Sentences with phrase «open public leaders»

(Albany, NY) In a letter delivered today, a coalition of government reform organizations called on Governor Andrew Cuomo, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie to hold a series of open public leaders» meetings to discuss and negotiate — in public — ethics reforms necessary to restore New Yorkers» battered confidence in Albany.

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This lack of transparency could actually also be grounds for yet more legal action against Trump, in fact, since it looks very likely that it's a violation of the Federal Advisory Committee Act to not hold these advisory meetings from business leaders open to the public, though the administration denies any of its actions have contravened this order.

The service - open to the public - will be the last public event featuring the 115 cardinals who will choose the new spiritual leader of the world's 1.2 billion Roman Catholics.

Yet, if protest movement leaders do have a mandate it is based on the movement's transparent, «open - source» approach: by inviting many people to participate, the protest expects the protesters» individual experience to serve the public good.

After a year in which Dean Skelos and Sheldon Silver, respective legislative leaders of both the State Senate and State Assembly, were convicted for defrauding the public for personal gain, politicians in Albany have once again refused to act on preventing corruption and enacting needed ethics reform and running a more open government.

These changes, approved in two meetings over the course of the past month, will ensure that there are semiannual meetings of the County Committee, the membership body of most Brooklyn Democrats, and that Executive Committee meetings, comprised of District Leaders, are open to the public.

At 11 a.m, public charter school leaders, including Eva Moskowitz, founder and CEO of Success Academy Charter Schools, join parents on the City Hall steps to demand that de Blasio «act immediately to resolve (their) open space requests,» Manhattan.

This question, from somebody who wishes to remain Anon, but was a popular theme at Saturday's Fabian conference: «If you become Labour party leader, what will you do to ensure labour becomes more open and democratic in party structure, to ensure Labour never becomes out of touch with members, movement, and the public while in office?»

Republican state Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan will insist that more charter schools be allowed to open in New York City as part of any deal to extend Mayor de Blasio's authority over the public - school system, The Post has learned.

«Public financing for comptroller - only candidates opens the door to campaign finance reform, but the Governor and the legislative leaders must now walk through that door and finish the job by Monday and agree to comprehensive campaign finance reform,» said Dick Dadey of Citizens Union in a statement.

The Tory leader watched Cowell explain his idea on Newsnight, for «some kind of referendum - type TV show where you can speak on both sides and then open it up to the public to get an instant poll», although Cameron was a bit more wary of the suggestion that Cowell would plonk a red telephone on stage so that No 10 could ring in to make its case.

In response to the groups» call, a spokesman for Cuomo, did not address the question of an open leaders meeting, saying instead ethics and campaign finance reform «will be discussed» but did not say whether that will in public or in private.

«We strongly urge you to hold a new public hearing on Success Academy's application to open a new charter school in School District 1, so that the residents of that district have an opportunity to provide their input on the revised application,» said local leaders in a Nov. 13 letter to Chancellor Carmen Fariña.

It is intolerable to us that leaders of the Jewish faith are placed in a position that they feel they have to issue an open letter dealing the hurt our party has caused, and lead a public protest before a meeting of the parliamentary Labour party.

Parents were split on the decision to open city schools, which had drawn some ire from local leaders like Public Advocate Tish James and state Senator Jose Peralta.

Others said Heastie and Flanagan had not only failed to deliver on their promises to open the Legislature's notoriously secretive processes to greater public scrutiny but also abandoned their pledges to reduce the near - dictatorial powers that leaders have over individual legislators.

In response to the groups» call, a spokesman for Governor Cuomo did not address the question of an open leaders» meeting, saying instead ethics and campaign finance reform «will be discussed» but did not say whether that will in public or in private.

While it remains to be seen how it will be enforced, city of Schenectady leaders last night unanimously approved a law prohibiting smoking within 50 feet of City Hall and other city - owned buildings that are open to the public.

Nick Clegg, the Liberal Democrat leader, said nothing short of a fully open inquiry, held in public, would satisfy the families of Britain's fallen soldiers.

New York City Department of Environmental Protection officials opened the Gilboa Dam site to government leaders, the media and the public Tuesday to get a firsthand look at reconstruction.

The image of Gallo, at least on this occasion, was of a public official in charge, on top of things, a leader open to new ideas, conciliatory, receptive.

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March 2018 — Over 70 religious leaders, parliamentarians, education experts, and public figures, spanning from Humanists UK Chief Executive Andrew Copson through to former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, write an open letter organised by Humanists UK calling on the Education Secretary to keep the cap in place.

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Chicago school leaders» plan to open a military academy inside a public high school has run into resistance from community members angry enough to try to form a protective human ring around the school.

