Sentences with phrase «between state education»

Overcoming acrimony is often the first step to achieving better policy coordination between state education departments and school districts.

At the same time, Cuomo stepped into the stalemate between the state education department and the AFT over settling the lawsuit filed by the union last year; Cuomo is threatening to impose his own solution through the state budget within the next 30 days unless the two sides reach a settlement.

He underscored the importance of engagement efforts between state education departments and stakeholder groups as the accountability...

In his answers lately, Governor Cuomo distances himself from the growing discontent that's led to raucous meetings between state education officials and angry parents and teachers.

But that funding was pulled from schools that improved enough to get off the list — currently a major point of contention between the State Education Department and Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration, which says the schools never should have come off the list.

The 0.075 figure reported here suggests that there is essentially no link between state education spending (which has exploded) and the performance of students at the end of high school...

The state comptroller approved a contract between the state Education Department and the U.S. Department of Commerce for the design and construction of a new case for the draft copy of President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation that is in the care of the State Library.

TEACHER EVALUATION TALKS STILL GOING ON: The last we heard, talks between state education officials and teachers» leaders reportedly produced significant progress toward the end of last week, so there's a chance they'll reach some kind of accord this week.

The discussions between state Education Commissioner John B. King Jr. and teachers» union leaders are aimed at settling a lawsuit brought by the unions that threatened to block new job ratings for thousands of teachers which are due for release in June.

Not exact matches

However, with technology - based education initiatives likely to see a reduction in federal and state funding in the coming years, the public sector will likely not have the resources to step in and help bridge the gap between a lack of skilled workers and unfilled jobs.

His father had only a «third grade education or what passed for a third grade education for an African American child in the state of South Carolina between 1906 and 1909,» Frazier explained in the same interview.

The program is a collaboration between IPT, the Investor Protection Institute, State Securities Regulators and State credit union associations to provide online investor education and protection curriculum to credit union employees in participating states.

Borzi, assistant secretary of Labor for DOL's Employee Benefits Security Administration, stated at the meeting that DOL spent hours trying to ensure the rule struck the right balance between what constitutes education and what constitutes advice.

One obvious point of division between black theologians and black church people is that black theology is not generally taught in black churches, state and national conventions, regional associations, ministers» conferences or Christian education congresses.

Indeed, it is simply remarkable that those people responsible for educational and social policy during the past three decades can not make the obvious connection between the deplorable state of education, the multiple tragedies of the inner cities, and the virtual elimination of religiously informed values from American public life.

Or freedom from religion, but there was once an article that had Texas» Board of Education trying to make Thomas Jefferson vanish from the history books, and was he not the one who believed in «separation between church and state» as well... anyone not believing me is free to spend a few seconds to do some web searches... the articles are out there... or people can remain in ignorance, but then they still won't feel any more blissful or happier...

The primacy of the family in education rests upon the spontaneous devotion of parents to their children — a devotion that supplies a model for the relation between teacher and pupil and that is undermined when education is regarded as a direct responsibility of the state.

After both Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan pushed for acceptance of same - sex marriage over the weekend, North Carolina became the 30th state to amend its constitution to define marriage as an act between one man and one woman.

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

There he says, one, that the shift from the concept of «the State's role as providers of equal opportunities to every citizen» to that of providing education, health and other social services «to those who can afford to pay» is a U-turn in public policy which «has been made surreptitiously by administrative action without public discussion and legislative sanction»; two, that the total commercialization of social sectors is «alien even to free market societies»; and three, that «the ready acceptance of self - financing concept in social sectors alien even to free - market societies is the end result of gradual disenchantment with the Kerala Model of Development», which has been emphasizing the social dimension rather than the economic, but that it is quite false to present the situation as calling for a choice between social development and economic growth.

As White expressed it, the potential for impermissible fostering of religion in secular classrooms — an untested, assumption of the court, so far as he was concerned — paradoxically rendered unacceptable the state's efforts to ensure that secular teachers under religious discipline would successfully avoid conflicts between the religious mission of the school and the secular purpose of the state's education program.

In many ways the problem was and still is how to provide close representative connections between local churches and national policies: education curriculum, youth work, national ministries, and international ministries, etc, without the insights of the local churches being filtered through states and regions in a typical connectional system.

There need not be an either / or situation, with education divided between Christian schools that teach religion and public schools that exclude it — all in the name of the separation of church and state.

Additional Accountability Requirements: None Additional Content Requirements: None Guidance Materials: A collaborative between the Commissioner of Education and the state school boards association that created the Nutrition and Fitness Policy Guidelines (2004), a model school fitness and nutrition policy consistent with the 16 V.S.A. 216 (2004).

The Food Allergy Research and Education organization explains that the number of children living with peanut allergy appears to have tripled between 1997 and 2008 alone in the United States.

Every state has created a comprehensive child find and referral system under Part C of the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act, and there are explicit requirements for states to coordinate early identification efforts between health, social service, and educational systems.

HB 2156, which appropriates funds for a farm to school program and requires collaboration between the State Department of Agriculture and Department of Education, also passed committee on February 14th.

Additionally, many factors known to influence breastfeeding duration, including cultural practices, prenatal education, hospital practices, and postpartum support, are likely to vary between less developed countries and the United States.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo earlier today told Susan Arbetter on «The Capitol Pressroom» that the 2010 teacher evaluation law, now the subject of a contentious lawsuit between teachers unions and the state Education Department, was flawed because it's too complicated.

