Sentences with phrase «chancellor pick»

Bloomberg's approval rating has fallen to 55 percent, his lowest in five years, thanks to voter frustrations over his controversial new schools chancellor pick, Quinnipiac University Polling Institute director Maurice Carroll said.

Gov. David Paterson today suggested Mayor Bloomberg should agree with state Commissioner David Steiner's conditions in order to obtain the necessary waiver for his schools chancellor pick, Cathie Black.

State Education Commissioner David Steiner, who is under intense pressure to either grant or deny a waiver to Mayor Bloomberg's NYC schools chancellor pick, Cathie Black, is keeping a fairly low profile these days, but he did respond to a letter from minority lawmakers who hoped to meet with him prior to his decision.

Not exact matches

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio chose to ignore the warning signs around Alberto Carvalho, his pick for schools chancellor — like that he jilted another district in 2008.

The San Francisco school district settled a sex discrimination lawsuit involving incoming city schools chancellor Richard Carranza for $ 75,000, but de Blasio said he doesn't buy the allegations against his schools pick.

«A former banker hand - picked by chancellor George Osborne to help police the financial system donated hundreds of thousands of pounds to the Conservative Party.

Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday picked a new schools chancellor to oversee New York City's 1.1 million - student system: Miami superintendent Alberto Carvalho.

Mayor Bill de Blasio says his pick for schools chancellor had already accepted the job a week ago and had OKed an announcement about it — when the would - be education chief made an abrupt about - face Thursday, saying he won't take the job after all.

Indeed, it was McDonnell's comments on the embargo that were picked up by sections of the British media today, with the shadow chancellor promising that if Labour came to power it would «break the blockade».

Mayor Bill de Blasio chose to ignore the warning signs around Alberto M. Carvalho, his pick for schools chancellor.

The blogosphere was curiously quiet on about the Chancellor Alistair Darling although some, such as @PaulWaugh picked up on him saying people «would be depressed» for watching the Ask the Chancellors debate.

After Mayor de Blasio indicated a pick and placed a news story announcing Alberto Carvalho as the next chancellor, to replace the retiring Carmen Fariña, Carvalho backed out in dramatic fashion, deciding to stay in Miami, Florida instead.

Sky's Faisal Islam picked up on the PM's neat line torpedoing any characterisation of the Out campaign being a «rebel alliance» — after all, who could be more establishment than the lord chancellor (Gove) and the leader of the Commons (Grayling).

During an interview on AM 1600 WWRL this morning Paterson said he's «a little skeptical» of the mayor's habit of picking chancellors from outside the education system who follow in his own pattern of moving from private sector media management to public service.

Shadow chancellor John McDonnell suggested that support for Labour would pick up as the general election gets closer and Corbyn gets more TV airtime.

Leaders of CUNY at first walked a fine line regarding Cuomo's proposal, with chancellor James Milliken at first refusing to term it a cut and suggesting it was «revenue - neutral» because it presumed New York City would pick up any costs doffed by the state.

The chancellor acknowledged that the plans in the budget will slow growth initially, but said it would pick up again towards the end of the parliament.

Critics of Mayor Michael Bloomberg's pick for schools chancellor are promising lawsuits and more rallies.

Mayor Bill de Blasio's second pick for schools chancellor sank a subordinate's career after she scolded him for flirting with a woman other than his wife, according to a 2015 San Francisco Supreme Court filing.

Calling his vision a break from the past — when struggling schools were simply «written off» and shut down — de Blasio also said his hand - picked schools chancellor, Carmen Fariña, had already started evaluating administrators «to make sure our school leadership begins improving immediately.»

Shadow chancellor John McDonnell then picked up the theme as the topic was discussed in the Commons.

Bloomberg's hand - picked NYC schools chancellor, Cathie Black, is still struggling to improve her standing with city residents.

More broadly, the Tories and Lib Dems have been slogging it out making cuts and savings and appearing as evil axe - men together, so when the chancellor was able to announce the economy picking up — the OBR has revised down its deficit forecasts, with a small surplus emerging by 2018/19 — there were grins all round the government benches.

The speech was an opportunity for the mayor to set his ship back on course after several difficult months dominated by criticism of his pick for schools chancellor, the CityTime scandal and the sluggish response to the post-Christmas blizzard, which sent his approval ratings tumbling.

NEW YORK — Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a new pick for the Education Department's chancellor just days after his first choice turned the position down.

Mayor Bill de Blasio doesn't know if his pick for schools chancellor chickened out because of the intense media scrutiny expected, but he said on Friday that he personally went...

Mayor Bill de Blasio says his pick for schools chancellor had already accepted the job a week ago and had OKed an announcement about it — when the would - be education...

He also told Observer he can not yet speak to the effectiveness of mayoral control, which grants the mayor full authority to pick a chancellor (Houston does not have mayoral control).

Today's Q poll finds NYC voters are generally not supportive of Cathie Black, Mayor Bloomberg's pick to succeed Joel Klein as schools chancellor.

MANHATTAN — Three separate groups are preparing to sue if Cathie Black is granted a waiver to become the city's next schools chancellor, threatening to delay an already contentious battle over Mayor Michael Bloomberg's pick.

Cameron is a former special adviser to Norman Lamont who was succeeded as chancellor by the man picked by the PM as new Justice Secretary, Ken Clarke.

«Labour's shadow chancellor should be taking Sainsbury out to lunch to pick his brains, not turning to the media to pick fights,» the former minister wrote in a piece for The Guardian.

UPPER EAST SIDE — Critics of Mayor Michael Bloomberg's controversial choice for schools chancellor are calling into question the independence of a state - picked panel that will convene Tuesday to determine whether she is qualified for the job.

With Mervyn King using his valedictory press conference at the Bank of England last week to predict the economy will pick up towards the end of the year, the shadow chancellor's caution may be justified.

Calling his vision a break from the past — when struggling schools were simply «written off» and shut down — de Blasio also said his hand - picked schools chancellor, Carmen Fariña, had already started evaluating administrators «to make sure our school leadership begins improving immediately.»

The former chancellor of Washington, DC, public schools, Rhee is an unconventional pick.

But when it came to picking the best education development of the year, the top winner — D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty's defeat and the departure of schools chancellor Michelle Rhee — grabbed only 19 % of the 429 votes.