Sentences with phrase «week education officer»

Sally Gray, Shakespeare Week Education Officer at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, said, «Every child should have the chance to experience the best of our heritage and culture.

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«We are examining the availability of an independent hearing officer, and we'll probably have the announcement within a week or so,» Silver said Tuesday, before speaking at an education rally.

The revised «Framework of Essential Skills of the K - 12 Chief Technology Officer,» released last week, comes as education leaders are increasingly looking to digital tools to improve teaching and learning.

In the same week, for example, Arne Duncan, who had taken over from Paul Vallas in June of 2001, described the changes as «fine - tuning,» while his chief education officer, Barbara Eason - Watkins, said the new policy was «intended to dramatically reduce the number of students who must be retained.»

Harvard Graduate School of Education graduate Arlene Ackerman, Ed.D» 02, was named chief executive officer (CEO) of the Philadelphia School District last week by the Philadelphia School Reform Commission (SRC).

«We must strive to help clarify what the federal role in education is and what it is not,» said California State Superintendent Wilson Riles last week in his inaugural address as president of the Council of Chief State School Officers (ccsso).

Indianapolis — The nation's chief state school officers last week endorsed a comprehensive early - childhood and family - education plan calling for universal access to prekindergarten programs, publicly supported day care, and increased federal involvement in efforts to help children at risk of school failure.

Jackson, Miss. — Urging the Congress to pass the omnibus education bill that died in the final hours of the 101st Congress will be a top priority for the Council of Chief State School Officers in the coming year, members agreed here last week.

Wilmington, Del. — The Council of Chief State School Officers last week agreed to seek a major role in the affairs of the national accrediting body for teacher education.

Maryland's chief state school officer last week asked his board of education to establish a new kind of statewide graduation requirement for high - school students — 100 hours of community service.

Writing groups convened by the Council of Chief State School Officers and the National Governors Association are at work on what they say will be a leaner, better - organized, and easier - to - understand version than the 200 - plus - page set that has been circulating among governors, scholars, education groups, teams of state education officials, and others for review in recent weeks.

asked Alma Flor Ada, a professor of education at the University of San Francisco who spoke here last week at a study - commission meeting of the Council of Chief State School Officers.

President Bush last week nominated Lawrence A. Warder to serve as the chief financial officer of the Department of Education, replacing Jack Martin.

An Education Week analysis of nearly 400 bills found that state lawmakers have proposed a host of solutions, including arming teachers, adding police officers, and improving school buildings.

School resource officers, additional guidance counselors, and professional development for educators can help schools head off tragedies such as the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., last December, witnesses told members of the House Education and the Workforce Committee at a recent hearing last week on school safety issues.

An Education Week analysis of more than 450 bills related to school safety filed in the days, weeks, and months after the deadliest K - 12 school shooting in U.S. history found that legislators have proposed solutions that include arming teachers, adding guards or police officers, and shoring up the security of school buildings.

A year after the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, an 18 - year - old black man, by a white police officer touched off protests that echoed nationwide, Davis spoke with Education Week Staff Writer Denisa R. Superville about his still - developing plans to address inequity and bias in the district.

An estimated 36 % of U.S. public primary schools had sworn officers on site at least once a week in the 2015 - 16 school year, up from 21 % a decade earlier, according to the report from the National Center for Education Statistics and the Bureau of Justice Statistics.

A study by Education Week found that school resource officers, who essentially function as law enforcement personnel, are more likely to be deployed on campuses with large numbers of black students.

To survey the states on their education policies, the Education Week Research Center sent surveys to the chief state school officers in all 50 states and to the superintendent of the District of Columbia publiceducation policies, the Education Week Research Center sent surveys to the chief state school officers in all 50 states and to the superintendent of the District of Columbia publicEducation Week Research Center sent surveys to the chief state school officers in all 50 states and to the superintendent of the District of Columbia public schools.

If one assumes that charter schools get their fair share of Title II funds as per the underlying ESSA statue, 39 with 5 percent of the nation's students, 40 they stand to lose $ 115 million per year under the Trump - Devos budget41 — close to one - third of the amount the federal government invested in the Charter Schools Grants program in FY 2017.42 Education Week reports that Eagle Academy Public Charter School in Washington, D.C., for example, receives roughly $ 82,000 in Title II funding annually.43 Joe Smith, the school's chief financial officer, states, «If this was taken away from us, that would hurt.

Kirsten Baesler, state superintendent of the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction, responded to U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos» recent remarks at the Council of Chief State School Officers Legislative conference in an Education Week op - ed.

Council of Chief State School Officers executive director Chris Minnich expressed concerns over the interpreted timeline for accountability plans, Education Week reports.

This year, Education Week honored Patricia Spradley, Chief Parent and Community Engagement Officer for Springfield Public Schools.

In an interview with Education Week, Chris Minnich, executive director of the Council of Chief State School Officers, voiced concern that despite the shift to ESSA from No Child Left Behind, the Dept. of Education will continue to attempt to enforce provisions of the old...

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Rebecca Sibilia, the Chief Executive Officer for EdBuild, was in Jackson last week to speak about the formula revamp and field questions from lawmakers during a joint meeting of the House and Senate Education committees.

The US Department of Education sent a seven page letter regarding assessment to all Chief State School Officers last week.

(Phoenix, Ariz., March 27, 2017)-- Superintendent of Public Instruction Diane Douglas met with members of Arizona's congressional delegation, as well as national education leaders in both the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate, at the Council of Chief State School Officers legislative conference last week in Washington, D.C.

In Education Week, New Leaders» Chief Policy and Evaluation Officer Jackie Gran discusses how high - quality leadership development programs provide a strong return on investment for districts.

New Leaders» Chief Policy and Evaluation Officer Jackie Gran talks to Education Week about new resources from RAND Corporation and CCSSO designed to help states use the Every Student Succeeds Act to strengthen school leadership.

«Many schools will experience an initial drop in proficiency rates, which makes the 2014 goal of 100 percent proficiency unreasonable,» Sally Vaughn, the department's deputy superintendent / chief academic officer, wrote in a letter to the U.S. Education Department last week.

Just this past year, Springfield (MA) Public Schools» Chief Parent and Community Engagement Officer Patricia Spradley was recognized by Education Week as a Leader to Learn From.

Just six weeks ago, on February 21, 2013, she went before the General Assembly's Appropriations Committee to speak in favor of more funding for charter schools and Governor Malloy's education reforms saying, «I am here representing Jumoke Academy and its charter management organization Fuse, as its Chief Operating Officer...»

Just this week, two major national education organizations — the Council of the Great City Schools and the Council of the Chief State School Officers - joined to research what tests are needed and why.

We sent a letter last week to CFPB Assistant Director and Student Loan Ombudsman Rohit Chopra and Department of Education Chief Operating Officer James Runcie outlining our concerns about the new Direct Loan Consolidation application system.