Sentences with phrase «board of regents chancellor»

Board of Regents chancellor Merryl Tisch said parents and teachers have complained that students have struggled to finish the English exams, which third through eighth graders will begin taking on April 14.

Board of Regents chancellor John Morgan speaks at a working lunch with Governor Bill Haslam and community college presidents in August.

State Board of Regents chancellor Merryl Tisch had floated the idea of having untimed tests last spring in an effort to reduce stress, but stakeholders shot down the idea.

With the election of Betty Rosa as NYS Board of Regents chancellor on Monday, coupled with standardized test season approaching, many parents and educators are refocusing on this year's opt - out movement.

He and other key stakeholders — including union leaders, the Board of Regents chancellor, and state legislators — came together to hammer out reform goals for the round - two grant submission.

Board of Regents chancellor Merryl Tisch, who heavily influenced Cuomo's policy proposals, predicted a difficult and acrimonious session ahead.

Board of Regents chancellor Merryl Tisch and education commissioner John King have opposed delaying implementation of the standards, but King has said one change state officials are considering is pushing back when students would need to pass Common Core - aligned Regents exam for graduation.

Education commissioner John King and Board of Regents chancellor Merryl Tisch told reporters in a conference call from Albany that a working group recommended the graduation requirements delay, among other tweaks, in reaction to concerns pouring in across the state from parents, teachers, students and lawmakers over how implementation of the Common Core is being executed statewide.

ALBANY — Board of Regents chancellor Merryl Tisch didn't give a direct answer when asked whether voters next month should approve a $ 2 billion bond act to boost technology in schools.

director of state operations Jim Malatras wrote to outgoing education commissioner John King and Board of Regents chancellor Merryl Tisch.

ALBANY — The state Board of Regents chancellor, confronted Monday by anxious Long Island parents at the panel's meeting, assured them she will look into complaints that more teenagers are at risk of leaving high school without diplomas.

Education commissioner John King and Board of Regents chancellor Merryl Tisch have said they would prefer to see any additional education funding used to benefit all students, rather than just the select few at the schools that win the grants.

In a 20 - page letter to Cuomo, Board of Regents chancellor Merryl Tisch recommended getting rid of the local piece, although her solution was to double the ratings» reliance on state exams to 40 percent, leaving the observation component at 60 percent.

Board of Regents chancellor Merryl Tisch, who has advocated for the legislation, also weighed in, calling on the State Senate to pass the bill.

ALBANY — Board of Regents chancellor Merryl Tisch said Tuesday that critics of the state's implementation of new, more difficult curriculum standards should «tone it down,» and charged that calls for education commissioner John King to step down are purely about «politics.»

New York's outgoing Board of Regents chancellor, Merryl Tisch, says the greatest disappointment of her tenure was being unable to convince suburban parents to «move the standards movement beyond the rhetoric and politics.»

State education officials will soon release a plan for how they'll develop regulations to finalize a new teacher - evaluation system, Board of Regents chancellor Merryl Tisch said.

Board of Regents chancellor Merryl Tisch and Mr. King issued a joint press release shortly after Mr. Cuomo's speech and said they have opposed standardized testing for young students and emphasized the state «has never tested K - 2 students.»

I refer to a recent letter about education reform sent by Board of Regents chancellor Merryl Tisch to Gov. Cuomo's office.

I don't,» Cuomo said at an event in Schenectady on Thursday, explaining the letter, in which he sought advice from King and Board of Regents chancellor Merryl Tisch on a series of education topics.

Recently departed Board of Regents chancellor Merryl Tisch said the Senate's proposal «goes further into dangerous and unworkable territory,» in an op - ed published in the Daily News on Wednesday.

He accuses the education commissioner and state Board of Regents chancellor of not wanting charter schools to succeed, and tweeted that they «should take the blinders off.»

Not exact matches

Another name also comes from the education field: Merryl Tisch, chancellor of the New York State Board of Regents, but she has repeatedly insisted she's not interested in the job.

The newest chancellor of the Board of Regents, she hails from the Bronx and will be tasked with dealing with fraught issues like teacher evaluations, the Common Core and the growing movement to opt out of the curriculum's exams.

The election of Betty Rosa, a former bilingual teacher, principal and superintendent of Bronx schools, as the new chancellor of the state Board of Regents further cements the new direction that New York State education policy has taken this year.

