Sentences with phrase «regents chancellor»

Board of Regents chancellor Merryl Tisch said parents and teachers have complained that students have struggled to finish the English exams, which third through eighth graders will begin taking on April 14.

Board of Regents chancellor John Morgan speaks at a working lunch with Governor Bill Haslam and community college presidents in August.

State Board of Regents chancellor Merryl Tisch had floated the idea of having untimed tests last spring in an effort to reduce stress, but stakeholders shot down the idea.

With the election of Betty Rosa as NYS Board of Regents chancellor on Monday, coupled with standardized test season approaching, many parents and educators are refocusing on this year's opt - out movement.

A December 2014 letter from Cuomo's office to the regents chancellor said, «The Governor has little power over education, which is governed by the Board of Regents.»

The previous Regents chancellor, Merryl H. Tisch, was a strong proponent of the tests.

He and other key stakeholders — including union leaders, the Board of Regents chancellor, and state legislators — came together to hammer out reform goals for the round - two grant submission.

Board of Regents chancellor Merryl Tisch, who heavily influenced Cuomo's policy proposals, predicted a difficult and acrimonious session ahead.

Board of Regents chancellor Merryl Tisch and education commissioner John King have opposed delaying implementation of the standards, but King has said one change state officials are considering is pushing back when students would need to pass Common Core - aligned Regents exam for graduation.

Education commissioner John King and Board of Regents chancellor Merryl Tisch told reporters in a conference call from Albany that a working group recommended the graduation requirements delay, among other tweaks, in reaction to concerns pouring in across the state from parents, teachers, students and lawmakers over how implementation of the Common Core is being executed statewide.

ALBANY — Board of Regents chancellor Merryl Tisch didn't give a direct answer when asked whether voters next month should approve a $ 2 billion bond act to boost technology in schools.

director of state operations Jim Malatras wrote to outgoing education commissioner John King and Board of Regents chancellor Merryl Tisch.

Cuomo already telegraphed as much in a letter he sent, signed by a top aide, to Regents chancellor Merryl Tisch at the end of last month asking for her input on a range of policy issues.

Betty Rosa, the new Regents chancellor, justifies it all as opposing what she and the teachers unions call «high - stakes tests,» which supposedly just ruin the whole educational process.

ALBANY — The state Board of Regents chancellor, confronted Monday by anxious Long Island parents at the panel's meeting, assured them she will look into complaints that more teenagers are at risk of leaving high school without diplomas.

Education commissioner John King and Board of Regents chancellor Merryl Tisch have said they would prefer to see any additional education funding used to benefit all students, rather than just the select few at the schools that win the grants.

Betty Rosa, the Regents chancellor and a former New York City school administrator, noted the current evaluation law has created a situation under which teachers in fields not covered by state tests, such as physical education, often find themselves rated on the basis of student achievement in areas that are tested, such as English and math.

Regents chancellor Merryl Tisch said Tuesday she's not surprised that so many teachers were deemed «highly effective.»

Betty Rosa, the Regents chancellor, said in answer to a reporter's question that the board is more concerned with getting federal financial assistance for the state's schools than in how schools may be labeled under the new federal guidelines.

In a 20 - page letter to Cuomo, Board of Regents chancellor Merryl Tisch recommended getting rid of the local piece, although her solution was to double the ratings» reliance on state exams to 40 percent, leaving the observation component at 60 percent.

Board of Regents chancellor Merryl Tisch, who has advocated for the legislation, also weighed in, calling on the State Senate to pass the bill.

ALBANY — Board of Regents chancellor Merryl Tisch said Tuesday that critics of the state's implementation of new, more difficult curriculum standards should «tone it down,» and charged that calls for education commissioner John King to step down are purely about «politics.»

The appointment of Betty Rosa as the new Regents chancellor in New York signals a big victory for the statewide teachers union, NYSUT, in the battle over the direction of education in New York — a battle waged with millions of dollars in campaign spending and brute political tactics from both sides over much of the past decade.

New York's outgoing Board of Regents chancellor, Merryl Tisch, says the greatest disappointment of her tenure was being unable to convince suburban parents to «move the standards movement beyond the rhetoric and politics.»

