Sentences with phrase «by superintendent of education»

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«Lessons of Decatur: School Violence, Zero Tolerance and Conflict Resolution» will be addressed by G. William «Max» McGee, Illinois state superintendent of education.

He also said the superintendent should undergo training by an appropriate organization, such as the New York State Council of School Superintendents, «regarding the roles and responsibilities of a superintendent and building and maintaining an appropriate working relationship with a board of education.»

A NYC Department of Education administrator refused to carry out a career hit on two teachers — and was demoted by her controversial superintendent because of it, according to a court complaint.

Cash was recommended to the board by state Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia, who knew him from her time as superintendent of schools in Hillsborough County, Florida.

ALBANY — Once certified by the state Department of Education, Buffalo's newly appointed schools superintendent Kriner Cash will immediately have some crucial decisions to make.

The chancellor would select a superintendent for any of the 32 Community School Districts from a field of three candidates proposed by the local Community Education Council.

Community School District superintendents would regain a number of administrative and operating powers — including student transportation and safety — that have been given to school «networks» by the Department of Education.

Cash, formerly head of Memphis schools, was unanimously appointed to the superintendent's position on Tuesday by the Board of Education pending his certification by the state Education Department.

Bierwirth, a former Herricks school superintendent, was tapped as Distinguished Educator by State Commissioner of Education MaryEllen Elia last year and has been advising Hempstead since he started in October.

As a result, the Board of Regents and State Education Department propose to include illustrative examples of the types of incidents of harassment, bullying or discrimination which must be reported to the principal, superintendent or designee when reported to or witnessed by a school employee.

The election of Rosa, a former New York City principal and superintendent, to replace outgoing Chancellor Merryl Tisch signals a sharp shift in the state's education policies after dramatic protests by parents.

WBFO Senior Reporter Eileen Buckley says Superintendent Kriner Cash answered a variety of crucial questions posed by her, as well as Buffalo News Education Reporter Tiffany Lankes and the live Facebook audience.

Late Friday afternoon, members of Buffalo's Board of Education responded to accusations from Buffalo developer Carl Paladino asserting the board violated the state's open meetings law by convening in closed - door executive sessions when it chose Dr. Pamela Brown to be the district's new superintendent.

Insofar as Superintendent Ogilvie has: a) violated the representations made by him to BOE members prior to his appointment to the Superintendent position and further betrayed the trust given to him by members of the BOE when he failed to keep his promises to begin the implementation of elements of the reform agenda, defined in a vision statement provided to him, thereby exacerbating the dysfunction of the BPS and prolonging the fair opportunity for education for the 34,000 students in the BPS, and

Under the bill by Sen. Jeffrey Klein (D - Bronx), community education councils would be given the ability to sign off on the hiring of their local superintendents, budgets, and safety plans.

Gov. Eliot Spitzer, for one, tried to weigh in on schools by creating the post of senior education policy adviser — dubbed «education czar» by some — and filling it with Manuel Rivera, the Rochester schools superintendent who had been National Superintendent of thesuperintendent who had been National Superintendent of theSuperintendent of the Year in 2006.

Buffalo, NY — The Buffalo Board of Education has approved an offer by M & T Bank President Robert Wilmers to pay for a national search for a new superintendent for the city's struggling public school district.

Interim Buffalo School Superintendent Don Ogilvie says the school district has a Friday deadline to submit a round of proposed turnaround plans for four failing city schools to prevent closure by the New York State Education Department.

State law dictates that the New York City schools chancellor has to be certified as a superintendent, which requires three years of education experience, or obtain a waiver from the state, which would be granted by Steiner.

The Common Core changes echo those suggested by the Educational Conference Board, a coalition of major state education organizations including the superintendents, school boards and parent - teacher associations and the teachers» union.

