Sentences with phrase «prominent education advocacy»

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Loeb is a prominent backer of charter schools and the education reform movement, which the governor has embraced, much to the chagrin of public teachers unions and their allies in public education advocacy organizations.

Encouraging those voices is important, since «most educators — just like most Americans — don't have personal experience with the military,» says Mary Keller, the longtime leader of the Military Child Education Coalition, a prominent advocacy and resource center for teachers and parents, and one of the sponsors of the OEE campaign.

And today, growing segments of the education sector — not just teachers, but also their unions, lawmakers, parents, and prominent researchers and advocacy groups — seem to be forgetting (or willfully ignoring) the value of statewide standardized testing.

This year's finalists were selected from among 75 of the largest districts in the country by a review board of 13 prominent education researchers, policy leaders, practitioners and executives from leading universities, education associations, civil rights advocacy organizations, think - tanks and foundations.

To achieve growth and expansion by the year 2019 where CRCC is viewed as a vital, vibrant, and influential organization whose main focus continues to support a viable and relevant CRC certification while also advancing, supporting, and welcoming the rehabilitation counseling community through a more dedicated and prominent focus on education offerings and on advocacy, at all levels.