Carrying posters and air horns and chanting «Education Yes, Cuts No,» the protestors were furious that the New York
State Education Department rejected an application from the Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation for $ 1 million dollars in funding to continue the adult programs.
The State Education Department rejected 15 charter school applications for reasons of quality control and not politics, Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch insisted.
The state Education Department rejects roughly 92 % of applications, but this May marks the first time it has rejected so many at once.
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.
The
state Education Department's decision to
reject all 15 applications for new charter schools has astonished lawmakers — even some who are allies of charter foes.
Thursday's City Council schedule will include a meeting of the Committee on Governmental Operations for its preliminary budget oversight hearing; a meeting of the Committee on Veterans to consider a resolution «calling upon the New York
State Legislature to pass and the Governor to sign S. 752, the Veterans»
Education Through SUNY Credits Act»; and a meeting of the Committee on
Education to consider multiple resolutions, including one «calling upon the New York
State Legislature to
reject any attempt to raise the cap on the number of charter schools,» one «calling upon the
Department of
Education to amend its Parent's Bill of Rights and Responsibilities to include information about opting out of high - stakes testing and distribute this document at the beginning of every school year, to every family, in every grade,» and one «calling upon the New York
State Legislature to eliminate the Governor's receivership proposal in the executive budget for New York City.»
The NYC
Department of
Education rejected requests for space made by a dozen charters so far this school year, forcing them to file appeals in Albany for relief under the
state's charter - school siting law.
According to guidelines sent out by the
State Education Department to school districts, July 1 is the legal date to submit the teacher evaluation plans, and the department legally has until September 1 to accept or reject the
Department to school districts, July 1 is the legal date to submit the teacher evaluation plans, and the
department legally has until September 1 to accept or reject the
department legally has until September 1 to accept or
reject the proposals.
You might have missed this as you were taping your windows yesterday: The Daily News reports that
State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli has rejected the state Department of Education contracts with Wireless Genera
State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli has
rejected the
state Department of Education contracts with Wireless Genera
state Department of
Education contracts with Wireless Generation.
The comments come the day after a
state - appointed panel shocked observers by advising State Education Department Commissioner David to reject a waiver request that would allow Cathie Black, Bloomberg's controversial choice for new schools chancellor, to take the
state - appointed panel shocked observers by advising
State Education Department Commissioner David to reject a waiver request that would allow Cathie Black, Bloomberg's controversial choice for new schools chancellor, to take the
State Education Department Commissioner David to
reject a waiver request that would allow Cathie Black, Bloomberg's controversial choice for new schools chancellor, to take the job.
MANHATTAN — Protesters demanding Mayor Michael Bloomberg's choice for School Chancellor be
rejected rallied Sunday, a day before the
State Education Department was expected to seal Cathie Black's appointment.
The legislative majorities also both
rejected Cuomo's call for the creation of new inspectors general appointed by the governor's office to oversee the Port Authority and the
State Education Department.
The
state Public Employment Relations Board on May 15
rejected an appeal by the city's
Department of
Education of PERB's earlier decision to appoint a mediator to help resolve the issue of teacher evaluations in 33 schools.
Using new powers granted under a trailblazing
state law that took effect last July, the Pennsylvania
Department of
Education has
rejected all five of its first batch of applications for new «cyber» charter schools.
As per an article published last week in The Columbus Dispatch, the Ohio
Department of
Education (ODE) apparently
rejected a proposal made by the
state's pro-charter school Ohio Coalition for Quality
Education and the
state's largest online charter school, all of whom wanted to add (or replace) this
state's VAM with another, unnamed «Similar Students» measure (which could be the Student Growth Percentiles model discussed prior on this blog, for example, here, here, and here) used in California.
The decision also
rejected an attempt by the lower court judge to usurp the authority of the governor, legislature, and
state department of
education in setting educational policy and mandates on a variety issues.
Posted on February 24, 2015 · Last month, the U.S.
Department of
Education rejected the Lone Star
State's new educator evaluation system.
The
state Supreme Court yesterday upheld that review process in the case of a proposal for a charter school in Montclair that the New Jersey
Department of
Education had
rejected six times.
«Last year, the Florida
Department of
Education rejected the company Online
Education Ventures, which failed to provide descriptions of its virtual courses in science, social studies, and English (it provided descriptions of the math courses, but they didn't meet
state standards).
The
Department of
Education rejected the report's conclusions, saying it's seeing promising signs of improvement in student achievement in Race to the Top
states and warning that it's too early to draw sweeping conclusions.
The
Education Department has not yet disclosed the Smarter Balanced results,
rejecting a request under the Freedom of Information Act submitted by the Journal Inquirer on the same day the
state distributed the information to superintendents.
Indianapolis Public Schools Superintendent Eugene White intends to sue the Indiana
Department of
Education and Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Bennett over the
state's decision to
reject an appeal of schools that could be taken over because of poor academic performance.