Sentences with phrase «national education association last»

Lily Eskelsen García, who was Utah's 1989 Teacher of the Year, became president of the 3 million strong National Education Association last September, just as momentum to change the 2002 No Child Left Behind law began to build.

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So, not surprisingly, National Venture Capital Association CEO Bobby Franklin and chairman Venky Ganesan (a partner with Menlo Ventures) last week began their «education» campaign via an appearance on CNBC and corresponding column.

In a petition dated 18th December 2017 addressed to President Muhammadu Buhari and copied President General, Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Chief Justice of Nigeria, Chairman, Council for Legal Education, Director General, Nigeria Law School Bwari campus and National President, Muslim Lawyers Association of Nigeria (MULAN), MSSN while reacting to refusal of the Nigerian Law School and Council of Legal Education to call a University of Ilorin law graduate, Firdaus Amasa to bar last week due to her refusal to remove her Hijab, insisted that anyone found guilty in the matter should be punished in order to forestall future occurrences.

The National Association for Research in Science Teaching last month recognized Dr. Philip Sadler, Assistant Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, for making «the most significant contribution» to research in science education during the pEducation, for making «the most significant contribution» to research in science education during the peducation during the past year.

The Education Writers Association «s national seminar last month included a panel on charter authorizers.

Gerald W. Bracey, a senior policy analyst for the National Education Association, was asked to resign recently because he repeatedly expressed his private opinions in a manner that suggested he was speaking for the union, top officials of the N.E.A. said last week.

Delegates to the National Education Association Representative Assembly last week approved a policy statement on charter schools that aims to limit the growth of charter schools and regulate the schools more closely.

That was the assessment of the state and local education officials who spoke last week to federal - program coordinators meeting here under the auspices of the National School Boards Association.

Ed Next's Mike Petrilli participated in a panel discussion at the Education Writers Association National Seminar last month on «Accountability and ESSA: Where Are States Headed?»

Leaders of New York State United Teachers met last month to talk about a possible merger with the National Education Association of New York, but no decision was made, according to Dennis Tompkins, a spokesman for NYSUT.

Nashville, Tenn — Mary H. Futrell, president of the National Education Association has told Gov. Lamar Alexander — whose proposal last spring for a statewide «master - teacher» program helped catalyze the national debate on school reform — that by working with the Tennessee Education Association he can develop a «model reform packageNational Education Association has told Gov. Lamar Alexander — whose proposal last spring for a statewide «master - teacher» program helped catalyze the national debate on school reform — that by working with the Tennessee Education Association he can develop a «model reform packagenational debate on school reform — that by working with the Tennessee Education Association he can develop a «model reform package.»

His estimate closely matches that of the American Association of School Administrators, which suggested last month on the basis of a survey of 28 districts that implementing the major proposals of the National Commission on Excellence in Education would add 20 percent to district budgets, for a...

Secretary of Education William J. Bennett stepped up his crusade against the National Education Association in a major speech here last week, challenging Presidential candidates to «stand firm» against the union and support accountability in the schools.

The National Education Association and the afl - cio, the parent body of the American Federation of Teachers, were scheduled last week to make preliminary pledges in support of the Presidential campaign of Walter F. Mondale, the former Democratic Vice President.

Bishop Wilton D. Gregory, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, called attention to the accomplishments of Roman Catholic education and the problems it faces during his keynote address to the 100th convention of the National Catholic Educational Association last week.

Engage, the National Association for Gallery Education, is delighted to announce that after the success of last year's event Children's Art Week will return in 2016, from Saturday 11 to Sunday 19 June, and previous school participants explain just how easy it is to get involved.

At a meeting here last week of the National Association of State Directors of Vocational Technical Education, Ricky Takai, the Education Department's acting assistant secretary for vocational education, said the Administration hopes to send a school - to - work - transitioEducation, Ricky Takai, the Education Department's acting assistant secretary for vocational education, said the Administration hopes to send a school - to - work - transitioEducation Department's acting assistant secretary for vocational education, said the Administration hopes to send a school - to - work - transitioeducation, said the Administration hopes to send a school - to - work - transition bill...

