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During a conference call on Wednesday with reporters, Elia reiterated her support for the Common Core education standards.

The Reform Party was created by Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino's allies during the 2014 election year as a ballot line aimed at capturing voters who disapproved of the Common Core educations standards.

During a speech at the Rockefeller Institute of Government in Albany, King offered education reforms such as the Common Core standards and teacher evaluations as vehicles of greater equality in schools.

He said during a news conference in Albany on Tuesday that he would advocate a home - grown set of standards, like what the Board of Regents began developing in 2008 before they were shelved in favor of the Common Core.

During separate and recent evenings on the campaign trail, the candidates offered up the usual political fare: use environmental technologies to create jobs (Kessner); give teachers more time to implement the Common Core teaching standards (Stott); ensure more workers have a living wage.

Also during his report, Mulgrew noted a recent shift in the education conversation in the state, including on the commissions formed by the State Education Department and the governor to examine the Common Core standards.

He criticized Cuomo's efforts to improve the implementation of the standards during this legislative session, which included new laws that prevent Common Core - aligned tests from being used for students» permanent records or in promotion decisions.

Still, after high rates of student opt outs during the most recent round of state examinations in April, Cuomo has recalibrated when it comes to education policy and formed a panel to recommend potential changes to the controversial Common Core standards by January.

Education Commissioner John B. King Jr. said during a televised forum in Buffalo that the state will continue to lead the way in implementing the Common Core standards because «it's the right thing for students.»

Lawmakers will introduce a package of bills during the 2014 Legislative Session that aim to address issues concerning the Common Core learning standards.

The law, which bases as much as 50 percent of teachers» job ratings on student test scores, was strengthened during a time when more rigorous standardized exams, based on the national Common Core academic standards, were being introduced into classrooms.

Killian during the campaign has focused heavily on education issues, especially the politically potent Common Core education standards.

Tisch, who served nearly 20 years as a Regent and six as the Chancellor, led the controversial movements to adopt rigorous Common Core standards and tie a portion of teacher evaluations to student test scores, and also implemented more difficult state exams during her tenure.

In this week's education news: NYC Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott reflects on accomplishments during the Bloomberg administration, columnists discuss the future of NYC education under Mayor - elect Bill de Blasio, and NY State education leaders and Teach For America support the Common Core standards.

De Blasio will unveil the new programs during a speech at the Bronx Latin School, where the mayor will announce that he intends to boost graduation rates from 68 percent to 80 percent over the next decade, and get two - thirds of those graduates «truly college - ready» based on Common Core standards.

During a press conference on Tuesday, when Astorino announced his campaign for the «Stop Common Core» ballot line, he also pointed to what has been called New York's «lost standards» as a possible replacement for the Common Core.

Weingarten, the former president of New York City's United Federation of Teachers, said during a telephone briefing with reporters on Friday that Astorino's proposal to run on a «Stop Common Core» ballot line in the November's election might appeal to some teachers who also oppose the standards, but his other positions likely wouldn't.

King has served since 2011 and has championed the Common Core education standards during his tenure.

In this paper, we use the Spitzer c2d ice survey, complimented with data sets on ices in cloud cores and high - mass protostars, to determine standard ice abundances and to present a coherent picture of the evolution of ices during low - and high - mass star formation.

The sit - up test is one of the standard tests used to assess abdominal, core and hip flexor strength and endurance during military (Army, Navy, Air Force), law enforcement (police and firefighter), and other common physical fitness tests.

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.»

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, once a fan of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and PARCC, rescinded his support for the standards a couple weeks ago during a failed legislative attempt to end the state's use of CCSS.

There's no suggestion in Common Core that children should meet these standards as independent readers during or at the end of kindergarten.

That's why last spring I called for a moratorium — not on the standards or even on the testing, but on the stakes that could unfairly hurt students, teachers and schools during this transition to the Common Core.

In addition to providing concrete examples of how the educator preparation program at Tulane has evolved to meet the challenges that new, higher standards bring, they made a strong case for establishing a grace period during which results from the next - generation assessments slated to accompany the Common Core be used only as diagnostic tools, as they are being designed to be, and not for high stakes or accountability.

Donald Trump pledged during his campaign to eliminate the Common Core state standards, but many have noted that Common Core is not an issue President Trump will have any say over.

