5/18/2007 Regents Approve Plan for New UCSD Inpatient Bed Tower The University of California
Board of Regents today voted to approve UC San Diego's request to move forward with planning a new inpatient bed tower on their UC San Diego East Campus medical complex.
The Board of Regents today strongly endorsed the rationale presented by Education Commissioner David M. Steiner to adjust the «cut scores» on the state's grade 3 - 8 math and English assessments based on research that clearly suggests the need to more accurately indicate «proficiency» on those exams.
The State Education Department proposed to
the Board of Regents today adding career development and occupational studies pathway.
The state
Board of Regents today approved tighter standards for state examinations that include universal test dates and requiring teacher training certifications.
The Board of Regents today adopted regulations to expand the criteria under which students with disabilities may be eligible to graduate high school with a local diploma.
The State Education Department presented the materials to
the Board of Regents today at its meeting in Albany.
Not exact matches
The state Education Department
today presented to the
Board of Regents and released for public review and comment the draft Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) plan, Commissioner MaryEllen Elia announced.
Question topics during a post-announcement Q&A included the surprise resignation
of Joe Percoco, the extensive list released
today of New York endorsers
of Hillary Clinton and Mayor Bill de Blasio's absence from that list, whether he supports de Blasio's call for changes to bail in light
of the killing
of Police Officer Randolph Holder, «felony drug dealers» being offered treatment instead
of jail time, dealing with homeless people in the subway and rail systems, details
of his executive order extending anti-discrimination laws to transgender people,
Board of Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch's departure and rules and laws around criminal defendant drug diversion programs.
The State Education Department
today is expected to present the
Board of Regents with regulations to conform with the Every Student Succeeds Act, the successor to No Child Left Behind, under which the vast majority
of NYC's transfer schools would be designated as «in need
of improvement» and could be at risk
of being closed.
«The rules adopted
today by the
Board of Regents maintain the rigor
of our graduation requirements, while providing a new mechanism for students with disabilities to demonstrate they've met the State's graduation standards.»
Board of Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch said at
today's news conference she expects to meet the June 30 deadline for developing new regulations for the evaluations.
A
Board of Regents rule change allowing undocumented immigrants to receive a number
of professional certifications, including teaching, goes into effect
today.
Tim Kremer, executive director
of the New York State School
Boards Association, is welcoming
today's election
of Dr. Betty Rosa to head the
Board of Regents.
Students in New York need more options to find success, and
today's action by the
Board of Regents will ensure that students in our state will have a new way to graduate with a
Regents diploma and find a successful career.
And
today, according to some press accounts, he will get more concrete and tie a promised 4 percent increase in state aid to adoption
of the teacher evaluation system put forth by the state
Board of Regents last year.
The governor was quick not to answer a question last week about whether he'd like to change the way the state
Board of Regents is appointed, fueling speculation he'll use
today's speech to call for greater gubernatorial control
of schools.
«
Today's recommendations are another in a series
of missteps by the
Board of Regents that suggests the time has come to seriously re-examine its capacity and performance,» he said, adding it was «yet another in a long series
of roadblocks to a much - needed evaluation system which the
Regents had stalled putting in place for years.»
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.
ZUG, Switzerland; CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts; BERKELEY, California; DUBLIN, Ireland; July 25, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)-- CRISPR Therapeutics (NASDAQ: CRSP), Intellia Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTLA), Caribou Biosciences, Inc. and ERS Genomics, Ltd. announced that The
Regents of the University
of California, the University
of Vienna, and Dr. Emmanuelle Charpentier (collectively «UC»), co-owners
of foundational intellectual property relating to CRISPR / Cas9 genome engineering,
today submitted an appellate brief to the U.S. Court
of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (the «Federal Circuit») seeking reversal
of a decision by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's Patent Trial and Appeal
Board («PTAB») in an interference proceeding relating to CRISPR / Cas9 gene editing technology.
Plans to expand Michigan Medicine's Clinical Simulation Center, an innovative instructional learning laboratory used to train health care professionals, took a step forward
today with U-M
Board of Regents approval
of the project's proposed budget and design plans.
At a special meeting held
today, the University
of Hawai`i
Board of Regents (BOR) voted to approve the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) Project on Mauna Kea with the recommended conditions
of the Mauna...
U-M President Mark Schlissel
today announced that he will be recommending the appointment
of Marschall S. Runge, M.D., Ph.D., to become U-M's executive vice president for medical affairs March 1, pending approval by the
Board of Regents in December.
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Gov. Jay Inslee
today announced the appointment
of Brett Blankenship to the Washington State University
Board of Regents, effective Oct. 1.
The media, politicians and educators often assume that because
today's generation is more technologically plugged in, they want their entire education experience to be mediated by technology, said Jonathan Stein, student
regent on the University
of California
Board of Regents.
report
today on the New York State
Board of Regents» decision late yesterday to further lower the bar for students with disabilities.
June 12, 2017 (New York, New York)-- Educators for Excellence - New York (E4E - New York), a teacher - led organization,
today reacted to the
Board of Regents»...
At its meeting earlier
today, the South Dakota
Board of Education Standards heard about this «proactive admissions» effort from Paul Turman, system vice president for academic affairs for the South Dakota
Board of Regents.
«
Today's recommendations are another in a series
of missteps by the
Board of Regents that suggests the time has come to seriously re-examine its capacity and performance,» he said, adding it was «yet another in a long series
of roadblocks to a much - needed evaluation system which the
Regents had stalled putting in place for years.»
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Mar. 31, 2017)--
Today, Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and Tennessee
Board of Regents Chancellor Flora Tydings joined Nissan officials to formally open the Tennessee College
of Applied Technology at Murfreesboro's Smyrna Campus a...