Sentences with phrase «time education activist»

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As an activist for education, a member of several anti-common core groups, and the administrator of the Stop Common Core In NYS Dutchess County page, I spent considerable time and effort in promoting the Stop Common Core ballot line.

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At only 18 years old, she has already become a New York Times best - selling author, an international spokesperson for human rights and education activist...

Journalist Talks of Time at «Straight Camp» Harvard Crimson, April 29, 2011 «Ted Cox, a journalist and activist, described what he views as the absurdity of religious camps aimed at turning gay people straight to a full room at the Graduate School of Education yesterday.»

«What made this convening so impressive is that while so much in education reform can divide activists into warring camps, expanding learning time unites reformers around a shared vision of bringing excellence and breadth to our nation's most impoverished and struggling schools,» said Lecturer Chris Gabrieli, cofounder and chairman of the National Center on Time & Learning, a nonprofit dedicated to expanding learning time to improve student achievement and enable a well - rounded educattime unites reformers around a shared vision of bringing excellence and breadth to our nation's most impoverished and struggling schools,» said Lecturer Chris Gabrieli, cofounder and chairman of the National Center on Time & Learning, a nonprofit dedicated to expanding learning time to improve student achievement and enable a well - rounded educatTime & Learning, a nonprofit dedicated to expanding learning time to improve student achievement and enable a well - rounded educattime to improve student achievement and enable a well - rounded education.

Educators from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Teaching Systems Lab, and the instructional design firm Fresh Cognate have created Youth in Front, a new hub of learning - oriented resources and multimedia assets for young activists and the educators and adult allies interested making their voices heard — particularly those who are stepping into activism for the first time, and for the educators who are responding to action in their schools and communities.

At a time when many activists are agitating to cut back the role of Washington in education, a politician aiming to expand it with national standards could seem naive or stupid.

While many education advocates are grateful that the frontrunner's advisors this time around include actual educators, the more militant activists see something nefarious.

Time Magazine's Andrew Rotherham has compiled a list of the top 11 education activists to watch in 2011.

Catharine Bellinger and Alexis Morin: Two students who founded Students for Education Reform (SFER) in 2009, with the goal of mobilizing college students around the Read more about TIME's «12 Education Activists for 2012» -LSB-...]

Time Magazine has named its picks for the top education activists to watch in 2012.

Itasca Small, a long - time supporter and activist for states rights; local control over education and stopping Common Core; and defending our State Superintendent's constitutional powers over education in our state; is running for State Senator against Bob Worsley (R - LD25 Mesa).

Some DC education activists, teachers, and parents are concerned that standardized testing and test prep are taking too much time away from instruction.

A respected thought leader in education, she was named one of TIME's 12 Education Activistseducation, she was named one of TIME's 12 Education ActivistsEducation Activists of 2012.

The new book by education historian and activist Diane Ravitch, Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America's Public Schools, has debuted on The New York Times bestseller list in the non-fiction hardback category at No. 10.

But that education process will take time — just as it did here — and China's environmental activists face more constraints than their U.S. counterparts.

Juror education activists have been out several times already this year in Bellingham, Washington and elsewhere around the state to teach everyone about the power jurors have that prosecutors and judges don't want them to know about.

Coming from a family of strong female activists and as a longtime supporter of Planned Parenthood, March spends a significant amount of time traveling globally for causes benefiting women and education.