Sentences with phrase «charter members who»

In a strong appeal to mental health professionals state - wide, Goodrum stated... «I personally know of no other professional association that addresses the concerns of the Mental Health Counselor as our new association can.You will be among the Association's charter members who are now seizing the opportunity to build a mutually supporting Mental Health Counselors statewide network» (October, 1988).

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Not exact matches

The two Belgian academics are charter members of a global network of activists and thinkers who for decades have been trying to build the intellectual and political foundation for the idea.

Finally, in Chapter VII the Charter gave the Security Council the power to authorize force in cases of threats to international peace and security, without clearly defining what such threats might look like and without taking account of the fact that the states who are members of the Security Council at any given time might have different views on this matter because of their own perception of their national interests.

A number of Assembly members who haven't spoken out against efforts to limit charter schools have long waiting lists in their districts of kids wanting to get into those schools.

Arguably, state officials with a legislative role who are not members of the state legislature aren't covered, but this does not reflect common practice and this hole is often filled by a state constitutional provision or a state law or a local government charter.

We were up by 130, up by 40 and then down by 50,» said Bob Turner, who chaired the 15 - member commission that proposed the new charter.

He and predecessor David Paterson remain the only state or local politicians in New York who've received donations from individual members of the family, though they have also made some sizable checks to charter school groups that support Senate Republicans.

New York State United Teachers, a union that remains powerful by virtue of its 600,000 members regardless of its losses in the recent election cycle, denounced Cuomo's letter on Thursday, arguing that his apparent priorities — strengthening teacher evaluations, lengthening the probationary period before teachers may get tenure and boosting charter schools — are handouts to pro-charter billionaire hedge funders who give generously to his campaigns.

Ms. Evans is a licensed captain who ran a charter fishing business with her late husband, and is a founding member of the Fisherman's Emergency Fund, a nonprofit «dedicated to providing a safety net to the local fishing community in times of devastating loss,» according to a release she sent out last week.

Jenny Sedlis, who helped former City Council Member Eva Moskowitz build Success Academy Charter Schools, will start in September as the new executive director, the group plans to announce Friday.

StudentsFirstNY, a pro-charter school organization that launched with a bang a year ago and then stalled, has a new executive director: Jenny Sedlis, who helped former NYC Council Member Eva Moskowitz build Success Academy Charter Schools.

In remarks on the floor during the Council Charter session Council Member Inez Barron offered herself as an alternative speaker candidate, harshly criticizing the absence of any black speaker among the four people who've held the position and the continuation of that reality with the selection of Johnson.

In carrying out its duties the Security Council acts on behalf of Member States of the United Nations, who agree to accept and carry out its decisions in accordance with the Charter.

Success Academy CEO Eva Moskowitz, one of the nation's most influential charter school leaders who has been a vocal supporter of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and defender of President Donald Trump, recently told a group of faculty members concerned about her alliances to the new administration that she is limited in how much she can advocate politically.

The Buffalo Parent - Teacher Organization, which includes teachers who are union members, is recommending that its members boycott the first day of the event because its keynote speaker is charter school advocate and principal Steve Perry.

The waiting lists to get into charter schools are around the block in the districts of state Assembly members who haven't challenged attempts to limit the alternative schools, according to data obtained by The Post.

Energy Secretary Rick Perry is the latest member of Trump's Cabinet who has been caught flying on a private charter plane at taxpayer expense, reportedly taking a flight to Ohio, only a day before Tom Price resigned as health secretary for doing the same.

«I will work hard to change the charter so we can give three terms for each Council member,» said Rodriguez, who is already in his own third term.

Members of the UFT and its state affiliate, NYSUT, sent nearly 2,000 faxes and made nearly 1,000 phone calls to get their message to the Senate Republicans, who were pushing to expand and enrich the charter sector at the expense of neighborhood public schools.

These parents were joined by Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, State Senators Martin J. Golden, Ruben Diaz Sr. and Kevin Parker, and Assembly Member Crespo, who called on their colleagues to support charters» critical work educating high - need students.

All Queens Community Board members are appointed by the Borough President, pursuant to the City Charter, with half of her appointees nominated by the City Councilmembers who represent the districts within each Community Board.

«I am honored to join this illustrious list of poets who have been Queens Poet Laureates, especially Stephen Stepanchev, who was one of my professors at Queens College, and Hal Sirowitz, who is also a charter member of brevitas, an online poetry circle,» said Queens Poet Laureate MARIA LISELLA.

As for the chartered institute bill, the President again observed that it lacked «clarity over the scope of the profession of «public management» that this bill prohibits all persons who are not members of the institute from practising.»

Also in the race are attorney Marc A. Landis, who represented Upper West Side parents in their fight to keep a charter school from opening in a public school building, and Community Board 7 member Mel Wymore, who would be New York's first openly transgender City Council member if he won.

But it wasn't enough for the IBEW members the Observer spoke with, who showed up to the rally expecting to hear a full - throated endorsement of their clash with Charter.

Miner said the charter change weakens the planning commission and strikes fear in the hearts of community members who have contacted her.

«Someone could just go over with a net, catch a shitload of these fish and screw me out of the tuna fishery,» says council member John McMurray, who owns a charter fishing business in New York.

