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The North Carolina Supreme Court will hear two State Board of Education lawsuits on Feb. 7, including the board's high - profile battle with State Superintendent Mark Johnson over control of the state's public school system.
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The Council for Education and Research on Toxics — the group behind the lawsuit — wanted to penalize companies for not warning customers that coffee contains acrylamide, a chemical that California lists as one «known to cause cancer.»
At a meeting of the Financial Literacy and Education Commission, held at the Treasury building in Washington, Perez noted that while «lawsuits have been filed» against the conflict of interest rule, «we will continue to fight those vigorously,» adding that he believes DOL is «on the right side of the law and history.»
Two weeks ago, the Montclair Board of Education agreed to pay Ryne's family $ 2.8 million to settle a 2009 negligence lawsuit alleging the school's decision to let their son back on the field led to the 16 - year - old's death.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo earlier today told Susan Arbetter on «The Capitol Pressroom» that the 2010 teacher evaluation law, now the subject of a contentious lawsuit between teachers unions and the state Education Department, was flawed because it's too complicated.
«The court order in the Campaign for Fiscal Equity lawsuit was founded on the principle that all schools need adequate funding levels in order to provide every student a «sound basic education.»
The statewide teachers union filed a federal lawsuit late Wednesday over the state Department of Education's policy of requiring teachers to sign confidentiality agreements before scoring tests based on the Common Core standards.
New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has been making waves in recent months for taking on President Trump with various lawsuits seeking to block the president's moves in areas such as immigration, health care, education and LGBTQ rights, among other issues.
Meanwhile, a status conference will be held April 23rd in a courtroom on Paladino's federal civil rights lawsuit against the Board of Education.
The Massapequa school board on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017, authorized a lawsuit in connection with the state education commissioner's decision last week barring the district from canceling plans to move sixth - graders into Berner Middle School in September.
A federal lawsuit may be on the horizon as a letter sent to State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia alleged a conspiracy from the board...
[Cuomo said the latest lawsuit challenging the way New York allocates education dollars is flawed because the state spends more money per pupil — on average — than any other state and doesn't get top results.]
I fail to see how blathering on about the SIZE of NY's education «pie» relative to other states» negates the fact that «you» lost a lawsuit over the DISTRIBUTION of OUR pie within NYS... and now have defaulted on a court approved repayment plan.
The lawsuit comes just before a hearing on Paladino's removal from the board is scheduled to start next Thursday in Albany before state Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia.
The other board members seized on Paladino's comments as an opportunity to remove him from the Board of Education, despite protection under the First Amendment and his right to free speech, the lawsuit alleges.
Even before a California court ruling on teacher tenure rocked the education world last week, a group of Buffalo parents were talking about a similar lawsuit.
The video of Nixon's appearance on The Today Show was distributed in an email to reporters by Billy Easton, the executive director of the Alliance for Quality Education, which has long pushed Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers to honor the terms of a lawsuit equitable educationEducation, which has long pushed Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers to honor the terms of a lawsuit equitable educationeducation funding.
The lawsuit calls on city schools Chancellor Richard A. Carranza (pictured) and Education Department officials to decrease public school class sizes.
Advocates and city parents have filed a lawsuit calling on state Education Department officials and city schools Chancellor Richard Carranza to reduce class sizes in the public schools.
The appellate division of New York State Supreme Court on July 28 declined to rule on the allegations in a lawsuit filed by the UFT and a coalition of community groups and parents on Jan. 5, 2010 that the New York City Department of Education was misusing hundreds of millions of dollars in Contract for Excellence funds earmarked for smaller class sizes.
The expected federal lawsuit is revealed in a letter Dennis Vacco, an attorney with Lippes Mathias Wexler and Friedman sent to the state education commissioner on Paladino's behalf; his filing was made public by the District Parent Coordinating Council as part of their renewed call to have the entire board replaced with a state - appointed manager.
State Supreme Court Justice John A. Michalek on Thursday ruled in favor of a New York State Education Department's (NYSED) motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the school.
The contentiousness of the debate was on full display over the last two weeks, as a pro-charter school group filed its second lawsuit alleging a «crisis» of violence in the city's schools — after which leaders of the city's education and police departments spent consecutive days reassuring reporters that city schools are safer than ever.
A federal lawsuit may be on the horizon as a letter sent to State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia alleged a conspiracy from the board against Paladino over his right to free speech.
The issue of equitable aid was at the heart of the $ 1.11 billion lawsuit brought by the Alliance for Quality Education on behalf of 26 students in eight small city school districts, including Kingston, in 2008.
The UFT on March 5 issued a subpoena and notices of deposition to compel the testimony of former New York City Schools Chancellor Joel Klein, along with 11 Department of Education officials, in a continuing lawsuit over the DOE's plans to close a group of city schools.
