Sentences with phrase «pushed city education»

The sign was paid for by the Young Advocates for Fair Education, which has pushed city education officials to investigate yeshivas for allegedly failing to educate their students in nonsecular subjects like science, math and English.

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No group in NYC has amassed more political clout than the teachers union, which has scored a new contract for its members, helped block charter schools from expanding, pushed for the renewal of mayoral control of city schools, and ensured the city education budget continues to soar.

«We're going to demand that Governor Cuomo provide the funding that was afforded to us in a court decision for our schools,» she said as she joined advocates to push for more funding under the Campaign for Fiscal Equity, which in 2007 won a lawsuit against the state to provide increased education funding to the city.

The new mayor's push for a tax increase on the city's wealthy to pay for education programs exemplifies what's tricky for the governor: It's a challenge to Cuomo's centrism, which has been founded on keeping economic and social engineering separate.

Flanagan has pushed New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio to release more information on how education money is spent, declaring the mayor has been less than transparent with state funding.

Nixon, an actress known for her role in the HBO series «Sex and the City» is a prominent advocate for public education funding and has often pushed Albany to spend more money on schools, criticizing Cuomo's stance on funding issues.

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo is proposing to shift payment responsibility to New York City for higher education and health care, is asking state legislators to adopt a congressional model limiting their outside income, will direct $ 2.6 billion to address homelessness in New York State and will push for a system of paid family leave.

Key portions of the city budget are, of course, dependent upon the state budget, so much anticipation (and lobbying) surrounds negotiations in Albany, where Governor Andrew Cuomo is attempting to push through his spending plan, with major education and ethics reforms, despite significant disagreement from both Democrats (who control the State Assembly) and Republicans (who control the State Senate).

At 3 p.m., Sen. Diane Savino and Assemblyman Nick Perry will be pushing a bill that would enact automatic enrollment for all eligible members into the Board of Education retirement System, City Hall Steps, New York City.

Her comments on NY1 came as part of a larger public - relations push, in anticipation of the coming redirection of education policy in City Hall.

And his decision not to fully back Mayor Bloomberg's push to do away with the last in, first out layoff system for teachers is credited with keeping the city teachers union quiet on his proposed education cuts.

Just one day after Mayor Bill de Blasio appeared at City Hall with a bevy of business leaders to push for extending mayoral control of New York City schools, the state Senate education committee held its second hearing on the issue right across the street.

The city teachers union pushed back against comments Mayor Bill de Blasio made that seemed to undercut the validity of some sexual - harassment complaints made by Department of Education employees.

Naftuli Moster, executive director of Yaffed, which has pushed the New York City Department of Education to investigate yeshivas, said Felder's push was «outrageous.»

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Mayor Stephanie Miner and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio are teaming up to push Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state Legislature for massive new education support in the upcoming state budget, according to a report in the New York Daily News.

In a last - ditch effort to push this issue before de Blasio is likely elected, the NYC Department of Education is giving the green light to open or expand 23 charter schools before Bloomberg leaves office and provide them with free space in city buildings.

Mayor Bill de Blasio said today he won't downplay the potential impact of the pro-school voucher stances of President - elect Donald Trump's Education Secretary - designate Betsy DeVos, but he predicted that the city's education initiatives won't be affected and that it won't be «easy» for her to push heEducation Secretary - designate Betsy DeVos, but he predicted that the city's education initiatives won't be affected and that it won't be «easy» for her to push heeducation initiatives won't be affected and that it won't be «easy» for her to push her agenda.

City Council education chair Daniel Dromm is pushing chancellor Carmen Fariña to make Diwali an official public school holiday, but said he hadn't yet heard from the administration about a letter he wrote to Fariña on the topic last week.

Asked about the charter schools» push, a spokeswoman for the city Department of Education said, «We are committed to lifting up all our children, across every zip code, who will be the future of this city together.»

New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg will make an endorsement triple play Tuesday, backing both a Democrat and a Republican in competitive U.S. Senate contests, along with an urban Democratic mayor whose education reform pushes mirror his own.

This year's push by parents and educators for additional state funding for public schools paid off when the governor and Albany lawmakers on April 1 finalized a new state budget that contained a $ 1.4 billion increase in state education funding, with $ 525 million going to New York City public schools.

At a rally in Bed - Stuy this morning, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a new four - week public relations push with local clergy members, aimed at Albany lawmakers who oppose his plan to tax the city's highest - earners to fund expanded education programs.

«We need a budget proposal from the governor and legislature that finally pays the money owed to our children and prioritizes schools that need funding the most,» said Zakiyah Ansari, the advocacy director of the Alliance for Quality Education, at a Jan. 10 press conference outside City Hall to kick off a new push for public school funding in Albany.

«A decade ago, New York's highest court ruled that our state must hand over billions of dollars to improve public education — but that money has not materialized,» said Zakiyah Ansari, the advocacy director of the Alliance for Quality Education, which organized the Jan. 10 press conference on the City Hall steps to kick off the lobbyeducation — but that money has not materialized,» said Zakiyah Ansari, the advocacy director of the Alliance for Quality Education, which organized the Jan. 10 press conference on the City Hall steps to kick off the lobbyEducation, which organized the Jan. 10 press conference on the City Hall steps to kick off the lobbying push.

Cost Shifts & Cuts During his budget testimony, de Blasio pushed back on the more than $ 100 million in cuts and cost shifts to New York City proposed in Cuomo's executive budget, primarily related to placement of foster children and special education services.

I briefly mentioned Sundance and Sony Classics» «An Education,» but another film worth discussing in that vein is «Precious» (formerly «Push: Based on the Novel by Sapphire»), which dominated Park City this year.

