Sentences with phrase «school advocacy group»

, a charter school advocacy group based in New York, has begun a Connecticut radio advertising campaign in support of the Malloy administration's decision to approve two new charter schools in Bridgeport.

On Monday, Politico's Eliza Shapiro broke the news that Families for Excellent Schools, the high - profile charter school advocacy group in New York, will close in the coming months.

Heather DuBois Bourenane, executive director for the public schools advocacy group Wisconsin Public Education Network, said school advocates were motivated.

Marking a significant shift in its lobbying strategy, the influential charter school advocacy group Families for Excellent Schools will not hold a political rally in Albany this legislative session for the first time since NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio took office.

The Broad Foundation also supports a broad range of pro-charter school advocacy groups, as well as alternative training programs for non-educators who want to work as teachers and principals (Teach for America, New Leaders for New Schools).

Republicans have been helped by $ 1.6 million in spending by New Yorkers for a Balanced Albany, which was founded by the national charter school advocacy group StudentsFirst.

ConnCAN, known to us as the charter school advocacy group formed by Achievement First Inc., the charter school management company, that was set up by Stefan Pryor and friends, beat out every other «education reform» group in the country, do to their ability to consistently misrepresent the facts on the most constant basis.

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.

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.

Additional images of school advocacy groups from Education Reform Now, Parent Revolution, and Stand for Children.

Sampson, for example, collected just 35 contributions, including $ 8,000 from former Gibraltar Industries chief executive officer Brian Lipke, $ 5,000 from the downstate charter school advocacy group Students First and $ 5,000 from developer Samuel Savarino.

For more on school advocacy groups see «Not Your Mother's PTA» by Bruno V. Manno.

Civil Rights, School Groups Rally to Protect Spanish - Language Testing A critical portion of California's 1.4 million English learners face academic setback under a plan to suspend most of the state's student assessments next year, civil rights activists and school advocacy groups say.

Yesterday a number of corporate funded charter school advocacy groups joined Governor Dannel Malloy in support of his plan to dramatically increase charter school funding while making historic cuts to funding for public schools.

Allensworth, whose research will be featured Tuesday, April 7, in a national webinar sponsored by California's Attendance Institute, a nonprofit school advocacy group based in Sacramento, offers up the educational experience of two fifth graders that might finish the year both with good attendance records, say 97 percent.

Home - schooling information: A home - schooling advocacy group sends a letter to every state school district superintendent reminding them that a new state law prohibits them from asking for any information about a home - schooled child other than her or his name, address and birthdate.

In addition to giving money to the charter school advocacy group now running advertisements in Connecticut, Dalio's foundation is also a major donor to Teach for America.

Yesterday, ConnCAN, the charter school advocacy group released the results of a «public opinion survey» that determined that Connecticut voters overwhelming support Governor Malloy's «education reform» proposals.

«These numbers mask the reality of segregation by race and class,» says Yevonne Brannon, a former Wake County commissioner who now leads Public Schools First N.C., a traditional schools advocacy group.

Marking a significant shift in its lobbying strategy, the influential charter school advocacy group Families for Excellent Schools will not hold a political rally in Albany this legislative session for the first time since Mayor Bill de Blasio took office, several sources confirmed.

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.

Jeremiah Kittredge, Chief Executive Officer of Families for Excellent Schools (FES), a pro-charter school advocacy group that frequently denounces...

The Sacramento - based school advocacy group StudentsFirst recently hired Fabian Nunez in an effort to beef up its advocacy efforts in California.

The coalition includes ConnCAN (the charter school advocacy group formed by Achievement First, the charter school management company that will end up the biggest winner under Malloy's bill), the Connecticut Business and Industry Association, the Connecticut Association of Schools, the Connecticut Council for Education Reform, the Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents and the Connecticut Association of Boards of Education.

Jennifer Alexander, the CEO of the charter school advocacy group called the Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now (ConnCAN) issued the following statement after the court ruling.

According to a reports from the CT Mirror and Hartford Courant, Families for Excellent Schools, Inc., a charter school advocacy group based in New York, has begun a Connecticut radio advertising campaign in support of the Malloy administration's decision to approve two new charter schools in Bridgeport.

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.

However, although no official announcement has yet been made, it appears that Adam Goldfarb has recently landed the job of Chief Operating Officer for the education reform and charter school advocacy group known as Democrats for Education Reform (DFER).

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

Marking a significant shift in its lobbying strategy, the influential charter school advocacy group Families for Excellent Schools will not hold a political rally in Albany this legislative session for the first time since Mayor Bill de Blasio took office, several sources confirmed.

Charter school advocacy groups in particular have been unusually silent.

But Families for Excellent Schools, a charter - school advocacy group, disagrees.

The Alliance for Quality Education, a school advocacy group that helped unseat some incumbent senators in November, is joining with the powerful New York State United Teachers union to protect school funding.

In lieu of the massive rallies it has held biannually since 2013, the charter school advocacy group Families for Excellent Schools will hold a modest lobby day on Jan. 20 in Albany.

But Families for Excellent Schools, a charter - school advocacy group, issued a report Tuesday claiming city officials lowballed serious misconduct in 2015 - 2016 — and that the latest figures should be viewed skeptically.

Families for Excellent Schools (FES), a pro-charter school advocacy group, has publicized New York Police Department (NYPD) data revealing the increase in weapon recoveries.

In lieu of the massive rallies it has held biannually since 2013, the charter school advocacy group Families for Excellent Schools will hold a modest lobby day on Jan. 20 in Albany, POLITICO New York has learned.

Lasher, who once worked as Executive Director of StudentsFirstNY, a pro-charter school advocacy group, said he favors legislation that would require charter schools to enroll and retain students with special needs, as well as English Language Learners (ELLs) and students in temporary housing.

And education groups are invested in the race — Lasher has work for a charter school advocacy group, and NYSUT is spending to help Jackson.

The school advocacy group has published a new report that criticizes the governor's proposed education spending plan and his attempts to defend it.

Today Bryan Lawrence, Board Chair of Families for Excellent Schools, put out a statement saying that the charter school advocacy group will be dissolving.

Education reform and charter school advocacy groups have criticized the Renewal program for not bringing change quickly enough to long - struggling schools.

The charter school advocacy group Families for Excellent Schools, a frequent critic of the education policies advanced by Mayor Bill de Blasio, a Democrat, was a plaintiff when the lawsuit was filed in Brooklyn federal court in April 2016.

Some home - school advocacy groups have attempted to secure a federal law or Supreme Court ruling that would establish uniform national guidelines grounded in First or Fourteenth Amendment rights, but to date such efforts have failed (to the great relief of home - school advocacy groups that oppose this strategy).

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.