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The lawsuit, filed late last month in a state district court, centers on the bilingual - education segment of the district's alternative - certification program for teachers and names seven plaintiffs.
Nonetheless, the adequacy lawsuit has emerged as a prominent, if largely unnoticed, reform strategy, using the courts to force even more education spending on state and local governments.
The U.S. Supreme Court is seeking to use a lawsuit over peer sexual harassment on a Massachusetts school bus to resolve an important legal issue about which federal laws are available to combat gender discrimination in education.
The governor and legislators missed the Jan. 24 deadline set by U.S. District Judge Raner C. Collins in a December 16 ruling on a 14 - year - old lawsuit, Flores v. Arizona, concerning the education of Arizona's 160,000 English - learners.
Other economists used their analytical tools in lawsuits arguing that states failed to provide adequate education for all students, while others developed models to show that spending public money on dropout - prevention programs would actually save taxpayer money if the dropouts were later incarcerated.
Dennis Van Roekel, the outgoing president of the National Education Association, described the California lawsuit as «yet another attempt by millionaires and corporate special interests to undermine the teaching profession and push their own ideological agenda on public schools.»
Even ranking states on the number of education lawsuits filed by families to challenge the array of near - lifetime job protections and teacher dismissal policies that harm children would have been good to determine.
Shortly after the reforms were adopted, the Alabama Education Association and other opponents filed a lawsuit claiming, among other things, the tax credits violate the state constitution's prohibition on funding religious institutions.
The Education Department didn't comment directly on the lawsuit but noted that children are headed back to school this year with Common Core in place.
Because New York State law is different, the group's legal argument here will probably rest on students» right to a «sound basic education» — a standard established in 2001 by the Campaign for Fiscal Equity lawsuit.
Cook is now one of seven plaintiffs in a major lawsuit filed on Tuesday in Gainesville by the National Education Association (NEA) and the Florida Education Association (FEA).
post entitled, «The Dan to Dannel transformation on the most important education lawsuit in Connecticut history,» we reviewed how candidate Dan Malloy approached the most important education lawsuit of our lifetime.
State Treasurer John Chiang's views on education are less known, but he didn't support the Vergara lawsuit.
«This lawsuit was never about helping students, but is yet another attempt by millionaires and corporate special interests to undermine the teaching profession and push their own ideological agenda on public schools and students while working to privatize public education.»
Responding to the Vergara decision, National Education Association leader Dennis Van Roekel informs us that, «This lawsuit was never about helping students, but is yet another attempt by millionaires and corporate special interests to undermine the teaching profession and push their own ideological agenda on public schools and students while working to privatize public educatioEducation Association leader Dennis Van Roekel informs us that, «This lawsuit was never about helping students, but is yet another attempt by millionaires and corporate special interests to undermine the teaching profession and push their own ideological agenda on public schools and students while working to privatize public educationeducation.»
After the Southern Poverty Law Center filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Mississippi's charter school law, there was a sharp and immediate response from Empower Mississippi and numerous state and national organizations denouncing the lawsuit and the effect it would have on families seeking high quality options in the education of their children.
Numerous Organizations Decry Charter School Lawsuit July 13, 2016 by Brett Kittredge After the Southern Poverty Law Center filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Mississippi's charter school law, there was a sharp and immediate response from Empower Mississippi and numerous state and national organizations denouncing the lawsuit and the effect it would have on families seeking high quality options in the education of their cLawsuit July 13, 2016 by Brett Kittredge After the Southern Poverty Law Center filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Mississippi's charter school law, there was a sharp and immediate response from Empower Mississippi and numerous state and national organizations denouncing the lawsuit and the effect it would have on families seeking high quality options in the education of their clawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Mississippi's charter school law, there was a sharp and immediate response from Empower Mississippi and numerous state and national organizations denouncing the lawsuit and the effect it would have on families seeking high quality options in the education of their clawsuit and the effect it would have on families seeking high quality options in the education of their children
The Rodriguez plaintiffs considered their lawsuit a natural extension of Brown: that disparities in school funding prevent America's students from getting that opportunity of an education on «equal terms.»
The Dan to Dannel transformation on the most important education lawsuit in Connecticut history (4/5/2013)
Sanders developed the Education Value - Added Assessment System (EVAAS)-- the value - added model (VAM) on which I have conducted most of my research (see, for example, here and here) and the VAM at the core of most of the teacher evaluation lawsuits in which I have been (or still am) engaged (see here, here, and here).
A critical test for the voucher lawsuits will come on Friday, though, when attorneys for the individuals, groups and boards of education challenging the «Opportunity Scholarship» Program ask the court to delay its implementation while the judge considers its underlying constitutionality.
On November 5, Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt asked a Carson City judge to dismiss the Parents» lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the state's new education savings accounts, widely considered to be the most aggressive school - choice program in the country.