Sentences with phrase «as the state education»

The legal challenge comes as state education officials believe the implementation of Common Core will be rolled out much more smoothly this school year.

ALBANY — A new type of assessment system could be in the works for New York as the state Education Department plans to apply for a federal pilot program under the new Every Student Succeeds Act — a program lawmakers said was written with New York in mind.

In one of her most significant actions as state education commissioner, MaryEllen Elia has granted Buffalo Superintendent Kriner Cash unprecedented power to make changes at the district's most struggling schools, bypassing the teachers union contract and sparking a likely court battle.

Agencies such as the state Education Department and Office of Court Administration are not directly controlled by the executive.

The support of the CEA board is considered key for Malloy, who alienated some teachers with his proposal to overhaul the tenure system, his support of charter schools and his selection of Stefan Pryor as state education commissioner.

With New York tests starting on Tuesday, some principals and superintendents predict more of their families will opt out, even as the state education commissioner seeks to communicate the value of the tests.

After three sometimes tumultuous years as state education commissioner, Mr. Pryor has announced that he will soon step down from the post.

The walkout came as state education commissioner John King, Jr. took the stage.

In February 2017, Elia declined to immediately suspend Paladino from the board, as the State Education Department continued to review the petitions seeking Paladino's permanent removal.

In At the Helm, which I co-wrote in 2014 with Juliet Squire, we argue that there are lots and lots of things handed to state departments of education (also known as state education agencies, or «SEAs») that could be better achieved elsewhere.

It is our mission, as the state education agency, to ensure that every student across the state of New Jersey — regardless of their zip code — is ready for the future, a future that is increasingly being shaped by technology.

To make informed policy decisions across agencies, such as the state education agency and early childhood, higher education, and workforce agencies, cross-agency data governance is needed.

A look at the company's operations, based on interviews and a review of school finances and performance records, raises serious questions about whether K12 schools — and full - time online schools in general — benefit children or taxpayers, particularly as state education budgets are being slashed.

You can also read my interviews with David Steiner and Joe Williams about New York's Race to the Top bid, as well as an exit interview I conducted with David Steiner just after he announced his resignation as state education commissioner.

The mistakes in the 2006 exam were discovered last month, as state education officials were looking at this year's test results and puzzling over a sudden performance drop.

Since most of the students using vouchers are black, it is, as State Education Superintendent John White pointed out to the New Orleans Times - Picayune, «a little ridiculous» to argue that the departure of mostly black students to voucher schools would make their home school systems less white.

As state education agencies (SEAs) begin to think about the implications of this new law, it is imperative that all parties fully understand the requirements and opportunities under ESSA, as well as the barriers and challenges that may be encountered in carrying out these new requirements.

Also known as the state education agency or department of education.

Hanna Skandera, Kevin Huffman, Gerard Robinson, Lizzette Reynolds, and Felicia Cumings Smith, each of whom has served as a state education chief or a top - ranking state education official;

As state education chiefs, we strive every day to create systems that ensure a high - quality, equitable education for every child.

Many public school teachers have vehemently opposed such efforts, especially as state education funding has dwindled since the Great Recession.

Naturally, McAssey's school had frantically prepared to take tests aligned with the CCSS and failed just as dreadfully as the state education department had predicted.

These are whiplash - inducing times for public schools in New York, as state education leaders keep hitting the brakes on the very reforms they had aggressively...

It was during King's time as state education commissioner that New York rolled out the curriculum, tests and teacher evaluations that have drawn so much ire among parents and teachers.

The Christie administration seized on the CREDO report's overall findings, so much so that they will now stand as state Education Commissioner Chris Cerf's own long - promised evaluation of the state's charter network, his office said.

As state Education Commissioner Christopher Cerf presents his «Education State of the State» address to top school officials today at the Commissioner's Convocation in Jackson, two measures in play aim to raise the bar for new teachers and increase diversity in classrooms across the state.

Many states are looking to state virtual schools to provide expertise as state education agencies and districts struggle with expanding online learning, including blended learning options for students.

