Sentences with phrase «senate education panel»

This «is the single biggest step toward local control of public schools in 25 years,» said Senator Lamar Alexander (Republican - Tennessee), chair of the Senate education panel and a chief architect of the law along with Senator Patty Murray (Democrat - Washington).

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The faithful canine companion to Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D - Mass., the chairman of the Senate education panel, was a regular attendee at meetings to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

The compromise measure, developed by Representative ErnestineGlossbrenner, chairman of the House education committee, and Senator Carl A. Parker, chairman ofthe Senate education panel, was 3passed out of a House - Senate conference committee by an 8 - to - 2 vote last Thursday and was expected to be taken up by the House this week.

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* Day 1 Monday, February 22, 2016 4:00 PM -5:00 PM Registration & Networking 5:00 PM — 6:00 PM Welcome Reception & Opening Remarks Kevin de Leon, President pro Tem, California State Senate Debra McMannis, Director of Early Education & Support Division, California Department of Education (invited) Karen Stapf Walters, Executive Director, California State Board of Education (invited) 6:00 PM — 7:00 PM Keynote Address & Dinner Dr. Patricia K. Kuhl, Co-Director, Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences * Day 2 Tuesday February 23, 2016 8:00 AM — 9:00 AM Registration, Continental Breakfast, & Networking 9:00 AM — 9:15 AM Opening Remarks John Kim, Executive Director, Advancement Project Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, California Department of Education 9:15 AM — 10:00 AM Morning Keynote David B. Grusky, Executive Director, Stanford's Center on Poverty & Inequality 10:00 AM — 11:00 AM Educating California's Young Children: The Recent Developments in Transitional Kindergarten & Expanded Transitional Kindergarten (Panel Discussion) Deborah Kong, Executive Director, Early Edge California Heather Quick, Principal Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research Dean Tagawa, Administrator for Early Education, Los Angeles Unified School District Moderator: Erin Gabel, Deputy Director, First 5 California (Invited) 11:00 AM — 12:00 PM «Political Will & Prioritizing ECE» (Panel Discussion) Eric Heins, President, California Teachers Association Senator Hannah - Beth Jackson, Chair of the Women's Legislative Committee, California State Senate David Kirp, James D. Marver Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, Chairman of Subcommittee No. 2 of Education Finance, California State Assembly Moderator: Kim Pattillo Brownson, Managing Director, Policy & Advocacy, Advancement Project 12:00 PM — 12:45 PM Lunch 12:45 PM — 1:45 PM Lunch Keynote - «How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character» Paul Tough, New York Times Magazine Writer, Author 1:45 PM — 1:55 PM Break 2:00 PM — 3:05 PM Elevating ECE Through Meaningful Community Partnerships (Panel Discussion) Sandra Guiterrez, National Director, Abriendo Purtas / Opening Doors Mary Ignatius, Statewide Organize of Parent Voices, California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Jacquelyn McCroskey, John Mile Professor of Child Welfare, University of Southern California School of Social Work Jolene Smith, Chief Executive Officer, First 5 Santa Clara County Moderator: Rafael González, Director of Best Start, First 5 LA 3:05 PM — 3:20 PM Closing Remarks Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California * Agenda Subject to Change

Deputy Senate Majority Leader and gubernatorial candidate John DeFrancisco has introduced a bill that would abolish the state Board of Regents, the 17 - member panel that oversees almost every aspect of education in New York.

«Prior to granting any significant extension of this authority, the Senate believes public hearings should be held to assess the current structure and identify any possible areas of improvement including but not limited to creating heightened parental involvement in Community Education Councils and the Panel for Education Policy,» the resolution states.

Marcellino was named the top lawmaker on the Senate's education panel last year when John Flanagan was elected majority leader.

WASHINGTON — The Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee last week approved the Clinton Administration's education - reform legislation by a 14 - to - 3 vote, with four Republicans joining all of the panel's Democrats in supporting the bill.

