Sentences with phrase «school advocates know»

Moreover, public school advocates know that while ALEC legislators have been successful in getting limited school voucher schemes passed in state houses across the nation, these measures never succeed when they are put to the ballot.

The corporate elite, education reform industry and charter school advocates know that Kenneth Moales Jr. will be a safe vote for their anti-public education agenda, even if it means hurting the people of Bridgeport.

As teachers, parents and public school advocates know, the corporate education reform industry has been putting out inaccurate and misleading statements, along with outright lies, to persuade the public that teacher tenure is bad.

Schools based on inspiration and heart may be enough for reformers who are willing to settle for localized quality and impact, but the small - schools advocates I know aspire to a lot more.

Not exact matches

As we have seen, process thought not only affirms pluralism, which is reflected in our schools, universities, and colleges no less than in our society, but advocates such an attitude of openness towards individuals, groups, cultures, and ideas different from ourselves and our own groups, cultures, ideas that the possibility of increased contrast, richness of experience, of mutual transformation, without loss of integrity, is enhanced.

Gary Francione, a Rutgers University Law School professor, is one of the most vigorous and well - known animal - rights advocates in the world.

As readers of this space well know, MomsTEAM and I have long advocated that the best way to help keep our kids playing interscholastic sports is for schools to hire certified athletic trainers (ATs).

We knew, therefore, that parenting programmes that foster paternal responsiveness and involvement — and interventions in maternal and child health settings, schools etc where men are viewed as allies and advocates for their children's (and their children's mothers») welfare — ought to be beneficial.

But, those advocates who have been in the trenches and know what the obstacles are to better school food, those are the folks who can really get a motivated parent on the path to meaningful change in how schools (the gov really) feed kids.

As you may know from the many times I link to her writing on TLT's Facebook page, Dana Woldow of PEACHSF (Parents, Educators & Advocates Connect ion for Healthy School Food) writes a regular and informative column in Beyond Chron, an online daily in San Francisco, in which she tackles all manner of food - related topics, from school food reform to childhood hSchool Food) writes a regular and informative column in Beyond Chron, an online daily in San Francisco, in which she tackles all manner of food - related topics, from school food reform to childhood hschool food reform to childhood hunger.

As you may know from the many times I link to her writing on TLT's Facebook page, Dana Woldow of PEACHSF (Parents, Educators & Advocates Connect ion for Healthy School Food) writes a regular and informative column in Beyond Chron, an online daily... [Continue reading]

Columbine survivor Crystal Miller has gone on to become an internationally known author, speaker and advocate for survivors of school violence.

He also coached high school football, served as an athletic director and held high level positions with the Athletic Institute and the American Sports Education Institute before creating NAYS, which would become the nation's most well - known and respected advocate for youth sports under his leadership.

While Bettina and I are not SNA members, we are long - time, vocal advocates of healthier school food, and have gotten to know like - minded school food professionals around the nation.

Advocates say high school kids who can't afford a cafeteria lunch will often skip the free lunch too — because they don't want their classmates to know they're low - income.

Speakers for The May 7 Concussion Conference include nationally known experts and panels of local concussion professionals comprised of pediatricians, physical therapists, neuropsychologists, and advocates of brain injury prevention and athletic training education: Dr. Tricia McDonough - Ryan, Dr. Thomas Trojian, Katherine Snedaker MSW, Dr. David Wang, Dr. Mike Lee and the team of experts from Gaylord Center for Concussion Care, Representative from CATA; Deb Shulansky from Brain Injury Alliance of CT (BIAC); Brain Injury attorney and BIAC Board member Paul A. Slager; Charlie Wund, Founder & President Agency for Student Health Research; and Dr. Karissa Niehoff, The Executive Director at CT Association of Schools and CT Interscholastic Athletic Conference

Now that my kids are no longer in the public school system, a few people have asked whether I'll continue to write and advocate about school food reform.

We recommend that parents, advocates, and teachers utilize CAF's Get Involved resources to begin that process and let us know what changes you are making in your school district and at home.

Getting salad bar equipment into local schools directly affects your local community and their children, which makes parents and local businesses some of the most passionate advocates for your cause — they just need to know about it!

«When I meet the parents, kids, early childhood educators, and activists who advocate every day for universal pre-K and after - school, I know we can win this,» Nixon wrote in the email to supporters.

He is known as a committed advocate for public education, and co-founded the Campaign for Fiscal Equity, which won billions of dollars for city schools from the state, though most of that money has never materialized.

That fund - raiser, Denise Ward, was singled out for her online comments in which she attacked two of the best - known survivors and advocates of the Parkland High School massacre, David Hogg and Emma Gonzalez.

Having partnered with Brian for years when he served in the State Assembly, I know he will a powerful advocate for our community by funding and promoting equity and diversity in our public schools, preserving and expanding affordable housing, and promoting services for seniors and New Yorkers of all ages.»

Nixon, an actress known for her role in the HBO series «Sex and the City» is a prominent advocate for public education funding and has often pushed Albany to spend more money on schools, criticizing Cuomo's stance on funding issues.

Wadleigh librarian Paul McIntosh, who has secured West, Liu and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio as part of a speakers program at the school, said students, faculty and parents know they are facing a difficult to nearly impossible fight to keep their middle school open.

