Sentences with phrase «as state education chiefs»

As state education chiefs, we strive every day to create systems that ensure a high - quality, equitable education for every child.

Hanna Skandera, Kevin Huffman, Gerard Robinson, Lizzette Reynolds, and Felicia Cumings Smith, each of whom has served as a state education chief or a top - ranking state education official;

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James Malatras, chief of staff and vice chancellor of the State University of New York, said traditional Kindergarten through 12th grade education and post-secondary education should be treated as a unified system.

[1] Her professional experience includes working as an attorney for the New York City Board of Education, the consumer frauds bureau, the New York State Attorneys General Office, working as an executive director of New York State Black and Puerto Rican Legislative Caucus, working as an attorney for the Queens County District Attorneys Office and serving as the Chief of Staff for State Senator Ada Smith.

From the President who has refused to act on investigative reports submitted to him on grievous allegations of diverting over a billion naira meant for resettlement of Internal Displaced Persons (IDPs) by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal under the Presidential Initiative for the North East (PINE) and the miraculous discovery of 13billion naira in an apartment at Ikoyi, Lagos under the supervision of the Director of the Nigerian Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ayodele Oke, to the Head of Service of the Federation, Oyo - Ita Winifred Ekanem, who connived with others to reinstate into active duty and promote Abdulrasheed Maina, the former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, who allegedly stole over 6billion naira pension fund; the Chief of Staff to President Buhari now renamed the «Thief of Staff», Abba Kyari, who allegedly received a bribe of 500million naira to negotiate a fine reduction for MTN Nigeria, and has continuously been in the heart of every sharp practices in the Presidency; the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu who allegedly received a kickback of 3.8 billion naira in exchange for marginal oilfield using his brother, Dumebi Kachikwu as front; the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, who was the brain behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Chief of Army Staff, General Tukur Buratai who during his time as the Director of Procurement at the Army Headquarters allegedly diverted funds meant to equip the Military into buying choice properties worth millions of dollar in Dubai; the Minister for Solid Minerals, Dr. Kayode Fayemi who allegedly embezled State Universal Education Board (SUBEB) funds as the Governor of Ekiti State; the Minister for Interior, Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau who was indicted by a Presidential investigative committee probing Arm procurement for awarding ghost contracts worth $ 930,500,690 with others while as the Chief of Army Staff between 2008 - 2010 and one of the brains behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi alleged to have stolent 142billion naira as the Governor of Rivers State.

But it's a critically important investment by the state because, as Governor William H. Seward said in 1839, «The standard of education ought to be elevated... education is the chief of our responsibilities.»

The Chief Education Officer of the Church of England is a member of the Education Commission that developed the report, which also states that the Church of England is now deemed as speaking for the Methodist Church in meetings with government.

Members of the panel did not want to comment on what they view as the chief problems facing the state's education system, Chairman Parsons says he does not want to be divisive and wants to get organized first.

On 15 July 2014, Gove's four - year stint in charge of the Department for Education came to an end when he was replaced as Secretary of State for Education by former Treasury Minister Nicky Morgan in a wide - ranging cabinet reshuffle and moved to the post of Government Chief Whip.

The cleric maintained that the current state of education in the region was not what late Chief Awolowo and his late wife dreamt of when he (Chief Awolowo) was at the saddled of government as Premier of the defunct Western Region.

State Education Department Commissioner MaryEllen Elia has announced the appointment of Temitope Akinyemi as chief privacy officer.

In what must surely be seen as a significant demotion, secretary of state for education, Michael Gove, has been moved to become chief whip in David Cameron's cabinet reshuffle.

Ron Deutsch, with New Yorkers for Fiscal Fairness, says a Siena poll this week found that people in the state do care about tax cuts, as well as education as chief priorities.

Bruce Alberts, a prominent biochemist with a strong commitment to the improvement of science and mathematics education, serves as editor - in - chief of Science and as a United States Science Envoy.

As the Department of Education's research chief, Sharon Robinson watched almost 5 percent of her office's budget go to the Educational Testing Service to write and analyze a student - achievement test in 45 states.

On July 20, as a prelude to the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) annual meeting, 75 chiefs and deputies from throughout the country will be heading to the Harvard Graduate School of Education for a day of seminars, workshops, and reflective exercises led by Ed School faculty.