This also changed the roles of the various players who define education policy in the schools: «Whereas school superintendents and the directors of teachers» colleges had once decided what was to be taught in schools, the curriculum was now being influenced by scientists and as well by teachers to an ever greater extent,» Criblez points out.

Auditors from the U.S. Education Department have accused Superintendent of Public Instruction Bill Honig of California of violating conflict - of - interest prohibitions by using his position to financially benefit his wife's educational - consulting firm.

Prior to his appointment by the Governor, he was Superintendent of Public Education in San Diego City Schools, the nation's eighth largest urban school district.

District Superintendent Dr. Libia Gil told Education World she was «easily persuaded by their display of courage and enthusiasm in presenting a well - thought - out proposal to benefit the school community — at no additional cost to the district.»

As superintendent of schools in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston for the past five years, O'Neill reorganized the Catholic Schools Office, increased early education enrollment by 17 percent, supplied tools and data to help the district thrive, and expanded partnerships between the central office and schools.

However, evidence presented in the report sheds doubt these large test score increases: according to an Education Writers Association study, when neighborhood schools were restored, the superintendent in Oklahoma City reduced the number of low - achievers taking the standardized tests by increasing the number of students retained (or «flunked») and implementing transition grades (in which students repeat all or part of the previous grade).

According to a 1955 Education article by Leon Mones, then an assistant superintendent in Newark, New Jersey, and a former principal, Symonds and others were openly advocating that the emotional life of the teacher become the focus of teacher preparation, since «it is the teacher's personality that is the tool with which he works rather than the content in which he gives instruction.»

Hurrah for Houston Congratulations to Education Next for its trio of articles on the positive reforms in the Houston Independent School District, carried out in large part by Secretary of Education Rod Paige while he was the district's superintendent (see «Houston Takes Off,» Feature, Fall 2001).

Arne Duncan, the Obama administration's secretary of education, having previously served as schools superintendent in Chicago, one of the nation's most troubled school districts, gave back - to - back speeches early in his tenure decrying the state of the field: «By almost any standard, many if not most of the nation's 1,450 schools, colleges, and departments of education are doing a mediocre job of preparing teachers for the realities of the 21st - century classroom,» and «America's university - based teacher preparation programs need revolutionary change, not evolutionary thinking.»

The incumbent superintendent of public instruction, Delaine Eastin, will be challenged by Gloria Matta Tuchman, a leader of the statewide campaign against bilingual education, in a runoff election.

Two years later, the winter 1964 — 1965 issue was devoted to «education and race relations» and included essays on social psychology and racial balance and another look at Prince Edward County, this time by Neil Sullivan, Ed.D.» 57, a New York superintendent who took a leave of absence in 1963 to become superintendent — at the request of then - attorney general Robert Kennedy — of a privately funded Prince Edward Free School.

For example: (1) teachers in charter schools have certification requirements as do other public schools; (2) charter schools are subject to academic standards set by the state; (3) charter schools must comply with local, state, and federal laws related to health, safety and civil rights; and (4) charter schools are «subject to the supervision of the superintendent of public instruction and the state board of education.»

In its ruling last month, the court held that the Columbus Board of Education should have informed the former assistant superintendent for human resources, Evelyn Luckey, by March 31, 1990, that it did not plan to renew her contract that year.

By contrast, the Carnegie task force included a generous representation of public education's political establishment: the presidents of both national teacher unions (the National Education Association's Mary Hatwood Futrell and the American Federation of Teachers» Albert Shanker), two state education superintendents (California's Bill Honig and Minnesota's Ruth Randall), an ed school dean, the New York Times «s lead education columnist (Fred Hechinger), and the ubiquitous John W.education's political establishment: the presidents of both national teacher unions (the National Education Association's Mary Hatwood Futrell and the American Federation of Teachers» Albert Shanker), two state education superintendents (California's Bill Honig and Minnesota's Ruth Randall), an ed school dean, the New York Times «s lead education columnist (Fred Hechinger), and the ubiquitous John W.Education Association's Mary Hatwood Futrell and the American Federation of Teachers» Albert Shanker), two state education superintendents (California's Bill Honig and Minnesota's Ruth Randall), an ed school dean, the New York Times «s lead education columnist (Fred Hechinger), and the ubiquitous John W.education superintendents (California's Bill Honig and Minnesota's Ruth Randall), an ed school dean, the New York Times «s lead education columnist (Fred Hechinger), and the ubiquitous John W.education columnist (Fred Hechinger), and the ubiquitous John W. Gardner.