The Pedro Espada known well to his constituents and to this community is an elected official who organizes food pantries, advocates for tenants, intercedes in immigration issues, supports his local schools and brings home grants to the Bronx.

Tisch says she supports charters — going so far as to tell The Post in a recent interview that the schools have «no better advocate» than her.

Shelley Mayer is the Change We Need From Yonkers to Bedford, from White Plains to the Sound Shore, Shelley knows our communities and has always been willing to stand up against the status quo to protect Westchester, Her children all attended public schools here, so she's always been an advocate for better school funding and tuition relief, She fought the NRA to pass effective, common - sense gun laws, and defeated big pharma to give us better tools to fight opioid abuse.

Since the turmoil that saw public school advocates protest across the state — New York State United Teachers decried he tests as an «erosion of local control» — the state Department of Education has revised the controversial testing, reducing the number of questions on the exams, encouraging more teacher involvement in developing them, no longer timing the tests and reducing potential teacher penalties.

Now, parents, teachers and environmental advocates are demanding to know why the city waited so long to move the school.

She has also been a fierce advocate for arts education, a well - known San Franciscan who led the movement to create a School of the Arts in the school disSchool of the Arts in the school disschool district.

«That's why so many dyslexia advocates in particular have been calling for this type of skills check to be put in place at an early level for many, many years because they know that you can get much, much earlier identi cation, intervention, and therefore assistance to help ensure that the early years of a child's education are successful which then enables them to be successful for the rest of their schooling.»

The federal No Child Left Behind Act, which President George W. Bush signed into law last year, represented a victory for the advocates of public school choice: the law rejected funding for private school vouchers, but did mandate that districts allow children in persistently failing schools to transfer to public schools that perform better.

Murray's reasoning is no more persuasive in advocating against improving Russian public health than it is against bettering American public schools.

Instead of promoting choice and letting the chips fall where they may, thoughtful leaders in cities across the country know that governments and their partners and choice advocates have important, challenging work to do if they want school choice to truly benefit families in the real world.

Knowing that the teachers who were going to teach the supplemental classes were the most qualified to develop the curriculum, the middle school coordinator advocated for the school to give the teachers the time, resources, and a place to work together.

To the extent that panel participants knew their work was likely to be used to advocate for additional funding for the state's public schools (or that panel participants» predispositions reflect CBE's and / or KEA's mission and values), there is an obvious bias injected into the Verstegen and Associates study from its inception.

When asked to provide evidence and guidance on enhancing the quality of teaching and student performance, I'm usually equivocal about advocating quick fixes because I know how long it can take to turn a school around, as I've already said in How schools get moving and keep improving.

Home schooling clearly continues to be a political (and other) movement because its advocates know they must labor to keep fundamental parental rights over the education and upbringing of children recognized and protected from statist academics and government violation.

And the most interesting debates are no longer waged between choice advocates and opponents, but within the school choice movement itself.

For some time now, digital skills champions, digital industry advocates and policy initiatives have recognised that it is no longer sustainable for schools to continue with the traditional use of digital technologies.

Home Visits Forge School, Family Links Getting to better know students and their families can make parents powerful advocates in their children's education.

Charter advocates say, «No, no, no, we don't believe in (selective admissions),» but when you see a successful charter school, it's filled with families who are a good fit and who want to be there, and that's not possible when you have a random assortment of kids.&raquNo, no, no, we don't believe in (selective admissions),» but when you see a successful charter school, it's filled with families who are a good fit and who want to be there, and that's not possible when you have a random assortment of kids.&raquno, no, we don't believe in (selective admissions),» but when you see a successful charter school, it's filled with families who are a good fit and who want to be there, and that's not possible when you have a random assortment of kids.&raquno, we don't believe in (selective admissions),» but when you see a successful charter school, it's filled with families who are a good fit and who want to be there, and that's not possible when you have a random assortment of kids.»

Whether they know it or not yet, school choice advocates have dodged a bullet.

At the same time, he announced that some public charter schools would no longer get free space in public - school buildings — a policy change that charter - school advocates took as a declaration of war.

There's also talk by states» rights advocates of no longer requiring annual testing by states, which would deny parents and educators valuable information about whether students are on track, reduce the ability to measure and improve teacher quality, and make it harder for administrators to know how schools are doing and when they need to intervene.

In California, we believe parents, as educated consumers and advocates for their children, want to know more about how public schools are performing, and that policymakers should ensure the public has the necessary tools to make good use of multiple measures.

The approach advocated by Olweus, detailed in his book Bullying at School: What We Know and What We Can Do, includes first distributing a questionnaire on bullying to students and teachers to foster awareness, justify intervention efforts and establish a benchmark for later comparison.

The nationally known student advocate and founder and CEO of StudentsFirst Rhee will be speaking at the 20th Annual California Charter Schools Conference being held March 11 - 14, 2013 in San Diego, CA.

«We hear from our teachers and principals, our partners in the schools, there are more kids who could desperately use a youth advocate so at the time we're having to look at whether we can go, instead we're having to cut back and we know the number of students who could benefit from the program is growing,» says Malgieri.