Sentences with phrase «school board races»

On the other hand, charter advocacy also is on the rise, often resulting in successful campaigns for school board races.

Trying to counter the political muscle of teachers and labor unions, statewide charter - school backers are pouring tens of thousands of dollars into low - profile school board races.

The Aurora school board race was its most expensive in history.

Funding things like these that are truly needed in schools would certainly have a greater payoff in the long term than the money poured into this past school board race.

They have the resources to help finance local school board races, they can invest heavily in candidates for the state legislature, and they heavily fund statewide school superintendent and gubernatorial campaigns.

But at last week's District 6 candidate forum for the Los Angeles School Board race in the San Fernando Valley, this question made for some...

Big money has flowed into some Buffalo School Board races in recent years, and this year's campaign is off to another strong fundraising start.

2017 was a big year for education news in Los Angeles, drawing national attention to the most expensive school board race in U.S. history, the looming fiscal cliff exacerbated by declining enrollment, and a new state accountability system that has sparked sharp criticism from parent groups across the state and education advocates across the nation.

The education reform community and charter school supporters poured millions into the last statewide election in 2016, outspending teachers unions, and the LA Unified school board race this spring.

Good Morning It was a clean sweep for LFC supported candidates in the Orleans Parish School Board races with three pro-school choice candidates winning their contests.

Outside Spending Pours Into L.A. School Board Race Outside groups are mounting campaigns to influence the outcome of three races for seats on the Los Angeles Board of Education.

This was in response to the fact that New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg poured $ 1 million into the LA school board races which essentially pitted reform candidates against those supported by the teachers union.

Spending on Colorado school board races by outside groups — especially in Douglas County, Denver — surpasses $ 1.5 million

Political committees linked to education reform advocates and teachers unions spent nearly $ 600,000 between Oct. 12 - 31 in Denver, Aurora and Douglas County school board races.

Could a Single School Board Race Determine the Future of LAUSD?

Local members of the Wisconsin Education Association Council are turning their efforts toward school board races and reaching out to parents in an effort to eventually regain some influence in Madison.

They also registered families to vote in upcoming local elections for the LAUSD school board race.

The Advocate: Orleans Parish School Board races shaping up; begins qualifying Weds.

Take, for example, Laurene Powell Jobs, Steve Jobs» widow and a California resident who has funneled some of her $ 20 billion fortune to school board races not only in Los Angeles, but in Denver and New Orleans as well.

Holbein looked at local school board races from 2004 - 2012 in North Carolina communities where schools failed to make adequate yearly progress (AYP) as defined by the 2001 federal No Child Left Behind legislation.

Almost 40 % for Josephine Okot in Portland School Board race Two Green victories in Fairfax, CA, and a Green win in Federal Heights, Colorado!

Also, the lack of party affiliation in school board races prevents women from using it as a stepping - stone, said Zoe Oxley, a professor of political science at Union College.

Voters across the region are deciding on school budgets and school board races Tuesday, but some districts are also calling on voters to decide on some propositions.

Despite factors that should drive up interest — control of the board being at stake, big money flowing into some campaigns, and outside forces trying to steer the outcome — history shows School Board races rest in the hands of relatively few voters.

Jay defeated incumbent Jay McCarthy in the North District School Board race.

FILE PHOTOS Jeff Smith, left, and Terri Boyle Romanelli launched write - in campaigns for Tuesday's Mattituck - Cutchogue school board race.

Outside groups seeking to influence school board races in the Denver - metro area continue to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars at a steady clip, new records show.

As you might expect, with this kind of power, the teachers unions usually have their grubby paws all over school board races.

Marshall Tuck, a former charter school operator who unsuccessfully ran for state superintendent in 2014 and is running for the position again, thinks the outcome of the Los Angeles school board race does signal a public shift in attitudes about charter schools, but only up to a point.

There's just one contested Park City School Board race, and the candidates - with very different backgrounds - have similar concerns of the number of programs the District offers, and how teachers will be evaluated in the future.

Endorsements in the District 1 school board race continued to pile up today as two LA Unified board members jumped on the George McKenna bandwagon, and former Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa weighed in for Alex Johnson.

Big Hollywood Donors Enter School Board Race for First Time Hollywood donates a lot of money to national political campaigns.