Sentences with phrase «setting funding for public education»

«Governor Cuomo has delivered more real progressive wins than any other Democrat in the country, including passing marriage equality, the strongest gun safety law in the nation, a $ 15 minimum wage, free college tuition, paid family leave, record setting funding for public education, expanding and protecting healthcare for our most vulnerable, and banning fracking,» the spokesman said.

The day Nixon actually announced her candidacy, he released a statement that put front and center his liberal accomplishments, which read like a progressive wish list: «Governor Cuomo has delivered more real progressive wins than any other Democrat in the country, including passing marriage equality, the strongest gun safety law in the nation, a $ 15 minimum wage, free college tuition, paid family leave, record setting funding for public education, expanding and protecting healthcare for our most vulnerable, and banning fracking.»

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As a public education advocate and founding member of Parents Across America, I'm one of many who are speaking up for empowering parents and educators to set the direction for our education policy — not the billionaires, hedge - funders and corporate titans who are currently driving it.

Some barriers include the negative attitudes of women and their partners and family members, as well as health care professionals, toward breastfeeding, whereas the main reasons that women do not start or give up breastfeeding are reported to be poor family and social support, perceived milk insufficiency, breast problems, maternal or infant illness, and return to outside employment.2 Several strategies have been used to promote breastfeeding, such as setting standards for maternity services3, 4 (eg, the joint World Health Organization — United Nations Children's Fund [WHO - UNICEF] Baby Friendly Initiative), public education through media campaigns, and health professionals and peer - led initiatives to support individual mothers.5 — 9 Support from the infant's father through active participation in the breastfeeding decision, together with a positive attitude and knowledge about the benefits of breastfeeding, has been shown to have a strong influence on the initiation and duration of breastfeeding in observational studies, 2,10 but scientific evidence is not available as to whether training fathers to manage the most common lactation difficulties can enhance breastfeeding rates.

Multi-academy trusts set up as companies funded through the public purse show little transparency about how they spend their money and what they spend it on, according to a research report prepared for the Education Select Committee.

The bill, first introduced last week by Rep. Jim Banks (R., Ind.), would set up education savings accounts for parents in the armed forces who could divert a portion of funds that would have been sent to a public school on their child's behalf under the federal Impact Aid program to different schooling options.

The ESA funds allotted for that child can then be used for a variety of education - related expenses outside the traditional public school setting, including private school tuition, tutoring....

In a time when education funding and support is so hotly debated, the book helps build the capacity for the wider public to engage in one of the most popular data sets used when developing policy.

Public funds should remain in public schools and should not be used to support private or parochial schools.Alternative Education Alternative educational opportunities should be made available to students for whom the traditional classroom setting is not the optimal learning enviroPublic funds should remain in public schools and should not be used to support private or parochial schools.Alternative Education Alternative educational opportunities should be made available to students for whom the traditional classroom setting is not the optimal learning enviropublic schools and should not be used to support private or parochial schools.Alternative Education Alternative educational opportunities should be made available to students for whom the traditional classroom setting is not the optimal learning environment.

The ESA funds allotted for that child can then be used for a variety of education - related expenses outside the traditional public school setting, including private school tuition, tutoring, educational therapy, textbooks, etc..

The ESA funds can then be used for a variety of education - related expenses outside the traditional public school setting, including private school tuition, tutoring, educational therapy, textbooks, etc..

* Public schools should be funded by the public, not super-wealthy Americans and foundations who set the education agenda for the rest Public schools should be funded by the public, not super-wealthy Americans and foundations who set the education agenda for the rest public, not super-wealthy Americans and foundations who set the education agenda for the rest of us.

... Public education •... Coming into the 2013 Legislature, lawmakers are set to tackle a number of hot - button issues, including a proposal by Sen. Aaron Osmond, R - South Jordan, to create a state - funded preschool program for at - risk kids; a resolution, SJR5, by Sen. Stuart Reid, R - Ogden, to give the governor and Senate control over the employment of the state superintendent; and, yes, even a bill, SB39, touching on sex education, except this time for parents rather than kids, also sponsored by Reid.

Legislators are currently considering four other CTU - supported bills that directly impact conditions in public schools: HB 5481, requiring school districts to report class size data to ISBE and sets targets for K - 12 class sizes beginning in 2020; HB5721, which mandates improved public input and transparency in CPS capital spending and provides supports for schools and students hit with school actions like closings and turnarounds; HB 3786, which requires fully empowered local school councils in publicly funded schools, including charters, that must vote by a super-majority to approve school closures and reorganizations; and HB 4800, which would move surplus TIF funds to public education needs.

Wake Superior Court Judge Abraham Jones issued a ruling Friday that found the State Board of Education, the state entity that sets policy for the North Carolina's public schools, had been legally entitled to ignore an application from a virtual charter school seeking North Carolina taxpayer funds to teach students from their home computers.

In a recent article by Nina Rees, President and CEO of the National Association of Public Charter Schools, shed light on a lawsuit in New York could set an important precedent for the education system and equitable funding.

The charter school front groups, ConnCAN and the Connecticut Council for Education Reform, with the help of the Connecticut School Finance Project, the Connecticut Association of Boards of Education (CABE) and the Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents (CAPSS)-- the latter two groups which are funded through local school budgets and are supposed to be advocating for public schools — have proposed a set of principles for a new school funding formula for Connecticut that will undermine the state's public school districts and drain local municipal buPublic School Superintendents (CAPSS)-- the latter two groups which are funded through local school budgets and are supposed to be advocating for public schools — have proposed a set of principles for a new school funding formula for Connecticut that will undermine the state's public school districts and drain local municipal bupublic schools — have proposed a set of principles for a new school funding formula for Connecticut that will undermine the state's public school districts and drain local municipal bupublic school districts and drain local municipal budgets.

School vouchers give parents the freedom to choose a private school for their children, using all or part of the public funding set aside for their children's education.

Emergency management Military service Public safety Law enforcement Public interest law services Early childhood education (including licensed or regulated health care, Head Start, and state - funded pre-kindergarten) Public service for individuals with disabilities and the elderly Public health (including nurses, nurse practitioners, nurses in a clinical setting, and full - time professionals engaged in health care practitioner occupations and health care support occupations) Public education Public library services School library or other school - based services

In 2010, he chaired for Washington Governor Christine Gregoire her Higher Education Funding Task Force, and in 2011 he helped advocate for the successful adoption by the legislature of the task force's recommendations, including tuition - setting authority and increased accountability for the state's public universities and for the nation's first private - public funded endowment to enable more students to attend college.

Broward Education Foundation, a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit direct support organization solely dedicated to raising funds for Broward County Public Schools, will serve as the central repository for the Stoneman Douglas Victims» Fund and will organize a local steering committee responsible for setting the fund's distribution polFund and will organize a local steering committee responsible for setting the fund's distribution polfund's distribution policy.