In one of her first acts as Regents chancellor, Betty Rosa announced the creation of a research workgroup, marking a new era of healing as the board seeks conciliation.

Cuomo made his intentions clear in a letter to the Regents chancellor and outgoing state education commissioner.

State education officials will soon release a plan for how they'll develop regulations to finalize a new teacher - evaluation system, Board of Regents chancellor Merryl Tisch said.

The Long Island Republican declined to say what might constitute going too far in his mind, noting Cuomo has yet to really tip his hand — other than the everything - but - the - kitchen sink letter his administration sent to the outgoing education commissioner and regents chancellor late last year.

Back in December 2014, a top aide to the governor, Jim Malatras, broached the subject in a letter to the regents chancellor and then - state education commissioner that was widely seen as the first salvo in what would be a protracted battle over reform.

Both Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Regents chancellor have said that won't happen.

Less than a month after it was enacted, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's new teacher evaluation plan seems to be in jeopardy, with the Regents chancellor calling for a year's delay and a key senator saying the legislature needs to revisit the issue.

Board of Regents chancellor Merryl Tisch and Mr. King issued a joint press release shortly after Mr. Cuomo's speech and said they have opposed standardized testing for young students and emphasized the state «has never tested K - 2 students.»

I refer to a recent letter about education reform sent by Board of Regents chancellor Merryl Tisch to Gov. Cuomo's office.

Whatever limited role the board and the department are able to play in the legislative process will be handled by King's deputies and Regents chancellor Merryl Tisch, stakeholder groups, policy experts and political observers said.

I don't,» Cuomo said at an event in Schenectady on Thursday, explaining the letter, in which he sought advice from King and Board of Regents chancellor Merryl Tisch on a series of education topics.

Recently departed Board of Regents chancellor Merryl Tisch said the Senate's proposal «goes further into dangerous and unworkable territory,» in an op - ed published in the Daily News on Wednesday.

He accuses the education commissioner and state Board of Regents chancellor of not wanting charter schools to succeed, and tweeted that they «should take the blinders off.»

Not exact matches

Another name also comes from the education field: Merryl Tisch, chancellor of the New York State Board of Regents, but she has repeatedly insisted she's not interested in the job.

The Regents will see further change when the three new members take their seats under a new chancellor and vice chancellor, marking the end of an era in New York State education, and, according to education policymakers, a new time of thoughtful progression.

The newest chancellor of the Board of Regents, she hails from the Bronx and will be tasked with dealing with fraught issues like teacher evaluations, the Common Core and the growing movement to opt out of the curriculum's exams.

In recent months, the State Education Department, Regents and the SUNY chancellor have all recommended steps to help districts attract and retain teachers.

The election of Betty Rosa, a former bilingual teacher, principal and superintendent of Bronx schools, as the new chancellor of the state Board of Regents further cements the new direction that New York State education policy has taken this year.

Two educators with strong ties to New York City are also being pushed by advisers to Mr. de Blasio: Kathleen M. Cashin, a member of the New York State Board of Regents; and Carmen Farina, a former deputy chancellor.

New York, New York — Former Bronx superintendent and principal Betty Rosa was elected chancellor of New York's Board of Regents on Monday, ushering in a new era in state education policy.

Monday morning, the Regents» new chancellor, Betty Rosa of the Bronx, announced Johnson's appointment in her first official act as the panel's leader.

Betty Rosa, a former superintendent of schools in the Bronx, is expected to be voted chancellor of the New York Board of Regents this month, education officials familiar with the process said.

Merryl H. Tisch, the chancellor of the New York State Board of Regents, announced that she would step down from her position and leave the board at the end of her term in March.

That is Merryl Tisch's appraisal of her tenure as chancellor of the Board of Regents, the top education post in New York, as she prepares to step down at the end of the month.

The newly - elected chancellor (Betty Rosa) and vice chancellor of the Board of Regents, joined by state Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia, will address the media directly following the meeting of the full Board this morning in Albany.

«We don't think that's the right direction for her to be going on day one of being the chancellor of the Board of Regents.