Sentences with phrase «oecd education chief»

In classical education the chief aim was the transmission of a valued cultural heritage.

NY Times Archive - National Desk: April 28, 2005 «Soccer Mom» Education Chief Plays Hardball for Bush Team» «I would just say that I nursed my kids for a long time; I made my own baby food,» Ms Spellings told repoerters at a press breakfast.»

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio said Carvalho had already accepted the job a week ago and had OKed an announcement about it — when the would - be education chief made his abrupt about - face.

Mayor Bill de Blasio says his pick for schools chancellor had already accepted the job a week ago and had OKed an announcement about it — when the would - be education chief made an abrupt about - face Thursday, saying he won't take the job after all.

The schools watchdog's new head has called for the introduction of apolitical local education chiefs.

«We are excited to add free, full - day, high - quality pre-K for All seats at Ravenswood in District 30, one of our highest demand districts,» DOE Division of Early Childhood Education Chief Executive Officer SOPHIA PAPPAS said.

A brisk six - block walk from the Department of Education headquarters, Amidon has unique status as the public school closest to the federal education chief's office.

In Education Week's words, this «crackdown is largely aimed at Obama's education chief, Arne Duncan.»

We have been working with a number of governors and education chiefs who are trying to determine just that.

Inspired in part by the Massachusetts experience, the Common Core standards were developed by governors and state education chiefs, and today more than forty states, including Massachusetts, have adopted these deeply rigorous academic expectations for students.

For instance, a federal or state education chief is a non-local actor with control over a public school's teacher evaluation progress or college - and - career ready curriculum.

Yet, neither the federal or state education chief, nor the PTA or the foundation, is directly accountable to a locally elected board of education.

I don't know whether something got lost in the translation between the researchers and Gates education chief, Vicki Phillips, or between her and Sam Dillon at the New York Times, but the article contains a false claim that needs to be corrected before it is used to push changes in education policy and practice.

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.»

They brought with them the same missionary zeal that helped them succeed at the innovative edge as they became superintendents, state education chiefs, and staff members at the federal Department of Education.

New York state's education chief has again — and more firmly — rejected a bid by about 40 nontraditional schools to substitute individually tailored projects for at least some of the examinations the state has begun to require for graduation.

Dating back at least to Achieve's (with Fordham's encouragement) launch of the «American Diploma Project,» the idea that K — 12 standards ought to be geared toward college and career readiness has gained momentum, strongly boosted by funders, business leaders and, ultimately, governors and state education chiefs.

Blake will be leaving his current role of history consultant and leading practitioner at the Harris Federation to take over as education chief.

When I published them, a state education chief took me to task for, in his opinion, drastically undercounting the number of decisions that had to be made.

Thomas C. Boysen, the veteran local superintendent who was tapped to put Kentucky's massive 1990 school - reform law into action, surprised observers last week by announcing that he will resign as the state's education chief this summer.

He said it has helped state education chiefs recognize their common challenges.

Bush reached out first to Tony Bennett, education chief in Indiana; Eric Smith, former education commissioner of Florida; and Gerard Robinson, then secretary of education in Virginia.

Evaluating ELLs for Special Needs a Challenge Education Week, August 29, 2012 «Faced with a class action five years ago over the poor quality of its special education services, the San Diego school district hired Thomas Hehir, a Harvard Graduate School of Education professor and a former special education chief in the federal Education Department, to take a hard look at how students were faring.»

A former Number 10 adviser and education chief at the RSA has warned that English schools are being damaged by common practices that are of little value to students.

-- South Dakota's state education chief, Melody Schopp, is retiring at the end of the year.

FUTURE CHIEFS PROGRAM We are bringing emerging leaders together to be mentored by the nations most successful education chiefs in the country.

-- South Carolina education chief seizes control of failing rural school district for the second time in state history: The State.

State education chief Mitch Chester was «walking away» from the Common Core - aligned tests he helped create.

As Secretary Duncan told a room full of state education chiefs, «It's fascinating to me that some of the pushback is coming from, sort of, white suburban moms who — all of a sudden --[realize] their child isn't as brilliant as they thought they were.»

