Sentences with phrase «rail against the school»

He assembles these objections as a prelude to attacking his political opponents.Eichenwald rails against school prayer and conservative prayer rallies, stating that they are a violation of Jesus's warning to followers not to parade their piety publicly but to pray in secret (Matt 6:5 — 15).

So while Diane rails against my school and my skills as a Teach for America corps member I would urge you to look again at the «reformers» you so despise.

Not exact matches

Students from the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. have organized gun protests and been joined by millions of Americans that have railed against gun violence, assault rifles, and the NRA.

After days of railing against my state's Agriculture Commissioner and his plan to return sodas and deep fat fryers to our schools, I have to admit I'm feeling pretty dispirited.

On one side, we see chef Ann Cooper, a trailblazer in school lunch reform, railing against a «flawed» system that should be «blown up».

How can the NYT rail against secret political donations (see today's editorial) and yet remain silent on the corrupt method by which Ms. Black is being vetted for the Schools Chancellor position?

Before joining the board Carl Paladino had been railing for years against what he termed a dysfunctional school board, which at the time had a board majority of black women he labeled «the sisterhood.»

She has defended her schools» high standards and has railed against the city's de-escalation of discipline policies that led to skyrocketing rates of suspensions for minority students.

They have offices in six cities across the state, and now regularly advocate for an agenda that includes ending the school - to - prison pipeline, increasing funding for community schools and pre-kindergarten programs, and railing against the expansion of privately - run charter school networks, what Easton calls the «privatization» of public education.

Teachers» unions and public - school advocates have railed against Cuomo, arguing that he's prioritizing privately run charters over traditional public schools.

NORTHERN MANHATTAN — Parents and politicians from across the city joined forces Tuesday to rail against the potential dezoning of their schools districts.

Amid a crowd of parents piloting strollers through laughing teenagers on school trips, Rothschild pushes toward the rail to make his case against the upright barosaur.

Michael Gambon and Imelda Staunton stand out as the two duelling headmasters of Hogwarts School, at which Harry and his friends assemble a small band of students to rail against a blinkered educational system modeled, one stretches, on the Kansas School Board's recommended curriculum.

But this is the sort of residential determinism that K - 12 reformers and school choice proponents rail against.

Teacher advocates have railed against «privatization,» ignoring the fact that moving schools along the public - private continuum in this way can offer educators the opportunity to reimagine the schoolhouse, create schools they yearn to teach in, emphasize the metrics they think are appropriate, and put teachers in charge.

They rail against state standards and accountability systems, but offer few practical alternatives for ensuring that all public schools perform at a high level.

They had seen her at countless education forums, on the local nightly news, and in the daily paper at every turn of the school budget clock, determinedly defending her district and, increasingly, railing against charter schools.

He has referred to himself as the «lobbyist» for students, and in the past has railed against excessive school spending, saying «more money» is not the answer.

At the same time he is asking unions to become more inclusive by becoming «democratic,» he rails against Scott Walker, Paul Ryan, conservatives, white - populated areas of the state, right - wing Republicans, privatization, corporate reformers, charter schools, vouchers, etc..

School superintendents in large cities across the country — including Los Angeles, New York and Washington — have railed against laws that essentially grant teachers permanent employment status.

Jeffries railed against the approximate 50 percent graduation rate in Newark's high schools, as well as the fact that 9 out of 10 Newark students who reach college require remedial instruction to catch up with their peers.

Those who rail against any sort of privatizing have either an obsessive and romanticized notion of the «neighborhood public school,» or they belong to a group that benefits financially from the status quo.

In a piece amazingly devoid of honesty, he rails against charter schools, claiming they are rife with «waste and fraud.»

This information can fill the need cited by many of the most vociferous critics of accountability schemes in education, who have railed against reliance on students» academic test performance as the sole criterion for judging school quality.

The schools will also have to disclose their student - loan default rates, another concern that Black college deans railed against in a March letter to CAEP in response to draft standards the accrediting body first circulated to their constituents.

She has defended her schools» high standards and has railed against the city's de-escalation of discipline policies that led to skyrocketing rates of suspensions for minority students.

Before we rail against charter schools, or any other form of non-traditional school, and thereby throw our weight behind political initiatives that will limit the access of families to schools of their choice, we need to check our privilege.

Canada, who attended Obama's presentation on the Promise Zones, has railed against the continuing failures of our public schools.

While it's true that Duncan faced few hecklers on the road, a growing group of teachers — who may not represent the majority of American educators, but seem louder — coalesced online and rallied in modest numbers in Washington, D.C. to rail against Duncan's policies in a July «Save Our Schools» march.

He will be joined on stage by Amanda Spielman, the chief inspector of schools, who will rail against the «costly distraction» of «endless data cuts, triple marking, 10 page lesson plans, and worst of all, Mocksteds».

And I have railed against the structure of law school and its priorities relentlessly since then.

I have been railing against grad school for a long time, and I'm starting to believe that you should leave grad school off your resume if you are not working in the field you studied.