Sentences with phrase «with education reform bills»

Dr. Michael Maher, assistant dean for professional education at NC State University, sees SB 337 as at odds with education reform bills that have been presented by both the House and Senate.

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Citing stances the Senators have taken detrimental to the cause of working people, the flyers highlight: Protecting a failed tax system that favors the privileged at the expense of working people; increasing the tax on health insurance; siding with big corporations and against teachers and students to pass a Charter School Bill - with no real reform; creating a new Tier V pension; and attacking education by supporting an irresponsible property tax cap.

The bill to end this year's legislative session included several reforms to the state's education policy coupled with rent regulations, property tax relief, and more.

«We sought assurances from the Minister today on the timely introduction of overall SEN reform, but the Minister refused to accept the recommendations of the scrutinising committee, and that decision, coupled with the lack of robust financial data, means that the Welsh Liberal Democrats can not support the Education Bill as it currently stands.

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WASHINGTON — The Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee last week approved the Clinton Administration's education - reform legislation by a 14 - to - 3 vote, with four Republicans joining all of the panel's Democrats in supporting the bill.

In 2009, Mayor Menino tacitly supported an increase in the number of «proven» Commonwealth charter schools that could operate in Boston as part of a broader education - reform bill that invested school districts with greater authority to intervene in low - performing schools and permitted districts to establish a few Horace Mann charter schools without the required union sign - off.

«Cruz: Texans benefit from tax - reform bill with education savings.»

This one is taking place within the Democratic Party, where the unions» opposition to reform has led to increasing dissatisfaction — led by groups like Democrats for Education Reform, vocally expressed by moderate and liberal opinion leaders, energized by a growing network of education activists (many with roots in Teach for America), and funded by well - heeled philanthropists like Bill Gates and Eli reform has led to increasing dissatisfaction — led by groups like Democrats for Education Reform, vocally expressed by moderate and liberal opinion leaders, energized by a growing network of education activists (many with roots in Teach for America), and funded by well - heeled philanthropists like Bill Gates and EEducation Reform, vocally expressed by moderate and liberal opinion leaders, energized by a growing network of education activists (many with roots in Teach for America), and funded by well - heeled philanthropists like Bill Gates and Eli Reform, vocally expressed by moderate and liberal opinion leaders, energized by a growing network of education activists (many with roots in Teach for America), and funded by well - heeled philanthropists like Bill Gates and Eeducation activists (many with roots in Teach for America), and funded by well - heeled philanthropists like Bill Gates and Eli Broad.

No reform short of unloading a dump - truck filled with hundred - dollar bills on the campus of each urban public school will solve today's education ills.

Big players in the education reform movement, from Michelle Rhee to Bill Gates to members of the Obama administration, have embraced charter schools with brio.

But Charles Barone, who directs federal policy for Democrats for Education Reform, said that the initial version of the bill squared with the evaluation proposal Van Roekel referenced.

Moreover, this bill disrupts the reform process the State Education Department has thoughtfully undertaken in partnership with educators.

'' Chicago has a long history of tinkering with failed schools,» said Tom Vander Ark, executive director for education at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which has committed some $ 25 million since 2001 to school reform efforts in Chicago.

Doyle has indicated that he may call lawmakers into special session to deal with the most controversial education reform bill of all.

While we are disappointed that certain bills that would have provided parents with more options in the education of their child did not advance or were weakened, there are still a number of important school choice and education reform measures that will be discussed over the next two months.

With the Obama administration leading the charge and philanthropists like Bill Gates, Eli Broad, and the Walton family footing the bill, America's school districts are buying into the education reform movement... for better or for woBill Gates, Eli Broad, and the Walton family footing the bill, America's school districts are buying into the education reform movement... for better or for wobill, America's school districts are buying into the education reform movement... for better or for worse.

readers may recall Jonathan Sackler also hosted a fundraiser for a political action committee associated with Malloy the day that Malloy's «education reform» bill became a public act.

