Sentences with phrase «to 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.

This means areas with less union involvement could present a strategic opportunity for outside donors supporting education reform.

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

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.

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

The $ 63 million they spent on supporting education reform in 2013 is less than one - tenth of the dollars spent by NEA and AFT in a given year.

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.

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

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.»

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.

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.

The AFT's poll supposedly shows that American parents don't 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.

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.

The Fournier family has also directly supported education reform through Better Education for New Jersey Kids, Inc., a political action committee Mr. Fournier helped create.

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

Education Development Trust has been supporting education reform in Africa since 1992.

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.

Since 1997, Kerry Killinger has been the chairman of the Partnership for Learning, a coalition of business and community leaders supporting education reform.

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

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

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

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

While this group claims to support education reform, it appears to be little more than a shield to hide the influence of the billionaires.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

When they support education reforms, they are suddenly villains.

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.

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

Gray also objected to the mayor's desire to have the $ 750,000 evaluation paid for by an entity known as the D.C. Public Education Fund, a private organization launched and run by a former Fenty aide, which solicits private - sector donations to support education reform.

I support education reform.

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.

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.