Two educators with strong ties to New York City are also being pushed by advisers to Mr. de Blasio: Kathleen M. Cashin, a member of the New York State Board of Regents; and Carmen Farina, a former deputy chancellor.

New York, New York — Former Bronx superintendent and principal Betty Rosa was elected chancellor of New York's Board of Regents on Monday, ushering in a new era in state education policy.

Betty Rosa, a former superintendent of schools in the Bronx, is expected to be voted chancellor of the New York Board of Regents this month, education officials familiar with the process said.

In one of her first acts as Regents chancellor, Betty Rosa announced the creation of a research workgroup, marking a new era of healing as the board seeks conciliation.

Merryl H. Tisch, the chancellor of the New York State Board of Regents, announced that she would step down from her position and leave the board at the end of her term in MBoard of Regents, announced that she would step down from her position and leave the board at the end of her term in Mboard at the end of her term in March.

That is Merryl Tisch's appraisal of her tenure as chancellor of the Board of Regents, the top education post in New York, as she prepares to step down at the end of the month.

The newly - elected chancellor (Betty Rosa) and vice chancellor of the Board of Regents, joined by state Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia, will address the media directly following the meeting of the full Board this morning in Albany.

«We don't think that's the right direction for her to be going on day one of being the chancellor of the Board of Regents.

ALBANY — The two long - serving members of the state Board of Regents ousted by lawmakers on Tuesday were brave soldiers for the Common Core standards and other recent education reform efforts, board chancellor Merryl Tisch Board of Regents ousted by lawmakers on Tuesday were brave soldiers for the Common Core standards and other recent education reform efforts, board chancellor Merryl Tisch board chancellor Merryl Tisch said.

He praised her colleagues on the New York State Board of Regents for electing Dr. Rosa to serve as chancellor.

Betty Rosa, a former superintendent of schools in the Bronx, is expected to be voted chancellor of the New York Board of Regents this month, education officials familiar with the process said Friday.

Deutermann and other parent boycott leaders across the state were early supporters of Rosa for the chancellor's position on the Board of Regents, which oversees the Education Department and sets the state's overall policy on testing and other education issues.

In their letter to Merryl Tisch, chancellor of the state Board of Regents, and state Education Commissioner John King Jr., state United Teachers president Richard Ianuzzi and Michael Mulgrew, head of the city teachers union, stressed those concerns.

Merryl Tisch, chancellor of the state Board of Regents, told about 500 school board members attending a state convention in Manhattan that the toughened law, pushed through the legislature in April by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, is «full of problems.&rBoard of Regents, told about 500 school board members attending a state convention in Manhattan that the toughened law, pushed through the legislature in April by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, is «full of problems.&rboard members attending a state convention in Manhattan that the toughened law, pushed through the legislature in April by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, is «full of problems.»

The newly elected chancellor of the Board of Regents, Betty Rosa, expressed grave doubts about the state's use of standardized tests in the schools, saying if she were not on the Board of Regents, she would join the opt - out movement and not permit her children to take the tests.

A spokesman said on Friday that Mr. Silver also opposed making changes to the state's teacher evaluation system that would increase the weight of state tests, and opposed increasing the probationary period for teachers to five years from three, as the chancellor of the State Board of Regents, Merryl H. Tisch, proposed in a recent letter to the governor's office.

That is Merryl H. Tisch's appraisal of her tenure as chancellor of the Board of Regents, the top education post in New York State, as she prepares to step down at the end of the month.

Earlier today, on the Brian Lehrer show on WNYC, Merryl Tisch, chancellor of the State Board of Regents, gave a shout - out to the Bronx's own Monroe College.

Dr. Tisch was appointed to the Board of Regents in 1996 and was elected chancellor, an unpaid position, in 2009.

Merryl H. Tisch, the chancellor of the Board of Regents, New York State's top education post, is stepping down this month.

«Our students deserve the best, most accurate assessments we can give them,» said Merryl H. Tisch, the chancellor of the State Board of Regents.

Robert Dynes, a physicist who previously served as chancellor of UC San Diego (UCSD) and took over as president 4 years ago, gave notice to California's Board of Regents on Monday that he would leave by June 2008.

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Tisch, one of 16 members of the Board of Regents since 1996, was chosen to head the Regents as chancellor in 2009.

«The important thing,» says Steiner, «was that you had there the chancellor of the Board of Regents, the chancellor of our biggest school district, the head of our biggest local [teachers union], and the two senior people from the department — that's what you need.»