New
York public school principal Carol Burris, an outspoken standards critic and defender of leveled reading, recently published an anti-Common Core missive on the Washington Post's Answer Sheet blog that was fairly typical of the form.
Not exact matches
The
Principal of
Public School 244 in Queens, New York City, has revealed that his pupils now have longer attention spans, are getting better academic scores, and the number of overweight and obese students has dropped by two percent — all since the school went «Meat Free» back in Ja
School 244 in Queens, New
York City, has revealed that his pupils now have longer attention spans, are getting better academic scores, and the number of overweight and obese students has dropped by two percent — all since the
school went «Meat Free» back in Ja
school went «Meat Free» back in January.
* 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
Barbara Byrd - Bennett, the current CEO of the Chicago
public schools, spent decades as a teacher and a
principal in the New
York City
school system, working in Manhattan and Brooklyn.
Teacher Evaluations Go
Public, Teachers» Rights Protected A new New York law ensuring that parents and the public have access to information involving how the teachers, principals and schools are performing while still respecting the educators» privacy is on the ho
Public, Teachers» Rights Protected A new New
York law ensuring that parents and the
public have access to information involving how the teachers, principals and schools are performing while still respecting the educators» privacy is on the ho
public have access to information involving how the teachers,
principals and
schools are performing while still respecting the educators» privacy is on the horizon.
BY SAM SPOKONY The New
York Harbor
School, a public high school on Governors Island that trains students in marine science and technology, will start this school year with a new interim prin
School, a
public high
school on Governors Island that trains students in marine science and technology, will start this school year with a new interim prin
school on Governors Island that trains students in marine science and technology, will start this
school year with a new interim prin
school year with a new interim
principal.
New
York City
principals give advice on how
public and charter
schools can share space in an effective and cooperative manner.
He was
principal of a grammar
school at North Germantown and was employed in the finance bureau of the New
York State Department of
Public Instruction from 1898 to 1904.
New
York City, with the nation's largest
public school system, is also using incentives for educators, mostly in the form of bonuses for
principals and teachers.
You are a product of New
York City
public schools and then became a teacher,
principal, and ultimately a regional superintendent in that system.
In fall 2006, James O'Brien, a former teacher and first - time
principal, started the Brooklyn Community Arts & Media High
School, a small public high school in Brooklyn, New York's Bedford - Stuyvesant neighborhood, where one third of the residents live below the poverty
School, a small
public high
school in Brooklyn, New York's Bedford - Stuyvesant neighborhood, where one third of the residents live below the poverty
school in Brooklyn, New
York's Bedford - Stuyvesant neighborhood, where one third of the residents live below the poverty line.
The «man with credentials,» Shael Polakow - Suransky, turns out to be a South African native raised in Michigan, who taught mathematics in New
York City
public schools before moving up the career ladder, to assistant
principal,
principal, and, in the Klein regime, to an executive position overseeing the district's pioneering system to track student performance.
Faced with an apparent record turnover among New
York City
principals, the city's
public schools have joined with Bank Street College of Education to establish a center for training more than 200 novice
school leaders.
While many people complain about the
public education system, PENCIL (Public Education Needs Civic Involvement) invites civic leaders, heads of corporations, and well - known writers and entertainers to walk in the shoes of principals in New York City sc
public education system, PENCIL (
Public Education Needs Civic Involvement) invites civic leaders, heads of corporations, and well - known writers and entertainers to walk in the shoes of principals in New York City sc
Public Education Needs Civic Involvement) invites civic leaders, heads of corporations, and well - known writers and entertainers to walk in the shoes of
principals in New
York City
schools.
At the end of the day, Mrs. Clinton joined 500 other
Principals for a Day at the New
York Public Library, where she sat in the audience and listened to people discuss what they experienced and their impressions of New York City's public schools.&
Public Library, where she sat in the audience and listened to people discuss what they experienced and their impressions of New
York City's
public schools.&
public schools.»
Celebrities, politicians, and business leaders have left their offices and volunteered to spend a day in a
school building, side - by - side with its
principal, to see just what is happening in New
York's
public schools.