During a mid-day news conference, Jindal called on the Legislature and state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to come up with «Louisiana standards and a Louisiana test» to replace Common Core, the country's biggest education change in a generation.

I was stunned by Texas Education Agency staff's constant encouragement for us to look at the Common Core standards, while also referencing Massachusetts, Minnesota, and Singapore Math during our May and July meetings.

The most controversial part of the evaluations has been sidelined since the 2012 - 13 school year during the state's move to tougher academic standards, including Common Core.

Sen. Scott Schneider, R - Indianapolis, talks with Sen. Tim Skinner, D - Terre Haute, during a summer legislative hearing on the Common Core academic standards.

But it's worth noting that in the weeks after the Common Core pause passed, supporters of the new standards said that lack of information hurt them during the statehouse debate.

She was a consulting state content expert for mathematics during the development of the Common Core standards and a state consultant to the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) consortium.

The Common Core standards were not on the formal agenda during the three - day meeting here that ended today, relegated to hallway discussions and closed - door meetings among governors and their staffs.

They dropped plans to give the new test, and during an election campaign in which the standards were hotly debated, they repealed Common Core.

Virtually all Wisconsin school districts have voluntarily adopted the Common Core standards for reading and math during Evers» tenure as state superintendent.

The Common Core standards were not on the formal agenda during a three - day meeting of the National Governors Association that ended Sunday, relegated to hallway discussions and closed - door meetings among governors and their staffs.

As states adopt (or drop) Common Core (standard testing and reporting curriculum), educators learn how to implement new standards through «In - Service Training,» occurring several days throughout the school year and a week during the summer, sometimes out of town.

During Bennett's tenure he signed Indiana up for the Common Core, a set of new academic standards adopted by 46 states and the District of Columbia.

The legislative battle over Common Core standards began Wednesday with divided testimony from more than 60 parents, teachers and education leaders during a committee hearing Wednesday that lasted nearly seven hours and ended in executive action.

A sign of the state's commitment to the Common Core was the agreement by Brown and the state Legislature to allocate $ 1.25 billion for districts to spend on implementing the standards during the 2013 - 14 school year — specifically for professional development, instructional materials, technology upgrades to ensure smooth administration of online assessments, and for other purposes.

Cheatham also said that Gov. Scott Walker's recent call to repeal the Common Core State Standards in Wisconsin, and Republican legislators» efforts to do the same during the last legislative session, are unhelpful distractions for the district, which has emphasized implementation of the standards.

These standards will be aligned to the Common Core and will be piloted in schools with significant English language learner populations during the 2013 — 14 school year.

In the 2014 DOE - UFT contract she helped negotiate, Fariña worked with the UFT to carve out more professional development time during the work day, so teachers could better apply the Common Core learning standards that had been rushed into effect by the state.

The district Common Core team designed and led professional development during the summers to equip school - level teams of 12 — 15 staff members to communicate Common Core standards and practices in site - based workshops.

The 21st Century Community Learning Centers (CCLC) Program provides federal funding for the establishment of community learning centers that provide academic, artistic and cultural enrichment opportunities — during non-school hours — for students, particularly those who attend high poverty and low - performing schools, to meet state and local standards in core academic subjects such as reading, math and science.

To facilitate the achievement of our program goals, we have limited class size to 20 students, and provide our teachers opportunities for weekly planning and collaboration, in addition to classes in the following areas during designated professional development sessions: International Primary Curriculum (IPC) and International Middle Years Curriculum (IMYC); Student assessments and interventions based on Dr. Stanley Greenspan's developmental model of education; Arts integration; and Common Core English Language Arts and Mathematics standards - based instruction.

During his speech, Bush challenged critics and stood up for the standards, saying «In my view, the rigor of the Common Core State Standards must be the new minimum in classrooms... [And] For those states choosing a path other than the Common Core, I say this: Aim even higher, be bolder, raise standards and ask more of our students and the system.»

Plan for the use of balanced rigorous mathematical practices and routines to teach each content standard during core instruction.

Following adoption of the common core standards by the California State Board of Education in 2010, state officials have struggled with how best to introduce and integrate the common core during a period of extreme fiscal restraint.

From a conservative perspective, Obama's very public pronouncements in favor of the standards probably hasn't helped, says Michael Petrilli, executive director of the Thomas B. Fordham institute and assistant education secretary during the George W. Bush administration, even though a healthy coalition of conservatives, including individuals like Petrilli, supports Common Core.