Sentences with phrase «of education committees»

And according to research commissioned by the Education Commission of the States and the National Conference of State Legislatures, 30 percent of the chairs of education committees in state legislatures are serving in that role for the first time.

Today, the Conference Report for the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) was released, manifesting a compromise recently struck between members of the education committees of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.

The chairs of the education committees in the Senate and Assembly, Sen. Luther Olsen and Rep. Steve Kestell, worked on the proposal, along with stakeholders.

What's wrong with teaching knitting??!! Seriously... A good article but surely the success of this scheme depends too much on the quality of Education Committees

The question of how Michigan should evaluate its public school teachers will be up for debate Wednesday in a joint meeting of education committees in the Michigan Legislature.

Write the members of the education committees even if you don't live in their state.

The charter - schools bills were unveiled this month by Senator Gary K. Hart and Assemblywoman Delaine Eastin, the chairmen of the education committees in the two legislative chambers.

She does outreach presentations to undergraduate classes at Penn State and she's a member of the Education Committee for ILCA.

She was honored as a Fellow of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine in 2009, and elected to its Board of Directors in 2014, currently serving as chair of the Education Committee.

«Senator Marcellino and the members of the education committee will seek information about what is being done to fix underperforming schools and other specific plans to improve and strengthen the city school system so that the state's examination of mayoral control is as comprehensive as possible.»

And as the former Chair of the Education Committee, Flanagan can speak to teachers in a language they understand.

As the former Chairman of the Education Committee for the last five years, I have a deep understanding and am acutely aware of the importance of a first - class, quality education for our young people.

Mary Ellen has been a member of the Education Committee of Preservation Buffalo Niagara since 2011.

Dennis Walcott spent his first day as chancellor - designee on a City Council hot seat on April 8, as members of the Education Committee grilled him on the mayor's plan to lay off thousands of teachers.

Assemblywoman Cathy Nolan (D - Queens), chair of the Education Committee and a close ally of the United Federation of Teachers, was wondering why a highly rated charter that wanted to open a second school in her district was rejected.

Robert has served the Scottish Parliament as Convenor of the Education Committee and as Deputy Minister for Education and Young People.

Mark Treyger, chairman of the Education Committee, spoke at the rally, along with fellow Brooklynites Justin Brannan, Laurie Cumbo, Rafael Espinal, Brad Lander and Antonio Reynoso.

Senate Leader Dean Skelos has resigned his post over a corruption scandal and Republicans have elected Senator John Flanagan, currently chair of the Education Committee, to be his successor.

Sen. Patrick Gallivan of Elma received $ 18,000 as vice chairman of the Education Committee, $ 5,500 more than he would have been be paid for chairing the Crime Victims, Crime, and Correction Committee.

Gallivan, of Erie County, pulled down an $ 18,000 stipend as vice chairman of the Education Committee, but bailed on half of its four meetings and was late to the other two.

Flanagan's post as chair of the education committee has helped him grow in prominence, particularly as issues like the Common Core standards, teacher evaluations and charter schools have dominated the political landscape.

«I feel that I can continue to strongly represent the interests of Huntington, Smithtown, Brookhaven and all Long Island residents by being in Albany, particularly as the Chair of the Education Committee,» Flanagan said in a statement.

Nolan, the chair of the education committee, criticized the mayor because the city has yet to come to an agreement on the teacher evaluation plan required by the state and now stands to lose millions in aid.

As chair of the Education Committee, (he's perhaps best known as his role as an education reformer, and lead paintiff in the CFE case), Jackson fought to get PCBs out of classrooms and to phase out dirty boilers that polluted the air.

Nolan is chair of the Education committee, and is being pressured by the teacher unions, and local school boards.

The de Blasio administration and most of the education committee supported the bill, arguing that more experienced school bus drivers behind the wheel will benefit all city children who take the bus, particularly students with special needs who require trained drivers and escorts.

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.

