Sentences with phrase «school advocacy group in»

Charter school advocacy groups in particular have been unusually silent.

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

Edgerley has also donated millions in support of the privatization of public education, including hundreds of thousands of dollars to New Profit, Inc. and Strategic Grant Partners, a Massachusetts based foundation that has been funding the expansion of charter schools and charter school advocacy groups in that state.

Not exact matches

Survivors of the school shooting in Parkland organized the March for Our Lives in DC, on March 24 with the support of Everytown for Gun Safety, a gun law reform advocacy group.

Survivors of the school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School organized the March for Our Lives in Washington, DC, on March 24, with the support of Everytown for Gun Safety, a gun law reform advocacy school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School organized the March for Our Lives in Washington, DC, on March 24, with the support of Everytown for Gun Safety, a gun law reform advocacy School organized the March for Our Lives in Washington, DC, on March 24, with the support of Everytown for Gun Safety, a gun law reform advocacy group.

Dr David Landrum, director of advocacy at the EA, said: «As we expected, the report shows how strongly faith groups, parents and others feel about proposals to register and regulate out - of - school settings, and in particular about the role of Ofsted.

As a result, Jewish groups, though usually nervous about evangelicals» intentions regarding public schools, have pointedly distanced themselves from the position of People for the American Way — one of the active liberal advocacy groups — that parents with religious concerns should enroll their children in private schools.

Founded in 1989, Center Families programs include support groups for LGBT parents and prospective parents; trainings for teachers and school administrators; advocacy and activist efforts; support around alternative insemination and other biological parenthood options; forums on custody issues when LGBT parents separate; financial planning for alternative families; and recreational programs for children 8 and under (Halloween Parties, Holiday Parties, Play Days, etc.).

According to non-profit advocacy group Families Fighting Flu, a particularly onerous flu season like this one can result in as many as 30 percent of school - aged children getting sick.

The Afterschool Alliance, an information clearinghouse and advocacy group, reports kids who participate in after - school programs have better school attendance, higher grades and loftier aspirations about graduation and college attendance.

You can ask people to serve as liaisons for individual schools (ideally, there would be a liaison at every school in the district) or as subcommittee members of your advocacy group.

«Sometimes, what looks good on paper doesn't work on the ground,» said Katherine Shek, a legislative analyst for the National School Boards Association, which praised Obama's commitment to school nutrition but joined two other national education advocacy groups — the American Association of School Administrators and the Council of the Great City Schools — in opposing the legislSchool Boards Association, which praised Obama's commitment to school nutrition but joined two other national education advocacy groups — the American Association of School Administrators and the Council of the Great City Schools — in opposing the legislschool nutrition but joined two other national education advocacy groups — the American Association of School Administrators and the Council of the Great City Schools — in opposing the legislSchool Administrators and the Council of the Great City Schools — in opposing the legislation.

A recent report from the Eastside advocacy group InnerCity Struggle says that 62 % of students in that area's schools don't have time to finish their meals.

Earlier this week, a TLT reader named Ivy Ken alerted me to a terrific blog post she wrote for the DC School Food Project, an advocacy group dedicated to improving the meals in Washington, DC.

An new report from an education advocacy group accuses members of the state Senate's eight - member IDC of betraying traditional public schools in exchange for campaign donations from charter school supporters.

School districts, in particular, should not expect anything approaching a repeat of this year's record $ 1.5 billion (6.5 percent) state aid increase — although advocacy groups will surely demand it.

Kaminsky and Brooks appeared with other Democratic Senate leaders Saturday afternoon in Rockville Centre at South Side High School to unveil the proposed legislation with school officials, students and the advocacy group Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in AmSchool to unveil the proposed legislation with school officials, students and the advocacy group Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in Amschool officials, students and the advocacy group Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America.

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.

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.

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

Buffalo Public Schools posted opt - out rates that fell from 9 percent to 7.7 percent in English language arts and from 15 percent to 8 percent on the math tests, preliminary numbers compiled by the opt - out advocacy group United to Counter the Core show.

New data released by the pro-charter advocacy group Families for Excellent Schools shows NYPD school safety agents seized 1,678 weapons in the 2014 - 15 school year, up from 1,508 weapons in 2013 - 2014.

