Sentences with phrase «school advocacy groups joined»

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«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.

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.

With schools and other public services threatened with more budget cuts this year, UFT President Michael Mulgrew joined fellow labor leaders and representatives from community and education advocacy groups at a «99 New York» rally on Oct. 17 on the City Hall steps demanding that the state millionaire's tax be extended.

«These students join us with a wealth of experience from a variety of settings; schools, government agencies, foundations, community groups, advocacy organizations, and higher education institutions.

He joined wolf advocacy groups, and he eventually did a wolf assembly for the whole school.

When the bill was introduced two days before the legislative session ended in May 2017, newspapers across Florida joined school boards, superintendents, teachers unions, and nearly every education - related advocacy group in opposing the legislation.

During the 2014 budget session, we joined forces with other education advocacy groups and organized a campaign to share student stories about school funding shortfalls and ensure the legislature restored school investment to more adequate, pre-Recessionary levels.

On Monday, March 5, 2012, members of the broad alliance of Florida education advocacy groups including: Citizens for Strong Schools, 50th No More, Florida PTA, Fund Education Now, Marions United for Public Education, Save Duval Schools and Support Dade Schools traveled to Tallahassee to join a press conference at 9:30 A in Room 301 of the Florida Senate Office Building.

Today, PURE joined with the Washington, D. C. - based legal advocacy group Advancement Project and Voices of Youth in Chicago Education (VOYCE) in a press conference and march to protest the Noble Charter School Network's predatory student discipline policy.

More than 50 African American social advocacy groups, including the Black Lives Matter movement has joined the NAACP, stating that charter schools represent a «systemic attack» on communities of color.

And was just recently invited to join a board on a group called Voices for Innovation, came back from Washington DC last week for my first meeting there and I'm kind of driving the Women in Technology initiative and advocacy for that group and very excited about being part of that and really trying to raise awareness, getting more educational opportunities for our younger, especially the elementary school age group to get involved in technology early.