Sentences with phrase «king in public meetings»

Parents and teachers have confronted state Education Commissioner John King in public meetings, saying children are stressed from all of the new tests being administered as part of the transition, and that too much time is being taken away from classroom learning.

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At this meeting, Executive Director of the Kings County Democratic Party Jeff Feldman committed to providing details and answering questions on the review of the reforms by the party's newly created Rules Committee following a panel discussion on Women in Public Service including Public Advocate Letitia James and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito.

New York Education Commissioner John King has canceled four scheduled meetings with the public to discuss the Common Core academic standards following a raucus session Thursday night in Poughkeepsie.

Padernacht met in July with King, SEIU - 1199 political director Kevin Finnegan, and NYC Public Advocate Bill de Blasio — a get - together organized by Assemblyman Jeff Dinowitz in hopes of convincing Padernacht to recognize the momentum was headed in Rivera's direction and he should drop out.

ROBERT O'ROURK FILE PHOTO State Senator Ken LaValle is hosting a public meeting somewhere in his district Nov. 26 with New York education department commissioner John King to discuss Common Core curriculum and standardized testing.

The program has been controversial in New York, where parents and teachers have confronted the state's Education Commissioner, John King, in public meetings, saying the children are stressed from all of the new tests being administered as part of the transition, and that too much time is being taken away from classroom learning.

During the meeting, Borough President Katz also noted the one year anniversary of the Jamaica NOW Action Plan's April 15, 2015 launch and outlined major milestones of the Jamaica NOW Action Plan in the past year, including the activation of the Bronx - Flushing - Jamaica Q44 Select Bus Service that serves 44,000 New Yorkers daily; the newly - restored paths at Rufus King Park that are part of the first phase of the Park's major capital improvements; redesigned storefronts of local businesses along Sutphin Boulevard (with more on the way); a $ 138,000 «Building Community Capacity» grant toward the formation of the Jamaica Arts Alliance; the release of an RFP to activate the 168th Street Garage into a new, mixed - use development, with the City to announce the winning bid shortly; the launch of the «Jamaica Avenue Streetscape Improvements» study to determine the cost and scope of additional seating, increased plantings and improved pedestrian circulation in the area; and free public Wi - Fi on track by July in the Downtown Jamaica Corridor, the first area in Queens to host LinkNYC.

We can see how King, in his public appearances, or in his pressurized White House meetings with LBJ (Tom Wilkinson) to push voting rights legislation, deliberately maintains the statesmanlike aura.

National School Boards Association (NSBA) Executive Director Thomas J. Gentzel was selected to present at today's public meeting at the U.S. Department of Education in Washington, D.C. Seeking advice and recommendations on the implementation and operations of programs under Title I, as States and local education agencies begin the transition from No Child Left Behind to the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), Acting Education Secretary John B. King, Jr. called for two regional meetings, today's in D.C. and a second scheduled for January 19 in Los Angeles, California.

At a raucous 2013 public meeting in Poughkeepsie, King faced an auditorium of irate parents and teachers shouting him down, drowning out his efforts to respond.