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Related: About this forumNEA names Maryland’s Martin O’Malley ‘America’s Greatest Education Governor’
A REMINDER
NEW ORLEANS - July 05, 2010 -
Maryland Gov. Martin OMalley received the Americas Greatest Education Governor Award from the National Education Association (NEA) today during the NEAs Representative Assembly in New Orleans. The prestigious award is presented each year to a governor who has made major, statewide efforts to improve public education.
Governor OMalley took office in 2007, just months before the nation plunged into a deep recession, said NEA President Dennis Van Roekel. Despite the economic devastation to his state, he kept his eye on the big picturehe understands that the recipe for economic recovery and success means preparing Marylands young people for the challenges of the 21st century.
Governor OMalley is a strong advocate for public education, Van Roekel added. He has made great strides in increasing school funding, expanding school programs, and taking the needs of the whole child into account in education policy decisions. OMalley listens to parents, educators and community members when making policy decisions that affect Marylands public schools. He continues to be a champion of public education and truly believes, as we do, that education will lead to a brighter and better future for all of us.
Lots of governors like to think of themselves as education governors, but Governor OMalley has really earned that accolade.
Note: this is from a press release and is not bound by copyright.
Under OMalley, Maryland has made progress in closing the achievement gap. A key strategy has been the governors insistence that underprivileged and minority students be taught by teachers as highly qualified as those who teach economically advantaged students. That approach is paying off. In 2009, for example, 7.5 percent of Hispanic students and 9.6 percent of African-American students earned a score of 3 or better on at least one AP exam during high school. Thats up from 5.7 percent and 7 percent, respectively, in 2004.
OMalley also secured a freeze on tuition to Maryland institutions of higher learning, making higher education more affordable for Marylanders.
"Public education is the cornerstone of our democracy, and especially in these difficult times, we must remember that it is also the key to moving our economy forward and the key to our future, said OMalley. In Maryland, we've made some very tough decisions to protect funding for our schools, and it is paying off.
We've worked with our Maryland teachers to create the No. 1 public school system in the nation. I'm honored that the NEA recognizes our strong partnership and the great results it has produced with this award.
While as a country we dont always do the best job at showing our appreciation, OMalley told NEA members, your work is the answer to the great global challenges of our times and the key to unlocking our greatest job-creating potential and expanding our global leadership in a rapidly changing world. Improving pre-K, K-12, and post-secondary education is essential for unleashing the job-creating, life-saving, power of American innovation.
NEA President Van Roekel presented the award to OMalley in front of the 9,000 educators who are attending NEAs Representative Assembly in New Orleans. The Maryland governor is only the third person to receive this award. Previous winners were Gov. Richardson of New Mexico and Gov. Easley of North Carolina.
Some of OMalleys other accomplishments: reinvigorating Marylands Career and Technology Education and Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) programs statewide, and launching the comprehensive Maryland STEM Innovation Network to promote the delivery of high quality STEM education at all levels throughout the state.
Governor O'Malley has consistently placed public education at the top of his agenda, said Clara Floyd, president of the Maryland State Education Association."In the most difficult of economic times, he championed historic funding of K-12 public schools, which has increased student achievement and led us to become No. 1 in the nation.
From here: http://www.nea.org/home/40032.htm
HappyPlace
(568 posts)I'm glad we finally have a few options for primary season.
Thank you kindly for supporting him and posting this.
elleng
(130,773 posts)and WELCOME.
Yes, we have options. Check him out further here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1281
HappyPlace
(568 posts)You're very kind.
delrem
(9,688 posts)+1
elleng
(130,773 posts)delrem
(9,688 posts)The National Education Association (NEA) is the largest professional organization and largest labor union in the United States,[2][3] representing public school teachers and other support personnel, faculty and staffers at colleges and universities, retired educators, and college students preparing to become teachers. The NEA has 3.2 million members and is headquartered in Washington, D.C. With affiliate organizations in every state and in more than 14,000 communities across the nation, it employs over 550 staff and had a budget of more than $307 million for the 20062007 fiscal year. Lily Eskelsen García is the NEA's current president.
delrem
(9,688 posts)I'm looking forward to that.
I'm not so much looking forward to what I'll hear from Clinton, because of the "credibility" issue, or from Webb or Chafee. Because from Webb and Chafee the "credibility" issue is doubled.
elleng
(130,773 posts)He does VERY well discussing matters, is unflappable and on point. Here he is on the Chris Hayes show: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017277834
delrem
(9,688 posts)heh.
so you'll have to go seek it.
rpannier
(24,328 posts)explain that leadership crack he made when announcing his candidacy
Cuz it sure as hell sounded like a dis of the President
delrem
(9,688 posts)At this point I couldn't give a good god damn.
What I see is a PNAC/MIC/INVESTMENT-BANKING policy direction going back generations and going back through multiple D and R administrations, so there is no way to "point blame" on some faction.
I like that the Obama family looks so good, and it's helpful w.r.t. racial divides, but there was no "change". And the ME is burning all the brighter as a consequence. This is nice for those who like fireworks. The top 1% of investment capitalists are doing splendidly. The prison industrial complex is also doing fine, thank you. The increasing privatization of the school system is an outstanding achievement - irreversible, if the wise people pondering and publishing in the right-wing think tanks are correct.
One thing about big money, it can hire a surfeit of people to toil 24/7, 52 weeks a year, for the best pay, to sell every aspect of the program.
Agschmid
(28,749 posts)bigtree
(85,977 posts)elleng
(130,773 posts)Rumor has it hrc's meeting with nea 'now,' but history's history and experience is experience. I HOPE someones understand that.
Agschmid
(28,749 posts)rpannier
(24,328 posts)(The Santa was just because I like X-Mas)