by Communications Team | May 20, 2011 | Education
Early childhood education is increasingly being cited as one of the most important factors in a child’s future success. More than three quarters of a child’s intellect, personality, and social skills are developed by age five. Estimates state that every dollar...
by Communications Team | May 19, 2011 | Capital District, Education, New York City, Rochester, Southern Tier, Western New York
Today, Citizen Action of New York, The Alliance for Quality Education, and New York State United Teachers launched a statewide campaign called “Students First: The Reality Tour.” At a press conference in the Legislative Office Building in Albany, AQE...
by Communications Team | May 18, 2011 | Education, Health Care
On Tuesday, May 17, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver introduced legislation to extend the millionaires’ tax beyond the end of the year deadline. Speaker Silver cited this extension as a “moral imperative.” It’s unreasonable, unethical, and...
by Communications Team | May 16, 2011 | Capital District, Education, Health Care, New York City
On Thursday, May 12, I hopped on a bus with Citizen Action of New York and other local activists. We made the trip from Albany to Lower Manhattan in order to join with On May 12, a massive political rally to protest a devastating state budget that puts millionaires...
by Communications Team | May 12, 2011 | Capital District, Education
If you live in Albany, there’s two important votes taking place on Tuesday, May 17th: the Albany City School District budget vote, and the Albany Public Library budget vote. These two institutions are central to the strength of our community. We must make sure...
by Communications Team | May 12, 2011 | Capital District, Education
About 150 concerned New Yorkers stopped by the Legislative Office Building in Albany on Tuesday, May 10th, to protest the “profits over people” lobbyists and Tea Partiers who were meeting in the Well of the Legislative Office Building in support of...
by Communications Team | May 11, 2011 | Education
Early childhood education is increasingly being cited as one of the most important factors in a child’s future success. 75% of a child’s brain development and 85% of intellect, personality, and social skills are developed by age five. And, several studies,...
by Communications Team | May 9, 2011 | Education, Fair Elections, Health Care, New York City
On Thursday, May 12th, thousands of concerned New Yorkers will converge at public assembly points throughout lower Manhattan to protest a devastating state budget that puts millionaires before working New Yorkers. Mayor Michael Bloomberg is proposing disastrous budget...
by Communications Team | May 9, 2011 | Education
Our friends at the Alliance for Quality Education (AQE) have released a list of ten ways to cut costs in New York public schools without affecting the classroom. This was proposed as an alternative to New York State’s recent trend of laying off teachers, cutting...