Prior to her most recent position as New Mexico's education Chief, Secretary Skandera's record of service in the education sector includes serving as Florida's Deputy Commissioner of Education for former Governor Jeb Bush, senior policy advisor and Deputy Chief of Staff at the U.S. Department of Education under former U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, and Undersecretary for Education for former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, in addition to teaching Education Policy courses at Pepperdine University's School of Public Policy.

Several of the 16 state education chiefs who endorsed Gov. Bill Clinton two weeks ago have hit the campaign trail to stump for the Democratic nominee for President.

And as noted in a brief from the National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality (the predecessor of the Center on Great Teachers and Leaders), some states previously produced videos of governors and education chiefs praising the profession.

On Tuesday, Politico reported that the Massachusetts state education chief Mitchell Chester had issued a statement that the stated had «not abandoned» either the Common Core standards or the PARCC assessment, blaming national media for inaccurately describing the state's decision.

Chiefs for Change (CFC), a coalition of over two dozen state and district education chiefs, serving 5.3 million students and 330,000 teachers, and dedicated to excellence and equity for all students, urge Congress to fund the Title II, Part A (Supporting Effective Instruction State Grants) at no less than $ 2.055 billion, the FY 2017 appropriation.

Chris Minnich, executive director of the Council of Chief State School Officers — which represents the nation's state education chiefs — said he's «still unclear how much of the feedback they want states to respond to.»

«The Wallace Foundation grant will enable us to provide the kind of high - quality training for district superintendents, state education chiefs and their senior teams that corporate and governmental leaders receive in other Harvard executive education programs.

The Bush administration tried to set a new tone the night after the president signed the education bill, when Secretary of Education Rod Paige invited 30 state education chiefs to Mount Vernon to discuss the new law and his expectations for the states.

School superintendents and state education chiefs often find themselves in a peculiar position when making policy decisions that could deeply affect children's lives.

A group of of education chiefs from around the nation, as well as some teachers, parents, student groups and business organizations, lended their official support to the Vergara lawsuit today by filing several amicus curiae or «friend of the court» briefs.

Minnich said state education chiefs are «deeply concerned» that the budget prioritizes school - choice experiments over existing programs that serve all students.

The Advocate Nothing personal, critics say, as they take effort to oust education chief John White to court

But the budget proposal drew condemnation from many in the education world, including teachers» unions, superintendents, school boards, and representatives of state education chiefs and urban school systems.

Their recent paper, Leading for Equity: Opportunities for State Education Chiefs, sets out 10 commitments to help state education chiefs take action to promote equity in education for all students.

The change, announced yesterday by State Education chief Tom Torlakson, came in response to concerns that the US Department of Education would withhold as much as $ 45 million dollars in funding, as well as additional Title I funds if the state did not comply with long standing federal rules that students in grades three and eleven be tested annually in both subjects.

Smarter Balanced works closely with state education chiefs and elected officials to ensure that the assessment system meets the needs of member states.

Hanna Skandera, Kevin Huffman, Gerard Robinson, Lizzette Reynolds, and Felicia Cumings Smith, each of whom has served as a state education chief or a top - ranking state education official;

The Aspen Institute Education & Society Program and the Council of Chief State School Officers released a set of recommendations for state education chiefs on improving equity for students under ESSA.

The PARCC Governing Board, made up of the K - 12 education chiefs from each PARCC state, and the Advisory Committee on College Readiness, made up of the higher education chiefs from the PARCC states, approved the PARCC College - and Career - Ready Determination Policy in October 2012, after input from nearly 800 K - 12 educators, higher education faculty, parents, and community members.

A former state and district education chief, Jim Nelson currently provides advice and counsel to the Texas - based law firm of Thompson & Horton LLP, supporting clients ranging from Texas Instruments, AVID, the Educational Testing Service (ETS), and the Texas Association of School Boards.

«Oklahoma looks forward to both the pilot test this academic year and the field test of the assessment in the 2013 - 2014 academic year,» Janet C. Barresi, Oklahoma's education chief and a PARCC steering committee member, said in a statement.