Sentences with phrase «public education commissioner»

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A state education commissioner's ruling, issued in 2000, states that «it is improper to use public funds to subsidize a trip that is essentially a private recreational experience and not a part of a school district's educational program.»

State Senator Ken LaValle is calling on education department commissioner John King to «hit the delay button» with rolling out new, more rigorous curriculum in public schools through the Common Core.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Last week, the attorney for Buffalo Public School Board Member Carl Paladino filed a request with the state education commissioner to allow new evidence in three appeals for his removal from office.

In addition to raising the possibility of changing how the Regents are appointed, Cuomo has indicated he wants more power over how the state runs public education, which is currently controlled by the semi-autonomous Department of Education and its commeducation, which is currently controlled by the semi-autonomous Department of Education and its commEducation and its commissioner.

The state commissioner for education, Ja'afaru Sani said the 11,395 teachers were distributed to the over four thousand public primary schools across the state.

The public forum with New York Department of Education commissioner John King that was first scheduled for Riverhead High School is now being moved to the Eastport - South Manor High School auditorium in Manorville.

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ALBANY — Unions and their legislative allies are increasing the pressure on New York State education commissioner John King, with state lawmakers calling for his resignation and a powerful teachers» union planning public forums to «fill the void» created by the ones the commissioner canceled.

Unrest over the Common Core intensified this fall, when education commissioner John King canceled and subsequently rescheduled a series of public forums on the state's education reforms.

U.S. Education Secretary John B. King Jr., a former New York education commissioner, is pushing new regulations that would designate public schools in which large numbers of students refuse to take Common Core tests as in need of impEducation Secretary John B. King Jr., a former New York education commissioner, is pushing new regulations that would designate public schools in which large numbers of students refuse to take Common Core tests as in need of impeducation commissioner, is pushing new regulations that would designate public schools in which large numbers of students refuse to take Common Core tests as in need of improvement.

Meanwhile, New York state's newly minted Education commissioner, MaryEllen Elia, champions licensing illegal immigrants to teach in New York's public schools, as well as to practice 52 other regulated professions.

Today «it's the right - wing reformers who are lowering standards,» says Diane Ravitch, a former assistant secretary of education and leading critic of the corporate education - reform movement, noting that Tony Bennett's final act after losing his re-election bid, last November, as Indiana superintendent of public instruction — he was recently appointed education commissioner in Florida — was to weaken the state's requirements for new teachers.

«This is not about changing our graduation standards,» stated Emily DeSantis, assistant state education commissioner for public affairs.

ALBANY — State education commissioner John King will appear at 12 public forums during the next six weeks, allowing parents and teachers a chance to sound off about the state's adoption of more difficult curriculum standards and related testing.

ROBERT O'ROURK FILE PHOTO State Senator Ken LaValle is hosting a public meeting somewhere in his district Nov. 26 with New York education department commissioner John King to discuss Common Core curriculum and standardized testing.

New York City schools chancellor Carmen Fariña and new state education department commissioner MaryEllen Elia will visit a struggling school in Bronx on Tuesday, in their first public appearance together since Elia took office in July.

A public forum with New York Department of Education commissioner John King is set for 6 p.m. tonight at Eastport - South Manor High School in Manorville.

Residents will no longer have to sign up with their local school districts to secure a seat for the Nov. 26 public meeting with New York Department of Education commissioner John King, state Senator Ken LaValle's office said Tuesday.

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.

A public forum on the Common Core curriculum scheduled with New York Department of Education commissioner John King will not be held at Riverhead High School, as previously reported, State Senator Ken LaValle said on Friday.

«One thing is clear, for any commissioner to succeed in New York state they will need to listen to parents and treat them as partners in public education.

State education department commissioner MaryEllen Elia ruled in February that Success needed to sign the contract granting the city oversight over its pre-K program in order to receive public dollars.

Among the featured speakers were David Driscoll, commissioner of education for the Massachusetts Department of Education; Peter Frumkin, professor of public affairs at University of Texas at Austin; Laurie Gardner and Eric Premack, codirectors of California Charter Schools Development Center; Michael Goldstein, founder and director of research and information for MATCH Charter Public High School; and HGSE Senior Lecturer Jameducation for the Massachusetts Department of Education; Peter Frumkin, professor of public affairs at University of Texas at Austin; Laurie Gardner and Eric Premack, codirectors of California Charter Schools Development Center; Michael Goldstein, founder and director of research and information for MATCH Charter Public High School; and HGSE Senior Lecturer JamEducation; Peter Frumkin, professor of public affairs at University of Texas at Austin; Laurie Gardner and Eric Premack, codirectors of California Charter Schools Development Center; Michael Goldstein, founder and director of research and information for MATCH Charter Public High School; and HGSE Senior Lecturer James public affairs at University of Texas at Austin; Laurie Gardner and Eric Premack, codirectors of California Charter Schools Development Center; Michael Goldstein, founder and director of research and information for MATCH Charter Public High School; and HGSE Senior Lecturer James Public High School; and HGSE Senior Lecturer James Honan.

Governor Donald Carcieri, Speaker Gordon Fox and Mayor Daniel J. McKee cut the ribbon at Blackstone Valley Prep Mayoral Academy's 2009 opening, surrounded by (from left to right) Cranston mayor Allan Fung, R.I. attorney general Peter Kilmartin, former senate majority leader Daniel Connors, R.I. commissioner of education Deborah Gist, former president of the National Alliance of Public Charter Schools Nel - son Smith and former R.I. representative Mary Ann Shallcross Smith.

