NEA: O'Malley 'Greatest Education Governor'
The National Education Association, the union representing 3.2 million teachers across the nation, will give Martin O'Malley its "America's Greatest Education Governor" award at its conference in New Orleans on July 5, Baltimore Sun education Liz Bowie reports.
The NEA praises O'Malley, a Democrat, for leaving education out of the budget cuts and for helping to close the achievement gap. A press release on the NEA website says that the annual award is given to governors who have made major, statewide efforts to improve public education.
Interestingly, local union leaders in many Maryland counties have been less than enthusiastic about the education reform bills that O'Malley introduced and helped get passed during last winter's Maryland General Assembly. The Maryland State Education Association has endorsed the governor.
A campaign spokesman for Republican former Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., O'Malley's likely opponent in the fall, said "Martin O'Malley can have the union. Bob Ehrlich cares about the students, parents and teachers."
Comments
Why doesn't this great Governor know charter schools are public schools?
Posted by: Jill | June 30, 2010 11:08 PM
The NEA is pandering to their wallet, not making an assessment of MOM. The real force behind Maryland education is Nancy Grasmick, an Ehrlich appointee as I recall..............
Posted by: MDR | July 1, 2010 6:59 AM
Actually MDR, Grasmick was appointed under the Schaeffer administration. BTW, Ehlich also appointed half the Baltimore City schoolboard so he can't claim to be clean of that mess either. The NEA is recognizing Gov O'Malley because Maryland is one of only a handful of states that hasn't laid off teachers in this economy. Gov O'Malley refuses to pander to Bob Ehrlich's focus-group politics that make great political rhetoric, but lousy policies.
Posted by: Josh | July 1, 2010 9:24 AM
So leave the teachers alone... instead lets balance the budget on the backs of State Employees. That makes sense. Like the continued pay cuts for the State Police. Maybe that's why Trooper Brown who was just killed was working at Applebees in the first place. O'Malley is Saint... with alot of blood on his hands.
Posted by: Face The Truth | July 1, 2010 10:48 AM
Face the Truth, You can have your own opinions, but not your own facts. State Troopers haven't seen their pay cut one cent. Even more, they were exempted from the state furloughs. But Bob Ehrlich cut funding for our corrections officers, broke promises to pay for proper staffing in blizzards, and his cuts resulted corrections officer's death in 2006 when an inmate literally broke out of his cell and killed him. Corrections officer's repeatedly warned the Ehrlich administration that the locks in the prisons needed repair but Ehrlich wouldn't hear any of it.
Posted by: Josh | July 1, 2010 12:26 PM
NOW JOSH... It would appear that you don't know the facts at all. As a Trooper myself, we received a 2% pay cut in July of 2009. That paycut was just extended through July 1st of 2011. Your right about the furlough days. Since we are essential employees we can't be given furlough days, therefore were given the 2% cut. We are now the lowest paid Law Enforcement Agency in Maryland. As for the locks in the prisons... that would be Jessup, the Glendening Administration was suppose to resolve thoose problems. Thanks Josh and WAKE UP!
Posted by: Jason | July 4, 2010 11:30 AM
Charter Schools are not public schools. Teachers do not even have to be certified in anything!
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