Washington — Eileen M. Gardner and Lawrence A. Uzzell, senior advisers to Secretary of Education William J. Bennett, resigned without comment last Thursday following a clash with the chairman of a key Senate panel, who called their views on laws for the education of the handicapped «offensivEducation William J. Bennett, resigned without comment last Thursday following a clash with the chairman of a key Senate panel, who called their views on laws for the education of the handicapped «offensiveducation of the handicapped «offensive.»

Washington — Some of the leading proponents of «choice» in education told a Senate panel last week that increased competition in the educational marketplace would result in better schools and more satisfied parents, students, and teachers.

The federal government funds just one $ 7 million program in gifted education, and appropriations panels in both the Senate and House voted preliminarily this past summer to eliminate even that.

The panel does not plan to hold further hearings on bilingual education, according to a subcommittee aide, but will «almost certainly» address it in the Senate counterpart of HR 5, the omnibus education bill passed by the House in April.

WASHINGTON — A Senate panel last week dipped its toe in the politically treacherous waters of state school - finance equity, an issue that could make waves during the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

Washington — The Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee last week approved legislation that would create an independent panel to measure progress toward national education goals and issue an annual «national report card.»

But unlike the House, the Senate panel is writing a bipartisan education bill, and it is unclear whether the Title I proposal will be in the final version.

First, I'd like to thank the Assembly and Senate Education Committees and especially Assemblywoman Lampitt for inviting me here today to participate in this panel.

An Education Policy panel — featuring Education International's deputy secretary general David Edwards, former teacher and current member of the Arkansas Senate Joyce Elliott, former Massachusetts Secretary of Education Paul Reville, and Finnish educator and scholar Pasi Sahlberg — will address global education policy now and in thEducation Policy panel — featuring Education International's deputy secretary general David Edwards, former teacher and current member of the Arkansas Senate Joyce Elliott, former Massachusetts Secretary of Education Paul Reville, and Finnish educator and scholar Pasi Sahlberg — will address global education policy now and in thEducation International's deputy secretary general David Edwards, former teacher and current member of the Arkansas Senate Joyce Elliott, former Massachusetts Secretary of Education Paul Reville, and Finnish educator and scholar Pasi Sahlberg — will address global education policy now and in thEducation Paul Reville, and Finnish educator and scholar Pasi Sahlberg — will address global education policy now and in theducation policy now and in the future.

Members of the Expert Panel on Assessment and leaders of the FEA will deliver copies of Assessment and Accountability for Improving Schools and Learning to members of the Senate and House education committees at briefings scheduled for later this week.

Education Commissioner Pam Stewart told a Senate budget panel Thursday that funding would be «woefully short» next year if lawmakers do not use an increase in property tax collections to support schools.

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The 11 - member panel includes New York State Senator John Flanagan, the Senate Education Committee chair, and Linda Darling - Hammond, EdD, a Stanford University professor who helped draft President Obama's education plan during his 2008 Education Committee chair, and Linda Darling - Hammond, EdD, a Stanford University professor who helped draft President Obama's education plan during his 2008 education plan during his 2008 campaign.

Under the terms of the Memorandum of Understanding establishing the panel, Indiana's Department of Education, Governor, House and Senate will each appoint one teacher, one principal, one superintendent and one «technical advisor» to the panel by next Wednesday, September 4.

Attendees also gained insight into a range of legislative initiatives affecting concurrent and dual enrollment during a breakout session featuring a panel of Congressional staff from the House and Senate education committees.

The Senate plan would also dish out cuts to the State Board of Education, a panel of gubernatorial appointees charged with overseeing and administering the state's public schools, eliminating multiple staff positions that report to the board, including two positions directed at negotiating legislative affairs with the General Assembly.

Senate Education Committee Chairman Sen. Luther Olsen, R - Ripon, who was on the advisory panel, called the achievement gap goal ambitious but reasonable.