by Communications Team | Dec 28, 2009 | Education, Western New York
This is the third post in our series, Faces of Change. Click here for the first post. Click here for the second post. This is Osman Muse. Osman moved to the US from Somalia with his parents when he was in the 6th grade. He remembers that when he got here, he felt like...
by Communications Team | Nov 9, 2009 | Education, Health Care
Tomorrow, the state legislature will address the Governor’s proposed mid-year budget cuts, which include $686 million to education and millions more to after-school programs and Medicaid. He has also proposed a state spending cap that will devastate schools,...
by Bob Cohen | Oct 27, 2009 | Education, Health Care
On October 15th, Governor Paterson initiated what has unfortunately become almost a new ritual in Albany – telling us that he has to make further “mid-year” cuts to the existing severe state budget. The details are mind-numbing – $686 million in aid cuts...
by Communications Team | Oct 2, 2009 | Education, Western New York
Do a search for school violence on Google News and the number of results, which span the continental United States, is disheartening. The history of school violence begins for most Americans with Columbine and is bracketed by the deaths at Virginia Tech. In recent...
by Communications Team | Aug 11, 2009 | Education
For years, our Long Island affiliate, the Long Island Progressive Coalition, has been working through the Alliance for Quality Education to influence reforms in the Wyandanch School District – reforms to the curriculum, the way the district handles their...
by Communications Team | Aug 4, 2009 | Education
Last week, the Board of Regents announced its election of Dr. David Stenier as New York State Education Commissioner. The position is an important one for all school children in New York. It holds broad powers to enforce laws, issues rules, and perform oversight...
by Communications Team | Aug 3, 2009 | Education
Last month, our Syracuse chapter held a barbecue at the Southwest Community Center. On the menu: learning the views and ideas of local school board candidates. In past years there was little competition among candidates for seats on the school board, and conversation...
