Sentences with phrase «after a state takeover»

«However, student achievement oftentimes falls short of expectations after a state takeover,» it says.
Bennett told StateImpact after meeting Wednesday that he has no desire to slow down his push for more school accountability laws, even after state takeovers this year.
In August 2013 he was appointed by Gov. Christie as Camden Superintendent right after the state takeover of the district.

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The population of Tal Afar was mix of Sunni and Shi'ite ethnic Turkmen until Shi'ites fled the town after Islamic State's takeover two years ago.
Foreign investors hit the brakes last December, shortly after the Harper government approved the Nexen and Progress deals and the prime minister warned that future takeovers in the oilsands by state - owned enterprises (SOEs) would be approved on only an exceptional basis.
SZ) said it will complete its takeover of German robotics maker Kuka (KU2G.DE) in the first half of January after the United States authorities gave the deal a green light.
Mr Boon said the board had considered demerging one or more of Tatts» business units, selling some assets and maintaining the company in its current state after receiving Tabcorp's takeover proposal last October.
The governor recommends a gradual state takeover of county Medicaid costs in his budget, something the local government leaders had been requesting, saying they could not afford to pay their share of the health care program after Cuomo and the legislature imposed a 2 % property tax cap in 2011.
Cuomo had to fight for the WFP's endorsement earlier this year, and ultimately won their backing after pledging to support a full Democratic takeover of the state Senate as well as re-affirm his support for a liberal agenda next year.
She unsuccessfully tried to secure the nomination of the labor - backed Working Families Party in May; its membership voted to endorse Cuomo after he said he would back a Democrat takeover of the state Senate, among other things.
Smith lost control of the state senate that year after briefly controlling it following a Democratic takeover in 2009.
Smith — who was named the leader for the Democrats after their historic takeover of the state senate for the first time in 43 years in 2008 — stunned his party and the political world last summer when he announced that he was considering a run for mayor as a Republican, according to the New York Post.
After allowing the sales - tax extension to clear the state legislature last winter, Cahill had reminded the county that he'd come calling again on the election takeover at budget time this fall.
Board of Elections Enforcement Counsel Risa Sugarman in a report recommended criminal prosecution after a review of fundraising practices by a group arranged by Mayor Bill de Blasio to support a Democratic takeover of the state Senate.
Instead, the party agreed to endorse the governor after he promised to push for a number of its goals, including a Democratic takeover of the State Senate.
If such a fix is not adopted, along with a fiscal one as addressed previously, we will soon see a return to the status quo after the period of state takeover has ended — and the goal should be to be able to have true and effective local control in the long run.
After Tuesday, the new makeup of the New York state Senate could pave the way for a Democratic takeover.
After all, Gov. Andrew Cuomo had finally come around to backing a full Democratic takeover of the state Senate.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo insisted on Wednesday he would support Democrats running for the state Senate this fall, a day after he sidestepped a question about whether he back a full takeover of the chamber by his party.
He gave the assent 34 days after the state House of Assembly passed the bill, which criminalises land grabbing or forceful takeover of landed property in the state.
The governor also had to agree to support a full Democratic takeover of the State Senate, after having carefully avoided committing to such a goal.
Chairman Ed Cox has run the state party since 2009, and despite a Democratic enrollment advantage, has overseen some key victories: the Republican takeover of the state Senate after two years of troubled Democratic rule, and several Congressional seat pickups during the 2010 midterms.
Schueler and Deming note that certain aspects of the takeover suggest that its successes will continue after the state cedes control back to the town, making it a sustainable model.
Those in denial about this failure cling to provisions in the state law that say charter schools will maintain their operational autonomy even after the school board takeover.
While test scores rose in cities like Boston, Chicago and New York after mayors took control of the schools, state takeovers have been less successful.
Many of the schools were marked for state takeover or other drastic measures such as rebuilding after the firing of administration and teachers.
So this is a final chance to compare state figures on the school before and after the takeover.
The rally took place just a few days after the Milwaukee School Board and administration on Friday rejected a controversial proposal that would have resulted in the takeover of some schools, saying the state - mandated plan was vague, the funding plan unclear and elements conflicted with state law.
A victory took place after nearly three years of fighting and resisting a state mandated and legislative takeover of Milwaukee Public Schools.
That amount dropped after a judge ordered the state to repay IPS $ 6 million and Gary $ 1.3 million for students that had not stayed at the takeover schools.
Some in the audience said they wished the state had held those meetings before announcing a takeover — not after.
The governor is in no rush, however, signaling a shift from previous takeovers in the state, where he would sign a «emergency» declaration shortly after the state board's decision.
After the charter takeover of NOLA public schools post Katrina, the state began issuing letter grades for all schools in 2011, and 79 percent of charter schools in the New Orleans district received a «D» or «F.» In 2014, RSD - New Orleans schools are still performing below the vast majority of the state's other districts at the fourth and eighth grades in subjects tested by the Louisiana Educational Assessment Program, including English language arts, math and science.
The decision in effect returns a state takeover charter to the local Orleans Parish school system, which has been hungry to get schools back more than 9 years after the state took over almost all of them.
UTNO's ranks were decimated by the state takeover of failing schools after Hurricane Katrina and OPSB's decision to fire all its teachers.
School management company Charter Schools USA donated $ 1,500 to the Bennett campaign in February, several months after state education officials selected them to run four takeover schools in Indianapolis.
But while Gary officials seemed resigned to the likelihood of the school's takeover — especially after Roosevelt missed out on a school improvement grant earlier this year — it appears likely Indianapolis Public Schools is likely to send its state intervention frustrations to court.
After six years on the state's failing schools list, education officials are bringing in an outside firm to help improve the school's performance — an intervention short of wholesale takeover.
For struggling districts, the threat of state takeover in 2012 has been made real after the takeovers they saw this year:
Matthews» decision to override the advisory vote of the school board came months after the board was allowed to hire a superintendent, Roberta Mayor — the first locally chosen schools chief since the 2003 state takeover.
When the Connecticut General Assembly debated and adopted Governor Malloy's «Education Reform» bill, it was widely understood that the state's ability to takeover individual schools or school districts was extremely limited and could only occur after the state took a very specific set of actions.
Six years after the takeover, only 6,000 of the total 42,000 students remain in non-charter dumping schools: 100 % of those students are in state - run schools that the state graded as «D» or F» in 2011.
[5] From 1906 to 1934 the office of County Clerk was held by John Mahiʻai Kāneakua, who had been active in attempts to restore Queen Liliuokalani to the throne after the United States takeover of Hawaiʻi in 1893.
The slowdown, in a sector that needs billions of dollars to fund ambitious expansion plans, started in 2012, after Ottawa approved two big takeovers by state - owned enterprises, the $ 15 - billion purchase of Nexen Energy by CNOOC, the Chinese National Offshore Oil Corp., and the $ 5 - billion purchase of Progress Energy Canada Ltd. by Malaysia's Petronas.
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