Sentences with phrase «democratic chairs of the education committee»

In a strongly worded letter to the Democratic Chairs of the Education Committee, the Republican House Leader wrote;

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Assemblywoman Deborah Glick, a senior member of the chamber's Democratic majority and chair of its higher education committee, said, «Nothing is really settled.»

Upstate: Senate 41st District Putnam, Ulster, Greene, Delaware, Schoharie, Albany, Rensselaer counties: Brian Keeler is the Democratic Party candidate who is challenging the Republican incumbent, who is Chair of the Education Committee.

Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan of Queens, chair of the chamber's education committee, said the Democratic conference would push to increase the amount of funding outlined in Gov. Andrew Cuomo's budget plan, which calls for almost $ 700 million in added formula - based aid and $ 100 million as an initial investment in universal statewide full - day prekindergarten.

Nolan, the chair of the education committee, told host Susan Arbetter that she's received the support from women in the Democratic conference as the race for speaker heats up.

That was the message of a September 17 panel hosted by the Stonewall Democratic Club of New York City that included educators, the City Council's Education Committee chair, and advocates.

As if to illustrate that point, Representative George Miller (D — CA), who chaired the 30 April hearing and represents the congressional district just north of Berkeley, commented that «as chairman of the [House] Education [and Labor] Committee and chair of the Democratic Policy Committee, I meet all of the time with leaders from the research - university community.»

For one thing, the Democratic side is losing a ton of institutional memory and expertise with the retirements of Senator Tom Harkin (chair of the Senate education committee) and Congressman George Miller (ranking Democrat on the House education committee).

To: Speaker Carl Heastie Assembly Majority Leader Joseph Morelle Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb Assembly Education Committee Chairwoman Catherine Nolan Majority Leader John Flanagan Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins Senate Education Committee Chair Carl L. Marcellino Governor Andrew Cuomo Educators for Excellence - New York (E4E - New York), a teacher - led organization of over 13,000 New York City public school educators, believes that a multi-measure system of student achievement and a fair system of teacher evaluation is essential to supporting, developing, and retaining high - quality educators.

Those wondering why need look no further than 2002, the year that Ms. Moskowitz, then a Democratic City Council member, became chair of the city's education committee.

John Bangs, chair of the OECD's trade union advisory committee working group on education said: «One of the contradictions of some democratic governments, particularly England, is that they feel they have to make their mark with reforms.

Weingarten noted that educators have additional forces lining up to support them, lauding the creation of a new group, Democrats for Public Education, led by Democratic National Committee Vice Chair Donna Brazile, former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm and former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland, «who want to stand up for our students, for our educators and for public educatioEducation, led by Democratic National Committee Vice Chair Donna Brazile, former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm and former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland, «who want to stand up for our students, for our educators and for public educationeducation.»

Democratic senator Tom Harkin of Iowa, in his capacity as chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, published a massive report entitled «For Profit Higher Education: The Failure to Safeguard the Federal Investment and Ensure Student Success.»

Although the Democratic Party has consistently claimed that all the money it raises is used to beat Republicans, in an unethical, inappropriate and underhanded move, the Chair of the Democratic State Central Committee, along with the help of Malloy's campaign operatives, used more than $ 50,000 in Democratic State Central funds to directly bank - roll the anti-public education slate in Bridgeport against the pro-public education Democratic challenge slate.

Rep. Zemke, Democratic vice chair of the House Education Reform Committee, recently said «We are at a critical moment in our state when we must choose whether to take significant steps to improve our schools, or face the consequences of continued educational decline.