Success Academy operates under perhaps the toughest set of norms and expectations for all participants — pupils, parents, teachers, and
principals — of any New
York City
public schools, whether district - operated or charter.
New
York, March 7, 2012 - A month after Governor Cuomo and union leaders agreed to a new statewide teacher evaluation system, Educators 4 Excellence (E4E) members today unveiled their recommendations to strengthen the evaluation of
public school principals, a system required under the state's winning Race to the Top application.
VERONICA McDERMOTT began her career in the
public schools of Long Island, New
York, in 1970 and has worked in numerous educational roles ever since, including superintendent of
schools,
principal, district director, dean, and classroom teacher.
As of the 2012 - 2013
school year, some 72 percent of APP graduates — 343 people — were serving as
principals or assistant
principals or in other leadership positions for New
York City
public schools.
Dr. John King, the son of two New
York City
public school teachers, has served as a high
school teacher, middle
school principal, the co-founder of a Massachusetts charter
school, New
York's education commissioner, and U.S. Education Secretary under President Barack Obama.
Here's the third of four parts on California charters, written by Carol Burris, a former New
York high
school principal who is now executive director of the nonprofit Network for
Public Education.
It was written by Carol Burris, a former New
York high
school principal who is now executive director of the nonprofit Network for
Public Education.
One might imagine that if John King had first been a
principal of a New
York City
public school, or the superintendent of a district, he would have become skilled in dealing with emotional and boisterous groups.
Michael Chirichello, Ed.D., served as a district superintendent,
principal, vice-
principal, and teacher in urban and suburban districts in the New
York City and New Jersey
public schools for 30 years.
«
Principals in more than 300 New
York City
public schools have the freedom and flexibility that comes with being empowered and have been using it to improve the educational opportunities for their students,» the
school system says.
It was written by Carol Burris, a former New
York high
school principal who is executive director of the nonprofit Network for
Public Education.
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School Employees (AACSE) American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) American Association of
School Administrators (AASA) American Association of State Colleges & Universities (AASCU) American Council on Education (ACE) American Counseling Association (ACA) American Educational Research Association (AERA) American Federation of
School Administrators (AFSA) American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) American Federation of Teachers (AFT) American Institutes for Research (AIR) American Library Association (ALA) American Medical Student Association (AMSA) American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) American
School Counselor Association (ASCA) American Speech - Language - Hearing Association (ASHA) American Student Association of Community Colleges (ASACC) Apollo Education Group ASCD Association for Career & Technical Education (ACTE) Association of American Publishers (AAP) Association of American Universities (AAU) Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) Association of Jesuit Colleges & Universities (AJCU) Association of
Public and Land - grant Universities (APLU) Association of
Public Television Stations (APTS) Association of
School Business Officials International (ASBO) Boston University (BU) California Department of Education (CDE) California State University Office of Federal Relations (CSU) Center on Law and Social Policy (CLASP) Citizen
Schools Coalition for Higher Education Assistance Organizations (COHEAO) Consortium for
School Networking (COSN) Cornerstone Government Affairs (CGA) Council for a Strong America (CSA) Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) Council for Opportunity in Education (COE) Council of Chief State
School Officers (CCSSO) Council of the Great City
Schools (CGCS) DeVry Education Group Easter Seals Education Industry Association (EIA) FED ED Federal Management Strategies First Focus Campaign for Children George Washington University (GWU) Georgetown University Office of Federal Relations Harvard University Office of Federal Relations Higher Education Consortium for Special Education (HESCE) indiCo International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Johns Hopkins University, Center for Research & Reform in Education (JHU - CRRE) Kent State University Knowledge Alliance Los Angeles Unified
School District (LAUSD) Magnet
Schools of America, Inc. (MSA) Military Impacted
Schools Association (MISA) National Alliance of Black
School Educators (NABSE) National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) National Association for Music Education (NAFME) National Association of Elementary
School Principals (NAESP) National Association of Federally Impacted
Schools (NAFIS) National Association of Graduate - Professional Students, Inc. (NAGPS) National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU) National Association of Private Special Education Centers (NAPSEC) National Association of
School Psychologists (NASP) National Association of Secondary