Yecke, Minnesota's embattled education commissioner, targets two trends: the «middle - school movement» and public education's growing hostility toward the needs of gifted youngsters.

The first BVP elementary and middle schools are among a small number (less than 10 percent) of public schools to receive the highest «Commended» designation from Rhode Island's commissioner of education.

We have changed how we approach public education and watched unprecedented student achievement gains flow from those changes,» said Neil E. Duke, chair of the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners.

The Education Commission of the States requires prospective commissioners to «reflect broadly the interests of the member government, higher education, the state education system, local education, lay and professional persons, and public and nonpublic educational leadershiEducation Commission of the States requires prospective commissioners to «reflect broadly the interests of the member government, higher education, the state education system, local education, lay and professional persons, and public and nonpublic educational leadershieducation, the state education system, local education, lay and professional persons, and public and nonpublic educational leadershieducation system, local education, lay and professional persons, and public and nonpublic educational leadershieducation, lay and professional persons, and public and nonpublic educational leadership.»

Besides Peiser, who started Boston Collegiate Charter School in 1998, just after earning his master's in public policy from Harvard's Kennedy School, there was Doug Lemov, a founder of Academy of the Pacific Rim (also in Boston) in 1997 and later a best - selling author (Teach Like a Champion); Evan Rudall and John King of Roxbury Prep in Boston (Rudall is now CEO of Zearn, a new educational technology nonprofit, and King is commissioner of education for New York State); and Paul Bambrick - Santoyo, then managing director of North Star's middle and high schools in Newark (and later author of Driven by Data and Leverage Leadership).

«The establishment of higher standards is critical to improving Florida's system of public education,» said Frank Brogan, the state education commissioner, who is now appealing to individual districts to approve the standards on their...

Prior to returning home to lead Tulsa Public Schools, Dr. Gist served as commissioner of education for the State of Rhode Island where student achievement reached historical highs, and graduation rates increased significantly.

Author Bio: Chris Cerf, chief executive officer of Amplify Insight, was New Jersey's commissioner of education from January 2011 to March 2014, serving 2,500 public schools, 1.4 million students and 110,000 teachers.

In a state where public education is overseen by a board of regents and education commissioner independent of the governor, Gov. Spitzer made clear last week that he will take an active role...

The very first secretary of that «board of commissioners» was, of course, Horace Mann, often termed the father of public education in the United State.

Interim education commissioner Wayne Lewis cites several deficiencies in calling for the state to assume control of the state's largest public school district.

We need to STRENGTHEN School Governance Council Language (public act 10 - 111) We also have to continually hammer / promote the message of a «TEAMWORK» collaborated effort between the local district boards of education, turnaround committees and the SGC (school governance councils) in the reconstitution of our low - performing schools once they have been «accepted» into the state Commissioners Network.

The performance of regional schools commissioners will be judged by how many schools in their areas convert to academy status, despite education secretary Nicky Morgan's public stance that she has no preference for any particular school type.

The Star - Ledger reports that the International Academy of Trenton (IAT), a public charter school serving grades K - 5, is being shut down for failing to meet student academic and social needs: Kimberley Harrington, then commissioner of the Department of Education, in a Jan. 12 letter to IAT said the state was not renewing the charter because the academy «failed to provide a strong educational program and sustained organizational stability.»

If you were the commissioner of education, what would be the first thing you would do to improve public education in Tennessee?

I serve as superintendent of the Newark Public Schools and previously served as the state commissioner of education.

Dr. John King, the son of two New York City public school teachers, has served as a high school teacher, middle school principal, the co-founder of a Massachusetts charter school, New York's education commissioner, and U.S. Education Secretary under President Baraeducation commissioner, and U.S. Education Secretary under President BaraEducation Secretary under President Barack Obama.

Commissioners and county staff have said they strongly support public education, but they have concerns that the school system annually has about $ 20 million to $ 25 million in unspent local funds that aren't part of the school system's fund balance.

His notion of «relinquishment» as an organizing strategy for district reform is justly recognized as a seminal contribution to the field and one that has long influenced me in my various posts, as deputy chancellor of New York City Public Schools, New Jersey's commissioner of education, and now as superintendent of Newark Public Schools.

The survey forms part of PTA UK's written evidence to an MPs» inquiry into regional schools commissioners by the education select committee which will include public evidence sessions later in the autumn.

The school system and public education advocates believe the county commissioners — by way of the local taxpayers — are the «last line of defense» against reduced state and federal funding and other unfunded state mandates.

Am I misguided in my thinking that the state commissioner of education should NOT be the founder of a charter school empire competing for public funds?

A spokesman for the union, Steve Wollmer, also questioned how Newark's bonuses could continue after the Facebook money runs out, but Chris Cerf, the state education commissioner, said the rewards would be sustainable through public funds.

We have our first PARCC scores, a change in Denver Public School leadership, a new state commissioner, and a new federal education law: «Every Student Succeeds Act»...

«We really are doing a lot worse in math than we are in science and reading,» said Peggy Carr, the acting commissioner for the National Center for Education Statistics, who had early access to the PISA results, which were released to the public on Tuesday.