Sentences with phrase «report by the advocacy group»

The disparity between the numbers was highlighted Thursday in a report by the advocacy group Families for Excellent Schools, a vocal de Blasio critic.

Not exact matches

The report was published by progressive advocacy group Center for American Progress and FWD.us, a pro-DACA group founded by tech leaders including Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

Another report, published by progressive advocacy group Center for American Progress and FWD.us, found that repealing the program could cost the U.S. $ 460.3 billion in economic output over the next decade, and that contributions to entitlement programs like Medicare and Social Security could drop by $ 24.6 billion.

These numbers were determined by the National Transgender Discrimination Survey (NTDS), conducted by the advocacy groups the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and the National Center for Transgender Equality, and reported in the UCLA study.

That's according to a report Tuesday by the Wall Street Journal that's based on an analysis of 329 research papers identified by the Campaign for Accountability advocacy group as linked to Google in some way.

(CNN)- Lobbying and advocacy by religious groups in Washington have exploded in recent decades, increasing fivefold since 1970 to become a nearly $ 400 million industry, a new Pew report finds.

Although the ACCC said the legal action follows a complaint from the Obesity Policy Coalition on toddler foods which make health claims but are made mostly from fruit juice concentrate, consumer advocacy group CHOICE also reported on one of the Shreadz products produced by Heinz in May 2016.

This particular plane was planned by Ultraviolet, a women's advocacy group; it was reported they would be flying their banner during the U.S. Open on Saturday to protest the U.S. Women's Open taking place at Trump National Golf Club on July 13.

A new report from a labor - backed advocacy group — the National Employment Law Project — claims a $ 15 - an - hour minimum wage could be outdated in Westchester by 2021.

Cuomo's plan to bail out upstate nuclear plants could end up raising electricity expenditures for health systems around the state by at least $ 13.4 million, according to a report by a consumer utility advocacy group.

... 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.

The alarmingly high figure justified assertions by patient advocacy groups that the 30,000 cases reported annually were just the tip of the iceberg.

An accompanying report calls for setting up a multi-institute Down syndrome initiative that has been championed by an advocacy group, but does not specify a funding amount.

Twenty - five years after a toxic gas cloud from a pesticide factory killed thousands of people in Bhopal, India, groundwater at the accident site — a drinking water supply for 15 communities — remains contaminated, according to a report released today by an advocacy group and a medical clinic.

A report released today by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), an advocacy group based in Washington, D.C., finds transgenes in seeds of many kinds of corn, canola, and soybeans in the United States.

As reported in Mother Jones in 2002, the posters were sponsored by the Social Anxiety Disorder Coalition, a partnership between several nonprofit advocacy groups and SmithKline Beecham.

March 24, 2016 UChicago Medicine identified as a leader in LGBT Health Equality The Human Rights Campaign is naming The University of Chicago Medicine as a «Leader in LGBT Healthcare Equality,» according to a new report released Thursday by the advocacy group.

Another report by Kearns found that sugar industry advocacy groups influenced federal cavity prevention recommendations through strategies like getting sugar experts on federal panels concerning tooth decay.

Child - nutrition programs in the United States are plagued by underfunding, «bureaucratic red tape,» and misconceptions that limit their scope and potential, a report published by a national advocacy group charges.

Test scores in many of America's urban school districts are inching upward at rates that often outpace those of their states as a whole, according to a report released here last week by a national advocacy group for city schools.

The report, completed by a Washington - based advocacy group, the Children's Defense Fund, found that almost 40 percent of all children, or 25 million youngsters under the age of 18, are not covered by health insurance through a parent's employer.

English - language learners have limited access to some of the 186 small high schools that are part of a small - schools initiative launched by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg in the New York City school system, says a report by two immigrant - advocacy groups.

The report, scheduled for release this week by Mass Insight Education and Research Institute, a Boston - based research and advocacy group, envisions a broad - based and highly cooperative system of rapid school improvement.

A new report by a Harlem - based parent advocacy group calls on New York City charter schools to reduce their long waiting lists by «backfilling,» or admitting new students whenever current ones leave.

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 Policy.

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.