The union also released the results of a poll conducted by National Opinion Research that found 63 percent of New Yorkers would prefer to see a temporary income tax increase on the state's highest earners (1 percent for those who make more than $ 1 million and 2 percent for those who make over $ 5 million) over education funding cuts of between $ 800 million and $ 1.4 million.

A teacher rebellion in red states from West Virginia to Arizona has put Republicans on the defensive, forcing them to walk a fine line in the months before midterm elections between placating constituents who are angry over education cuts and conservative supporters who want a smaller government and low taxes.

The removal of the schools has become a point of contention between the Education Department and state Division of Budget and is now playing out in state Supreme Court after parents brought a lawsuit against the state.

State education groups previously expressed concerns about reporting by school — particularly for rural and suburban districts where there is very little variety between school buildings so costs can not always be assigned to a particular building.

The education discussion «focused on David Blunkett's proposals for directors of school standards (DSS), appointed by local authorities and working with councils and the community, to provide a «middle tier» between schools and the secretary of state».

Tristram Hunt led the education session, which focused on David Blunkett's proposals for directors of school standards (DSS), appointed by local authorities and working with councils and the community, to provide a «middle tier» between schools and the secretary of state.

ALBANY — Between the lines of a Thursday letter from a top Cuomo administration aide to state education leaders about education reform was a plan to overhaul the Board of Regents.

However, the Tory leader's colleague, shadow secretary of state for children, schools and families Michael Gove, tacitly suggested there might be room for negotiation between with the Lib Dems, on education at least.

From the President who has refused to act on investigative reports submitted to him on grievous allegations of diverting over a billion naira meant for resettlement of Internal Displaced Persons (IDPs) by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal under the Presidential Initiative for the North East (PINE) and the miraculous discovery of 13billion naira in an apartment at Ikoyi, Lagos under the supervision of the Director of the Nigerian Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ayodele Oke, to the Head of Service of the Federation, Oyo - Ita Winifred Ekanem, who connived with others to reinstate into active duty and promote Abdulrasheed Maina, the former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, who allegedly stole over 6billion naira pension fund; the Chief of Staff to President Buhari now renamed the «Thief of Staff», Abba Kyari, who allegedly received a bribe of 500million naira to negotiate a fine reduction for MTN Nigeria, and has continuously been in the heart of every sharp practices in the Presidency; the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu who allegedly received a kickback of 3.8 billion naira in exchange for marginal oilfield using his brother, Dumebi Kachikwu as front; the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, who was the brain behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Chief of Army Staff, General Tukur Buratai who during his time as the Director of Procurement at the Army Headquarters allegedly diverted funds meant to equip the Military into buying choice properties worth millions of dollar in Dubai; the Minister for Solid Minerals, Dr. Kayode Fayemi who allegedly embezled State Universal Education Board (SUBEB) funds as the Governor of Ekiti State; the Minister for Interior, Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau who was indicted by a Presidential investigative committee probing Arm procurement for awarding ghost contracts worth $ 930,500,690 with others while as the Chief of Army Staff between 2008 - 2010 and one of the brains behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi alleged to have stolent 142billion naira as the Governor of Rivers State.

The Post-Star's education reporter, Michael Goot, filed a FOIL request with the state Education Department, seeking copies of emails between the department and the school education reporter, Michael Goot, filed a FOIL request with the state Education Department, seeking copies of emails between the department and the school Education Department, seeking copies of emails between the department and the school district.

This week will include a focus on what the city can do to stop gas - related explosions after another such explosion occurred this weekend, this time in Borough Park; education politics and policy, as the pro-charter, anti-de Blasio group Families for Excellent Schools will hold a large rally; a continuation of negotiation and criticism between city and state entities over MTA funding; and more.

A significant share of the gaps in income, education, crime, and other socio - economic indicators between Southern states and non-Southern states in the U.S. is associated statistically with having larger African - American populations, although Southern whites are still lower in income, less likely to receive educations, and more likely to commit crimes, etc. than whites in metropolitan areas outside the South.

On key issues facing the state — reducing corruption, improving public education, balancing upstate and upstate concerns, improving infrastructure, growing the economy and planning for the state's future — only between 23 percent and 35 percent of voters believe the governor has done a good or excellent job.

«Faced with a choice between a front bench position that I have loved and doing what I believe to be right for my constituents and for the many hundreds of thousands of families who are ill - served by state education in this country; there is in conscience only one decision open to me,» he said.

But because these exams are not available in most state schools, Mr Willetts warned a «worrying divide is opening up in British education» that could lead to a bigger gulf between state and private schools than there had been in a generation.

Instead, she will lead an effort between the American Federation of Teachers and the state AFL - CIO focused on issues such as wage equity, education opportunities and women in leadership roles.

Between a potential overhaul of the state's education system, and a decision on casinos and fracking, last week was a busy one in state politics.

J.H.S. 162 in the Bronx — the only public school threatened with a state takeover since the establishment of the receivership program — is caught in a power struggle between the governor and the state Education Department.

MaryEllen Elia, tapped seven months ago to lead New York's education department, now finds herself wedged between a federal mandate to test students and a groundswell of parents in this state who refuse to let their kids take the tests.

In a 2014 report on the state of the arts in the schools, City Comptroller Scott Stringer delved into the Department of Education's own records and found that between 2006 and 2013 there was an 84 percent decrease — from $ 10.6 million to $ 1.7 million — in spending on art supplies, musical instruments and equipment.

The money gets pumped back into the state's economy through tuition dollars to public schools — and there's a direct connection between education and workforce development, he said.