School Principals (NASSP) National Association of State Directors of Career Technical Education Consortium (NASDCTEc) National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE) National Association of State Student Grant & Aid Programs (NASSGAP) National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD) National Center on Time & Learning (NCTL) National Coalition for Literacy (NCL) National Coalition of Classified Education Support Employee Unions (NCCESEU) National Council for Community and Education Partnerships (NCCEP) National Council of Higher Education Resources (NCHER) National Council of State Directors of Adult Education (NCSDAE) National Education Association (NEA) National HEP / CAMP Association National Parent Teacher Association (NPTA) National Rural Education Association (NREA) National
School Boards Association (NSBA) National Student Speech Language Hearing Association (NSSLHA) National Superintendents Roundtable (NSR) National Title I Association (NASTID) Northwestern University Penn Hill Group Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
School Social Work Association of America (SSWAA) Service Employees International Union (SEIU) State University of New
York (SUNY) Teach For America (TFA) Texas A&M University (TAMU) The College Board The Ohio State University (OSU) The Pell Alliance The Sheridan Group The Y (YMCA) UNCF United States Student Association (USSA) University of California (UC) University of Chicago University of Maryland (UMD) University of Maryland University College (UMUC) University of Southern California (USC) University of Wisconsin System (UWS) US
Public Interest Research Group (US PIRG) Washington Partners, LLC WestEd
In this post, Carol Burris, a former New
York high
school principal who is now executive director of the nonprofit Network for
Public Education, explains why putting the word «public» in front of «charter school» — which are funded with tax dollars — is «an affront» to people for whom public education is a mi
Public Education, explains why putting the word «
public» in front of «charter school» — which are funded with tax dollars — is «an affront» to people for whom public education is a mi
public» in front of «charter
school» — which are funded with tax dollars — is «an affront» to people for whom
public education is a mi
public education is a mission.
This post, written by Carol Burris, a former New
York high
school principal who is executive director of the nonprofit Network for
Public Education, details issues on which many charter
school supporters don't want to focus.
Principal Bynum, a product of New York City public schools who presided over the closing of another Brooklyn high school, arrived as principal in the fall
Principal Bynum, a product of New
York City
public schools who presided over the closing of another Brooklyn high
school, arrived as
principal in the fall
principal in the fall of 2013.
The team at New Visions for
Public Schools is made up of staff with experience as teachers, principals and superintendents, bringing first - hand knowledge of New York City's public schools to our work helping to raise student achiev
Public Schools is made up of staff with experience as teachers, principals and superintendents, bringing first - hand knowledge of New York City's public schools to our work helping to raise student achie
Schools is made up of staff with experience as teachers,
principals and superintendents, bringing first - hand knowledge of New
York City's
public schools to our work helping to raise student achiev
public schools to our work helping to raise student achie
schools to our work helping to raise student achievement.
A Year of Change: Leadership in the
Principal's Office — In this groundbreaking documentary series, NEW
YORK VOICES goes behind - the - scenes to follow three aspiring
principals enrolled in the New
York City Leadership Academy as they find out if they have what it takes to run a New
York City
public school
National Assembly on
School - Based Health Care National Association of Chronic Disease Directors National Association of Elementary
School Principals National Association of
School Nurses National Association of Secondary
School Principals National Association of State Boards of Education National Association of Student Councils National Coalition for Promoting Physical Activity National Conference of State Legislatures National Dairy Council National Farm to
School Network National Governors Association National Medical Association National Middle
School Association National Organizations for Youth Safety National Parent Teacher Association National
School Boards Association New
York Road Runners Passion Digital Playworks President's Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Safe Routes to
School National Partnership
School Nutrition Association Shape America Society for Nutrition Education Society for
Public Health Education Students Against Destructive Decisions U.S. Department of Agriculture U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion United States Tennis Association United Way Worldwide YMCA of the USA
The six districts - Charlotte - Mecklenburg
Schools, Denver
Public Schools, Gwinnett County
Public Schools, Hillsborough County
Public Schools, the New
York City Department of Education, and Prince George's County
Public Schools - are putting in place new processes to help develop a larger corps of effective
school principals.
