Sentences with phrase «public instruction tom»

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson has initiated the Team California for Healthy Kids to promote healthy eating and physical activity throughout the day, every day, in schools, before and after school agencies, early childhood programs, and communities.

Following the release of the tests results last week, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson said he is seeking funding from the Legislature and the Department of Finance for three positions within the California Department of Education to help insure that English learners are receiving quality instruction.

TWIN FALLS — Idaho Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Luna is supporting an effort to raise the cap on the number of new charter schools that can open each year, saying the limit could deny children some educational opportunities...

According to figures released yesterday by State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson, the LA Unified fifth -, seventh - and ninth - graders who participated in the six - part test during the 2013 - 14 school year are significantly...

State Board of Education President Michael Kirst and State Superintendent for Public Instruction Tom Torlakson declined CALmatters» requests for interviews.

Other named defendants include California governor Jerry Brown, Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson, the state of California, the state board of education, and the state department of education.

The release was announced in a press release by State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson.

«Former charter school executive Marshall Tuck said on Friday he planned to unleash campaign ads and social media outreach next week to unseat incumbent state Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson, a former lawmaker and teacher who has the backing of unions and the state party organization.»

SACRAMENTO — State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson announced today that 27 school attendance programs were recognized as Model School Attendance Review Boards (SARBs) for innovative and effective practices to reduce suspensions, expulsions, and chronic absenteeism.

SACRAMENTO — State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson announced today the appointment of Kim Frinzell as the new Director of the Nutrition Services Division (NSD) at the California Department of Education (CDE).

Seemingly since the day Idaho's Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Luna introduced an aggressive education policy in 2011, the opposition was fierce.

Did you know that on January 5, 2010, 5 months before the Common Core Standards were written, Arizona's former Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne and former Governor Jan Brewer both agreed to the Federal government's demand to «adopt» Common Core?

SACRAMENTO — State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson announced today that he will recognize nine school attendance programs for using positive, innovative approaches to keep students in school.

The state's two teachers unions and State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson opposed CORE's initial application.

Two charter schools: Bullis Charter School, Los Altos and National University Academy, Kearney Mesa Campus, were chosen as 2015 - 16 Exemplars of 21st Century Learning by State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson.

Teacher preparation programs in the state vary widely in quality, according to Greatness by Design, a 2012 report issued by a blue - ribbon task force appointed by State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson.

Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson announced Thursday that he would require school districts to offer the Common Core practice tests, created by the Smarter Balanced states» consortium, in both math and English language arts next spring.

In the hours since Marshall Tuck's daunting but failed effort to unseat incumbent State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson, education and political observers have reached different conclusions about the election and its significance.

LA Unified Superintendent Michelle King, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson, LA Unified school board President Steve Zimmer and other leaders called a press conference this morning at Eagle Rock Elementary School to tout the results of the newly released standardized test scores.

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson has given Los Angeles Unified a one - year reprieve from a ruling requiring the district to spend potentially hundreds of millions of additional dollars on English learners and low - income children to comply with the state's new school funding law.

Attorney General Harris announced her sponsorship of the four bills and introduced the legislative package at a March 10, 2014 press conference with State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson and Assemblymembers Raul Bocanegra, Rob Bonta, Joan Buchanan, Isadore Hall and Chris Holden.

This video provides an overview of how the Partnership for Children and Youth is collaborating with partners such as Senator Mark DeSaulnier, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson and the National Summer Learning Association to expand access to quality summer - learning programs for low - income children across California.

«People can call themselves Democrats for Education Reform — it's a free country — but if your agenda is to shut teachers and school employees out of the political process and not lift a finger to prevent cuts in education, in my book you're not a reformer, you're not helping education, and you're sure not much of a Democrat,» said state Supt. of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson, a registered Democrat whose office is nonpartisan.

The District recently received an email from State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson with information about pending lawsuits (known as the «Morgan Hill» cases).

The task force was created by State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson in partnership with the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to assess the state of the teaching profession in California.

In a recent announcement, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson announced that assistance is available for schools that were closed due to wildfire.

The only honoree in the Bay Area, Park was among five statewide winners recognized by state Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson.

SACRAMENTO — State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson announced today that 11 programs have been designated as models of attendance improvement and dropout prevention by the State School Attendance Review Board (State SARB).

SACRAMENTO — State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson today announced a dramatic 20 percent drop in the number of students expelled in 2013 - 14 and a 15.2 decline in the number of students suspended.

Erin Gable, legislative advocate for State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson, also expressed opposition to the plan Tuesday.

California Schools Chief Strikes Tone of Optimism in Annual Address in Lawndale In a speech addressing the state of education, Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson on Thursday celebrated a recent wave of voter - approved taxes that are expected to stabilize a dire education budget, and touted other initiatives that would bring still more tax dollars to public schools.

As a tool for better understanding California's public education shift, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson said today the Common Core State Standards are now available in print for the first time.

Winners of the «Schools to Watch» program will host visitors from California and around the world who are looking for «replicable practices that will help them improve their middle grades schools and close the achievement gap,» according to a press release from the office of State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson

California Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson plans to essentially re-write the Parent Trigger law, which allows parents to take over a chronically failing school through a petition drive.

The board and State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson have been torn on the issue since Education Secretary Arne Duncan first proposed the idea last summer.

Also this week, the Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson traveled to Southern California to announce the nomination of Environmental Charter High School for the federal Green Ribbon Award, which will recognize schools across the nation that are using and teaching their students green technology.

«We know that our schools already face enormous day - to - day challenges - but we also need to understand what issues they face as we move to online testing over the next few years,» State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson said in a statement.

Nearly 25,000 graduating high school students across California this summer have earned state recognition for achieving proficiency in multiple languages, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson announced today.

When the Obama administration rejected California's first application for a waiver in 2012, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson said, «It is disappointing that our state's request — which enjoyed such strong support from parents, teachers, administrators, and education advocates across California — has been rejected.»

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson pointed to the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) as the main way the state can work at closing the racial achievement gap.

In an Aug. 1 letter, California State Board of Education President Michael Kirst and State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson urged the U.S. Department of Education not to adopt a single summative rating saying it «undercuts the value of a multiple measures system.»

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson made the announcement earlier this week.

Two years after its passage, Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson, with the blessing of the State Board of Education, said the money could go to raises for teachers.

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson announced today that the state will defray costs of Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) test fees for more than 129,000 low - income students across California.

Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson will be filling some key staff positions when he begins his second term on Monday.

The other four members will be Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson or whoever he designates, State Board of Education President Michael Kirst or his designee, a county superintendent named by the Senate Rules Committee and a district superintendent named by Gov. Jerry Brown.

«Energy efficiency projects in our schools will help create jobs, protect our environment, save money, and create teachable moments for students all at the same time,» State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson said in a statement.

The announcement came from State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson who said, «I applaud these strong, thriving schools that are making such impressive strides in preparing their students for continued success.»

More than half of all suspensions and a quarter of expulsions in California schools are for «willful defiance» of school authorities, according to a new database that State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson is scheduled to release this Friday.

Together we are making progress towards upgrading our education system to prepare all students for careers and college in the 21st century,» State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson said in a statement.