Sentences with phrase «by education department officials»

Findings from a federally funded study, which are being withheld from release by Education Department officials, cast doubt on the efficacy of magnet schools for desegregating school districts.

Reviewers selected by Education Department officials have been ceaselessly bombarded through the media with clear signals as to which states those same officials think should win.

Washington — Education advocates, often accused by Education Department officials of voicing unrealistic expectations, are really thinking big this year.

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A former Spanish translator at the NYC Department of Education has been slapped with a $ 20,000 fine for what officials described as one of the biggest time thefts ever prosecuted by the city's ethics board.

Four separate petitions have been received by the State Education Department asking Commissioner MaryEllen Elia to remove Carl Paladino from the School Board, state education officials cEducation Department asking Commissioner MaryEllen Elia to remove Carl Paladino from the School Board, state education officials ceducation officials confirmed.

In a strongly worded letter, Vince Cable, Liberal Democrat MP for Twickenham and Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, has accused officials at the Department for Education, acting on behalf of the Secretary of State, Michael Gove, of breaking the Coalition Agreement, by intervening in a High Court case over inclusive admissions in religious schools.

MANHATTAN — The city is ratcheting up its efforts to curb bullying by dedicating $ 8 million for new prevention programs and making it easier for bullied students to transfer out of their schools, Department of Education officials announced Monday.

The meeting will feature a presentation by New York City Department of Education (DOE) officials for parents about how to navigate the high schools admissions process, as well an overview -LSB-...]

LOWER EAST SIDE — State and local officials have asked the Department of Education to hold a public hearing on plans to bring a new school run by the Success Academy charter school chain to the neighborhood.

Whistleblowers at the centre of the «Trojan Horse» scandal were assured right from the start by Department for Education (DfE) officials that their identities would be kept a secret, the British Humanist Association (BHA) can reveal.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a letter to officials at the state Education Department on Thursday wrote that despite the shift in Title IX enforcement for transgender students by the Trump administration, nothing should change in New York.

On August 25, 2010, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced $ 400 million in federal Race to the Top education grants to New Jersey would not be funded due to a clerical error in the state's application made by an unidentified mid-level state official.

COBBLE HILL — The well - funded and controversial Success Academy Cobble Hill violated Department of Education regulations by replacing potentially contaminated light fixtures without official permission, city officials confirmed.

Four separate petitions have been received by the State Education Department asking Commissioner MaryEllen Elia to remove Paladino from the School Board, state education officials cEducation Department asking Commissioner MaryEllen Elia to remove Paladino from the School Board, state education officials ceducation officials confirmed.

Cherry Lane Elementary has even been recognized by the US Department of Education as a Blue Ribbon School in 2013, an award «reserved for schools that boast students who meet and maintain high educational goals,» according to the department's officiaDepartment of Education as a Blue Ribbon School in 2013, an award «reserved for schools that boast students who meet and maintain high educational goals,» according to the department's officiadepartment's official website.

A spokesman for the city law department said the settlement expands on anti-violence initiatives already undertaken by city education officials.

Washington — For the first time in the history of the federal special - education law, Education Department officials have denied some funding to a state on the grounds that its «count» of handicapped pupils exceeds a limit specified byeducation law, Education Department officials have denied some funding to a state on the grounds that its «count» of handicapped pupils exceeds a limit specified byEducation Department officials have denied some funding to a state on the grounds that its «count» of handicapped pupils exceeds a limit specified by the law.

Official figures published by the Department for Education (DfE) have revealed that over 800 schools are set to be labelled as «coasting» under provisional Progress 8 measures.

Although an official announcement is yet to be made, it is thought Prime Minister Theresa May is considering opening new grammar schools and the rumours have been given more validity after a leaked memo written by Department for Education (DfE) permanent secretary Jonathan Slater seemed to confirm grammars were on the DfE's agenda.

The California Department of Education is following in the footsteps of Texas by launching an official presence on iTunes U, a dedicated area within Apple Inc.'s iTunes store that offers free downloads of lectures, lab demos, and access to educational content from state agencies and nonprofit groups.

Lawmakers this summer signed off on Gov. Tommy G. Thompson's plan to transfer most of the responsibilities of the state education department and of Mr. Benson — an elected official — to a new agency to be headed by Gov. Thompson's own appointee.

The Pike County, Ky., school system's use of more than $ 9 million in federal flood - relief funds is being investigated by officials of the U.S. Education Department, a county school system official said last week.

Rhodes Boyson, a Conservative Member of Parliament and an official in the government of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, made these and other observations during a public address sponsored here last week by the Education Department's office for intergovernmental and interagency affairs.

Officials at the Department of Education have requested public comments by January 21 about areas in the new Every Student Succeeds Act where regulation might be «helpful or necessary.»

Rep. Annette «Polly» Williams is backing a proposal by state education officials to bar private schools in the program from charging voucher students registration and book fees that public schools do not impose, according to Greg Doyle, the spokesman for the state education department, which proposed the rule last month.

The department was sued in both state and federal court by the Institute for Creation Research after state education officials sought to bar the school from awarding master's degrees in science beginning in 1988.

The plan, which one state education department official called «the most comprehensive teacher - accountability plan in the country,» is the result of an 18 - month study conducted by the state education department with $ 35,000 appropriated by the state legislature in 1980.

It provides «political cover» which pushes state officials to miscalculate, pursue change on a political timeline favored by the U.S. Department of Education, and ignore in - state concerns.

I had caught up with him for part two of our interview in his official Trenton office, 50 miles to the south and west, where the state's education department is headquartered and where he has lively paintings drawn by schoolchildren on the walls.