After six years of intense effort, when Bersin proposed under the No Child Left Behind law that charter school organizers be asked to make proposals for some of the worst - performing schools, a school board member called him a «Gauleiter,» which she «(inaccurately) said were «Jews who worked for the Nazis [to shepherd] their own people into the trains» to the concentration camps.»

Thom Markham, Ph.D., President of GlobalRedesigns, and Senior National Faculty member at the Buck Institute for Education, is a psychologist and educator who served as a Director with Active Learning, Inc., an innovative motivational and learning skills camp program for high school and college students, taught at an award - winning high school, where he led school reform efforts and developed a highly - acclaimed internship - based program, and co-founded the Marin School of Arts and Technology, an innovative charter high school in Novato, California.

Here the union is hedging its bets, trying to weaken the charter movement while also ensuring that any teachers who do slide into charter schools will remain union members.

Laws about who can sit on charter boards vary around the country, but D.C.'s law limits charter boards to 15 unpaid members, with two seats reserved for school parents; 51 percent of members must be D.C. residents.

It was DeVos articulating the kinds of practical frustrations that bedevil so many educators, parents, and community members — especially that trio of dynamic teachers who might want to launch a charter, but don't have the time or bandwidth to navigate an application process that requires two years, foundation support, and a professional proposal writer.

As part of its week - long celebrations, the National Alliance will shine a spotlight on charter change makers: the educators, families, leaders, and community members who make charter schools possible and in doing so, make so much more possible for students.

Talbot is also a member of the National Charter Collaborative, an organization that «supports single - site charter - school leaders of color who invest in the hopes and dreams of students through the cultural fabric of their communities.Charter Collaborative, an organization that «supports single - site charter - school leaders of color who invest in the hopes and dreams of students through the cultural fabric of their communities.charter - school leaders of color who invest in the hopes and dreams of students through the cultural fabric of their communities.»

I've seen how painful this process can be, both as a charter authorizer who closed schools and a board member of a school that had to close.

Its board members, who are appointed by the governor for 4 - year terms, are responsible for authorizing activities, including decisions to grant, renew or revoke a charter.

In 2010, then City Council member Gale Brewer threatened to strangle any parents who moved their child from a traditional public to a charter school.

Others members who support parent choice and equity include Gloria Bonilla - Santiago, LEAP Academy; Nicole Cole, NJ Charter Schools Association; Janellen Duffy, JerseyCAN; Shavar Jeffries, Former Assistant Attorney General and current Executive Director of Democrats for Education Reform; and Tia Morris, Teach for America.

Smith was one of several charter school community members who, along with Bridgeport elected officials, met earlier this month at Achievement First Bridgeport Academy Middle School for a legislative breakfast.

The initiative states that the nine - member board must be comprised of people who «have demonstrated an understanding of and a commitment to charter schooling as a strategy for strengthening public education.»

WHO: Booker T. Washington Academy parents, students, school leaders and community members, as well as the Northeast Charter Schools Network staff

The Charter Leaders Advisory Council is made up of a cohort of Association member school leaders and board members who guide the Association's legislative and policy agendas, and Association events tailored specifically for charter teachers, leaders and school perCharter Leaders Advisory Council is made up of a cohort of Association member school leaders and board members who guide the Association's legislative and policy agendas, and Association events tailored specifically for charter teachers, leaders and school percharter teachers, leaders and school personnel.

Our Charters Changing Lives campaign is a way to share the stories that are often overlooked: to recognize the efforts of our students, teachers, leaders and community members who dedicate their lives to ensuring student success.

A special needs ESA bill was introduced in 2014, but a coalition of House members, including many of the same members who teamed up to kill charter schools legislation, joined together to defeat this measure on the last day of the 2014 legislative session.

... The way I see the investment from [Eli] Broad and other philanthropists is there are people who very unselfishly want to give a lot of money to improve schools in LA, and it would be my job as a board member to get them to give money to the district and ensure that we are going to use it, or use it with partnerships to create high - performing schools, and if I am a board member and they just want to give it to charter schools because the district has just become so intractable to outside investors and partners, then that is on me and that is on us.

State Board of Education member Becky Taylor, who also sits on the Charter School Advisory Board, expressed her support for the move on Wednesday, saying the recent allegations and charges associated with Newpoint are all red flags.

Alan Hawkes, a member of the N.C. Charter School Advisory Board who holds close ties with NHA, told his colleagues upon approving relatively few new charter schools for 2015 that Sen. Jerry Tillman's intent was to have many more national charter school operators come into North Carolina and make public school districts feel «threatened and up their game.Charter School Advisory Board who holds close ties with NHA, told his colleagues upon approving relatively few new charter schools for 2015 that Sen. Jerry Tillman's intent was to have many more national charter school operators come into North Carolina and make public school districts feel «threatened and up their game.charter schools for 2015 that Sen. Jerry Tillman's intent was to have many more national charter school operators come into North Carolina and make public school districts feel «threatened and up their game.charter school operators come into North Carolina and make public school districts feel «threatened and up their game.»

CCSA extends a very special thank you to all of our hundreds of members who celebrated the 20th Anniversary of California Charter Schools in Chico, Fresno, Oakland, San Jose and San Diego!

«A national movement needs people like Eva who are willing to take it to the streets and stand up and defend her position and ours,» said Nelson Smith, a senior advisor to the National Association of Charter School Operators and a member of the Broad Prize's review board.