Sentences with phrase «superintendent of schools paul»

«For anyone having trouble keeping track, there are now three separate clocks ticking on the tenure of Bridgeport Superintendent of Schools Paul Vallas.

In Bridgeport the problem stems from a massive contract that education reformer extraordinaire and faux Bridgeport superintendent of schools Paul Vallas rushed through without proper oversight and signed on June 12, 2012.

One of the additional issues raised in the complaints relate to who paid for Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson's trip to Bridgeport where he campaigned with Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch and Superintendent of Schools Paul Vallas on behalf of Finch's anti-democracy referendum.

In an extraordinary exchange on education expert Diane Ravitch's nationally respected blog, (see http://dianeravitch.net/2012/05/31/test-test-test-test-another-day-in-bridgeport/), Bridgeport's Superintendent of Schools Paul Vallas, and his Chief Administrator, Dr. Sandra Kase, make the case that Connecticut's Mastery Test is flawed.

As we know, Commissioner of Education Stefan Pryor and faux Bridgeport Superintendent of Schools Paul Vallas have been engaged in a wholesale effort to alienate Connecticut's teachers, parents and the tens of thousands of voters committed to public education.

«In order to address these problems, Bridgeport Superintendent of Schools Paul Vallas has been working vigilantly to ensure every child in the state's largest city will someday have access to a high quality public education regardless of race, wealth or zip code.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: Brett Broesder PHONE: [phone] EMAIL: [email protected] ConnCAN on Bridgeport Superintendent Paul Vallas Ruling New Haven (June 28, 2013)-- This afternoon, a Superior Court judge unfortunately ordered Bridgeport Superintendent of Schools Paul Vallas removed from office.

This afternoon, a Superior Court judge unfortunately ordered Bridgeport Superintendent of Schools Paul Vallas removed from office.

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Philip also had the support of Lone Wolf school superintendent James Sutherland and of Paul Zenker, an epidemiologist for the state of Oklahoma, who assured Lone Wolf residents that Philip didn't pose a danger on the court.

Paul will discuss How Children Succeed in a speech and a panel discussion at the 2013 Spring Forum of the British Columbia School Superintendents Association.

* 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

KINGSTON, N.Y. >> School district Superintendent Paul Padalino is looking into a possible connection between the recent near - dismissal of a high school basketball coach and the district missing an opportunity to have former Major League Baseball player Darryl Strawberry give a drug abuse prevention talk to stuSchool district Superintendent Paul Padalino is looking into a possible connection between the recent near - dismissal of a high school basketball coach and the district missing an opportunity to have former Major League Baseball player Darryl Strawberry give a drug abuse prevention talk to stuschool basketball coach and the district missing an opportunity to have former Major League Baseball player Darryl Strawberry give a drug abuse prevention talk to students.

KINGSTON, N.Y. >> School district Superintendent Paul Padalino says his decision to issue a shelter - in - place for students during a tornado warning Tuesday was correct despite complaints from some parents of students that their children were being held hostage at the end of the schooSchool district Superintendent Paul Padalino says his decision to issue a shelter - in - place for students during a tornado warning Tuesday was correct despite complaints from some parents of students that their children were being held hostage at the end of the schoolschool day.

One of the primary concerns of the DWPC is one shared by Kingston City School District Superintendent Paul Padalino: Test results sometimes take over a year to be revealed.

«I think my NYSUT [New York State United Teachers] people and I are having different conversations than we've ever had about what we do,» said Kingston schools Superintendent Paul Padalino, one of the forum's key speakers.

«The filters are part of the proactive system Governor Cuomo had NYDEC install to filter the school's well water,» said Paul Baker, Superintendent of Building and Grounds.

«It is so depressing, I have to say,» Paul B. Ash, the superintendent of the 6,300 - student Lexington, Mass., school system, said of the cost.

In announcing the program, then state superintendent of education Paul Pastorek said, «The proposal considers all public schools in New Orleans, without regard to governance....

Speakers — who as a group represented a range of opinions on extended learning time — included American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten, Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP) cofounder David Levin, Boston Public Schools Superintendent Carol Johnson, Ford Foundation President Luis Ubinas, Massachusetts Secretary of Education and HGSE Senior Lecturer Paul Reville, and New York University Professor Pedro Noguera.

3) Superintendents like Paul Vallas, Joel Klein, and Tom Boasberg and a fast - growing number of urban districts understand that the traditional district system is broken, have closed ineffective schools and opened effective ones, and have committed to legal autonomy at the school level and a bare - bones central office.

During his tenure as CEO of the Chicago Public Schools, from 1995 to 2001, Paul Vallas racked up a long string of accomplishments that would be the envy of nearly any school superintendent.

A steady trickle of well - wishers approach former Chicago schools superintendent Paul Vallas during a quiet morning at Petro's, the Greek - run downtown coffee shop where Vallas is holding forth.

Louisiana state Superintendent of Education Paul G. Pastorek announced on May 4 that Mr. Vallas had agreed to serve as the superintendent of the Recovery ScSuperintendent of Education Paul G. Pastorek announced on May 4 that Mr. Vallas had agreed to serve as the superintendent of the Recovery Scsuperintendent of the Recovery School District.

Chris Cerf, who served as state superintendent of New Jersey and then district superintendent of Newark, joins Paul Peterson to talk about the changes that have taken place in the Newark school district and what lies ahead.

Longtime Chicago mayor Richard M. Daley had won control over the school system in 1995 and generally received accolades for rising scores on state tests; hard - charging superintendents, including Paul Vallas and Arne Duncan; tough accountability measures such as reduced social promotion; and a slew of new schools and shiny buildings.

