oct. 17 on the City Hall steps demanding that the state millionaire's tax be extended.

Co-sponsored legislation and supported efforts to combat the Heroin and Opioid crisis, including a policy to raise additional revenue for education and prevention, creating a Family Advocate to help individuals and families navigate insurance and other issues while seeking treatment and supporting local advocacy groups.

The Mars Society is pleased to announce that it has joined the online Marspedia project started by two other space advocacy groups - The Mars Foundation and The Moon Society - in an effort to build out a great resource for people of all ages to learn more about the planet Mars, promote the human and robotic exploration of the Red Planet and encourage STEM education.

SAN DIEGO and SAN FRANCISCO, February 23, 2017 — ViaCyte, Inc., a privately - held regenerative medicine company, and Beyond Type 1, a not - for - profit advocacy and education group for those living with type 1 diabetes, today announced a grant from Beyond Type 1 to support ViaCyte's efforts to develop a functional cure for type 1 and other insulin - requiring diabetes.

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.

ConnCAN, a Connecticut - based education advocacy group, has released a report comparing assessment systems in other states.

Members included representatives of the State Special Education Advisory Committee (SSEAC), parents, school division personnel, school division directors of special education, other state agencies, the Parent Educational Advocacy Training Center (PEATC), Training / Technical Assistance Centers early childhood specialists, transition specialists, various advocacy groups, and VDOE staffEducation Advisory Committee (SSEAC), parents, school division personnel, school division directors of special education, other state agencies, the Parent Educational Advocacy Training Center (PEATC), Training / Technical Assistance Centers early childhood specialists, transition specialists, various advocacy groups, and VDOE staffeducation, other state agencies, the Parent Educational Advocacy Training Center (PEATC), Training / Technical Assistance Centers early childhood specialists, transition specialists, various advocacy groups, and VDOE staff Advocacy Training Center (PEATC), Training / Technical Assistance Centers early childhood specialists, transition specialists, various advocacy groups, and VDOE staff advocacy groups, and VDOE staff members.

The group's advocacy draws from recent think tank pieces and other sources to argue for «a new definition of public education, which is publicly funded and publicly accountable — and encompasses private schools.»

Serve as a national representative for elementary and middle - school education to Congress, the Executive Branch, state and federal agencies, the news media, researchers, educators, and other education and child advocacy groups;

The NEA has arguably done more for teachers and public education than any other advocacy group in the United States.

Amy Wilkins of the Education Trust, an advocacy group that seeks to close the achievement gap, said she is concerned that plans submitted by Indiana and Oklahoma don't do enough to hold schools accountable for educating Latino, African American and other minority children.

I was introduced to Nashville Rise after seeking out education advocacy groups and engaging with other involved parents.

Prior to joining JFF in 2014, Dr. Heller was an independent consultant for many years, serving as a writer, editor, and strategic counsel to numerous education advocacy groups, foundations, associations, and other organizations.

E4E was thrilled to be able to work with such a wide range of education advocacy groups in this effort, including United Way of Los Angeles, Education Trust — West, Teach Plus, Parent Revolution, Alliance for a Better Community and maneducation advocacy groups in this effort, including United Way of Los Angeles, Education Trust — West, Teach Plus, Parent Revolution, Alliance for a Better Community and manEducation Trust — West, Teach Plus, Parent Revolution, Alliance for a Better Community and many others.

NSBA works strategically with our state school boards associations, national education and disability associations, and other advocacy groups to support federal funding for special education.

Collectively, CLASS represents 115,000 students, teachers, parents and other community members, and has also cast its net wider than traditional education advocacy groups to include parent groups, health advocates and foster youth organizations

The Coalition for School Reform's District 6 (East San Fernando Valley) runoff election coffers have been replenished thanks to big donations received from Los Angeles philanthropist Eli Broad and StudentsFirst, Michelle Rhee's education advocacy group, among others.

StudentsFirstNY, an advocacy group that promotes charter schools and other education reforms, on whose board several of those donors sit, strongly endorsed the governor's campaign to make test scores matter more in evaluations, saying the existing system bore «zero resemblance» to how students themselves were performing across the state.

ConnCAN, known to us as the charter school advocacy group formed by Achievement First Inc., the charter school management company, that was set up by Stefan Pryor and friends, beat out every other «education reform» group in the country, do to their ability to consistently misrepresent the facts on the most constant basis.