Only onefourth of teenagers in households with less than $ 35,000 in annual income said they had their own laptops compared with 62 percent in households with annual incomes of $ 100,000 or more, according to the report, to be published on Tuesday by Common Sense Media, a nonprofit children's advocacy and media ratings group based in San Francisco.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD)-- A report released Wednesday by a school funding advocacy group provides a better idea of how much it costs to educate students in Michigan.

A report by the national advocacy group People for the American Way found that over a three - year period, the Arizona scheme has cost the state more than $ 55 million in funds that have gone largely to subsidize private and religious education for middle - and upper - income families.

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A master's degree merits teachers a salary bump four times greater on average than a «highly effective» rating, according to the report published on Wednesday by the National Council on Teacher Quality, a Washington - based research and advocacy group.

According to the latest lobbying reports filed by the various corporate education reform lobbying groups with the Office of State Ethics, the corporate - funded advocacy organizations that support charter schools, the Common Core and the absurd Common Core testing scheme spent more than $ 1.9 million lobbying Malloy and the legislature in 2015.

The ratings, compiled by U.S. News and World Report and the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ), a pro-accountability advocacy group, are part of an effort to spur improvements in teacher quality.

A group of New York City teachers associated with the teacher - advocacy organization Educators 4 Excellence released a report this week laying out ideas for smoothing the implementation of the Common Core State Standards in their state, including giving teachers the option — supported by added compensation — of returning to school a week early at the end of the summer for specialized professional development.

StudentsFirst, an education advocacy group headed by former Washington Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee, released a education policies report Monday that gave 11 states, including California, failing grades.

Now, 15 states have policies that base teacher tenure partly on student test scores, up from eight just a year earlier, according to a report released Monday by the advocacy group, StudentsFirst.

Written by the Center for American Progress (CAP), a left - wing advocacy group, the historically inaccurate report was ready - made for her stump speeches.

ConnCAN, the charter school advocacy group that was set up by Achievement First, Inc., the charter school management company, which was created by Connecticut education commissioner Stefan Pryor and his «education reform» colleagues, now reports that they actually spent half a million dollars in their recent effort to pass the «reform» legislation proposed by Governor Malloy and Commissioner Pryor.

This report from an advocacy group discusses how school districts can use online education to confront the challenges posed by budget restrictions, teacher quality and demands for improved student learning.

«The Big Picture,» a 2005 report by the research and advocacy group Designs for Change, found a correlation between 1999 and 2005 between schools with test scores trending «substantially up» and effective LSCs.

By strategically deploying their immense wealth through training school leaders, financing think - tank reports, and supporting «Astro Turf» advocacy groups, these three foundations have been able to steer the direction of education reform over the past decade.

Kati Haycock, who leads the Washington - based advocacy group Education Trust, called the change, first reported by Education Week, an «about - face» that lets states «keep sweeping under the rug the gaps in teacher quality that contribute so heavily to longstanding achievement gaps.»

The report by Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children — a child advocacy group — compares children who were in full - day kindergarten with those in part - time kindergarten statewide.

A report last year by Provision Coalition, an advocacy group for the food and beverage industry, used Statistics Canada data and other research to estimate that the average household wastes about $ 1,500 worth of food a year.

Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council (PIJAC), a leading companion animal advocacy group representing pet owners and pet care professionals, called for federal and state authorities to address the practices of 86 rescues and shelters uncovered by a Washington Post report.

ALEXANDRIA, VA — A leading companion animal advocacy group representing pet owners and pet care professionals called for federal and state authorities to address the practices of 86 rescues and shelters uncovered by a Washington Post report.

But «After learning that the court would consider euthanizing the dogs,» reported Tim McGlone of the Virginian - Pilot on August 24, 2007, «animal welfare groups,» inflamed by e-mails from the Best Friends Animal Society, the ASPCA, and the pit bull advocacy group BADRAP, «inundated the U.S. attorney's office and U.S. District Judge Hudson with pleas to save the pit bulls.»

«A leading companion animal advocacy group representing pet owners and pet care professionals called for federal and state authorities to address the practices of 86 rescues and shelters uncovered by a Washington Post report.»