These schools, in some cases, school systems, have been transformed by the kind of dedication exemplified by some Teach for America graduates and some fearless superintendents like Michell Rhee and Paul Vallas.

Since mid-March, superintendents of four major school systems have spent two days each meeting with the school board and various local groups in the 54,000 - student district: Anthony S. Amato of Hartford, Conn.; Winston C. Brooks of Wichita, Kan.; Patricia Harvey of St. Paul, Minn.; and Eric J. Smith of the Charlotte - Mecklenburg County schools in North Carolina.

«It's a sad state of affairs in this country,» said Paul L. Kimmelman, superintendent of West Northfield School District No. 31 in Chicago and a member of the commission.

Paul Vallas, who as superintendent of the RSD since 2007 has lengthened both the school day and the school year, sees technical as well as political reasons why charters are here to stay.

In 2002, Paul Houston, executive director of the American Association of School Administrators, said, «Five years ago, the pool of good superintendents was fairly shallow, and I thought it was as bad as it could get.

Superintendent Paul Vallas left for New Orleans, where he took on the daunting task of rebuilding the city's post-Katrina school system.

During the more than two - hour meeting, the Mayor, Schools Superintendent Lois Harrison - Jones, the School Committee's chairman, Paul Parks, and representatives of other youth and city agencies, agreed that a small number of violent and abusive students are disrupting the city's high schools and should be removed to an alternate settSchools Superintendent Lois Harrison - Jones, the School Committee's chairman, Paul Parks, and representatives of other youth and city agencies, agreed that a small number of violent and abusive students are disrupting the city's high schools and should be removed to an alternate settschools and should be removed to an alternate setting,...

To learn more about these studies, JOIN US in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, December 13 at 11:30 AM for a presentation of findings by Paul E. Peterson followed by a panel discussion moderated by Martin R. West featuring Nina Rees (National Alliance for Public Charter Schools); Chris Cerf (Superintendent, Newark Public Schools); and Howard Fuller (Marquette University).

The Bridgeport CT board of education pushed back against superintendent Paul Valles and his program of closing schools and increasing charters.

Schools Superintendent Paul Vallas said a representative from the National Center for Montessori in the Public Sector recently approached his office and told him they were partnering with a group of Bridgeport parents to develop and submit an application.

Fresh off Malloy's «victory» of getting the Chief Operating Officer of FUSE / Jumoke Academy on to the State Board of Education, the Malloy Administration, Mayor Bill Finch and «Superintendent of Schools,» Paul Vallas, have apparently concocted a deal to hand Bridgeport's Paul Lawrence Dunbar Elementary School over to Hartford's Family Urban Schools of Excellence (FUSE) / Jumoke Academy to run.

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Following the lead of school districts in New York City, San Francisco, and Oakland, California, Recovery District superintendent Paul Vallas aims to give principals authority to hire their staff, as well as control over their budgets, according to The Times - Picayune.

But then, despite facing a budget shortfall and laying off dozens of teachers, School Superintendent Paul «education reformer extraordinaire» Vallas, announced that he was instituting yet another full round of standardized tests in June because he believes that more testing is the only way to prevent teachers from allowing a «lull» in learning to take place in their classrooms.

She then moved to the New Orleans Recovery School District (Yes, the one that Paul Vallas was the superintendent for) where she quickly moved up through the ranks to become Director of Human Resources.

Paul Vallas can not qualify to be Superintendent of Schools under the laws adopted by our Legislature.

On September 10th, the Democratic Party's endorsed slate of candidates for the Bridgeport Board of Education, candidates loyal to Mayor Bill Finch, Board of Education Chairman Kenneth Moales Jr. and Bridgeport's faux superintendent of schools, Paul Vallas, went down in a stunning defeat against a challenge slate made up of candidates opposed to Governor Malloy, Mayor Finch and Paul Vallas» education reform initiatives.

Charter schools are public schools that use a mix of taxpayer funds and privately raised dollars to run their schools, said Paul Vallas, superintendent of the Recovery School District, which took over the city's worst - performing and flood - wrecked schools.

District 62's leaders, Dr. Paul Hertel, associate superintendent, human resources, Dr. Bradley Stein, Ph.D., principal at Terrace Elementary School, and Dr. Michael Amadei, principal at Iroquois Community School, all agree that the district's implementation of PeopleAdmin's TalentEd Perform has played a critical part in that success.

Superintendent Valeria S. Silva, leader of the Saint Paul Public School (SPPS) District, addresses the role of and need for racial equity in the educational setting.

So, with that in mind, it may come as a surprise that today's Crain's Chicago Business Journal is reporting that Bridgeport's interim school superintendent, Paul Vallas, is headed to Illinois to collect a $ 1 million contract from the Illinois State Board of Education.

The fact that Paul Vallas was unable to secure the proper credentials to serve as Bridgeport superintendent of schools is his problem, and he should not be permitted to foist it on the taxpayers.

Last Monday night, Paul Vallas, Bridgeport's faux superintendent of schools revealed that he had hired another 31 Teach for America recruits to staff Bridgeport's schools this year.

Most of the examples cited in the complaint were from the 2012 - 13 school year, when under outgoing Schools Superintendent Paul Vallas there was a concerted effort to bring down special education costs.»

A 2014 graduate of the UConn's infamous 093 - CT Superintendent Executive Leadership Certificate Program, the very program that Pryor and the State Department of Education sidestepped in granting Paul Vallas his «certification» to run Bridgeport's schools.