The education reform bill, passed last year by the state legislature with overwhelming support and signed by Governor Dannel P. Malloy, grows high - performing public school options, provides fairer funding for public charter school students, and creates a Commissioner's Network to turnaround our state's chronically failing schools.

With multiple school choice and education reform bills already signed into law by Governor Phil Bryant, we can report that this was a great session for the children of Mississippi!

Governor M. Jodi Rell poses with education leaders following a signing ceremony May 26 at Hockanum School in East Hartford where she signed into law a new comprehensive education reform policy bill.

She celebrates 20 years of reform movement success, but never tempers such self - congratulatory narcissism with unpleasant questions about why those who have no interest in disrupting the American class structure — such as Bill Gates and the heirs to Sam Walton's fortunes, by far the most generous education reform philanthropists — are so keen to support the TFA insurgency.

Democratic State Sen. Mike Johnston, a former school principal who is deeply involved with education reform issues, sponsored Colorado's bill, which passed the House 36 - 29 and was approved several hours later by the Senate with a 27 - 8 vote.

Ricks writings have been displaying gradual process of how the CEA has approached education reform with the Malloy administration, and now combats with him on the bill.

At a time when states across the U.S. are approving legislation to promote charter school growth, this bill was out of touch with the community, and it would have taken California backwards in achieving true education reform.»

Massachusetts» success started with the Massachusetts Education Reform Act of 1993 (MERA), a sweeping bill of reform that was prompted by a court decision McDuffy vs. RobeReform Act of 1993 (MERA), a sweeping bill of reform that was prompted by a court decision McDuffy vs. Robereform that was prompted by a court decision McDuffy vs. Robertson.

And when Commissioner Pryor met with the superintendents from the 30 lowest performing districts, he explained that if those school districts wanted the $ 39 million that was included in this year's «education reform» bill, they would need to use the funds for a limited set of reforms, such as «extended learning time.»

CABE, as the story does note, has partnered with ConnCAN, the superintendents» association, and a number of business groups to lobby on behalf of Governor Malloy's «Education Reform» bill.

The news story began with «State Board of Education members angrily criticized lawmakers» attempts to scale back a major education reform bill, saying Wednesday that the watered - down bill could stall the effort to fix the state's worst schoolEducation members angrily criticized lawmakers» attempts to scale back a major education reform bill, saying Wednesday that the watered - down bill could stall the effort to fix the state's worst schooleducation reform bill, saying Wednesday that the watered - down bill could stall the effort to fix the state's worst schools.»

Committed to education reform that might actually pass the Senate and still be a net benefit for students, Alexander didn't force portability into the draft bill negotiated with Murray.

Our organization, the Texas Institute for Education Reform, and its coalition partners were also involved with support of a package of bills advancing competition, choice, consequences for failing schools, and deregulation.

We certainly know that reality here, as Governor Malloy's education reform associates like Mayor Bill Finch, «Education Reformer Extraordinaire» Paul Vallas, and corporate business organizations like Excel Bridgeport and the Council for Education Reform, are spending over $ 100,000 to eliminate Bridgeport's democratically elected board of education and replace it with one appointed by teducation reform associates like Mayor Bill Finch, «Education Reformer Extraordinaire» Paul Vallas, and corporate business organizations like Excel Bridgeport and the Council for Education Reform, are spending over $ 100,000 to eliminate Bridgeport's democratically elected board of education and replace it with one appointed by the reform associates like Mayor Bill Finch, «Education Reformer Extraordinaire» Paul Vallas, and corporate business organizations like Excel Bridgeport and the Council for Education Reform, are spending over $ 100,000 to eliminate Bridgeport's democratically elected board of education and replace it with one appointed by tEducation Reformer Extraordinaire» Paul Vallas, and corporate business organizations like Excel Bridgeport and the Council for Education Reform, are spending over $ 100,000 to eliminate Bridgeport's democratically elected board of education and replace it with one appointed by tEducation Reform, are spending over $ 100,000 to eliminate Bridgeport's democratically elected board of education and replace it with one appointed by the Reform, are spending over $ 100,000 to eliminate Bridgeport's democratically elected board of education and replace it with one appointed by teducation and replace it with one appointed by the Mayor.

