Sentences with phrase «undermine public school education»

Private school vouchers, maintains the report, would undermine public school education by:

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Cuomo spent his first term attacking public sector unions, undermining funding for public hospitals and pursuing an education deform agenda that funded charter schools, pushed high - stakes testing and undermined public schools.

Hawkins had harsh criticisms for Cuomo's education agenda for shortchanging funding for public education, pushing high - stakes testing linked to the Common Core Standards to evaluate schools and teachers, undermining teachers» professional autonomy, and favoring private charter schools over public schools.

As the debate over school choice heats up once again, in the halls of Congress and in many state capitals, a favorite gambit of defenders of the status quo is to damn such changes as «sure to undermine public education» or «bad for the public schools.»

As our primary children have returned to public school throughout the country, they will be joined by a growing legion of workers from para-church groups like ACCESS, Scripture Union, Genr8, YouthWorks, OAC, and the Child Evangelical Fellowship, who exploit various exceptions in State and Territory education acts that have been created to undermine the secular principle of public education.

As a long - time student of school choice (and, full disclosure, an adviser to Romney's education team) I anticipate the governor is in for a bit of moral outrage — for undermining, threatening, jeopardizing, disrespecting — or, insert verb of offense here — our nation's public schools.

This groundbreaking book illuminates the ways rising inequality is operating through disadvantaged neighborhoods, insecure labor markets and schools to undermine one of the most important goals of public education — the ability of schools to provide children with an equal chance at academic and economic success.

The research comes after the Institute for Fiscal Studies found that schools in England are facing their first real - terms funding cuts in 20 years, reductions that the Public Accounts Committee warn are threatening to undermine the quality of education in English schools.

But might the departure from public schools of some special education students and the revenue they generate undermine the ability of the remaining disabled students to get an appropriate education?

To the best of our knowledge, and based on all evidence that we're aware of, neither the signers of the Shanker Institute manifesto, nor leaders in the Obama / Duncan Education Department, advocate a «nationalized curriculum» that would «undermine control of public school curriculum and instruction at the local and state level» and «transfer control to an elephantine, inside - the - Beltway bureaucracy.»

Dennis Van Roekel, the outgoing president of the National Education Association, described the California lawsuit as «yet another attempt by millionaires and corporate special interests to undermine the teaching profession and push their own ideological agenda on public schools.»

The paradox facing charter - school advocates is that, in the name of encouraging radically decentralized control of schools, they may unwittingly help to undermine the state's political ability to address the deeper structural and economic problems facing public education.

And here in New York, we're joined by Diane Ravitch, the former assistant secretary of education under President George H.W. Bush, historian of education, best - selling author of over 20 books, including Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America's Public Schools, as well as The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Eeducation under President George H.W. Bush, historian of education, best - selling author of over 20 books, including Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America's Public Schools, as well as The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Eeducation, best - selling author of over 20 books, including Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America's Public Schools, as well as The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining EducationEducation.

If DeVos is confirmed — if she shatters this hard - won consensus, if she reignites the education wars — she will demonstrate that her ultimate goal is to undermine public schools, the schools that 90 percent of American children attend.

Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN): Since homophobia and heterosexism undermine a healthy school climate, GLSEN works to educate teachers, students and the public at large about the damaging effects these forces have on youth and adults alike.

Public Advocates joined the American Civil Liberties Union in filing a complaint last year against the Los Angeles Unified School District, accusing the giant district of «undermining» the LCFF by diverting $ 450 million in money for disadvantaged students in 2014 to cover special - education costs for students with disabilities.

In conclusion, it is certainly clear that Governor Malloy reiterates his commitment to undermining Connecticut's teachers, schools and our state's system of public education.

By painting a false picture of student achievement, they compromise public confidence in the nation's schools, in the process undermining education and weakening the United States.

Indeed, the reality of the matter is that both of California's teachers» organizations support Gavin Newsom because he has pledged to work with them rather than join the billionaire boys club behind corporate education reform efforts and the unregulated spread of charter schools that will continue to drain funding from other public schools and, if left unchecked, ultimately undermine public education itself.

The report surveyed over 300 New York City public school teachers and found that they concluded that punitive approaches toward children, such as aggressive policing, suspensions and other reactive strategies, actually undermine the human right to education by failing to address the causes of conflict and criminalizing students.

In addition to suffering from the problems that all voucher bills have in common, this bill would also undermine the main purpose of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), which is designed to target federal funds to public schools with high concentrations of poverty in order to provide additional educational services for these students.

«Essentially we have a proposed bill that would undermine democracy in Connecticut's urban areas and likely further privatize our public school system,» said Jacob Werblow, an assistant professor of Educational Leadership at Central Connecticut State University and Harber Fellow of Education at Wesleyan University.

«This lawsuit was never about helping students, but is yet another attempt by millionaires and corporate special interests to undermine the teaching profession and push their own ideological agenda on public schools and students while working to privatize public education.»