«Earlier this month [November 2014], the New
York Board of Regents moved to approve a charter
school application from Steve Perry, a
principal of a
public school in Connecticut who has formed a charter
school management company in the hopes of opening up charter
schools in the greater New
York City region.
High grades bring rewards and low grades bring consequences, including possible
school closure.Like CEOs answering to their boards,
public school principals in New
York City rise and fall with their bottom line: their students» test scores, graduation rates, and in high
school, how many credits their students accumulate.
Like CEOs answering to their boards,
public school principals in New
York City rise and fall with the bottom line.
Without identifying everyone by name, in addition to me there was a man who worked for the college board, a former staff member who is now a
public school parent, a current high
school principal of an «A» rated
school who was going to host Matt and Elisa at her
school later that day, a
school leader from a
school that is featured as a «miracle»
public school in Wendy Kopp's last book, and which gets mentioned at fundraiser events, a 1990 alum who has been teaching for 22 years, and a former TFA staff member who now works for the New
York City Department of Education.
The guide shares insight into the design and delivery of NYCLA's Aspiring
Principals Program, which has prepared more than 500 principals for the New York City public school system and which has been adapted by state and district programs around the Unit
Principals Program, which has prepared more than 500
principals for the New York City public school system and which has been adapted by state and district programs around the Unit
principals for the New
York City
public school system and which has been adapted by state and district programs around the United States.
The NYC Leadership Academy has coached more than 1,700 New
York City
public school principals and helped more than 20 district, state, and university - based programs strengthen their own
school leadership coaching work.
The NYC Leadership Academy's work developing aspiring
principals and supporting sitting
principals in New
York City was a part of the Wallace initiative and a subject of RAND's research, along with Charlotte - Mecklenburg
Schools, Denver
Public Schools, Gwinnett County
Public Schools, Hillsborough County
Public Schools, and Prince George's County
Public Schools.
The first annual Elizabeth Rohatyn Prize for
School Innovation, a $ 15,000 award, will go to a New York metropolitan area public school principal whose leadership results in an academically rigorous and technologically innovative learning enviro
School Innovation, a $ 15,000 award, will go to a New
York metropolitan area
public school principal whose leadership results in an academically rigorous and technologically innovative learning enviro
school principal whose leadership results in an academically rigorous and technologically innovative learning environment.
Lampert is also
Principal Advisor to the Accessing Algebra through Inquiry Project at New Visions for
Public Schools in New
York City.
«Williamsburg Charter High
School is thrilled to add our voice on this year's Advocacy Day to the thousands of parents and students all over New
York who are calling for an end to unequal funding for
public schools,» said
Principal Kathleen Gaffney.
Ta - Nehisi Coates, author of «Between the World and Me», sat down with
principals from New
York City to talk about the role of
public schools and his experience as a student in Baltimore.
We were there to give testimony that by setting teachers up on a bell curve, you are creating the contrived headline — «Half of all New
York teachers not effective when judged by test scores,» thus cynically undermining the faith of parents in their
public school teachers and
principals.
/ MS. 124 in the New
York City
Public Schools in New
York; Pat Swift (
principal) and the staff of Port Chester Middle
School in the Port Chester
School District in Westchester County, New
York; Wayne Roellich (
principal) and the staff of Tekoa High
School in the Tekoa
School District in Washington; and Susan Williamson (
principal) and the staff of William H. Taft Elementary in the Boise Independent
School District in Boise, Idaho.
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BRIDGING THE GAP Before receiving funding in 2010 to open a small
public middle
school in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn, one of the poorest neighborhoods in New
York City,
principal Nadia Lopez envisioned her students crossing the Brooklyn Bridge.