In other cases, Mr. Gates has actually created entirely new advocacy groups, while at the same time financially supporting many Washington education analysts with contacts with journalists, even giving grants to some media organizations.

Serve as a national representative for elementary and middle school education to Congress, the Executive Branch, state and federal agencies, the news media, researchers, educators, and other education and child advocacy groups;

A Better Connecticut is the latest charter school advocacy group to develop out of ConnCAN, the group that was created by Jonathan Sackler and the other deep financial pockets that funded the creation of Achievement First, Inc. the charter school management company that was co-founded by Malloy's Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor.

More visible, for now, are two of the other trends that Schuster saw in 1982: Many state - level officials are now scrambling to develop their own capacity to take the lead on K - 12 education, and all sorts of advocacy groups are scrambling to figure out how they can wield influence effectively in this new environment.

Essaibi - George's call for a hearing is part of an effort by education advocacy groups and others to increase investment in the city's public schools.

New Profit, Inc. also «invests» in a variety of other corporate education reform industry companies and front groups including Educators 4 Excellence, a New York based anti-union advocacy group that recently opened offices in Connecticut; the Kipp Charter School Chain, a company that runs well over 100 charter schools around the nation; the «Achievement Network» and «Turnaround for Children,» two other corporate education reform organizations.

FaithActs for Education also shares an address with Educators 4 Excellence, another corporate funded advocacy group that claims to speak for teachers who are opposed to tenure and other collective bargaining rights.

To date, Malloy's political consultants have collected well in excess of $ 2.5 million from A Better Connecticut and other corporate education reform advocacy groups.

«There is backlash in other states that didn't get Race to the Top money and are now ticked off,» says Jeannette LaFors of Education Trust — West, an advocacy group.

According to a report in MPRnews, Education Minnesota, the teacher's union in the state, and other advocacy groups want lawmakers to put legislation in the books that increases student loan forgiveness and funding for training programs and mentoring.

The Humane Education and Advocacy Program serves to educate children and adults about responsible animal stewardship through (1) creating and providing humane education programs; (2) providing informational services to supporters and the general public; (3) networking with other humane organizations; (4) creating and distributing humane education materials; (5) creating, maintaining, and disseminating relevant information via the NHES website, social networking sites, and email newsletters; and (6) advocating for animals by encouraging private companies, law enforcement, regulatory agencies, lawmakers, and other groups nationally and internationally to adopt policies and practices that support the humane treatment ofEducation and Advocacy Program serves to educate children and adults about responsible animal stewardship through (1) creating and providing humane education programs; (2) providing informational services to supporters and the general public; (3) networking with other humane organizations; (4) creating and distributing humane education materials; (5) creating, maintaining, and disseminating relevant information via the NHES website, social networking sites, and email newsletters; and (6) advocating for animals by encouraging private companies, law enforcement, regulatory agencies, lawmakers, and other groups nationally and internationally to adopt policies and practices that support the humane treatment ofeducation programs; (2) providing informational services to supporters and the general public; (3) networking with other humane organizations; (4) creating and distributing humane education materials; (5) creating, maintaining, and disseminating relevant information via the NHES website, social networking sites, and email newsletters; and (6) advocating for animals by encouraging private companies, law enforcement, regulatory agencies, lawmakers, and other groups nationally and internationally to adopt policies and practices that support the humane treatment ofeducation materials; (5) creating, maintaining, and disseminating relevant information via the NHES website, social networking sites, and email newsletters; and (6) advocating for animals by encouraging private companies, law enforcement, regulatory agencies, lawmakers, and other groups nationally and internationally to adopt policies and practices that support the humane treatment of animals.

The Retreat's programs include a residential shelter for women and children, a 24 - hour domestic violence hotline, individual and group counseling, legal advocacy for all victims of domestic violence, programs to engage troubled fathers and other men who may be at - risk of committing family violence, and an in - school violence prevention education program taught in local area schools.

The small group was inspired to form a new grassroots education, advocacy and activism network focused on climate change and other environmental issues.

In - house training programs External firm - paid seminars Continuing legal education (CLE) Organized / formal mentor program Trial advocacy training Observation opportunities Practice group training Retreats Other: Business development coaching

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