One recent submission, for instance, shows Gallivan listed as «chairman» of the education committee, even though he's not, according to copies of the documents furnished under the Freedom of Information Law.

Gallivan, who chairs the Crime Victims, Crime and Corrections committee and is vice chair of the Education Committee, at first referred questions to Flanagan.

Intro 65 - A was vigorously opposed by out LGBT Councilmembers Daniel Dromm of Jackson Heights, a former public school teacher and head of the Education Committee, and Rosie Mendez of the Lower East Side, who said in a joint statement, «Yeshivas, private schools, and parochial schools — unlike public schools — are not subject to Council oversight or much of the NYC Human Rights Law.

Represented by the Chairman of his Education Committee on Saturday, Alhaji Abdullahi Dogon - Daji, Dasuki said that the scholarship was aimed at encouraging students to excel.

The bill was sponsored by Councilman Danny Dromm, chair of the education committee, who said the measure will help the Council learn how long it takes from the time students receives a special education referral to the time they actually receive it.

These incidents demonstrate that these problems must be fixed now,» said Jackson, chair of the education committee.

On Wednesday, members of the city council's Progressive Caucus, including Councilman Daniel Dromm, chair of the Education Committee, came to Albany asking state legislators to adopt a budget that provides funding mandated by the Campaign for Fiscal Equity court decision, excludes additional resources for charter schools, leaves the charter school cap at current levels and provides more local control over the city's schools.

Mulgrew and American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten stopped by several rallies and City Hall for a show of support for City Councilman Danny Dromm (D - Queens), chairman of the Education Committee.

«Rather than cutting spending on consultants and private contractors, they chose to cut schools,» complained Upper Manhattan City Councilman Robert Jackson, chair of the education committee.

State Sen. John Flanagan (R - East Northport), chairman of the Education Committee, said in talks leading up to the budget presentation, that Republicans who control the Senate told the governor that any proposed cuts to school aid should to be «fair and equitable.»

Represented by the Chairman of his Education Committee on Saturday, Alhaji Abdullahi Dogon - Daji, Dasuki...

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.

«We have a an exemption in the law the [DOE] thinks they can drive a Mack Truck through,» said State Sen. Daniel Squadron, who was also joined by local Assemblyman Brian Kavanagh, Councilwoman Rosie Mendez and Councilman Robert Jackson, chairman of the Education Committee.

As chair of the education committee of CASCA, and as secretary of the Graduate Student Committee, respectively, we were given the opportunity at the AAS meeting to describe the Canadian situation based on our recent survey of graduate astronomy departments across the country.

She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Foundation for the Advancement of Innovation Medicine Education Fund (FAIM Ed) and serves as the director of the Education Committee and Speakers Bureau.

Eva Moskowitz, former member of the New York City Council and chair of its education committee, is executive director of the Harlem Success Charter School.

In my capacity as chair of the education committee, I also produced what amounted to Cliffs Notes of these documents (see sidebar).

Northumberland - born Neil Carmichael MP, chair of the education committee, said: «The North East is taking part in a review of its post-16 education provision and we are keen to hear about how the process is going for our inquiry on this issue.

«Everybody wants appropriately high standards,» said state Assemblyman Steven Sanders, the chairman of the education committee in the legislature's lower house, «but what we're hearing is it is ultimately unfair and ultimately arbitrary... having every student in the state having their abilities defined by one particular exam on one particular day.»

The proposals will be discussed by councillors at a meeting of the education committee on 20 February.

At the former Lucy Flower Career Academy High School (now the Al Raby Career Academy), for instance, a 1940 fresco depicting influential American women had been painted over shortly after its creation due to a disapproving — and all - male — Board of Education committee.

But among those in opposition were minority Democratic leaders, including key members of the Education Committee.

Neil Carmichael MP, chair of the Education Committee, said: «The undoubted increase in the number of children and young people suffering from mental health issues is extremely alarming.