Sentences with phrase «public school advocacy group»

The public school advocacy group called We Raise NJ just released a the results of a recent poll exploring NJ residents» views on current course content standards, aligned tests, and school quality.

The founder of a grassroots public school advocacy group based in northern Wisconsin says Rep. Mary Czaja backs «draconian» budget cuts to public education at the behest of Republican party leadership.

Their hope is that students, parents, citizens and public school advocacy groups will use the film to help start an important conversation about the role and value of public education in America.

Still, Yevonne Brannon, chairwoman of Public Schools First N.C., a public schools advocacy group, says the leadership of public charters, regardless of whether they receive funding or support from outside of North Carolina, should reside with the population it serves.

Wednesday's committee meeting came one day before Gary Henry, a professor of public policy and education at Vanderbilt University, was scheduled to present his seminal research on achievement school districts to the Public School Forum of North Carolina, a public schools advocacy group, in Raleigh.

Republican leadership in the General Assembly has been a frequent target of public school advocacy groups in recent years.

Not exact matches

As a result, Jewish groups, though usually nervous about evangelicals» intentions regarding public schools, have pointedly distanced themselves from the position of People for the American Way — one of the active liberal advocacy groups — that parents with religious concerns should enroll their children in private schools.

An new report from an education advocacy group accuses members of the state Senate's eight - member IDC of betraying traditional public schools in exchange for campaign donations from charter school supporters.

A coalition of New York public health, environment and healthy schools advocacy groups have banded together as they push state government leaders to take action.

State leaders and advocacy groups have accused the board of making decisions that favor private school students at the expense of public school children, many of whom are low - income, have disabilities or are immigrants who don't speak English.

Buffalo Public Schools posted opt - out rates that fell from 9 percent to 7.7 percent in English language arts and from 15 percent to 8 percent on the math tests, preliminary numbers compiled by the opt - out advocacy group United to Counter the Core show.

New Yorkers for Students» Educational Rights, an education advocacy group, is suing Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the Board of Regents and state Education Commissioner John King, claiming the state has systematically shortgaged the public school system by failing failing to comply with an agreement that followed the landmark Campaign for Fiscal Equity Ruling of 2006.

At 11 a.m., amid a growing flood of reports of lead in school drinking water around the state and the country, a coalition of New York public health, environment, and healthy schools advocacy groups will call on state government leaders to take action, LCA Press Room (130), Legislative Office Building, Albany.

Coalition for Opportunity in Education, a group whose advocacy is focused exclusively on the Education Investment Tax Credit, which would incentivize donations to private school scholarships or public schools, spent $ 659,404.

«It's an acquired taste,» said Nina Rees, C.E.O. of National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, a Washington D.C. - based charter advocacy group.

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.

So far this school year, the city has approved nine charter co-locations within public schools, with three proposals still pending for June, according to the advocacy group New York City Charter School Cschool year, the city has approved nine charter co-locations within public schools, with three proposals still pending for June, according to the advocacy group New York City Charter School CSchool Center.

In the wake of the closing of a Bronx schools contaminated with a toxic chemical, two advocacy groups and eight members of the City Council have written to Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott demanding immediate testing of city school on leased property and a public disclosure of he rschools contaminated with a toxic chemical, two advocacy groups and eight members of the City Council have written to Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott demanding immediate testing of city school on leased property and a public disclosure of he rSchools Chancellor Dennis Walcott demanding immediate testing of city school on leased property and a public disclosure of he results.

... The report was commissioned by the Alliance for Quality Education, an education research and advocacy group that is calling the current public school system «a tale of two systems,» echoing Bill de Blasio's «tale of two cities» campaign slogan.

Demanding that Gov. Cuomo pay up on the state's long - overdue $ 2.5 billion debt to New York City public schools, two education advocacy groups at a press conference on Feb. 19 released a report that broke down the money owed by Assembly and Senate district in New York City so that each lawmaker who is going to vote on the state budget can tell exactly how much money is missing from his or her district.

Several groups, led by the Campaign for Fiscal Equity (CFE), a nonprofit legal advocacy organization, filed suit in 1993 claiming that New York State was depriving New York City public school students of their constitutional rights to a «sound basic education,» a standard that had been prescribed in 1982 by the state's highest court (in New York, the Court of Appeals).

Advocacy Groups Empower Parents to Act as Catalysts for School Reform A growing number of nonprofit organizations bypass PTAs to force change in public education

Through community outreach, a chapter of the national advocacy group Parents for Public Schools (PPS) found that many Pitt County parents were frustrated by the kindergarten enrollment and transition process.

The liberal advocacy group People for the American Way has dropped its annual report that chronicled incidents of alleged censorship in U.S. public schools.