Governor Donald Carcieri, Speaker Gordon Fox and Mayor Daniel J. McKee cut the ribbon at Blackstone Valley Prep Mayoral Academy's 2009 opening, surrounded by (from left to right) Cranston mayor Allan Fung, R.I. attorney general Peter Kilmartin, former senate majority leader Daniel Connors, R.I. commissioner of education Deborah Gist, former president of the National Alliance of Public Charter Schools Nel - son Smith and former R.I. representative Mary Ann Shallcross Smith.

The piece I wrote illustrated the power of personalized learning powered by blended learning, which addresses the call by a group of business and academic leaders in their recent «Open Letter on the Digital Economy» and a corresponding piece that contained a set of public policy recommendations to «redesign how we deliver education at all levels using the power of digital technologies.»

This public «edu - trip of open learning» is just a taste of what primary, secondary and post-secondary schools are able to offer if they elect to become «connected and transparent learning environments,» granting students, teachers and leaders access to today's social media tools.

Five teachers, all veterans of Teach for America, are opening a public school in Newark that will have no principal, just «teacher - leaders.»

A small number of progressive leaders of major urban school systems are using school closure and replacement to transform their long - broken districts: Under Chancellor Joel Klein, New York City has closed nearly 100 traditional public schools and opened more than 300 new schools.

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While the districts carry out these efforts in different ways, and to varying degrees of success, district leaders from all three clearly understand the relevance of engaging with the community and are open to input from the public.

The judge's order bars Ballard's office from «any and all activities... or public statements that would have the effect of prohibiting [the school] from beginning classes on August 6,» which Project School leaders read as an opening allowing them to find a new sponsor for their charter.

Future Public School's opening day is set for late August 2018, but its two leaders are busy preparing for a smooth opening.

Passionate teachers, parents and leaders from the community often choose to open charter public schools in order to drive positive change in public education.

The leaders of Reid Traditional Schools opened Painted Rock in response to the increasing demand at Valley Academy, one of Arizona's first public charter schools.

Florida, which will soon allow any student to cross district lines to attend a public school as long as they have open seats, has been a national leader in offering parents educational options for two decades.

Leaders used multiple strategies to convince teachers to open up their doors and expose their practice for public scrutiny.

IEL's Cross-Boundary Leaders for Education and Equity Symposium was designed to create an objective, open - minded, nonpartisan space where leaders could come together and discuss complex issues facing public education and to offer forward - thinking solLeaders for Education and Equity Symposium was designed to create an objective, open - minded, nonpartisan space where leaders could come together and discuss complex issues facing public education and to offer forward - thinking solleaders could come together and discuss complex issues facing public education and to offer forward - thinking solutions.

But officials with GLSEN, a national network that advises K - 12 school leaders on LGBT policy, tell Policy Watch that open scorn from public officials such as James can be particularly damaging to a community that's especially vulnerable.

Educators 4 Excellence - Minnesota members call on union and district leaders to keep Minneapolis and St. Paul contract negotiations open to public

More than 55 public charter schools have opened within San Diego County alone, making it one of California's leaders in transforming public education.

«Each time a new charter school is opened, students leave existing schools, both charter and DCPS, to attend the new charters, and our taxpayer dollars are spread thinner across a growing number of schools,» Suzanne Wells and Valerie Jablow, two D.C. Public Schools parents, wrote in an open letter to city education leaders urging more cooperative planning.

Just as critical, the 6,700 individual charter schools that have opened nationwide are serving as incubators of the most forward - thinking leaders in public education.

Teacher union leaders want to keep poorly performing public schools open, but kill off thriving charters and voucher schools.

A broad, bipartisan coalition now urges a new method of funding our public schools — one that finally ensures the students who need the most receive it, that empowers school leaders to make key decisions, and that opens the door to public school choice.

Yevonne Brannon, chairwoman of Public Schools First N.C., a statewide advocacy group for K - 12 public schools, said the SBE's move indicates state leaders are «righting the ship» after several years of overly lax opening stanPublic Schools First N.C., a statewide advocacy group for K - 12 public schools, said the SBE's move indicates state leaders are «righting the ship» after several years of overly lax opening stanpublic schools, said the SBE's move indicates state leaders are «righting the ship» after several years of overly lax opening standards.

Charter schools are innovative public schools designed by educators, parents or civic leaders that are open by choice, accountable for results, and free from most rules and regulations governing conventional public schools.

Our founders and leaders have been instrumental in innovations such as open enrollment and public school choice, the nation's first charter school law, and schools designed and run by teachers.