Responding to the Vergara decision, National Education Association leader Dennis Van Roekel informs us that, «This lawsuit was never about helping students, but is yet another attempt by millionaires and corporate special interests to undermine the teaching profession and push their own ideological agenda on public schools and students while working to privatize public educatioEducation Association leader Dennis Van Roekel informs us that, «This lawsuit was never about helping students, but is yet another attempt by millionaires and corporate special interests to undermine the teaching profession and push their own ideological agenda on public schools and students while working to privatize public educationeducation.»

Indiscriminately targeting all charter schools, even the many great public charter schools that are offering students a bridge to college, while ignoring underperforming district schools, undermines the quality and integrity of our entire education system...

And more importantly, a farce of a forum undermines the rights of the students, teachers, school administrators, parents and citizens who make up Connecticut's public education community and need elected officials who are better informed about the Common Core and Common Core testing.

One day after a split Matthews board endorsed a town charter school bill, the Charlotte Mecklenburg school board tried to persuade taxpayers, parents and voters that it's a selfish move that could undermine public education across North Carolina.

Finch, who as mayor of Bridgeport undermined Bridgeport's public schools, supported and defended education reformer extraordinaire Paul Vallas, handed tens of millions of dollars in public funds to the charter school industry and used his power for personal gain, has landed nicely on his feet, after getting thrown out of office by Bridgeport voters.

Betsy DeVos» confirmation has stoked fears about undermining public schools, in large part because of the Secretary of Education's full - throated support for school vouchers.

And teachers are firing back saying, you know, these corporate reformers, as they call them, are undermining public education by pushing charter schools vouchers and trying to roll back teacher tenure.

The new reality is reflected in the unprecedented amount of money Secretary of Education Arne Duncan suddenly has at his disposal to undermine the public schools.

For too long, lawmakers have degraded the teaching profession with myths, exaggerations and outright lies, all designed to undermine public education and advance a school privatization agenda.

Those skeptical of the charter - school movement fear that their existence may undermine traditional public schools without providing any significant improvement in education.

Heaven forbid that we one day have a Secretary of Education who actually believes in supporting and strengthening our existing public schools rather than undermining them and destroying them.

For some, charters represent a determined effort to privatize public education and undermine public commitment to neighborhood schools.

Opponents argue that vouchers take funds and higher - achieving students away from public schools and divert them into private schools, undermining the quality of public education.

Even the NAACP was divided in 1997 about whether supporting charter schools undermined their long - held demand for a better and fairer public education for all children.

We have the Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents (CAPSS) supporting proposals that not only undermine local school boards but destroy some of the most important tenets of public education — this from the people who are supposed to be the head cheerleaders for teachers, public schools and public educPublic School Superintendents (CAPSS) supporting proposals that not only undermine local school boards but destroy some of the most important tenets of public education — this from the people who are supposed to be the head cheerleaders for teachers, public schools and public educSchool Superintendents (CAPSS) supporting proposals that not only undermine local school boards but destroy some of the most important tenets of public education — this from the people who are supposed to be the head cheerleaders for teachers, public schools and public educschool boards but destroy some of the most important tenets of public education — this from the people who are supposed to be the head cheerleaders for teachers, public schools and public educpublic education — this from the people who are supposed to be the head cheerleaders for teachers, public schools and public educpublic schools and public educpublic education.

Those schools undermine public confidence in charter schools, and public education as a whole, not to mention the damage done to students.

Labeling or penalizing schools that score poorly is misguided and may be part of a broader strategy to undermine public education in the state, Hughes says, agreeing with those opting out.

The resolution blamed Duncan for a «failed education agenda» consisting of policies that «undermine public schools and colleges, the teaching education professionals, and education unions.»

The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education and Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America's Public Schools, by Diane Ravitch

The report, titled «Subtraction by Distraction: Publishing Value - Added Estimates of Teachers by Name Hinders Education Reform,» published by the Center for American Progress (CAP), argues that publicly identifying teachers with value - added estimates of their abilities actually will undermine efforts to improve public schools.

This groundbreaking book illuminates the ways rising inequality is undermining one of the most important goals of public education — the ability of schools to provide children with an equal chance at academic and economic success.

The goal of charter advocates, Castrejon said, is not to undermine traditional public education but to support a range of successful schools.

Whether it is addressing the causes of school violence or working to overcome the impact of poverty on our students, we are rising up together to pass legislation that supports educators, public schools and students and to defeat efforts to undermine public education.

The unprecedented effort to undermine public education in Massachusetts will go down as a stunning defeat for the charter school industry and the role of «dark» money in referendum politics.

In the coming weeks we'll dig even deeper into this absurd plan, but if you want to get a basic primary on how the education reformers are wasting our tax dollars, undermining the teaching professional and destroying our public schools, I urge you to start by reading — and then re-reading Wendy Lecker's great piece.

Rather then fight back, far too many politicians and school administrators climbed on board the education reform initiatives train that are undermining public education today.

As one reporter noted, despite the fact that Duncan has dedicated the last few years to undermining public education, his speech to the delegates, «steered clear of mentioning charter schools expansion, teacher evaluation, and aggressive school turnaround — policies at the heart of the Obama administration's agenda...»