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Parents and Advocates Protest Governor’s Budget

By editor | January 22nd, 2010
The Alliance for Quality Education The Campaign for Fiscal Equity Citizen Action of New York New York City Coalition for Educational Justice Education Voters of New York For Immediate Release Parents and Advocates Protest Governor’s $1.4 Billion Cut to Schools On Top of The Broken CFE Promise Deliver Over 1000 Broken Pencils to Governor Symbolizing [...]
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Long Time Education Philanthropists and Activists Call for Fair Share Tax Reform

By editor | April 2nd, 2009
For Immediate Release                                             Contact:         Glynda C. Carr March 16, 2009                                                                                  646-502-2923 WILLING TO PAY: STANDING UP FOR FAIR SHARE TAX REFORM By Gerard and Lilo Leeds Like many other upper-income families, we have been vocal supporters of the Fair Share Tax Reform as the best solution to restoring the fiscal health of this State. We [...]
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Education Advocates React to Governor’s Budget

By editor | January 29th, 2009
Education advocates react to Governor’s budget
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When Voting on the Economy, Vote on Education

By editor | January 29th, 2009
Going all the way for our children by: Glynda Carr, Executive Director, Education Voters of New York As Americans prepare to go to the polls and elect the next President of the United States, economic issues are rightfully dominating the political debate.  As we consider each of the presidential hopefuls’ plan for climbing our way [...]
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Education Voters Calls for Reform of NYC Mayoral Control

By editor | January 29th, 2009
November 16, 2008 Education Voters joins a Campaign for Better Schools, a coalition committed to reforming the way New York City schools are governed when Mayoral Control comes up for re-authorization in June 2009. This coalition of over 25 education advocacy and community based organizations are demanding a stronger voice from parents, students and stakeholders, [...]
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Education Voters Statement on Governor’s State of the State Address

By editor | January 28th, 2009
January 7, 2009 – New York Governor David Paterson delivered his State of the State address. Governor Paterson called for government leaders to ‘have the courage to balance our budget as well as our priorities.’ He proclaimed, ‘we must sacrifice for the future, but this must be a shared sacrifice.’ Yet he is attempting to [...]
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Vice Chair of Education Voters Warns NY Governor: Massachusetts tax cap was a mistake

By editor | August 12th, 2008
August 7, 2008 Newsday Opinion Editorial Greg Jobin-Leeds, Vice Chair of Education Voters of America, weighs in on school funding inequity and the Property Tax Cap in Massachusetts, warns New Yorkers to avoid the same fate. Read the challenge to New York’s leaders here.
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A Donor’s Warning on Property Tax Cap- NY Daily News Blog, August 7, 2008

By editor | August 7th, 2008
August 7, 2008 As state senators prepare to return to Albany tomorrow to pass a property tax cap, they’re being warned to think twice about the measure by a powerful donor whose family bankrolls a PAC that has injected itself into past Senate races. In a Newsday OpEd this morning, Greg Jobin-Leeds urged lawmakers to [...]
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Finding fairer funding here- Newsday opinion editorial, August 7, 2008

By editor | August 7th, 2008
Tax caps wound up causing cuts to schools in Massachusetts BY GREG JOBIN-LEEDS| Greg Jobin-Leeds is chairman of the Schott Foundation for Public Education and vice chairman of Education Voters of America. Newsday, August 7, 2008 As lawmakers return to Albany tomorrow, their fervor for a property tax cap should be tempered by a look [...]
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Education Voters of New York Announces Selection of Glynda Carr as Executive Director

By admin | March 1st, 2008
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