Sentences with phrase «appointed superintendents»

``... Studies show appointed superintendents are more familiar with the role and responsibilities of being a superintendent than those who are elected.»

Minnesota and New Mexico also do not have state boards, but have appointed superintendents, according to the Education Commission of the States.

P33: Requiring appointed superintendents 3.

Appointed Superintendents: After a battle that lasted several years, legislation was adopted this session that will make the move to appointed superintendents by 2019.

Appointed Superintendents: After years of trying, the legislature finally passed a bill to make the switch to all appointed school superintendents.

In each case, the state's appointed superintendents have pressed for expanded charter schools to provide more opportunities for students, while Cerf has been a lightning rod for what community opponents assail as «privatization» of their districts.

Her proposals would end school board salaries, impose term limits, require appointed superintendents, and promote funding for private schools, and strip charter school authorization authority from local school boards.

Appointed Superintendents: SB 2438 will mandate appointed school superintendents after January 1, 2019.

We are hopeful that the legislature will continue their push for a uniform system of all appointed superintendents and all elected school boards.

This year, 45 members in the House and 21 members in the Senate received an «A,» and a majority in both chambers received at least a «B.» The legislation that was graded in the 2016 Education Report Card includes appointed superintendents, charter school and Education Scholarship Account expansions, and the renewal of the Dyslexia Therapy....

Appointed Superintendents: The legislature voted to make all school superintendents appointed by January 2019.

WE SUPPORT A MOVE TOWARD ALL APPOINTED SUPERINTENDENTS AND ALL ELECTED SCHOOL BOARDS.

Lt. Gov. Reeves was honored for his role in championing strong education reforms this session, including appointed superintendents, charter school and Education Scholarship Account program expansions, and the Dyslexia Therapy Scholarship program renewal.

Switch To All Appointed Superintendents The Right Move March 25, 2016 by Brett Kittredge After years of trying, the House of Representatives has passed legislation to make the switch to all appointed school superintendents.

Bills dealing with accreditation, MAEP, and appointed superintendents have also been brought forth.

There are few things more difficult than changing a position from elected to appointed, but we encourage the legislature to continue the education reforms of the past four years, and move forward with proposals this year to switch to a uniform system that includes all elected school board members, whose election coincides with the presidential election, and all appointed superintendents.

Appointed Superintendents: Of the more than 14,000 school districts in the United States, only around 150 have elected superintendents.

A switch to elected school boards and appointed superintendents would increase accountability and have a positive impact on the classroom, especially in our more rural areas where the need is greatest and the talent pool of qualified candidates is the smallest.

For years, state - appointed superintendents came and went.

The receiver could fire administrators and staff, scrap collectively bargained union contracts and trump elected school boards and their appointed superintendents.

In May, Peoples - Stokes drafted a two - year proposal that would allow the mayor to appoint a superintendent, and the nine member board of education.

Under the bill, the mayor appoints a superintendent, who would have the same duties the leader of the district currently has.

Until 1996, the community school boards had authority over the elementary and middle schools in their districts, including the power to appoint superintendents and to approve the superintendents» choice of principals.

At the local government level, he would consolidate the operations of most school districts at the county level, with a single appointed superintendent, and also consolidate other local town and village operations at that level.

Choices about curriculum and programs were made mostly by a state - appointed superintendent, often an outsider.

The greatest result to me is the refreshed and invigorated team leading the charge, headed by our newly appointed Superintendent, Bridget O'Connell.

Cerf was appointed superintendent in July 2015 by New Jersey governor Chris Christie, and had previously served as his state commissioner of education.

In Boston, that can't be done, but in Chicago, Mayor Rahm Emanuel can appoint his superintendent just as Mayor Bill de Blasio can in New York.

Some in Montgomery see promise in a newly appointed superintendent and more county funding this year, but there are also concerns about wide gaps in achievement, lagging graduation rates and language barriers.

At a public forum last December, the Chris Christie — appointed superintendent Cami Anderson announced that about a quarter of Newark's schools would be closed, repurposed, consolidated or otherwise transformed.

Dr. Darienne Driver was appointed Superintendent of Milwaukee Public Schools effective October 1, 2014.

In 1996, hoping to find a long - term solution, Mayor White and the district's state - appointed superintendent, Richard Boyd, assembled an Advisory Committee on Governance.

The only material difference between charter and traditional public schools is that the latter are not part of the local school - governance bureaucracy, whether a school board, a mayor or even a state - appointed superintendent.

during the closing weeks of the campaign, Booker said he wanted to improve relations between the mayor's office and the state - appointed superintendent when he became the city's chief executive.

Marion Bolden has become the new state - appointed superintendent of the Newark, N.J., public schools.

When Shirl E. Gilbert 2nd, the newly appointed superintendent of the Indianapolis public schools, announced this month that the district was suspending summer school, he did it with «the utmost regret.»

The board is selected pursuant to the bylaws of the charter district and has the authority to make decisions, appoint the superintendent, and significantly influence operations.

Under a state - appointed superintendent, the district pursued a wide - ranging reform agenda, including a major new teacher contract and evaluation system intended to retain and reward the district's effective teachers and remove ineffective teachers from the classroom.

Bryan Morton, Executive Director of Great Camden Schools, has an op - ed in the Courier Post that traces the arc of Camden Public Schools» transformation, which he ascribes to the leadership of state - appointed Superintendent Paymon Rouhanifard, a series of reforms that brought in hybrid renaissance schools, heightened expectations for students and teachers, and a growing sense of hope among Camden families.

Some argue that elected superintendents bring more accountability and transparency to the process when citizens are directly involved, while others would counter that you still have accountability when an elected school board is appointing the superintendent, but you also have a larger pool to choose from and remove much of the politics from the system.

Members of the Newark Student Union are currently staging a sit - in at the office of the city's state - appointed Superintendent, Cami Anderson.

Proponents argue that elected superintendents bring more accountability and transparency to the process when citizens are directly involved, but that same accountability exists when an elected school board is appointing the superintendent.

They demand the end to the «proliferation of charters» that «has tripled in the past six years under the Christie administration and its state - appointed superintendent»!

The proposal from BRICK Academy, working with two district schools in Newark, comes as state - appointed superintendent Cami Anderson seeks a controversial reorganization of the district, including new partnerships with charters.

The summer break saw no break in the debates over state - appointed Superintendent Cami Anderson's plans to overhaul Newark's public schools.

Newark, NJ — November 19, 2014 Around 75 members of the Newark Student Union led a walkout from Barringer High School to protest the learning conditions under the One Newark district reform plan that Gov. Chris Christie and his appointed superintendent for the district, Cami Anderson, have forced on the community.

My assistant principal, Ms. Lockhart, continued her good work and was recently appointed superintendent of Culver City Unified School District, the first Black person to ever hold that position.

This year, the school administration under state - appointed Superintendent Paymon Rouhanifard will for the first time have its own people in leadership roles, including new principals in close to a dozen schools.

In 2000, Dr. Ackerman was the first woman to be appointed superintendent of the San Francisco schools.

In 1995, the state Legislature dissolved the citywide elected school board and gave the mayor the power to appoint the superintendent — otherwise known as the chief executive officer — and the citywide school board.