Sentences with phrase «u.s. education department official»

U.S. Education Department officials declined to comment on the specifics of state applications.

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ALBANY — Outgoing state education commissioner John King hopes to help school leaders in other states navigate the difficult transition to the Common Core standards and related standardized testing in his new position as the second - highest ranking official in the U.S. Department of Eeducation commissioner John King hopes to help school leaders in other states navigate the difficult transition to the Common Core standards and related standardized testing in his new position as the second - highest ranking official in the U.S. Department of EducationEducation.

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is calling for the ouster of the U.S. Department of Education's top official on civil rights after comments she made about campus sexual assault and rape.

On August 25, 2010, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced $ 400 million in federal Race to the Top education grants to New Jersey would not be funded due to a clerical error in the state's application made by an unidentified mid-level state official.

An official from the U.S. Department of Education told Chalkbeat on Tuesday that $ 292 million of New York's $ 700 million Race To The Top grant was on the line.

City officials and advocates eagerly note that even John King, former State Education Department commissioner and now U.S. Education Secretary, has questioned VADIR's reliability.

Last week, officials from the U.S. Department of Education met with critics of school discipline policies that were put in place under the Obama administration.

Washington — State education officials in New York announced last week that they will seek a federal court order to prevent the U.S. Department of Education (ED) from using 12 - year - old census data as the basis for distributing federal aid for disadvantaged children to theducation officials in New York announced last week that they will seek a federal court order to prevent the U.S. Department of Education (ED) from using 12 - year - old census data as the basis for distributing federal aid for disadvantaged children to thEducation (ED) from using 12 - year - old census data as the basis for distributing federal aid for disadvantaged children to the states.

Ze'ev Wurman was a U.S. Department of Education official under George W. Bush, is currently an executive with MonolithIC 3D Inc., and is coauthor with Sandra Stotsky of «Common Core's Standards Still Don't Make the Grade» (Pioneer Institute, 2010).

Washington — U.S. Solicitor General Rex E. Lee is expected within the next few days to ask the Supreme Court to rule on the Education Department's (ED) legal authority to require states to reimburse it for Title I funds that were allegedly misspent prior to 1978, Justice Department officials said last week.

In a forum released today on the website, www.educationnext.org, former U.S. Department of Education official Ze'ev Wurman and Johns Hopkins University professor of mathematics W. Stephen Wilson offer differing opinions about the standards.

California school officials were correct to withhold special - education funds from a school district that refused to comply with special - education law, the U.S. Education Department has ruled in a case that may be the first of its kind in theducation funds from a school district that refused to comply with special - education law, the U.S. Education Department has ruled in a case that may be the first of its kind in theducation law, the U.S. Education Department has ruled in a case that may be the first of its kind in thEducation Department has ruled in a case that may be the first of its kind in the nation.

The Pike County, Ky., school system's use of more than $ 9 million in federal flood - relief funds is being investigated by officials of the U.S. Education Department, a county school system official said last week.

The U.S. Department of Education has notified Georgia officials that it plans to withhold $ 783,000 in federal aid because the state has not fully met testing requirements dating back to 1994.

Joanne Weiss, the former chief of staff at the U.S. Department of Education under Secretary Arne Duncan, has brought education officials from more than a dozen states to Louisiana in her capacity as a consultant to the Council of Chief State School OfficersEducation under Secretary Arne Duncan, has brought education officials from more than a dozen states to Louisiana in her capacity as a consultant to the Council of Chief State School Officerseducation officials from more than a dozen states to Louisiana in her capacity as a consultant to the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO).

U.S. Department of Education officials say that four «town hall» meetings held in the state were part of their efforts to explain the No Child Left Behind Act.

Over the objection of officials at the statistical wing of the U.S. Department of Education, the independent body that sets policy for the National Assessment of Educational Progress has approved a policy that significantly narrows the grounds for excluding students with disabilities and English - language learners from the exams.

If anyone wants the documentation, I will send it to them, since I am the author of «Back - to - Basics Reform or... Skinnerian International Curriculum,» which is based on official documents out of the U.S. Education Department's office of educational research and improvement,...

Graduation Rates - When asked to estimate the percent of ninth - graders who graduate within four years of entering ninth grade, Americans on average offer a pessimistic guess of 66 percent, 9 percent below the U.S. Department of Education's official national estimate.

It provides «political cover» which pushes state officials to miscalculate, pursue change on a political timeline favored by the U.S. Department of Education, and ignore in - state concerns.

Ravitch, a much - published education historian and former top official at the U.S. Department of Education, now firmly rejects her previously ardent support for standards, testing, and business principles applied to eeducation historian and former top official at the U.S. Department of Education, now firmly rejects her previously ardent support for standards, testing, and business principles applied to eEducation, now firmly rejects her previously ardent support for standards, testing, and business principles applied to educationeducation.

In Illinois and Massachusetts, state education officials are appealing to the U.S. Department of Education for exceptions to allow the Chicago and Boston school systems to provide free tutoring for their education officials are appealing to the U.S. Department of Education for exceptions to allow the Chicago and Boston school systems to provide free tutoring for their Education for exceptions to allow the Chicago and Boston school systems to provide free tutoring for their students.

[5] Later that year, the U.S. Department of Education asked state and local education officials for ideas of how to «reduce the burden» of complying with federal requirements — an admission that the agency had levied Education asked state and local education officials for ideas of how to «reduce the burden» of complying with federal requirements — an admission that the agency had levied education officials for ideas of how to «reduce the burden» of complying with federal requirements — an admission that the agency had levied too many.

