The political education committee is a non-partisan committee that exists to educate the FTA members about political issues that effect the membership.
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(May 2016)
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Dear FTA/MTA Member:
I think this much is safe to say: there is no FTA/MTA member that looks forward to implementing District Determined Measures (DDMs). Well, now is your chance to help do something about that.
Our Government Relations Division has been working hard on advocating for great investment in public education in the state budget and to get rid of DDMs.
Unfortunately, the House did not eliminate DDMs in their budget. So, the action now moves to the Senate. We’re telling senators that the recent passage of the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) provides Massachusetts the opportunity to remove high-stakes testing and arbitrary scoring from teacher evaluations. We’re proposing the elimination of the impact rating mandate on educator evaluations while keeping indicators of student learning as a source of evidence in the educator development and evaluation process.
Your voice matters: call your senator and the Senate President (617-722-1500) right now to advocate for education funding and let them know it’s time to say good bye to DDMs. Ask all of your friends and colleagues to do the same.
Contact your Senate District Coordinator and see if you can schedule a meeting with your senator. As time draws closer to a vote, we may be asking for more from you. Alist of senator’s phone numbers can be found below. For more information about who your senator is, please visit:https://malegislature.gov/
Thanks!
Cynthia Villanueva
PAL
Senator Mike Barrett
617-722-1572
Senator Mike Brady
617-722-1200
Senator William Brownsberger
617-722-1280
Senator Harriette Chandler
617-722-1544
Senator Sonia Chang-Diaz
617-722-1673
Senator Cynthia Creem
617-722-1639
Senator Vinny deMacedo
617-722-1330
Senator Sal N. DiDomenico
617-722-1650
Senator Kenneth J. Donnelly
617-722-1432
Senator Eileen Donoghue
617-722-1630
Senator Linda Dorcena Forry
617-722-1150
Senator Benjamin Downing
617-722-1625
Senator James B. Eldridge
617-722-1120
Senator Ryan Fattman
617-722-1420
Senator Jennifer L. Flanagan
617-722-1230
Senator Anne Gobi
617-722-1540
Senator Donald Humason
617-722-1415
Senator Patricia D. Jehlen
617-722-1578
Senator Brian A. Joyce
617-722-1643
Senator John Keenan
617-722-1494
Senator Eric Lesser
617-722-1291
Senator Jason Lewis
617-722-1206
Senator Barbara L’Italien
617-722-1612
Senator Joan Lovely
617-722-1410
Senator Thomas M. McGee
617-722-1350
Senator Mark C. Montigny
617-722-1440
Senator Michael O. Moore
617-722-1485
Senator Kathleen O’Connor Ives
617-722-1604
Senator Marc R. Pacheco
617-722-1551
Senator Michael Rodrigues
617-722-1114
Senator Stanley Rosenberg
617-722-1500
Senator Richard J. Ross
617-722-1555
Senator Mike Rush
617-722-1348
Senator Karen E. Spilka
617-722-1640
Senator Bruce E. Tarr
617-722-1600
Senator James E. Timilty
617 722-1222
Senator James Welch
617-722-1660
Senator Daniel Wolf
617-722-1570