Sentences with phrase «education panel for»

At 6 p.m., the Education Panel for Educational Policy holds a public meeting, with the agenda including an update from NYC Education Chancellor Chancellor Carmen Farina, amendments to the chancellor's home instruction services regulation and approval of contracts, Prospect Heights High School, 883 Classon Ave., Brooklyn.

At 6 p.m., the NYC Department of Education Panel for Educational Policy meets, NYC Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina is scheduled to attend, Michael J. Petrides Complex, 715 Ocean Terrace, Staten Island.

At 6 p.m., the NYC Department of Education Panel for Educational Policy holds a meeting, including an update from Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina, 100 Hester St., Manhattan.

Not exact matches

The panel was co-sponsored by Got Your 6, Hands on Science Partnership, American Chemical Society, American Society for Engineering Education, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, and Society of Women Engineers.

USA Today: Ruling lets S.C. students earn credit for religion classes In a ruling that advocates called «a tremendous victory for religious education,» a three - judge panel of the 4th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals upheld the right of a school district to award high school credit for religious courses, as long as they meet secular standards.

Since 2002, Dr. Nowzari has served as one of the selected scientific experts on an international panel charged with assessing and ranking research proposals for the Ministry of Education and Research, section of medical engineering, in Italy and was reappointed in 2009.

The theme for 2012 is «Explore New Horizons,» and the conference schedule is chock - full of expert speakers, important panel discussions, continuing education sessions, informative listening sessions, and — as... Continue reading →

* Day 1 Monday, February 22, 2016 4:00 PM -5:00 PM Registration & Networking 5:00 PM — 6:00 PM Welcome Reception & Opening Remarks Kevin de Leon, President pro Tem, California State Senate Debra McMannis, Director of Early Education & Support Division, California Department of Education (invited) Karen Stapf Walters, Executive Director, California State Board of Education (invited) 6:00 PM — 7:00 PM Keynote Address & Dinner Dr. Patricia K. Kuhl, Co-Director, Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences * Day 2 Tuesday February 23, 2016 8:00 AM — 9:00 AM Registration, Continental Breakfast, & Networking 9:00 AM — 9:15 AM Opening Remarks John Kim, Executive Director, Advancement Project Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, California Department of Education 9:15 AM — 10:00 AM Morning Keynote David B. Grusky, Executive Director, Stanford's Center on Poverty & Inequality 10:00 AM — 11:00 AM Educating California's Young Children: The Recent Developments in Transitional Kindergarten & Expanded Transitional Kindergarten (Panel Discussion) Deborah Kong, Executive Director, Early Edge California Heather Quick, Principal Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research Dean Tagawa, Administrator for Early Education, Los Angeles Unified School District Moderator: Erin Gabel, Deputy Director, First 5 California (Invited) 11:00 AM — 12:00 PM «Political Will & Prioritizing ECE» (Panel Discussion) Eric Heins, President, California Teachers Association Senator Hannah - Beth Jackson, Chair of the Women's Legislative Committee, California State Senate David Kirp, James D. Marver Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, Chairman of Subcommittee No. 2 of Education Finance, California State Assembly Moderator: Kim Pattillo Brownson, Managing Director, Policy & Advocacy, Advancement Project 12:00 PM — 12:45 PM Lunch 12:45 PM — 1:45 PM Lunch Keynote - «How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character» Paul Tough, New York Times Magazine Writer, Author 1:45 PM — 1:55 PM Break 2:00 PM — 3:05 PM Elevating ECE Through Meaningful Community Partnerships (Panel Discussion) Sandra Guiterrez, National Director, Abriendo Purtas / Opening Doors Mary Ignatius, Statewide Organize of Parent Voices, California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Jacquelyn McCroskey, John Mile Professor of Child Welfare, University of Southern California School of Social Work Jolene Smith, Chief Executive Officer, First 5 Santa Clara County Moderator: Rafael González, Director of Best Start, First 5 LA 3:05 PM — 3:20 PM Closing Remarks Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California * Agenda Subject to Change