As the U.S. Department of Education prepares to throw $ 3 billion in one - time money on the table to improve perennially foundering schools, a gulf is emerging between what federal officials would like to see done with the funds and what many districts say is their capacity — and inclination — to deliver.

Instead of brooding over their predicament, officials from 18 of the Georgia districts turned down by the U.S. Education Department decided to hold what they facetiously labeled a «losers» roundtable.»

(As of April 2015, the U.S. Department of Education was still temporarily withholding a final $ 10 million earmarked for Georgia because officials had quibbles with elements of the state's performance - based compensation system.

Directly following their days at HGSE, Reimers brought the delegation to Washington, D.C. to meet with senior officials in the U.S. Department of Education and other leaders involved in teacher education and standardsEducation and other leaders involved in teacher education and standardseducation and standards reforms.

Education officials in several states with large English - language - learner populations are bristling at a proposal by the U.S. Department of Education that they say would curb their flexibility in deciding when children are fluent in English and if they still need special services for ells.

Just over 6 percent of the American 15 - yearolds sampled by PISA attended private schools, a figure that corresponds closely to official estimates of private enrollment at the secondary level from the U.S. Department of Education (see Figure 1).

** 5 - 6 — Safety: Threat Assessment Seminars, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Secret Service, for school personnel and law - enforcement officials, in Chicago.

I will work to restore the federal role in education to one that respects the constitutional and statutory role of the U.S. Department of Education, and I won't be deterred by the sniping of self - impressed pundits, advocates, and former federal oeducation to one that respects the constitutional and statutory role of the U.S. Department of Education, and I won't be deterred by the sniping of self - impressed pundits, advocates, and former federal oEducation, and I won't be deterred by the sniping of self - impressed pundits, advocates, and former federal officials.

The views expressed in this report, developed with contractual support from the U.S. Department of Education, do not necessarily reflect the position or policy of the Department, and no official endorsement by the Department should be inferred.

«We had never had a locally elected black official, a Democrat from a city like D.C., asking for something like this before,» said Nina Shokraii Rees, director of the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Innovation and Improvement, which is implementing the program.

The final inspection report by the U.S. Department of Education's inspector general's office concluded that department officials may have intended to «stack» the panels of grant reviewers with those who favored a particular teaching meDepartment of Education's inspector general's office concluded that department officials may have intended to «stack» the panels of grant reviewers with those who favored a particular teaching medepartment officials may have intended to «stack» the panels of grant reviewers with those who favored a particular teaching methodology.

The U.S. Department of Education has launched a campaign to help school officials channel the flood of student data generated in federal accountability reporting and state longitudinal databases without leaking students» or teachers» private information.

In 2014 the U.S. Department of Education and the Department of Justice sent a joint letter to every school district in the country, urging local officials to avoid racial bias when suspending or expelling students.

Washington — The U.S. Education Department's bidding procedure on a contract to administer the National Center for Research in Vocational Education was tainted by political maneuvering, according to an official from the University of Tennessee.

Author Bio: Ze'ev Wurman was a U.S. Department of Education official under George W. Bush, is currently an executive with MonolithIC 3D Inc..

He was formerly an education official at the U.S. Department of Education under President Georgeeducation official at the U.S. Department of Education under President GeorgeEducation under President George W. Bush.

Officials of the U.S. Department of Education had pointed out the potential for conflicts of interest, given that Ms. Keegan worked as the chief executive officer of the Washington - based organization as a hired contractor, while at the same time sitting on the council's board of directors.

Sacramento, Calif — Massachusetts may sue the federal government if the U.S. Education Department insists that the state return more than $ 600,000 in special - education funds, according to the state's top special - education Education Department insists that the state return more than $ 600,000 in special - education funds, according to the state's top special - education education funds, according to the state's top special - education education official.

Michigan could lose its waiver from federal No Child Left Behind requirements if the state legislature does not adopt proposed changes to the state's teacher evaluation system, U.S. Department of Education officials said in a report.

Ritz said after phone calls with the U.S. Department of Education regarding getting the state in compliance to extend its No Child Left Behind waiver, U.S. Department of Education officials said a spring test in 2015 must be fully operational in order for the state to keep the waiver.

The U.S. Department of Education on Thursday denied a request by the state's top education official to extend a flexibility waiver under the No Child Left Behind Act, a decision that will place restrictions on nearly $ 30 million in annual federal funding for local school districts beginning with the 2015 - 2016 schEducation on Thursday denied a request by the state's top education official to extend a flexibility waiver under the No Child Left Behind Act, a decision that will place restrictions on nearly $ 30 million in annual federal funding for local school districts beginning with the 2015 - 2016 scheducation official to extend a flexibility waiver under the No Child Left Behind Act, a decision that will place restrictions on nearly $ 30 million in annual federal funding for local school districts beginning with the 2015 - 2016 school year.

E4E teachers met with officials from the Department of Education and testified before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights to share their perspectives on how discipline policies must be less exclusionary and express support for guidance that helps districts achieve this.

The U.S. Department of Education is once again emphasizing the benefit of diversity in its competitive magnet school funding process, and local officials should build on New York City's history of magnet school success to bring home more of that federal funding (For more information about magnet schools in New York City, see a recent New York Times piece on this issue: «Do Magnet Schools Still Matter?

AACTE staff are practiced at this habit, engaging in regular meetings with key officials at the U.S. Department of Education and elsewhere to share the work of the Association and our membership.

Don't just take our word for it - check out this official resource on PBIS from the U.S. Department of Education.

Not all of these districts will necessarily apply for the grants, but have simply informed the feds of their intent to apply so U.S. Department of Education officials can plan their review process.

A U.S. Department of Education official recently claimed rating a college is «like rating a blender.»