Sentences with phrase «policy watch this week»

«We have no intention of returning to busing as we used to do it,» Perry told Policy Watch this week.

«This trend is persistent and pervasive in North Carolina,» Wake County schools Assistant Superintendent for Student Support Services Brenda Elliott told Policy Watch this week.

«Don't get me started about public charter school no - nothings (sic) on the NC State Board of Education,» Hawkes wrote in an email to Policy Watch this week.

«How things play out is not always how you expect them to play out,» Horn told Policy Watch this week.

«I was relatively happy with my CSAB colleagues for recommending to NC SBE 18 of 40 public charter applications that got to the interview stage this round,» Alan Hawkes told N.C. Policy Watch this week.

«My colleagues across the country see achievement school districts as a failure,» Jewell told Policy Watch this week.

Meanwhile, State Board of Education Chairman Bill Cobey told Policy Watch this week that locals in struggling districts should be open to new ideas.

Blackwell did not respond to a request for comment, but at least one defender of the new legislative proposal told Policy Watch this week that some pushback is to be expected.

«To say they are misusing the money, I think it's a misinterpretation of what the law allows districts to do,» Joyce told Policy Watch this week.

An official with the Chicago - based National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA) told Policy Watch this week that, to the organization's knowledge, no other U.S. state has approved a proposal like House Bill 800, a measure one Democrat likened to creating «de facto, segregated private schools» last week.

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I had to watch Prime Minister Trudeau's epic electoral reform meltdown from a distance over the past couple of weeks given my attendance at an international meeting of progressive policy leaders in South Africa.

Last week, after I declared my refusal to watch the HBO series, «Weight of the Nation,» Marlene Schwartz, of the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity (a group featured in the program) politely suggested that I give all four episodes a chance before I criticize.

On Monday, after getting the greenlight from the state legislature, Gov. Andrew Cuomo formally signed two of his most carefully - watched initiatives into law, enacting a statewide $ 15 minimum wage plan and 12 - week paid family leave policy.

As the week gets going we're watching as discussions continue around the mayor's rezoning policies, which have been seeing some significant pushback from community and borough boards.

As N.C. Policy Watch's Sarah Ovaska reported last week, the issue of for - profit charter operators wanting to serve on non-profit boards has come up before — once again, involving Baker Mitchell.

«I just finished visiting 33 schools over a six and a half week period in my district,» Rep. Rick Glazier, D - Cumberland, told NC Policy Watch.

Senator Jerry Tillman (R - Randolph) told N.C. Policy Watch last week he's a proponent of the idea to eliminate retiree health care for prospective teachers and state employees.

Education Week highlighted the implementation of ESSA as one of the «six key policy areas to watch under Trump.»

Langdon, who did not respond to Policy Watch interview requests, also pushed through a budget amendment last week to cut the schools» requested exclusions from the dropout count, but they were restored later in the day by Rep. Rob Bryan, an influential Republican from Mecklenburg County who sits on the House Education Committee.

It's unclear whether the board will approve the provision when it meets again in March, but this week, Cobey, a Republican appointee of Gov. Pat McCrory, told N.C. Policy Watch that he will push for a stronger statewide rule that imposes the same residency requirement on officers of charter boards.

Adam Levinson, interim director for the office, told Policy Watch he would have to survey the state's ever - growing ranks of charter schools to compile such information, but multiple state officials agreed last week that a number of North Carolina's public charters include leaders from outside North Carolina.

[6] N.C. Policy Watch's Sarah Ovaska reported last week: http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2014/07/25/technical-corrections-bill-allows-for-profit-companies-seats-on-north-carolina-charter-school-boards/

Attorney Burton Craige, who represents plaintiffs challenging the voucher program, told N.C. Policy Watch last week that releasing taxpayer funds prior to the court ruling is troubling.

Rodney Ellis, president of the North Carolina Association of Educators, told NC Policy Watch that some of their members met with the walk - out's organizers to come up with a «walk - in,» something NCAE was already planning for American Education Week, November 18 - 22.

Barefoot did not respond to Policy Watch requests for comment, but Jewell called that allegation «simply incorrect» this week, arguing K - 12 funding cuts in recent years left districts unable to fill in funding gaps to preserve teaching positions for specialty educators.

WCPSS spokesman Tim Simmons told Policy Watch there is no «drop dead deadline» for the school system, but he emphasized the district's precarious position, particularly as it relates to year - round schools that will begin the new school year in about ten weeks.

Additionally, Medley did not respond to Policy Watch's requests for the school's records this week.

Tillman did not respond to Policy Watch interview requests this week, but based on recent days» bickering over the board's decision, the SBE's power over charters might be up for discussion again when the legislature reconvenes in January.

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Meanwhile, House Bill 800's Republican sponsors did not respond to Policy Watch interview requests, although one sponsor, Rep. John Bradford III of Charlotte, called it a «no - brainer» last week, arguing private companies deserve incentives for donating their services to charters.

Pressed for answers this week, Sen. Jerry Tillman (R - Randolph), a supporter of the A-F school grades, told N.C. Policy Watch that in terms of how the A-F school grading formula works, — 80 percent of a grade is based on students» achievement at one point in time, and 20 percent is based on students» growth over time — he's taking a wait - and - see approach, speculating that it will take some time to see if the formula needs tweaking to present a better picture of which schools are helping their students grow and which are not.

Members were initially expected to complete a final report in 2018, although Horn told Policy Watch last week that, while he expects an interim report to be released next year, the group's work could take two years or more.

Whatever the outside points of view, Kelly, like many of the teachers who spoke to Policy Watch in recent days, says next week's rally is more than a single moment.

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