Speakers for The May 7 Concussion Conference include nationally known experts and panels of local concussion professionals comprised of pediatricians, physical therapists, neuropsychologists, and advocates of brain injury prevention and athletic training education: Dr. Tricia McDonough - Ryan, Dr. Thomas Trojian, Katherine Snedaker MSW, Dr. David Wang, Dr. Mike Lee and the team of experts from Gaylord Center for Concussion Care, Representative from CATA; Deb Shulansky from Brain Injury Alliance of CT (BIAC); Brain Injury attorney and BIAC Board member Paul A. Slager; Charlie Wund, Founder & President Agency for Student Health Research; and Dr. Karissa Niehoff, The Executive Director at CT Association of Schools and CT Interscholastic Athletic Conference

Presented Interactive Teaching Games for Breastfeeding Education in English and Spanish with Jeanette Panchula, and Hot Topics: A Panel Discussion with Experts.

Sarah Murphy, Public Affairs Associate for the School Nutrition Foundation, moderated a panel discussion with LaTonya Reed (VA Hunger Solutions), Meg Gruber (VA Education Association), Debbie Shiflett (Virginia SNA), and Catherine Grimes (VA Department of Education); other speakers included Eyang Garrison and Madeleine Levin of FRAC, Liz Campbell, a registered dietitian and SNF consultant, and Annalise Cohen of NEA Health Information Network.

She coordinates professional nursing education programming at AWHONN and represents AWHONN to a variety of national organizations including the National Maternal Health Initiative, the Center for Disease Control's Select Panel on Preconception Care, and the HHS Maternal Immunization Working Group.

New York City's Department of Education said that it would not find space for five new middle schools proposed by the Success Academy charter school network in time for the locations to be approved by a city panel in November, setting up another clash between the mayor and Success Academy founder Eva Moskowitz.

De Blasio, before a panel of state lawmakers, called in his testimony for a permanent extension, saying it was the most efficient vehicle for education reform.

``... So the experts advised us against a wholesale conversion, and they recommended that we should set up an independent expert panel that will go round and assess all the 10 polytechnics and recommend to the national council for tertiary education which of the polytechnics should qualify for the first phase and those who have to be assisted to also come up to an appreciable level to be converted in the next phase,» Mr Ablakwa explained.

«I intend to convene a screening panel consisting of representatives of the State Education Department and appropriate educational organizations for review and advice.»

Wadleigh's truncation had been scheduled for a vote on Wednesday evening, April 25, by the Panel for Education Policy (PEP), the body that votes on Department of Education (DOE) policy and school closures.

«Prior to granting any significant extension of this authority, the Senate believes public hearings should be held to assess the current structure and identify any possible areas of improvement including but not limited to creating heightened parental involvement in Community Education Councils and the Panel for Education Policy,» the resolution states.

Also at 11 a.m, Regents Chancellor Betty Rosa will participate in the Advocates and Organization Leaders» Panel at the Schott Foundation for Public Education 25TH Anniversary Forum: Accelerating Advocacy for Equity and Opportunity, Baruch College, William and Anita Newman Conference Center, 7th Floor, 151 East 25th St., Manhattan.

Asked for comment while participating in a panel discussion on innovation in higher education on Wednesday, Milliken said he had no reaction to the governor's statement.

State Senator Eric Adams on Monday called for the removal of a member of the education panel evaluating Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's choice for the next city schools chancellor.

«They've helped to destroy successful schools across the city of New York,» Thompson said during a panel discussion on education policy at NYU, hosted by the New York City Working Group on School Transformation, which also featured Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio who are presumptive candidates for mayor.

The Panel for Education Policy has delayed a vote to weaken its own authority (to the degree that it has any).

The existing Panel for Educational Policy, the board that votes on education issues, would be redundant under a board system and would be eliminated.

ALBANY — A long - awaited report released by an education panel appointed by the governor may be as notable for what's not in it as for what is.

Cuomo borrowed heavily from the panel's recommendations for his education agendas last year and this year, outlining the group's «final action plan» in his State of the State address last week, although he had not yet released the report to the public.

He ticked off a list of school governance reforms the union is pushing for in Albany: don't allow the citywide Panel for Educational Policy to be controlled by one person; give Community Education Councils a real voice, especially concerning co-locations; and require that the schools chancellor be an educator.