In the 2013 — 14 school year, 651 new charter schools opened around the country, and 202 charters closed, a 3 - to - 1 ratio that has held steady for the past five years, according to the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, an advocacy and researchschools opened around the country, and 202 charters closed, a 3 - to - 1 ratio that has held steady for the past five years, according to the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, an advocacy and researchSchools, an advocacy and research group.

The Arizona Community Foundation, along with other organizations and businesses, pooled their resources to create Expect More Arizona, an advocacy group designed to raise the public's expectations for its public schools.

The New York City Board of Education «effectively robs from public - school children» to provide Chapter 1 remedial services to students from religious schools, an advocacy group for public education has charged.

Over the next year, Aaron Tang and Ethan Hutt, the energetic founders of a new education advocacy group, aim to get 1 million middle school, high school, and college students to sign a petition calling for high - quality public education for all students, not just those in suburban and middle - class neighborhoods.

Many school districts are taking the slow approach to better nutrition and may not be in compliance with the National School Lunch Program's new guidelines for several years, according to a report released last week by the advocacy group Public Voice for Food and Health Pschool districts are taking the slow approach to better nutrition and may not be in compliance with the National School Lunch Program's new guidelines for several years, according to a report released last week by the advocacy group Public Voice for Food and Health PSchool Lunch Program's new guidelines for several years, according to a report released last week by the advocacy group Public Voice for Food and Health Policy.

The South hit a demographic turning point over the past couple of years, becoming the first U.S. region in which both low - income and minority students constitute a majority of public school enrollment, an Atlanta - based advocacy group says.

«The students, their families, the educators (and indeed the entire country) need a national independent, democratically organized charter advocacy group to advocate for independently managed, financially transparent, community oriented public charter schools as articulated in our manifesto.»

Three advocacy groups are hosting a panel on discipline in public schools tomorrow night in Nashville.

At a panel convened last week by the Public School Forum of N.C., a research and advocacy group in Raleigh, Tulbert was one of several principals at low - performing schools — many of them teeming with low - income children — who described how their children tend to arrive lagging behind their middle - class and upper - class peers.

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.

The state board received a draft of the state plan in May; the state Department of Education has held statewide meetings and received extensive comments from the public and school and advocacy groups.

Ford was a world history teacher at Garinger High, a predominantly minority school in Charlotte, but, last year, he accepted a position as program director for the N.C. Public Schools Forum, a public school research and advocacy group in RaPublic Schools Forum, a public school research and advocacy group in Rapublic school research and advocacy group in Raleigh.

Attendees included independent charter school leaders from across the city, representatives from charter school advocacy groups, and a special appearance by the New York City Public, Advocate Letitia James.

For example, a report released recently (by the ACLU SoCal and Public Advocates, a nonprofit law firm and advocacy group) found that more than 20 percent of all California charter schools have enrollment policies that violate state and federal law.

The lack of progress in the younger grades trickles up: More than half of English learners now in California high schools are «long - term English learners,» meaning they have been in public schools for six years without learning English, according to a 2010 report by Californians Together, a nonprofit advocacy group.

Nina Rees, head of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, an advocacy group that lobbies on behalf of charter sSchools, an advocacy group that lobbies on behalf of charter schoolsschools.

A coalition of education - advocacy groups behind the effort is seeking a maximum of 40 public charter schools over five years, operated by qualified nonprofits and overseen by a local school board or a special state commission.

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On Monday, March 5, 2012, members of the broad alliance of Florida education advocacy groups including: Citizens for Strong Schools, 50th No More, Florida PTA, Fund Education Now, Marions United for Public Education, Save Duval Schools and Support Dade Schools traveled to Tallahassee to join a press conference at 9:30 A in Room 301 of the Florida Senate Office Building.

Many advocacy groups now position charter schools as competitors — rather than collaborators — with traditional public schools.

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.»

The Synergy Conference convenes hundreds of out - of - school time providers, including faith - based organizations, community colleges, universities, child advocacy groups, community entities, and other stakeholders to share insight on research - based practices, effective programs, and public policies that impact students and their overall success in school and life.

The children, dressed in matching neon yellow T - shirts reading «charter schools are public schools», raised colorful signs painted by staffers from charter - advocacy groups, and danced to Top 40 songs piped in on a massive speaker system.

Building on those findings, this month, the National Alliance of Public Charter Schools, the National Association of Charter School Authorizers (Richmond's group), and 50Can, an education reform advocacy group, jointly released a report with recommendations for states to hold virtual charters more accountable for student performance.

Similarly, the Florida school choice advocacy group RefinED contends that school vouchers, which allow parents to transfer students to private schools at taxpayer expense, make private schools part of the public school system.