Having worked as the chief state education leader for two Republican governors, I offer some questions Brown can ask each candidate.

«We must strive to help clarify what the federal role in education is and what it is not,» said California State Superintendent Wilson Riles last week in his inaugural address as president of the Council of Chief State School Officers (ccsso).

John T. Benson did not lose his job as state schools chief in the recent shake - up of Wisconsin's education - policy structure, but he may soon be looking for new office space.

Last week, Gates Foundation education chief Vicki Phillips wrote a «letter to our partners» urging that states give students and teachers time to adjust to the new Common Core standards before using those standards as factors «in high - stakes decisions on teacher evaluation or student promotion for the next two years, during this transition.»

During his time as schools chief, he took on the reform groups, the local school councils, the education schools, the state board of education, and the education research community.

He was a powerful contributor to Massachusetts» preeminent education achievements and a highly respected leader among chief state school officers nationally,» said Professor Paul Reville, former Massachusetts Secretary of Education, noting Chester's impressive ability to find constructive middle ground on tough issues in the Commonwealth, such as the controversy over assessment tests PARRC education achievements and a highly respected leader among chief state school officers nationally,» said Professor Paul Reville, former Massachusetts Secretary of Education, noting Chester's impressive ability to find constructive middle ground on tough issues in the Commonwealth, such as the controversy over assessment tests PARRC Education, noting Chester's impressive ability to find constructive middle ground on tough issues in the Commonwealth, such as the controversy over assessment tests PARRC and MCAS.

They brought with them the same missionary zeal that helped them succeed at the innovative edge as they became superintendents, state education chiefs, and staff members at the federal Department of Eeducation chiefs, and staff members at the federal Department of EducationEducation.

Betty Castor: I came to the presidency of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards with a background as a teacher, a legislator, the Florida commissioner of education, and the chief executive officer of the largest metropolitan state university in Florida.

And even though few voters outside education circles know who they are or what they do, the state schools chiefs have increasingly important roles as new federal mandates take hold.

Gov. Terry E. Branstad of Iowa was looking for an education capstone to his 16 years as the Hawkeye State's chief executive.

Joanne Weiss, the former chief of staff at the U.S. Department of Education under Secretary Arne Duncan, has brought education officials from more than a dozen states to Louisiana in her capacity as a consultant to the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCchief of staff at the U.S. Department of Education under Secretary Arne Duncan, has brought education officials from more than a dozen states to Louisiana in her capacity as a consultant to the Council of Chief State School OfficersEducation under Secretary Arne Duncan, has brought education officials from more than a dozen states to Louisiana in her capacity as a consultant to the Council of Chief State School Officerseducation officials from more than a dozen states to Louisiana in her capacity as a consultant to the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCChief State School Officers (CCSSO).

A spokesman for the commissioner, who has spent the last 11 of his 36 years in education as state chief, indicated that Mr. Turlington, 64, would announce his plans in the next few weeks.

Thomas C. Boysen, the veteran local superintendent who was tapped to put Kentucky's massive 1990 school - reform law into action, surprised observers last week by announcing that he will resign as the state's education chief this summer.

In giving feedback to the states a year ago, for example, Melody Musgrove (who directs the Office of Special Education Programs at ED) forewarned chiefs that ED was redesigning their monitoring system into «a more balanced approach that considers results as well as compliance.

Groups such as the Council of Chief State School Officers and the National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE) have been working with states from both consortiums to implement the Common Core standards and prepare for their assessments.

Anthes also worked alongside numerous national education organizations, such as the Council for Chief State School Officers, the National Governor's Association, the National Commission for Teaching and America's Future, American Institutes for Research, and many more.

As Secretary Duncan told a room full of state education chiefs, «It's fascinating to me that some of the pushback is coming from, sort of, white suburban moms who — all of a sudden --[realize] their child isn't as brilliant as they thought they were.&raquAs Secretary Duncan told a room full of state education chiefs, «It's fascinating to me that some of the pushback is coming from, sort of, white suburban moms who — all of a sudden --[realize] their child isn't as brilliant as they thought they were.&raquas brilliant as they thought they were.&raquas they thought they were.»

And as noted in a brief from the National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality (the predecessor of the Center on Great Teachers and Leaders), some states previously produced videos of governors and education chiefs praising the profession.