Teacher - educators soundly rejected a proposal last week to make national accreditation a prerequisite for membership in the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education.

In June, Melody Musgrove, ED's director of the office of special education programs, sent a letter to the National Association of State Directors of Special Education declaring that a school district «is not obligated to expend at least the amount expended in the last fiscal year for which it met the maintenance - of - effort requiremeneducation programs, sent a letter to the National Association of State Directors of Special Education declaring that a school district «is not obligated to expend at least the amount expended in the last fiscal year for which it met the maintenance - of - effort requiremenEducation declaring that a school district «is not obligated to expend at least the amount expended in the last fiscal year for which it met the maintenance - of - effort requirement.»

The hearings, which are being held by the National Commission on Excellence in Teacher Education — a group of teacher educators, legislators, teachers, and school administrators established last March by the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education — began last month in St. Paul.

The National Education Association backed away last week from a lobbyist's earlier statement that President Clinton had promised to protect education spending with a vetEducation Association backed away last week from a lobbyist's earlier statement that President Clinton had promised to protect education spending with a veteducation spending with a veto threat.

The 21 - year - old Californian, one of more than 400 National Education Association members who were delegates or alternates here last week, appeared oblivious to the nostalgia that gripped many older people as the Democratic National Convention returned to the Windy City for the first time since the violence of 1968.

The International Technology Education Association announced last week that it will head an effort to set national standards for students to understand, use, and control technology.

As more than 5,000 educators gathered in Albuquerque, N.M., last month for the annual conference of the National Association for Bilingual Education, the prospects for their primary cause — instruction in a child's native language — looked as bright as they have at any time in recent years.

Chicago — Members of the National Association of State Directors of Special Education, meeting here last week, outlined plans to form a subsidiary corporation to develop and market computer software for sale to educators and parents of handicapped children.

In a speech to the National Indian Education Association's legislative summit in Washington last week, NIEA President Ryan Wilson said he wanted Congress to back legislation designed to help preserve American Indian languages.

At a meeting last month sponsored by the National Association for the Education of Young Children, the National Institute of Education, and the Johnson Foundation, two dozen experts agreed that there is a «critical need» to warn lawmakers of the gap between research and policy.

Washington — Late last week, George Bush, the Republican Presidential candidate, responded to pressure from fellow party members who belong to the National Education Association and answered a questionnaire used in the union's endorsement process.

Milton Goldberg, the key Education Department official coordinating the new study, offered a similar preview last week at the annual meeting of the National Catholic Educational Association in New York.

The House Education and Labor Committee may consider modifications in the «family and medical leave act» to address concerns raised by the National School Boards Association, a panel member said last week.

messages; Money worries A rumor that Richard «Digger» Phelps, the Notre Dame basketball coach, would go from pacing the sidelines to shuffling paper at the Education Department was reportedly circulating last week in Indianapolis, where the National Association of Basketball Coaches met before the final rounds of the National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament.

At a meeting here last week of the National Association of State Directors of Special Education, Roger Brown, associate commissioner of the Massachusetts department of special education, said his state is «prepared to litigate» over the $ 676,256 in 1985 funds — out of a total of $ 32.1 million — that the Education Department's special - education office said it overpaid the state lEducation, Roger Brown, associate commissioner of the Massachusetts department of special education, said his state is «prepared to litigate» over the $ 676,256 in 1985 funds — out of a total of $ 32.1 million — that the Education Department's special - education office said it overpaid the state leducation, said his state is «prepared to litigate» over the $ 676,256 in 1985 funds — out of a total of $ 32.1 million — that the Education Department's special - education office said it overpaid the state lEducation Department's special - education office said it overpaid the state leducation office said it overpaid the state last year.

