Sentences with phrase «pushed by board member»

Not exact matches

«The crises of the last few years have pushed monetary policy into uncharted territory,» ECB executive board member Sabine Lautenschläger remarked at a meeting organized by the Commissariat of German Bishops.

Such comments have led to a push by some community members and a few of his colleagues on the Buffalo School Board to have him removed from the elected position.

Two educators with strong ties to New York City are also being pushed by advisers to Mr. de Blasio: Kathleen M. Cashin, a member of the New York State Board of Regents; and Carmen Farina, a former deputy chancellor.

MTA board member Veronica Vanterpool, who also works as executive director of the nonprofit Tri-State Transportation Campaign, said that rather than picking a fight with its fellow transportation provider, the MTA and Cuomo should advocate on Amtrak's behalf, including by pushing for emergency financial assistance from the federal government for the summer repairs at Penn, which Amtrak has said will cost between $ 30 million and $ 40 million.

«I don't think that pushing (for mayoral control) in the last eight weeks of session, disenfranchising the voters of the city of Buffalo, and disempowering nine elected members of the board makes sense,» the senator said, adding that he hoped an additional two board members selected by the mayor would «help to reduce the acrimony» among existing members.

BY PAUL SCHINDLER In the face of shock, chagrin, and some withering criticism both on social media and from past executive directors, top staff and board members at the Empire State Pride Agenda pushed back against the notion they had declared «Mission Accomplished» in their December 12 announcement that they were winding down major operations -LSB-...]

Merryl Tisch, chancellor of the state Board of Regents, told about 500 school board members attending a state convention in Manhattan that the toughened law, pushed through the legislature in April by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, is «full of problems.&rBoard of Regents, told about 500 school board members attending a state convention in Manhattan that the toughened law, pushed through the legislature in April by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, is «full of problems.&rboard members attending a state convention in Manhattan that the toughened law, pushed through the legislature in April by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, is «full of problems.»

Groups like Citizen Action and the Alliance for Quality Education have long been fighting against tests used to determine if teachers and schools are effective and are fighting the push by members of the current school board for more charter schools and potentially conversion of some public schools into charters.

Several foundations were pushing for reform; African American and Latino leaders were engaged; and a 27 - member Commission on Secondary School Reform, appointed by the school board, had submitted reform recommendations.

By pushing new school board members to pick on a top performing charter school whose focus is to graduate seniors and encourage higher education is ignoring the real issues public schools are facing.

Starting next year, all Seattle high schools will push their start times later — most of them by almost an hour — and most elementaries will start significantly earlier under an overhaul of the district's bell schedule school board members approved Wednesday night.

But Deasy's plan to push forward with an AGT - based plan may be derailed by school board member Steve Zimmer.

That reflects the growing push by Latino families to improve their children's education without turning to pricey private schools, said Noel Gallo, a school board member representing the Fruitvale district for two decades before being elected to the City Council three years ago.

Veronica Melvin, of Communities for Teaching Excellence, headed by ex-LAUSD board member Yolie Flores, says the ad is intended to clue in the public to the fact that there's «a movement afoot to really push the district and union toward making progress — to realize quality education for L.A.'s youth.»

Billy Hatchett, board member, said costs of running programs that are now covered by OPSB fees would push Warren Easton over budget.

The ultimate transformation in a city like this has got to be led not by seven school board members elected by less than 9 percent of the voters, or Eli Broad, but it's got to be a mayor pushing it, and it doesn't necessarily have to be mayoral control.

They include Scenic Hudson, the Hudson River Fisherman's Association (Riverkeeper), Clearwater, the short - lived Hudson River valley Commission, the Hudson River Foundation, and the Natural Resources Defense Council (It might surprise some to know that N.R.D.C. was founded by Scenic Hudson board members on the losing end of an internal struggle over an effort to push Scenic Hudson to focus on more than Storm King).

The AGU treatment of scientist Roger Pielke Jr. by its minions should come as no surprise though, since these editors are likely the useful idiots of AGU board members pushing non-scientific political agendas.

After a series of defeats in 2013, ALEC scored its first major victory for this agenda this year, as Ohio voted to freeze its renewables mandate, with legislation pushed by ALEC board member state senator Bill Seitz.

In our Board there was a push by a member to remove it as well, saying service not salesmanship should be the focus.

I dare say that much of this would disappear if the boards pushed CREA into allowing opt - in membership by any registrant who chooses to be a board member.