Washington — Although the official position of the National School Boards Association (NSBA) is one of strong support for retaining the cabinet - level Department of Education, an informal poll conducted by the association's monthly journal says that the publication's readers are — by a 2 - to - 1 margin — in favor of dismantling the dDepartment of Education, an informal poll conducted by the association's monthly journal says that the publication's readers are — by a 2 - to - 1 margin — in favor of dismantling the departmentdepartment.

Instead of brooding over their predicament, officials from 18 of the Georgia districts turned down by the U.S. Education Department decided to hold what they facetiously labeled a «losers» roundtable.»

Education officials in several states with large English - language - learner populations are bristling at a proposal by the U.S. Department of Education that they say would curb their flexibility in deciding when children are fluent in English and if they still need special services for ells.

Just over 6 percent of the American 15 - yearolds sampled by PISA attended private schools, a figure that corresponds closely to official estimates of private enrollment at the secondary level from the U.S. Department of Education (see Figure 1).

** 5 - 6 — Safety: Threat Assessment Seminars, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Secret Service, for school personnel and law - enforcement officials, in Chicago.

I will work to restore the federal role in education to one that respects the constitutional and statutory role of the U.S. Department of Education, and I won't be deterred by the sniping of self - impressed pundits, advocates, and former federal oeducation to one that respects the constitutional and statutory role of the U.S. Department of Education, and I won't be deterred by the sniping of self - impressed pundits, advocates, and former federal oEducation, and I won't be deterred by the sniping of self - impressed pundits, advocates, and former federal officials.

The views expressed in this report, developed with contractual support from the U.S. Department of Education, do not necessarily reflect the position or policy of the Department, and no official endorsement by the Department should be inferred.

The final inspection report by the U.S. Department of Education's inspector general's office concluded that department officials may have intended to «stack» the panels of grant reviewers with those who favored a particular teaching meDepartment of Education's inspector general's office concluded that department officials may have intended to «stack» the panels of grant reviewers with those who favored a particular teaching medepartment officials may have intended to «stack» the panels of grant reviewers with those who favored a particular teaching methodology.

The State Education Department on Tuesday would not release statistics showing passing rates by ethnicity, but officials have acknowledged that minority teaching candidates have not done as well as white candidates on the new test.

Washington — The U.S. Education Department's bidding procedure on a contract to administer the National Center for Research in Vocational Education was tainted by political maneuvering, according to an official from the University of Tennessee.

Officials in Compton, Calif., have asked a federal court to give the city control over the 30,000 - student local school system, which has been run by the California education department since 1993.

As growing numbers of legislators indicate their support for A4165 / S2767, officials within the New Jersey Department of Education have apparently initiated a campaign to block its passage by claiming that the proposed legislation would cost districts precious dollars.

The U.S. Department of Education on Thursday denied a request by the state's top education official to extend a flexibility waiver under the No Child Left Behind Act, a decision that will place restrictions on nearly $ 30 million in annual federal funding for local school districts beginning with the 2015 - 2016 schEducation on Thursday denied a request by the state's top education official to extend a flexibility waiver under the No Child Left Behind Act, a decision that will place restrictions on nearly $ 30 million in annual federal funding for local school districts beginning with the 2015 - 2016 scheducation official to extend a flexibility waiver under the No Child Left Behind Act, a decision that will place restrictions on nearly $ 30 million in annual federal funding for local school districts beginning with the 2015 - 2016 school year.

The late filings by districts can be traced back to budget cuts to the California Department of Education last fall that prompted department officials to discontinue the practice of generating data files needed by districts to fill out the accountabilitDepartment of Education last fall that prompted department officials to discontinue the practice of generating data files needed by districts to fill out the accountabilitdepartment officials to discontinue the practice of generating data files needed by districts to fill out the accountability reports.

Walker says when state education officials adopted the nationally - crafted Common Core State Standards back in 2010, the department did a side - by - side comparison of the standards.

Virginia Naturally Schools is the official environmental education school recognition program of the commonwealth, administered by the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries with support from the Department of Education, Department of Environmental Quality and other resource education school recognition program of the commonwealth, administered by the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries with support from the Department of Education, Department of Environmental Quality and other resource Education, Department of Environmental Quality and other resource agencies.

And this attainment benefit is consistent with the findings of the U.S. Department of Education's official evaluation of the DC Opportunity Scholarship voucher program, led by my colleague Patrick Wolf, which found:

Once a top official at the Education Department, Schneider commissioned that big report that showed states gaming the No Child Left Behind system by dropping their standards.

This Jan. 20 letter to the US Department of Education, and accompanying presentation given to US DoED officials by Wallace President Will Miller, Director of Education Jody Spiro, and Prince George's County Director of Leadership Development Douglas Anthony, offer The Wallace Foundation's views on including school leadership in implementation of the new federal educaEducation, and accompanying presentation given to US DoED officials by Wallace President Will Miller, Director of Education Jody Spiro, and Prince George's County Director of Leadership Development Douglas Anthony, offer The Wallace Foundation's views on including school leadership in implementation of the new federal educaEducation Jody Spiro, and Prince George's County Director of Leadership Development Douglas Anthony, offer The Wallace Foundation's views on including school leadership in implementation of the new federal educationeducation law.

While President Bush met with congressional leaders this week about the upcoming reauthorization, there was some rumbling in education circles about an article written by Michael Petrilli, a former U.S. Department of Education official who helped promeducation circles about an article written by Michael Petrilli, a former U.S. Department of Education official who helped promEducation official who helped promote NCLB.

City Department of Education officials think they'll be able to train 1,600 principals and 80,000 teachers to use new a evaluation system by the end of the year, and they plan to let the state know before a deadline next week.