An agreement announced last week allowing local National Education Association unions to affiliate with the AFL - CIO signals that the NEA is willing to tighten ranks with the rest of the American labor movement in the face of formidable economic and political changes.

The National Education Association reported last week that the average percentage change in teachers» salaries from the 2004 - 05 to the 2005 - 06 school year was 2.9 percent.

Last spring, in a much - quoted speech, Bill Gates, whose education philanthropy is the subject of another story in this issue, told the National Governors Association that America's high schools were «obsolete.»

When Secretary of Education Arne Duncan presented the Obama administration's reforms to teacher training programs before the D.C. - based think tank Education Sector last Friday, he was joined by an unlikely partner: Dennis Van Roekel, president of the National Education Association.

The headline is, «Educator's Victory in Wisconsin Gives Democrats Majority in State Senate» and the post begins, John Lehman, a former high school history and economics teacher and a retired National Education Association and Wisconsin Education Association Council member, was elected last night to the Wisconsin State Senate.

She told the annual conference of the National Association of Schoolmasters and Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT) last that there was «no reverse gear» when it came to the government's education reforms.

The association is one of the last major education organizations to endorse the state - led effort spearheaded by the Council of Chief State School Officers and the National Governors Aassociation is one of the last major education organizations to endorse the state - led effort spearheaded by the Council of Chief State School Officers and the National Governors AssociationAssociation.

I had the privilege of attending (and presenting) at the National Association for Multicultural Education International Conference last week in Chicago.

In fact, just last week, Dropout Nation's Rishawn Biddle wrote about the recent release of the National Education Association's 2010 - 2011 LM - 2 filing, a required Department of Labor annual report.

On average, public school teachers earned just under $ 60,000 last school year, according to the National Education Association, but pay is so low in some areas that officials have been recruiting overseas.

The Standards Committee is powered by a partnership between Educators Rising and the National Education Association (NEA), which last month announced a $ 250,000 grant award to be used specifically for the development of Educators Rising Standards.

Last week I had the pleasure of attending the National Association of State Boards of Education Annual Conference, where State Board of Education Members from around the country gathered to discuss important education policy issues, build relationships with other policymakers from around the country, and learn about emerging education issues confronting students in Washington and around theEducation Annual Conference, where State Board of Education Members from around the country gathered to discuss important education policy issues, build relationships with other policymakers from around the country, and learn about emerging education issues confronting students in Washington and around theEducation Members from around the country gathered to discuss important education policy issues, build relationships with other policymakers from around the country, and learn about emerging education issues confronting students in Washington and around theeducation policy issues, build relationships with other policymakers from around the country, and learn about emerging education issues confronting students in Washington and around theeducation issues confronting students in Washington and around the country.

That's how many dollars the anti-charter National Education Association and American Federation of Teachers have donated to the NAACP over the last five years.

In the suit, the National Education Association New Mexico argues state law gives school districts authority over teacher evaluations and the system Education Secretary - designate Hanna Skandera put in place last year takes away that local control.

Last year, the National Education Association reported that while the state is spending more on public education, its spending per pupil actually dropped from about $ 8,632 to $ 8,620 from 2013 - 2014 to 2014 - 2015, ranking North Carolina at just 46th in the nation in studentEducation Association reported that while the state is spending more on public education, its spending per pupil actually dropped from about $ 8,632 to $ 8,620 from 2013 - 2014 to 2014 - 2015, ranking North Carolina at just 46th in the nation in studenteducation, its spending per pupil actually dropped from about $ 8,632 to $ 8,620 from 2013 - 2014 to 2014 - 2015, ranking North Carolina at just 46th in the nation in student funding.

Nearly 1,650 schools have closed or been consolidated in the last 10 years, 88 of them last year alone, the National Catholic Education Association says.

As readers know by now, Dropout Nation determined in research released last October that National Education Association and American Federation of Teachers spend roughly $ 700 million per year on advocacy.

The Education Writers Association held some panels about this last spring at their national conference.