Sentences with phrase «public education advocacy»

Three of the state's largest public education advocacy groups are leading opposition to legislation that would greatly restrict the use of long - term bond issues by school districts.

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.

NEW YORK, Jan. 24, 2011 --- Diane Ravitch, a national authority on education policy, will be the keynote speaker at the kick - off event for Parents Across America (PAA), a new national public education advocacy organization, on Monday Feb. 7 in NYC.

MEDIA ADVISORY New national organization, Parents Across America, launches with inaugural education forum in NYC featuring Diane Ravitch NEW YORK, Jan. 24, 2011 --- Diane Ravitch, a national authority on education policy, will be the keynote speaker at the kick - off event for Parents Across America (PAA), a new national public education advocacy organization, on Monday Feb. 7 in NYC.

«What happened was you had a whole bunch of folks who wanted standards but not standardization,» said Arnold Fege, president of Public Advocacy for Kids, a nonprofit public education advocacy group.

Coalition «Established in 2006, the Keystone State Education Coalition is a growing grass roots, non-partisan public education advocacy group of several hundred locally elected, volunteer school board members and administrators from school districts throughout Pennsylvania.»

The Albany - based public education advocacy group issued a statement saying the lawsuit «will only divert more money away from public schools, at the expense of our children.»

Their mission «is to evaluate, discuss and inform our boards, district constituents and legislators on legislative issues of common interest and to facilitate active engagement in public education advocacy.»

Teachers unions and public education advocacy groups in Texas are actively fighting a state tax credit proposal there.

The group has ties to the Alliance for Quality Education, a public education advocacy group who Nixon has worked closely with and has been deeply critical of Cuomo.

With about a month until a new state budget is due, a public education advocacy group, the Alliance for Quality Education, which is seeking to dramatically boost school funding, is set to unleash an attack video likening Gov. Andrew Cuomo to Trump.

Sherlett Hendy - Newbill has won the endorsement of the Network for Public Education, a public education advocacy group led by Diane Ravitch, one of the strongest voices in the...

A study by the Center on Education Policy, a public education advocacy group in Washington, D.C., found that states and school districts are having problems meeting the law's stringent requirements with limited funding and staffing.

Sherlett Hendy - Newbill has won the endorsement of the Network for Public Education, a public education advocacy group led by Diane Ravitch, one of the strongest voices in the country opposed to standardized testing and charter schools.