Klein's support pushed allies into key posts, and his persuasiveness brought hundreds of millions of dollars from philanthropy to support education reform, not only in New York City but also across the country.

As they have already done with Kindergarten, Gifted & Talented, and Universal pre-K applications, the New York City Department of Education has pushed back their deadline for parents wishing to run for a spot on various education councils, including Citywide Council on High - Schools, English Language Learners, Special Ed, and several DistrictEducation has pushed back their deadline for parents wishing to run for a spot on various education councils, including Citywide Council on High - Schools, English Language Learners, Special Ed, and several Districteducation councils, including Citywide Council on High - Schools, English Language Learners, Special Ed, and several District offices.

Sanderson Hale Doughty Human Development and Psychology Current City: Portland, Oregon Current Job: Teacher, the Portland School of Experiential Education Career highlight: Dedicating my life to early childhood education and pushing the envelope with that is possible in educating and caring for very young children in a progressive learning envEducation Career highlight: Dedicating my life to early childhood education and pushing the envelope with that is possible in educating and caring for very young children in a progressive learning enveducation and pushing the envelope with that is possible in educating and caring for very young children in a progressive learning environment.

A central part of the plan to push back the decline of Catholic education is to treat the city's successful charter school sector as a model, rather than a competitor, although charter schools have been contributing to the Catholic sector's population drain by attracting low - income families who choose a free charter over a tuition - based parochial school.

This is the path for many dually certified special education teachers in New York City as the push for inclusion continues to spread.

Grogan believes that because the parent constituency of inner - city schools is not politically powerful, foundations serve as necessary advocates for education reform, pushing for improvements and using their influence and resources on behalf of these families.

The August 2009 debut of the daily EdWeek Update e-newsletter further spurred the timeliness of Education Week reporting and allowed the paper to «push out» same - day coverage of major stories, from the release of National Assessment of Educational Progress results to the hiring or firing of a big - city superintendent.

But de Blasio and education officials say that their plan will get results: The city will be embarking on a significant community schools push for the first time ever, with a focus on academic intervention strategies along with social services.

Meanwhile the push for families as real decisionmakers in education can be seen in New York City, where Mona Davids and the New York City Parents Union has pushed for families to have real power in education.

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Indeed, the $ 27 - million Wireless Generation contract to monitor student performance is the result of a rather tangled web — WG was purchased by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation in November, just after it announced it was giving Joel Klein, who had pushed the WG contract forward as the city's education chancellor, a job.

Two and a half years ago, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa left his office steering the nation's second - largest city with a legacy of pushing the kind of changes in the school system that education reformers relish.

And it gained a prominent leader in Mr. Klein, who oversaw New York City's public schools under Michael R. Bloomberg and was known for pushing technology — sometimes controversially — into the city's education sysCity's public schools under Michael R. Bloomberg and was known for pushing technology — sometimes controversially — into the city's education syscity's education system.

Amplify, a much - heralded push by News Corporation into digital education, led by Joel Klein, a former New York City schools chancellor, is nearing an inglorious end.

An education advocacy group founded by two New York City teachers and backed financially by Bill Gates is launching a public - relations push to pressure the city and the local teachers union to strike a deal on a new teacher evaluation system, two weeks before a state - mandated deadline that could cost the city millions of dollars in education fundCity teachers and backed financially by Bill Gates is launching a public - relations push to pressure the city and the local teachers union to strike a deal on a new teacher evaluation system, two weeks before a state - mandated deadline that could cost the city millions of dollars in education fundcity and the local teachers union to strike a deal on a new teacher evaluation system, two weeks before a state - mandated deadline that could cost the city millions of dollars in education fundcity millions of dollars in education funding.

One thing she may have going for her is de Blasio's push for universal pre-kindergarten education, which may compel the city to cooperate with charters in order to use their space.

After all, his previous Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor, had a personal financial stake in Achievement First Charter School Corporation while pushing cities around our state to authorize Achievement First schools, thereby presenting a clear conflict of interest.

The Park City Board of Education is pushing ahead with finalizing their Strategic Plan while the Master Planning process, is just now gearing up.

At the very time that Governor Malloy, Commissioner of Education Stefan Pryor and other key Malloy Administration advisors were putting together the Governor's «education reform» plan, the Governor travels to New York City to honor the man who has helped mastermind Achievement First's push for the widespread development of charterEducation Stefan Pryor and other key Malloy Administration advisors were putting together the Governor's «education reform» plan, the Governor travels to New York City to honor the man who has helped mastermind Achievement First's push for the widespread development of chartereducation reform» plan, the Governor travels to New York City to honor the man who has helped mastermind Achievement First's push for the widespread development of charter schools.

While DeVos» group, the Great Lakes Education Project, supported most of the changes, it pushed back hard against a proposed Detroit commission focused on improving both charters and traditional schools, contending it would be beholden to the city's mayor and school - district officials.

That reflects the growing push by Latino families to improve their children's education without turning to pricey private schools, said Noel Gallo, a school board member representing the Fruitvale district for two decades before being elected to the City Council three years ago.

Lydia Edwards, candidate for Boston city council, released a comprehensive education platform pushing for better neighborhood schools and promised to be a champion for public education across the district....

He then moved into a critique of Pennsylvania's «inner city» education programs, positing that money was being misspent on pushing minority students from high school into college instead of into vocational programs.

We pushed the Missouri Board of Education to create these conditions for every school in Kansas City, and we continue to challenge our members to identify opportunities to make educator - led, accountable schools the reality, not the exception in their cities.