What a goofy notion: debating how to fulfill
the promise of public education with more seriousness and fewer superficial slogans?
Not exact matches
With youth sports concussion safety laws in place in all 50 states, increased
public awareness about concussions, and growing concernabout the long - term effect
of repetitive head impacts, the demand for concussion
education, not just for parents, coaches, and athletes, but for health care professionals as well is at an all - time high, and
promises to go even higher in the coming years.
Senate Deputy Majority Leader Jeff Klein, one
of several Democrats targeted by a recent AFL - CIO leaflet campaign for leaving a «trail
of broken
promises» to labor unions, is hitting back
with a mailer that highlights his support for
public education.
«One year ago,
with the
promise of Education Tax Credits on the horizon, thousands
of tuition - paying families were left out in the cold — excluded from a state budget that provides the nation's highest level
of spending per pupil in
public schools,» he said.
The NASUWT won the support
of TUC Congress in Liverpool for its campaign to reclaim the
promise of our
public education service,
with its entitlements for all children and young people, and to maintain our world class schools.
The school already has over a decade's experience opening its campus to
public school enrichment camps and initiatives like Growing Girls and Gardens, where they are taking best practices from their venerable independent school for girls, working
with the school district, and applying the learning to benefit some
of the city's neediest students — walking the walk to offer outstanding
education and opportunity for
promising girls.
Known popularly as the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act and passed
with strong bipartisan support in Congress, this new legislation
promises an important shift in efforts at all levels to improve the quality
of public education.
No wealthy benefactor
with an extreme agenda will detour us from our path to reclaim the
promise of public education.»
Design a school that pays more and reaches all
with excellence — October 10, 2013
Public Impact Co-Directors Refresh Vision: Opportunity Culture for ALL — September 25, 2013 Report shows
promising alternative to closing failing charter schools — August 14, 2013 Rocketship
Education: Bringing tech closer to teachers — July 24, 2013 Case study: New charter pays more, extends teachers» reach, gets strong results — July 9, 2013 Case study: How Charlotte zone planned Opportunity Culture schools — June 27, 2013 Case study: How one Leading Educators fellow extends her reach — June 17, 2013 Opportunity Culture district creates paid role for student teachers — May 22, 2013 Reports: City - based organizations» roles in quality digital learning — May 15, 2013 Nation's fifth - largest district explores extending reach
of excellent teachers — May 9, 2013 A Better Blend: Combine digital instruction and great teaching to dramatically improve learning — April 30, 2013 Indiana Encourages Dramatically Different Models in New Charter Schools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded
with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture
with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — Now What?
Please join
with us as we stand up for the
promise of public education, and for the
public schools all children deserve.
The poll was released as the AFT announced a major effort at the AFT TEACH conference in Washington, D.C., to partner
with parents and community to reclaim the
promise of public education.
Say Yes to
Education coordinates a citywide collaboration of government agencies, schools, nonprofits and others in Syracuse and Buffalo to make «wraparound» services available for all public school children K - to - 12, along with the promise of paid - for college education to those who graduate from hig
Education coordinates a citywide collaboration
of government agencies, schools, nonprofits and others in Syracuse and Buffalo to make «wraparound» services available for all
public school children K - to - 12, along
with the
promise of paid - for college
education to those who graduate from hig
education to those who graduate from high school.
We can no longer implement policies that seek to transform the broad
promises of public education into a narrow obsession
with the ranking and sorting
of children.
Last week, American Federation
of Teachers president Randi Weingarten wrote a piece in Huffington Post that typifies the union mentality, trashing school choice, before donning the good - witch mask to end
with «We are at a pivotal moment — a moment when we must reclaim the
promise of public education without further detours, distractions and delays.»
As Texas Aspires Chairman and former Texas
Education Commissioner Michael Williams said, «It saddens me to see the representatives of a civil rights group become so embattled in the national politics of education that they fail to see the promise of more funding for all public schools or the great work so many charters are doing with students of colo
Education Commissioner Michael Williams said, «It saddens me to see the representatives
of a civil rights group become so embattled in the national politics
of education that they fail to see the promise of more funding for all public schools or the great work so many charters are doing with students of colo
education that they fail to see the
promise of more funding for all
public schools or the great work so many charters are doing
with students
of color».
