Sentences with phrase «supt. of public instruction»

The Long Beach Unified School District's use of student scores to assess the effectiveness of programs, instructional strategies and teachers is a rarity in California, and state Supt. of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell called it a model for other California school districts during a hastily arranged round - table discussion.

«People can call themselves Democrats for Education Reform — it's a free country — but if your agenda is to shut teachers and school employees out of the political process and not lift a finger to prevent cuts in education, in my book you're not a reformer, you're not helping education, and you're sure not much of a Democrat,» said state Supt. of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson, a registered Democrat whose office is nonpartisan.

No one monitors enforcement of that law «at the state level or otherwise,» said Hilary McLean, spokeswoman for state Supt. of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenneger signed the state's application at Lafayette Elementary School in Long Beach, joined by officials who included state Supt. of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell.

Tom Luna, Idaho Supt. of Public Instruction: «Fortunately for Idaho the kinds of things that they're looking for are the kinds of things we've been working on for a number of years: pay - for - performance for teachers, expanding choice in public education through more charter schools, more accountability down to the student level.»