Obama has also made an effort to devote more spending to education, with $ 80 billion given to K - 12 districts in the stimulus bill and his Race to the Top program offering states and addition $ 4.35 billion in federal funds if they can come up with innovative reform plans.

readers will recall, Mandel and his aide, Meghan Lowney, played the pivotal role in the creation of Excel Bridgeport, Inc. the corporate funded education reform advocacy group that supported Malloy's education reform bill, worked to pass Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch's failed charter revision proposal to do away with an elected board of education in Bridgeport and has been the biggest boosters for Paul Vallas and Kenneth Moales Jr, the disgraced former chair of the Bridgeport Board of Eeducation reform advocacy group that supported Malloy's education reform bill, worked to pass Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch's failed charter revision proposal to do away with an elected board of education in Bridgeport and has been the biggest boosters for Paul Vallas and Kenneth Moales Jr, the disgraced former chair of the Bridgeport Board of Eeducation reform bill, worked to pass Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch's failed charter revision proposal to do away with an elected board of education in Bridgeport and has been the biggest boosters for Paul Vallas and Kenneth Moales Jr, the disgraced former chair of the Bridgeport Board of Educatbill, worked to pass Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch's failed charter revision proposal to do away with an elected board of education in Bridgeport and has been the biggest boosters for Paul Vallas and Kenneth Moales Jr, the disgraced former chair of the Bridgeport Board of EducatBill Finch's failed charter revision proposal to do away with an elected board of education in Bridgeport and has been the biggest boosters for Paul Vallas and Kenneth Moales Jr, the disgraced former chair of the Bridgeport Board of Eeducation in Bridgeport and has been the biggest boosters for Paul Vallas and Kenneth Moales Jr, the disgraced former chair of the Bridgeport Board of EducationEducation.

«I read with no small measure of disappointment the letter of the Trumbull Teacher's Association rejecting the prestigious recognition the high school received from ConnCAN... through an obvious display of ignorance of the goals of ConnCAN and an undertone of an elitist attitude, the authors of the letter have managed to alienate trusted allies and provided the missing ingredients that will sway those who were on the fence with the education reform legislation to side with the Governor and give wholesale support to the reforms proposed in Senate Bill # 24.»

Apparently the Malloy Administration is so pleased with the success of that approach that the «Education Reform» bill sets up two new ways to promote un-certified people to become superintendents.

We have a Democratic Governor proclaiming, with pride, that he will veto any «education reform» bill that doesn't give that same Commissioner the ability to take over 25 schools, fire the staff, ban collective bargaining and turn the schools over to some group of unnamed third - party entities who will then be exempt from Connecticut's laws on bidding and the use of consultants.

No amount of political spin coming from Malloy or his education reform industry allies will disguise the fact that by introducing a bill to do away with teacher tenure and repeal collective bargaining rights for teachers in «turnaround schools,» Malloy became the most anti-teacher, anti-public education Democratic governor in the nation.

It was Governor Malloy, with the help of Pryor and a series of no - bid contracts with out - of - state corporate education reform industry consultants, which produced the most anti-teacher, anti-union, anti-public education bill of any Democratic governor in the country.

Opposed by Governor Dannel Malloy, charter school advocates and the corporate education reform industry, the bill would have required the state to fix its flawed teacher evaluation law and reduce the state's obsession with Malloy's massive standardized testing scheme.

Harries received his «superintendent training» as a member of the 2009 class of the Broad Academy, the corporate education reform foundation that is funded by billionaire Eli Broad who is one of the three largest donors behind the education reform movement, along with Bill Gates and the Walton Family of Wal - Mart fame.