Proponents jumped on board the campaign
with all sorts
of promises that the standards were a civil rights cause, declaring them to be «Brown 2.0 ″ for
education — a reference to Brown vs. Board of Education, the landmark Supreme Court case mandating racial integration in public
education — a reference to Brown vs. Board
of Education, the landmark Supreme Court case mandating racial integration in public
Education, the landmark Supreme Court case mandating racial integration in
public schools.
This frustration and fatigue over failed «reforms,» and a growing consensus among parents and educators about more -
promising ways to provide all children
with a great
education, make this a critical moment to reclaim the
promise of public education.
Hillary understands that to reclaim the
promise of public education, policymakers need to work
with educators and their unions.
Equipping new teachers
with proven skills and habits for inspiring students and increasing academic success is the least we can do as part
of delivering on our America's
promise of a stellar
public education.
The Trump administration,
with Betsy DeVos at the head
of the Department
of Education, is a grave threat to the promise of quality public education for all
Education, is a grave threat to the
promise of quality
public education for all
education for all children.
Charter schools are
public schools that deliver the
promise of a quality
education to ALL student populations, including those
with disabilities and / or special needs.
One need to go no farther than a short drive down the turnpike to civil rights expert, Dr. Yohuru Williams
of Fairfield University, who has demonstrated
with thunderous authority, through the actual words and sayings
of Dr. Martin Luther King, that the leader
of the U.S. civil rights movement would have never stood beside those who seek to privatize and monetize
public education, nor would he have supported the high stakes testing obsession that has crippled the
promise of public education, dehumanized children, and driven countless educators out
of the profession.
With Betsy DeVos on the verge
of becoming the United States Secretary
of Education and President Donald Trump promising to divert $ 20 billion in federal funding from public schools to privatization through school choice programs, the movement to undermine public education must be deliriously excited about their prospects over the next fo
Education and President Donald Trump
promising to divert $ 20 billion in federal funding from
public schools to privatization through school choice programs, the movement to undermine
public education must be deliriously excited about their prospects over the next fo
education must be deliriously excited about their prospects over the next four years.
President Trump and
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos have
promised to expand alternatives to
public schools, including vouchers that allow children to attend private and religious schools
with the aid
of taxpayer dollars.
Specific provisions included scholarships and loans to students in higher
education,
with loans to students preparing to be teachers and to those who showed
promise in the curricular areas
of mathematics, science, engineering, and modern foreign languages; grants to states for programs in mathematics, science, and modern foreign languages in
public schools; the establishment
of centres to expand and improve the teaching
of languages; help to graduate students, including fellowships for doctoral students to prepare them to be professors at institutions
of higher learning; assistance for the improvement
of guidance, counseling, and testing programs; provisions for research and experimentation in the use
of television, radio, motion pictures, and related media for educational purposes; and the improvement
of statistical services at the state level.
Sections include «Communities
of Practice: Supporting Culturally Efficacious Leaders and Teachers,» «Teacher
Education Programs: The
Promise and Possibilities
of Preparing a Culturally Diverse Teaching Force,» «Recruiting and Retaining Teacher Candidates
of Color: University Partnerships
with Public Schools» and «Diversity Plans, Demographic Trends and Accreditation in Higher
Education.»
With a
promise to tackle issues
of poverty alongside
education, the two rallied support across the
public and private sectors.
«While the new law holds great
promise for advancing
public education, now is a critical time to focus on its implementation, and to ensure that the U.S. Department of Education works collaboratively and meaningfully with school districts and local school board
education, now is a critical time to focus on its implementation, and to ensure that the U.S. Department
of Education works collaboratively and meaningfully with school districts and local school board
Education works collaboratively and meaningfully
with school districts and local school boards.»
Clinton would reduce the cost
of college by providing states
with grants to support two years
of tuition - free community college and / or four years
of tuition - free
education at in - state
public colleges and universities for students from families making less than $ 125,000 (phased in over 4 years starting at $ 85,000), building on her
promise to ensure access to «debt - free» college.