Sentences with phrase «state education department spokesman»

We have good data to show that a large portion of the traditional subgroups are included in the bottom 25 percent,» said Alex Damron, a state education department spokesman.

But in a nod to just how hard it is to master algebra, the state put a curve on the test results so that students in 2012 had to answer just 30 percent of the answers correct to earn their 65, according to the state Education Department spokesman Jonathan Berman.

State Education Department spokesman Dennis Tompkins responded: «There's absolutely no connection between his [Storelli - Castro's] hiring and Diane's firing and Shelly Silver never even knew who Nicholas was.

A state education department spokesman says officials will reply to the assemblymembers» letter.

Not exact matches

They were rejected on Aug. 8, according to a Maryland Department of Education spokesman, because of a technicality: The MPSSAA only recognizes private schools that want to play state public schools, of which there are none on the Honey Badgers» schedule.

«If you get it directly from the farmer, you can make sure as many nutrients as possible are in the fruit,» said Bill Reinhard, spokesman for the Maryland State Department of Education.

Only midday today State Education Department (which, we should say, is technically not under the direct ageis of the governor's office) spokesman Jonathan Burman released a statement saying the boxes are indeed at the archives, but were never filed.

Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopardi said Friday his office referred the parents» letter to Cuomo to the state Education Department for investigation.

«Angle's radical plans to eliminate the Department of Education would cost Nevada college students more than $ 500 million in financial aid like Pell grants, and hundreds of millions for our state's elementary and secondary schools — all at a time when our students can least afford such draconian cuts,» Reid campaign spokesman Kelly Steele said in a statement.

State department of education spokesman Jonathan Burman confirmed Friday that the Board of Regents will meet next week and could adopt the proposed regulations, though he added that some of them, such as professional development and resources, would require additional funding.

Prepared for the Connecticut Educational Equity Study Committee, the six - page report revealed that 11 «typically high - spending» districts spent $ 3,215 per student, while 11 lower - spending ones allocated $ 1,988 per student, said Lise M. Heintz, a spokesman for the state's department of education.

A spokesman for Gov. Richard L. Thornburgh, however, said the state education department will appeal the ruling.

Rep. Annette «Polly» Williams is backing a proposal by state education officials to bar private schools in the program from charging voucher students registration and book fees that public schools do not impose, according to Greg Doyle, the spokesman for the state education department, which proposed the rule last month.

«There is just no way to defend against it [out - of - state teacher recruiting] when you have no incentives to offer — just instability and uncertainty,» said Gene Evans, a spokesman for the Oregon Department of Education.

The state board of regents, which has opposed the use of corporal punishment in disciplining students, will petition the legislature for the change, according to Christopher Carpenter, a spokesman for the state department of education.

The 22 - member committee was created this past summer following complaints that the law and its regulations were «unworkable and difficult to implement» in some areas of the state, according to Lise Heintz, a spokesman for the state education department.

In Minnesota, more than a dozen education department staffers are working with consultants from the McKinsey & Co. global consulting firm to prepare the state's application, using about $ 250,000 in Gates Foundation money, spokesman Bill Walsh said.

A central piece of Maryland's application is a new state law and regulations that require new teacher and principal evaluations, half of which will be based on growth in student achievement, said William Reinhard, the spokesman for the Maryland education department.

A Department for Education spokesman said: «Our reforms are closing the gap between the rich and poor and allowing thousands more children to go to good state schools.

Currently, the DPI provides additional funding to carry out improvement plans at the state's lowest - performing schools and schools with high gaps in achievement between groups of students, identified by the U.S. Department of Education as such, according to information provided by DPI spokesman Tom McCarthy.

This is a chance for children to shine, to show what they've learned, and — in the bigger picture — do something that will even help improve their hometown schools,» said Michael Yaple, a spokesman for the state education department in New Jersey, which began administering PARCC this week.

A state Department of Education spokesman said charter authorizers and other interested parties were invited to meet privately with Flanagan later this month to discuss his concerns.

California Department of Education spokesman Paul Hefner said the state aims for students to be at least proficient.

«Secretary DeVos has made clear since day one that her goal is to return control of education back to states, localities and parents,» said Nathan Bailey, a department spokesman.

Martin Ackley, spokesman for the Michigan Department of Education, said the state believes that all children can achieve at high levels and that students should be held to the same high standards.

Jan Ellis, the spokesman for the Michigan Department of Education, said the state will know which school districts are in deficit for the 2011 - 12 school year by around November.

Seth Coleman, a spokesman for the Georgia Charter Schools Association, which helped organize the Tuesday protests, said state legislators, Georgia's attorney general, and the state Department of Education are examining the ruling.

The analysis from the charter school association, which used data collected by the Michigan Department of Education, concluded the largest gaps were found in the MEAP reading scores — as high as 9.3 percentage points difference in eighth grade; with 43.6 percent proficient for black urban students in charter schools, compared to 34.3 percent proficient for black urban students in traditional public schools, said Buddy Moorehouse, spokesman for the state's charter school association.

Martin Ackley, spokesman for the Michigan Department of Education, is not taking sides in the argument over how the state data is being interpreted.

McNeil reported, «Justin Hamilton, a spokesman for Mr. Duncan, said that unlike the Race to the Top, which allowed states to devise their own education improvement plans, the department would present states with a basket of strategies they would have to adopt in exchange for relief.»

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In a quote worthy of Connecticut's Commissioner of Education Stefan Pryor, when the New York Board of Regents was asked how they could have granted a charter to someone who falsified their resume and had no college degrees, the New York State Department of Education spokesman said, «We don't grant charters to individuals.

«It will be a concern at the school level,» said a state Department of Education spokesman, Bill Reinhard.

A spokesman for the Florida Department of Education said, to staff members» knowledge, this would be the first time a public school was granted permission to avoid state tests, which are taken by students in third grade through high school.

• Served as the principal spokesman for Washington State Department of Licensing (DOL) in Senate Committee hearings on sensitive and controversial driver's education issues.