Shavar Jeffries, the mouthpiece for a corporate funded, New York based, charter school advocacy group that calls itself «Democrats for Education Reform (DFER)» uses the space to urge Connecticut legislators to DEFEAT a bill that, if passed, would require Governor Dannel Malloy and his administration to develop an honest and effective teacher evaluation system rather than continue with Malloy's present program that is dependent on the results of the unfair, inappropriate and discriminatory Common Core Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) testing scheme.

According to published reports, in addition to raising money for Education Reform Now, the education reform industry group sponsoring the poker tournament also provides a variety of prizes for tournament participants including seats at the World Series of Poker Main Event, vacations, golf outings, and «power lunches» with hedge fund managers like David Einhorn (Greenlight Capital), billionaire Seth Klarman, Leon Cooperman (Omega Advisors) and Bill Ackman (Pershing Square Capital ManEducation Reform Now, the education reform industry group sponsoring the poker tournament also provides a variety of prizes for tournament participants including seats at the World Series of Poker Main Event, vacations, golf outings, and «power lunches» with hedge fund managers like David Einhorn (Greenlight Capital), billionaire Seth Klarman, Leon Cooperman (Omega Advisors) and Bill Ackman (Pershing Square Capital ManageReform Now, the education reform industry group sponsoring the poker tournament also provides a variety of prizes for tournament participants including seats at the World Series of Poker Main Event, vacations, golf outings, and «power lunches» with hedge fund managers like David Einhorn (Greenlight Capital), billionaire Seth Klarman, Leon Cooperman (Omega Advisors) and Bill Ackman (Pershing Square Capital Maneducation reform industry group sponsoring the poker tournament also provides a variety of prizes for tournament participants including seats at the World Series of Poker Main Event, vacations, golf outings, and «power lunches» with hedge fund managers like David Einhorn (Greenlight Capital), billionaire Seth Klarman, Leon Cooperman (Omega Advisors) and Bill Ackman (Pershing Square Capital Managereform industry group sponsoring the poker tournament also provides a variety of prizes for tournament participants including seats at the World Series of Poker Main Event, vacations, golf outings, and «power lunches» with hedge fund managers like David Einhorn (Greenlight Capital), billionaire Seth Klarman, Leon Cooperman (Omega Advisors) and Bill Ackman (Pershing Square Capital Management.)

The final reports from Bridgeport's November 2012 education reform referendum are in and it turns out that the corporate education reform industry and its supporters spent at least $ 562,955.16 in their effort to pass Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch's anti-democracy initiative, a proposal that would have eliminated the City's democratically elected board of education and replaced it with one appointed by the mayor.

Led by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Walton Foundation (Owners of Wal - Mart) and the Eli Broad Foundation, along with the «Irrational Exuberance» of Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, the Common Core and Common Core testing system have rocketed from an untested conceptual notion of education reform to the untested national standards and systems that are rapidly undermining public education in the United States.

Yet this is a pivotal moment not just for Caputo - Pearl and Crenshaw but for a black community that has been largely absent from an education reform movement that hit a milestone last week with the passage in Sacramento of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's bill to gain more control over the school district.

Regardless, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is not only the single most important player behind the development and implementation of the Common Core, but along with the Walton Foundation and the Broad Foundation, Gates is among the most important funders of the entire corporate education reform industry.

Stephen Adamowski, who according to emails acquired through a Freedom of Information request, worked with Snow around Malloy's education reform bill, was a strong proponent of Hartford's Montessori school and now, as Malloy's Special Master for Windham and New London has been working hard to get Windham to switch one of its elementary schools over to a Montessori school.

It was led by United States Senator Bill Cassidy, with Ann Duplessis, president of the Louisiana Federation for Children and a former Louisiana State Senator; and Kevin P. Chavous, executive counsel of the American Federation for Children and the nation's leading spokesman on education reform.

Have their psychometric properties been reliably evaluated by independent experts that are not associated with Pearson, any foundation or university beholding to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, or others with vested interests in corporate education reform?