Sentences with phrase «public school advocates»

Some of the changes are being welcomed by public school advocates who have been fighting corporate school reform, which includes standardized test - based accountability systems and the expansion of charter schools.

A major concern from public school advocates is that this could mean that there will be more testing in the name of accountability.

Public school advocates say such a tax credit is a voucher program in disguise and would divert tax dollars from struggling public schools.

Here are two more opportunities to join with other public school advocates, share the truth about our schools, and plan some action to support and protect public education.

As public school advocates, we must be unified in our messaging and proactive in our delivery.

Overall school funding is a frequent complaint among public school advocates.

For local public school advocates, the school's participation, while small at just 10 voucher students, is ominous.

Public school advocates offer one possible solution; voucher proponents urge another.

Public school advocates called the proposed legislation inadequate, saying it doesn't provide resources to improve schools.

Public school advocates fear an erosion of funding for public schools.

Jose Vilson of EduColor, a movement and platform for educational equity and justice, discusses strategies for elevating the voices of public school advocates of color.

It was during those years the Republican governor and lawmakers earned the scorn of many public school advocates by essentially eliminating collective bargaining for public school teachers by enacting the law known as Act 10, cutting funding and freezing school board members» ability to raise property taxes to pay for school costs, while at the same time expanding public funding for private school vouchers.

An important guest post from Josesph Ricciotti, a retired educator and a leading public school advocate in Connecticut.

I think it's disingenuous of traditional public school advocates to blame charter schools for their systemic and chronic failures.

Diane Ravitch, the nation's leading public school advocate pointed out the harsh reality in her blog yesterday, Connecticut Governor Malloy Increases Funding for Charters, Cuts Funding for Public Schools;

Lawmakers are promoting these bills as opportunities for underserved students to gain access to high quality educational offerings, but the bills have sparked a huge outcry by public school advocates who say that the programs would devastate public schools and fail to serve the students for whom they are intended.

Public school advocates point to other surveys that give New York education far better grades, but for now Cuomo has the public's attention.

In the Sept. 13 Democratic primaries, public school advocates backed by the UFT and NYSUT helped defeat a half - dozen challengers who had the financial backing of a super PAC promoting privatization and other schemes that siphon funding from public schools and harm working families.

Fellow public school advocates and columnists, Wendy Lecker and Sara Darer Littman have written TWO MUST READ columns this week.

Congratulations to the Clark and SAND school parents and public school advocates on their victory!

As teachers, parents and public school advocates know, the corporate education reform industry has been putting out inaccurate and misleading statements, along with outright lies, to persuade the public that teacher tenure is bad.

While stakeholders were still processing the lengthy budget plan Thursday, it earned a tepid reaction from public school advocates at the NCAE.

House Bill 13 offers a temporary respite on those directives, returning district flexibility over average and maximum individual class sizes in K - 3, although public school advocates say a long - term plan for saving teaching positions will require a major boost in the state's investment in schools.

Instead of mandating penalties for schools — something public school advocates spoke strongly against at a public hearing Wednesday on the Assembly bill that went on for nearly 12 hours — Walker said pressure from those living in the district would be enough to force change.

Tuesday night Clark Rising, a grassroots group of Clark Elementary School parents, SAND Elementary School parents and local public school advocates joined forces to fight back against the corporate takeover of both schools by Achievement First, Inc. and Capital Preparatory Magnet School, respectively.

Connecticut's students, parents, teachers and public school advocates needs more public school superintendents to follow Thomas Scarice's action and step up and speak out.

«Education savings accounts are another example of taking public taxpayer dollars and allowing it to be spent on private schools with no accountability and no transparency,» Rep. Graig Meyer, an Orange County Democrat and outspoken public school advocate who sits on the state House education committee, complained Wednesday.

Public school advocates claim that North Carolina's low teacher pay ranking and shortfall from national average pay levels indicate that we aren't paying our teachers enough.

Winner said she believes public school advocates were close to agreement on this bill when the session adjourned.

When Nicole Baker Fulgham met one of her fellow faith - based public school advocates for coffee once, he recounted a conversation he had with a friend who is a long - time elementary school principal in the Bronx.

With the controversy over school closings and turnarounds behind the district — at least until next year — Chicago Public Schools advocates are refocusing efforts once again on the longer school day debate.

Johnson's amendment highlights longstanding and multi-faceted debates among voucher proponents, disability rights advocates and public school advocates over whether private schools that get taxpayer - funded vouchers should be subject to the same rules governing public schools.

With Election Day less than nine weeks away, Connecticut teachers, parents and public school advocates continue to wait for an indication as to whether any of the candidates for governor will truly stand up against the tide of the corporate education reform industry, including their absurd, unfair and expensive Common Core testing scheme.

She is a staunch public school advocate and served as the spokesperson for the Alliance for Quality Education.

In the Capitol building, public school advocates unfurl a petition to keep the cap on the number of charter schools.

Since the turmoil that saw public school advocates protest across the state — New York State United Teachers decried he tests as an «erosion of local control» — the state Department of Education has revised the controversial testing, reducing the number of questions on the exams, encouraging more teacher involvement in developing them, no longer timing the tests and reducing potential teacher penalties.

Many politicians and public school advocates agree with Democratic Rep. Patrick Rose of the Texas state legislature that «we ought not be in the business of supporting for - profit education.

DoE staff members — and public school advocates outside the department — could also try to sway DeVos's handling of other department responsibilities, such as discrimination complaints filed against universities, and investigating sexual assaults on college campuses under Title IX.

«Pat's a passionate public school advocate at a time when public schools have taken a beating in Wisconsin,» Borsuk says.

Except, unlike other charter schools, traditional public school advocates like those supporting Nixon are not calling for its closure.

Teachers unions and traditional public school advocates accused him of not listening to them, of failing to slow down and assess what was and wasn't working as the state implemented the Common Core (which was first introduced by his predecessor).

Join Sacramento area public school advocates for this STAND UP monthly meeting focusing on school choice.