Sentences with phrase «supported education reform»

He has supported education reform efforts: He's the Clark in Rowe - Clark Math & Science Academy, part of the Noble Network of Charter Schools.

I've always been in an office or organization where we've supported education reform efforts.

No governor has lost an election because he supported education reform.

The conversation this week included an interactive game that challenged parents to work together to decide which comments and political leaders supported education reform and which ones opposed it.

The political action committee is an arm of StudentsFirstNY, a group that has supported education reform and charter schools.

Jobanputra is also active in supporting education reform and social entrepreneurship.

Mr. Jeffries could face attacks on certain positions, such as his enthusiasm for charter schools, that might be less popular in a citywide Democratic primary than with political donors who support education reform.

Independent expenditure committees backed by wealthy donors who support education reforms and charter schools sought to be major players in a range of Democratic primary campaigns.

Wiley Norvell, a spokesman for Mr. de Blasio, said, «When a group professing to support education reform opposes mayoral control of schools, it calls into question what exactly it stands for.»

He has supported women's rights, LGBT rights, the middle class, opposed the death penalty and supported education reforms.

If we focus exclusively on improving the education in big cities we fail to engender the support education reform needs from suburban elites if it is to be successful.

Klein's support pushed allies into key posts, and his persuasiveness brought hundreds of millions of dollars from philanthropy to support education reform, not only in New York City but also across the country.

Latinos themselves support education reform at higher levels than other groups, but their elected officials — whether Latino or not — often reject school choice.

The foundations and donors supporting the education reform movement do have one enormous advantage over their philanthropic counterparts in the arts, health, the environment, human services, and any number of other fields, namely, the presence of measures of student achievement that allow real comparisons of school performance.

Latinos themselves support education reform at higher levels than other groups, but their elected officials often reject school choice.

A Jackson, Miss. - based citizens» organization has launched a five - year campaign to recruit a grassroots army of parents to support education reform across the nation.

Yet we must also address out - of - school issues, and we have to undertake meaningful efforts to ensure that people of color are both leading and supporting education reform.

Students are encouraged to develop leadership projects at HGSE, organizing conferences, seminars or projects to support education reform.

Since her election to this role in 2008, Weingarten has led a series of projects, one of which was the creation of the AFT Innovation Fund, which supports education reform projects developed by teachers in collaboration with their local unions.

Stand utilizes a multi-pronged advocacy strategy to elect education champions, lobby for legislative reform, and develop parent and educator leaders who work to persuade elected officials and voters to support education reforms that will improve outcomes for students.

It doesn't have to be the entire Democratic caucus, but I need eight to 10 votes to come along with me, so it's clear there's movement in the Democratic Party to support education reform,»» recalled Mr. Carroll, who was term - limited out of office in 2011.

Struggles and triumphs are all part of the conversation at this annual conference by NSVF, a venture philanthropy that supports education reform and puts on a conference filled with networking, internal debates and plenty of soul searching about what is working in schools.

Latinos are more likely than the general population to support teachers» unions and to vote based on teachers» union endorsements, yet, at the same time, strongly supporting education reforms that teachers» unions actively fight against.

Speakers at today's rally included Governor Tom Corbett, Education Secretary Ronald Tomalis, Senator Jeffrey Piccola, Senator Anthony Williams, Representative Jim Christiana and representatives from groups around the state who support education reform.

But I do support education reform and trying to make our schools better so that every young person in Connecticut is getting a decent education.

When they support education reforms, they are suddenly villains.

Here's how other candidates who were financially supported by independent expenditure committees that support education reform fared Tuesday, according to preliminary election results:

In addition to CCSA Advocates, EdVoice, a non-profit organization that supports education reform but not solely charter schools, spent millions of dollars supporting candidates, mainly in Northern California races.

Union bosses like Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, are attacking Education Secretary - designate Betsy DeVos for supporting education reform.

The family has contributed over a billion dollars to a variety of causes, including the Republican Party, and organizations that support education reform.

Massachusetts Parents United receives funding from the Walton Family Foundation and the Longfield Family Foundation, both known for supporting education reform efforts.

The result of the Torlaskon - Tuck contest is yet another sign that strongly Democratic constituencies are increasingly uncomfortable in supporting education reform, and reformers will have to rely more on Republicans to carry their water.

But the powers that be in government from President Barack Obama on down, support this education reform — financed with more than $ 4 billion of «Race to the Top» funds as part of the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Carter urges the nation's leaders to put aside their partisan and ideological differences to support education reform and long - term investments that will best serve our students.

Additionally, she is the founder of Sapientis, a nonprofit organization dedicated to mobilizing a diverse and informed network of change agents committed to improving the quality of public education in Puerto Rico, and was part of the founding team of DC School Reform Now, a non-profit organization committed to supporting education reform in Washington, D.C.

We certainly support education reform, we think everything should change and evolve and get better.

Finally, Race to the Top, last year's federal competition for $ 3.4 billion in grants to support education reform, emphasized improving the training and evaluation of principals as much as it did the training and evaluation of teachers.

Now, instead of just mandatory annual testing and punitive measures for struggling schools, cash - strapped states — who had little choice but to pursue the multi-billion-dollar grant money — were made to implement specific federally supported education reforms.19 In the end, despite the Obama administration's efforts to distance itself from NCLB, and the failure of NCLB's testing mandates (in particular the mandated but statistically impossible 100 percent proficiency rates), the act's design provided the policy blueprint that led to RTTT.

Not exact matches

But now support for her has plunged to around 30 percent, a record low, and analysts say an ambitious agenda including a proposed constitutional reform and overhaul of the university education system are at risk.

The conversation made an impression on Nicole, who is the president and founder of The Expectations Project, a national organization that mobilizes people of faith to support public education reform and close the academic achievement gap.

Mintz concludes that the psychological cost to children has steadily grown more apparent, and he makes the familiar array of policy recommendations: more widely available health care, education reform, subsidized high - quality child care, family - friendly employment policies, a living wage, a limited work week and economic support to the impoverished.

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Cuomo has had an at - times truculent relationship with teachers unions, especially when it comes to support for charter schools and other concerns of the education reform movement, such as stronger teacher evaluations.

«I will prioritize passing meaningful ethics reform, supporting our middle class families and small business owners, fighting tirelessly for better public education, and providing the residents of our district with the resources and services that they deserve.»

A first time candidate for office, McGrath has benefited from an independent expenditure campaign supported by an education reform and pro-charter school organization, which has spent an additional $ 1.2 million knocking Kaminsky.

The political action committee supported by the education reform and pro-charter group StudentsFirstNY, has spent heavily in the race backing Republican Chris McGrath, with records showing the group has spent more than $ 1 million the Nassau County district.

Ladies and gentlemen, l ask you to support not just AUN, but education reform.

Specifically, they oppose education cuts (76 - 22) and Medicaid cuts (64 - 32), but support reductions for state workers — from pension reform to wage freezes and furloughs — and are split on layoffs.

Another group, Catholics For Independent Action, transferred $ 250,000 on April 6 to New Yorkers For A Balanced Albany, the political action committee arm of StudentsFirstNY, a grassroots organization that has pushed for education reform policies and charter school support.

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