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 AlbanIn 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 Albanin Albany.

A pro-charter advocacy group wants New York education officials to investigate 10 district schools in Brooklyn that it says had «suspiciously high spikes» in scores on state tests.

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.

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.

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.

Coalition for Opportunity in Education, a group whose advocacy is focused exclusively on the Education Investment Tax Credit, which would incentivize donations to private school scholarships or public schools, spent $ 659,404.

A Connecticut - based advocacy group formed after the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School held a rally Wednesday night in Newtown for the victims of the mass shooting in Las Vegas.

WAMC's Brian Shields spoke about bullet aid today with Nikki Jones of the Alliance for Quality Education, a school and education advocacy group in New York.

Education advocacy groups are giving Gov. Andrew Cuomo bad grades when it comes to spending on education in his proposed 2014 budget, as Syracuse parents and community members believe the state needs to come through with substantially more money for schools in the spending plan.

The group, a nonprofit advocacy organization formed in 2001 and historically funded by teachers unions, has long offered itself as a voice for parents and communities of color and, as such, has also been a thorn in the side of successive state and city governments, consistently pushing for more funding in the state budget to meet the needs of underserved schools and fighting against school closures and charter schools.

The students were aligned with «NYC Let Them Play,» an advocacy group that pushes for more sports programs in schools of color.

Her announcement also came a day after the charter schools advocacy group she belongs to, Families for Excellent Schools, held a large rally in Brschools advocacy group she belongs to, Families for Excellent Schools, held a large rally in BrSchools, held a large rally in Brooklyn.

Students don't like the way SU shut down the Advocacy Center in June, consolidating sexual assault services in the school's counseling center and moving student support groups into the the Office of Health Promotion.

Alliance for Quality Education, a labor - backed advocacy group that pushes for equitable school funding, is leading a campaign for a $ 1.9 billion increase in the budget.

Several advocacy groups argued in a letter to King that the reimbursement process laid out in the state budget is vague, allowing for the education department's interpretation of when school districts should get money to support new pre-K programs.

«Donald Trump does not care about school shootings,» tweeted Cameron Kasky, a co-founder of the advocacy group Never Again MSD and a survivor of the Valentine's Day slaughter at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Flschool shootings,» tweeted Cameron Kasky, a co-founder of the advocacy group Never Again MSD and a survivor of the Valentine's Day slaughter at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in FlSchool in Florida.

In the wake of the closing of a Bronx schools contaminated with a toxic chemical, two advocacy groups and eight members of the City Council have written to Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott demanding immediate testing of city school on leased property and a public disclosure of he rschools contaminated with a toxic chemical, two advocacy groups and eight members of the City Council have written to Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott demanding immediate testing of city school on leased property and a public disclosure of he rSchools Chancellor Dennis Walcott demanding immediate testing of city school on leased property and a public disclosure of he results.

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 state Legislature in 2007 approved an increase in need - based school funding in response, but reduced school aid again in subsequent years, undoing the progress, according to Alliance for Quality Education, an Albany advocacy group.

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).

Several groups, led by the Campaign for Fiscal Equity (CFE), a nonprofit legal advocacy organization, filed suit in 1993 claiming that New York State was depriving New York City public school students of their constitutional rights to a «sound basic education,» a standard that had been prescribed in 1982 by the state's highest court (in New York, the Court of Appeals).

The report from the Washington - based advocacy group Pre-K Now, released this month and presented at a conference here, shows that states are increasingly seeking to support their pre-K programs through school funding formulas embedded in state law, which provide the most stable source of revenue and the greatest potential for growth.

In my case, it was the disability advocacy groups who actively opposed charter schools as well as «specialized schools» designed to serve particular disabilities like autism.

«Legislators in Ohio have once again stood up for families that lack access to high - quality educational options, and we thank them for putting kids first,» said Betsy DeVos, Chairman of The American Federation for Children, a school - choice advocacy group.

The Council of the Great City Schools, a Washington - based advocacy group for 66 of the nation's largest urban school districts, presented Mr. Forgione with the award at a dinner on Oct. 23, during its annual conference in Houston.

A legal - reform advocacy group that contends numerous laws, court rulings, and regulations hamper schools in their job of educating students has launched a Web site to help dramatize its arguments.