Sentences with phrase «city education officials said»

New York City education officials said suspensions would be significantly reduced, but not eliminated as an option, for children in kindergarten through second grade under new draft rules released Friday.

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Sen. Simcha Felder, a Democrat who caucuses with the Republicans, neatly summarized the sentiments of city officials and many education experts during his questioning, saying, «a lot of the discussions taking place have been political dreck.»

City Hall would agree to make it easier for charters to get public - school space or obtain funding to lease private space, said an education official familiar with the discussions.

While the budget allocated $ 146 million to early childhood education and after - school programming, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio said city officials had missed a chance to restore cuts from previous years.

NYC city was able to reduce the number of suspensions for school kids by 17 % over the last academic year — about 9,000 fewer suspensions than the year before, education officials said.

At one school, after the principal two years ago «was giving out limited access letters like candy,» McLean said, his local Community Education Council held a meeting with city school officials and the National Action Network to discuss the issue.

Black, 66, has been under fire from several city officials who say that the Hearst chairman should not receive the state waiver she needs to get the job because of her lack of education experience.

Hoping to wean city kids off meat, the Department of Education is introducing a once - a-week, vegetarian - only breakfast and lunch menu at 15 Brooklyn schools next spring, officials said.

Hoping to wean city kids off meat, the NYC Department of Education is introducing a once - a-week, vegetarian - only breakfast and lunch menu at 15 Brooklyn schools next spring, officials said.

The funding provisions will create reams of new paperwork for the Department of Education, and city officials said the new rules would disrupt the city's current school budgeting process.

City Council education chair Daniel Dromm is pushing chancellor Carmen Fariña to make Diwali an official public school holiday, but said he hadn't yet heard from the administration about a letter he wrote to Fariña on the topic last week.

On Wednesday, Education Department officials said 42 city schools are using admissions targets to integrate their classrooms.

Elia was initially scheduled to visit a Success school in New York City next week, but education department officials said Tuesday that Elia had to skip the trip and visit the troubled East Ramapo school district instead.

FINANCIAL DISTRICT — The city has made a final decision not to expand Millennium High School into nearby space at 26 Broadway, Department of Education officials said last week.

Savino said she'd like to bring CUNY officials to hearings on mayoral control to get their take on what kind of education city students are getting.

«The statewide program doesn't even cover the needs for New York City,» a source said, adding that officials fear the funding stream for universal pre-K will ultimately come out of other education funding from the state.

A spokesman for the city law department said the settlement expands on anti-violence initiatives already undertaken by city education officials.

Moskowitz's lawyers have informed city officials they will not sign a mandatory contract allowing the Education Department to oversee the charter's pre-K program, officials said — even though her privately run Success Academy network seeks thousands of dollars in public funds for each student.

The nationally recognized Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey has joined forces with a major teaching hospital in Newark to expand opportunities for cutting - edge patient care, research, and cancer education in the state's largest city — which officials said is particularly hard - hit by cancer and could especially benefit from additional treatment options.

The Board of Education of the City School District of the City of New York, Judge Wood said that because the passage rate for African American and Latino candidates was between 54 and 75 percent, city and state officials had to prove that the skills measured by the test were actually related to the City School District of the City of New York, Judge Wood said that because the passage rate for African American and Latino candidates was between 54 and 75 percent, city and state officials had to prove that the skills measured by the test were actually related to the City of New York, Judge Wood said that because the passage rate for African American and Latino candidates was between 54 and 75 percent, city and state officials had to prove that the skills measured by the test were actually related to the city and state officials had to prove that the skills measured by the test were actually related to the job.

The Board of Education of the City School District of the City of New York, Judge Wood said that because the passage rate for African - American and Latino candidates was between 54 and 75 percent, city and state officials had to prove that the skills measured by the test were actually related to the City School District of the City of New York, Judge Wood said that because the passage rate for African - American and Latino candidates was between 54 and 75 percent, city and state officials had to prove that the skills measured by the test were actually related to the City of New York, Judge Wood said that because the passage rate for African - American and Latino candidates was between 54 and 75 percent, city and state officials had to prove that the skills measured by the test were actually related to the city and state officials had to prove that the skills measured by the test were actually related to the job.

«We had never had a locally elected black official, a Democrat from a city like D.C., asking for something like this before,» said Nina Shokraii Rees, director of the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Innovation and Improvement, which is implementing the program.

But de Blasio and education officials say that their plan will get results: The city will be embarking on a significant community schools push for the first time ever, with a focus on academic intervention strategies along with social services.

The plan will be be paid for with state funds the city has already received and administrative savings at the Department of Education, a city official said.

«Believe me, I relate to test anxiety,» she said during a visit last week to the Academy of Arts and Letters in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, one of several schools that city and state education officials visited to express support for the new tests.

New York City district officials have also concluded that the definition of «high - quality leadership» should be in close sync with the definition of a high - quality school, says Anthony Conelli, deputy chief academic officer for leadership in the city's department of educatCity district officials have also concluded that the definition of «high - quality leadership» should be in close sync with the definition of a high - quality school, says Anthony Conelli, deputy chief academic officer for leadership in the city's department of educatcity's department of education.

School officials now want to ramp up improvements, saying the city's education marketplace still needs work.

New York City's Department of Education officials, who originally told union representatives that they intended to keep the sensitive information private, said they could not find an exemption to state records laws that would preclude disclosure.

But the New York City system applied for the 2012 grant, which allows districts to differentiate pay for teachers who take on new responsibilities, and Ms. Feinberg, the district spokeswoman, said officials believe their proposal would pass muster with the Education Department's 2012 rules for the competition.

City education and union officials say they are discussing ways to change that.

Standardized test scores may be rising in the city's public schools, but those gains on paper do not translate into any meaningful improvements in the lives of the city's poorest students, said former New Orleans education official and activist Dr. Andre Perry.

Officials from the city education department say the sheer number of vendors — about 900 — makes it difficult for the central office to vet them all.

Moreover, the Connecticut Post reported that emails showed that Lowney initially introduced herself to state education officials as an agent of the Mandels, saying they had joined with other funders to revise the city's education charter to give control to Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch, a political ally of Malloy.

Megan Whittemore, Cantor's press secretary, said that although the congressman believes education decisions are best left to local officials, he has no qualms about challenging New York City policies if he thinks they threaten school choice.

«Every student should get a great public education and graduate with skills to succeed in the marketplace,» said Gates, who delivered the keynote address before about 1,000 school officials at the Council of the Great City Schools conference in Cleveland.

In New York City, education officials said they have already seen progress at Automotive and Boys & Girls, where they appointed a new principal, Michael Wiltshire, last fall.

City education officials acknowledged how hard the transition to a new system had been, but said they hoped over time it would sink in.

San Antonio's public school officials could learn from their peers in other U.S. cities where running public schools like charters empowers teachers, administrators, and parents, author David Osborne said Monday night at a panel discussion on public education.

Jennifer Bell - Ellwanger, a senior New York City education official, defended the use of that benchmark, saying students who reached Level 2 had a better chance of academic success than those who scored worse on the test.