Approved by the state board of education last month, the rule is meant to prompt changes in Maryland universities that train school leaders, said Mary Cary, an assistant superintendent in the state department of education.

Enter Usable Knowledge — a project that will take new ideas and innovative solutions generated by our faculty and our students and put them in the hands of teachers, principals, superintendents, policymakers, and others who can have a real impact on students, schools, and education more broadly.

«No matter how effective I am, by the end of the year at least 10 percent of the people I deal with become my enemies,» a West Coast school superintendent once confided to Frederick M. Wirt, a professor at the University of Illinois who has written extensively on the politics of education.

Louisiana's Board of Elementary and Secondary Education last week agreed to provide federal and state agencies with information about «possible improprieties» regarding the expenditure of more than $ 500,000 in federal special - education funds by the state's superintendent of education, Thomas G.Education last week agreed to provide federal and state agencies with information about «possible improprieties» regarding the expenditure of more than $ 500,000 in federal special - education funds by the state's superintendent of education, Thomas G.education funds by the state's superintendent of education, Thomas G.education, Thomas G. Clausen.

The failure by schools to meet the physical education mark is a factor of time, money and priorities, says Donna Anthony, OSSE's assistant superintendent of health and wellness.

If state education officials aren't knocking on your door to keep you informed, research Race to the Top guidelines, and find out what your state is up to by talking to state board of education members or the state superintendent's office.

When three Washington - based research and consulting organizations, backed by five leading foundations, launched the «Superintendents Prepared» program this year («Foundations Seek To Expand Pool of City School Chiefs,» Education Week, Feb. 5, 1992), I wonder whether they considered an alternative: abolishing the troubled office completely.

New York «had set forth a clear and comprehensive statement of its vision,» wrote one reviewer, who noted that the «ambitious agenda» would be helped by «the extensive authority over public education held by The Board of Regents» and «the large network of 37 District Superintendents who oversee Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES).»

Central Falls, R.I., where an entire high school teaching staff was recently fired, is the latest example of a growing trend: no - nonsense superintendents attempting to improve their schools by firing teachers perceived to be incompetent to secure a bigger share of federal education dollars.

Over the past decade sharp partisan divisions over education policy have softened, in part because of the progress made by reformist big city superintendents including Duncan himself.

All six publishers of the 7th - and 8th - grade science textbooks rejected last month by the California State Board of Education have submitted changes to meet the state's standards, according to Superintendent of Public Instruction Bill Honig.

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

Those are just a few of the proposals for overhauling the U.S. education system contained in a new report, «Tough Choices or Tough Times,» released here today by a prominent panel whose members include state and local superintendents, former governors and mayors, business executives, and prior U.S. secretaries of education and...

«Giving the children who have been impacted by the hurricane a sense of stability and safety is extremely important, and schools can provide that kind of setting,» says Louisiana State Superintendent of Education Cecil J. Picard in an email to Edutopia.

Most of the crucial decisions about how U.S. schools run and who teaches what to whom in which classrooms are still made in 14,000 semi-autonomous school districts, nearly all of them run by locally elected school boards, often with campaign dollars supplied by those with whom they negotiate collectively, and managed by professional superintendents, trained in colleges of education and socialized over the years into the prevailing culture of public education.

«Arlene Ackerman was an extraordinary education leader, evidenced by her many successes as superintendent of three of the nation's largest cities.