«On mayoral control of schools,» Savino continued, «I think we should look at changes to make it better, like doing away with the Panel for Education Policy, which is essentially a staff meeting for the mayor's office.

City Council Education Committee Chairperson Robert Jackson was at first barred from attending the September Panel for Educational Policy board meeting, which is supposed to be open to the public.

If that weren't enough reason for the panel to think twice, Verizon was also recently implicated in a public corruption scandal at the Department of Education.

At least three members of the panel chosen by Dr. Steiner have previously worked for the Bloomberg administration in the department of education — a credential Dr. Steiner has called «a plus» in evaluating Ms. Black.

BP Diaz appointed Geneal Chacon as the borough's representative to the Panel for Educational Policy, which holds approval power over the actions of the City Department of Education.

Vanessa Leung Chairperson, Panel for Educational Policy New York City Department of Education 52 Chambers Street New York, NY 10007

Electeds Urge «No» on Proposal to Co-Locate High School in Existing I.S. 109 District Middle School QUEENS, NY — In advance of the upcoming Panel for Education Policy (PEP) vote next week, Borough President Melinda Katz, Senator Leroy Comrie, Assemblymember Alicia Hyndman, Councilmembers Daniel Dromm, Barry Garodnick and I. Daneek Miller stated the following about the New York City Department of Education's (DOE's) proposal to open and co-locate a new charter high school at I.S. 109 Jean Nuzzi Intermediate School, an existing district middle school in Hollis, Queens:

But in a panel discussion moderated by Times Union Senior News Editor Casey Seiler, the authors and other industry experts said that the Capital Region could easily lose all it has earned as a computer chip center if it doesn't keep investing in workforce development and education as well as in government support for the industry.

It was followed by responses from a panel of leading academics and a panel of representatives from governors» and leaders» organisations and the Department for Education.

Education secretary Nicky Morgan appears on a panel with Labour MP Stella Creasy and television presenter June Sarpong to put the case for why Britain should stay in the EU.

Included on the revision panel for Common Core is Elia herself, who replaced John King as education commissioner in July.

City Councilwoman Jessica Lappin, Assemblymen Dan Quart and Micah Kellner, and Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, among other area elected officials, have asked the DOE to reconsider the plan before the Panel for Education Policy votes on the issue June 19.

However, New York State Allies for Public Education's Lisa Rudley says even the panel itself is flawed.»

HARLEM — Despite being given a last - minute reprieve, dozens of parents and teachers from Wadleigh Secondary School for the Performing Arts attended the Panel for Education Policy meeting Thursday night where 23 schools were shut down.

The de Blasio administration has approved about 500 contracts for pre-K instruction at C.B.O.s in the last several months through the Department of Education's Panel for Educational Policy.

Updated, 4:21 p.m. Cathleen P. Black, the new schools chancellor, faced an angry crowd of nearly 2,000 people as the Panel for Education Policy voted to close 10 schools.

The inspector would also attend all Panel for Educational Policy meetings, including executive sessions, and can appeal any PEP decision to the State Education Department commissioner, MaryEllen Elia.

At 6 p.m., Mark - Viverito and the New York City Department of Education host a panel discussion for parents on cyberbullying and school bullying, Brooklyn Borough Hall, 209 Joralemon St., Brooklyn.

If most or all of Success» proposed fourteen new locations are co-located, it will be up to the Department of Education's Panel for Educational Policy, which is run by Fariña and largely politically aligned with the de Blasio administration, to approve what are likely to be highly contentious proposals for space - sharing.

Moskowitz wrote that the city's Department of Education promised to find space for eight new Success schools by June 30, a deadline the Panel for Educational Policy will miss.

In a statement, D.O.E. spokeswoman Devora Kaye said: «After engaging stakeholders around these proposals, the panel decided to postpone the vote to allow for additional feedback and to ensure that every student in the building — district or charter — receives the high quality education they deserve.

After the Department of Education's Panel for Educational Policy made the rare move of rejecting a co-location proposal that would have sited a new Success school with an existing district school, Moskowitz released a statement accusing de Blasio of being unable to influence P.E.P. members.

Teachers, parents and community members crowded into Long Island City HS for the monthly Panel for Educational Policy meeting on May 18 and made it clear they had a lot more on their minds than the Department of Education agenda items.