As state education officials consider the possibility of sanctions against districts with large numbers of students opting out, they also promise a plan to boost participation.

New Orleans is «ground zero» for the corporate reform model with a TFAer as state education commissioner and...

But an analysis of one company's operations «raises serious questions about whether [it]-- and full - time online schools in general — benefit children or taxpayers, particularly as state education budgets are being slashed.»

Education reformers can have some confidence he hasn't just been loafing around these last 16 months, even as state education data suggest the popularity of charters could be waning.

Not exact matches

When Tom Davidson served as a state legislator for a small district in southern Maine two decades ago, he became intimately familiar with the byzantine, bureaucratic, and often, frankly, subpar sausage - making that goes into bankrolling education at a local level.

We rated states based on the education level of their workforce, as well as the numbers of available workers.

«Child migration will affect certain states and localities differently, based on where costs such as education are incurred but also based on gains in terms of spending for things like shelter and transportation,» said Michelle Mittelstadt of the Migration Policy Institute.

As California slashes billions from its higher education budget, the state's premier public business schools have quietly focused its efforts on raising private dollars.

And we consider the number of higher - education institutions in each state, as well as long - term trends for funding higher education.

Borrowing by students and their families has picked up steam over the years as social and economic pressure grows to obtain a college education to get ahead, even as states reduce their financial support for colleges and colleges raise their tuition.

Our legislature faces challenges, our prisons face challenges, as does our education system and our state's Medicaid program.

With the rapidly rising price of college tuition, many top students are realizing you don't need to pay an arm and a leg for a quality education, and that state schools are just as great.

In China's case, the principal function of the state will need to shift from making investments or running businesses to providing social services (such as health care, education, social security, and environmental protection).

But eliminating that deduction is already opposed by Republican lawmakers from high - tax states such as New York and California, who say it helps their state governments pay for social programs, including public education.

He criticized states for kicking the can down the road, living beyond their means year after year in a «never - ending sense of crisis» that results in «stop - and - go funding of vital programs,» such as those for infrastructure, education, pensions and city and county services.

The DASH for the STASH multi-state program is an investor education and protection poster contest that takes place as part of April's Financial Literacy Month in public libraries and other venues in participating States.

Moreover, they argue that federal subsidies are warranted because a significant portion of state and local government spending is for education, health, public welfare, and transportation, all of which have important spillovers that benefit the population in other jurisdictions as well.

Educators in Phoenix and Denver rallied for more education funding at their state capitols on April 26, as part of a wave of teacher protests that have...

The DASH for the STASH multi-state program is an investor education and protection poster contest that takes place as part of April's Financial Literacy Month in public libraries and other venues in participating states.

The New York City Employees» Retirement System; the New York City Fire Department Pension Fund; the New York City Teachers» Retirement System; the New York City Police Pension Fund; and the New York Board of Education Retirement System, as joint filers (NYC Retirement System), c / o The City of New York, Officer of the Comptroller, 633 Third Avenue, 31st Floor, New York, New York 10017, which in the aggregate held 12,707,578 shares of common stock on November 15, 2011, the New York State Common Retirement Fund, whose address is the same as that of the NYC Retirement System, which held 19,560,008 shares of common stock on November 22, 2011, and the Illinois State Board of Investment on behalf of the State Employees» Retirement System of Illinois, c / o 180 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 2015, Chicago, Illinois 60601, which in the aggregate held 928,927 shares of common stock on November 18, 2011, the Judges» Retirement System of Illinois and the General Assembly Retirement System of Illinois, as co-filers, intend to submit a resolution to stockholders for approval at the annual meeting.

Founded in 1993 as part of a multi — state settlement, IPT serves as an independent source of non — commercial investor education materials.

Public libraries and other institutions in the District of Columbia and five states — Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, and Nebraska — will participate in the DASH for the STASH investor education / protection program and contest taking place April 15 - May 15, 2015 as part of Financial Literacy Month.

If the money isn't used for qualified higher - education expenses, a 10 % penalty tax on earnings (as well as federal, state, and local income taxes) may apply.