Previously, Ruszkowski served for six years at the Delaware Department of Education under Governor Jack Markell, building the Teacher & Leader Effectiveness Unit as Chief Talent Officer / Associate Secretary and co-leading the implementation of the state's Race to the Top plan under President Barack Obama.

After advising Secretary Arne Duncan as the Department of Education's first Superintendent in Residence, he now serves as Senior Advisor to the Chief Technology Officer of the United States at the White House.

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By and large, organizations such as the... American Association of School Administrators and the Council of Chief State School Officers were cool, and in some cases openly hostile, to the calls for education reform.

But there is a certain begging the question in the authors» reserving of the term «reform» for only the set of policies endorsed by such bodies as Democrats for Education Reform, the U.S. Department of Education and sympathetic state school chiefs, and certain figures, such as Jeb Bush, in the Republican Party.

Several members of the Council of Chief State School Officers, who met here at the invitation of U.S. Secretary of Education Terrel H. Bell, vented much of their anger and frustration on their host, who they claimed has been remiss in his responsibility to promote public education as a member of the CEducation Terrel H. Bell, vented much of their anger and frustration on their host, who they claimed has been remiss in his responsibility to promote public education as a member of the Ceducation as a member of the Cabinet...

As the chief expert on education for the U.S. House of Representatives, Mr. Jennings spoke at hundreds of meetings in the United States and representing the United States traveled to China, the former U.S.S.R., Italy, and other countries.

The Center provides assistance to chief state school officers and their staff members in Arizona, Nevada and Utah, as they implement provisions of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act in their states.

After Governor Scott Walker and the state legislature killed collective bargaining in Wisconsin, the D.C. based National Education Association sent its chief of staff, John Stocks, to the Badger State as a lobbstate legislature killed collective bargaining in Wisconsin, the D.C. based National Education Association sent its chief of staff, John Stocks, to the Badger State as a lobbState as a lobbyist.

Backing calls from CPS leaders for a revamped state education funding formula is Ginger Ostro, the former chief financial officer of CPS who recently took over as head of the Advance Illinois think tank.

The change, announced yesterday by State Education chief Tom Torlakson, came in response to concerns that the US Department of Education would withhold as much as $ 45 million dollars in funding, as well as additional Title I funds if the state did not comply with long standing federal rules that students in grades three and eleven be tested annually in both subjState Education chief Tom Torlakson, came in response to concerns that the US Department of Education would withhold as much as $ 45 million dollars in funding, as well as additional Title I funds if the state did not comply with long standing federal rules that students in grades three and eleven be tested annually in both subjstate did not comply with long standing federal rules that students in grades three and eleven be tested annually in both subjects.

To support these efforts, Partners for Each and Every Child (Partners for) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) developed Meaningful Local Engagement Under ESSA — a guide for local education agencies (LEAs) and school leaders as they engage with stakeholders on ESSA and other policy and decision - making opportunities.

This handbook by Partners for Each and Every Child and the Council of Chief State School Officers provides helpful guidance to local education agencies (LEAs) and school leaders as they engage with stakeholders to think about how the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) can be best leveraged locally.

Kelli Campbell serves as Chief Operating Officer for Discovery Education and oversees enterprise - wide business operations, the company's lines of business outside Canada and the United States, and development of Discovery Education's suite of SaaS - based education Education and oversees enterprise - wide business operations, the company's lines of business outside Canada and the United States, and development of Discovery Education's suite of SaaS - based education Education's suite of SaaS - based education education services.

If one assumes that charter schools get their fair share of Title II funds as per the underlying ESSA statue, 39 with 5 percent of the nation's students, 40 they stand to lose $ 115 million per year under the Trump - Devos budget41 — close to one - third of the amount the federal government invested in the Charter Schools Grants program in FY 2017.42 Education Week reports that Eagle Academy Public Charter School in Washington, D.C., for example, receives roughly $ 82,000 in Title II funding annually.43 Joe Smith, the school's chief financial officer, states, «If this was taken away from us, that would hurt.

The article goes on to report, «And officials at the State Department of Education are just as perplexed...» We are trying to figure out what it means,» Brian Mahoney, the agency's budget chief, said during an interview Thursday.»