Sentences with phrase «by federal education officials»

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Builders, based in Aledo, Texas, whose expressed goal is «to exert a positive influence in government, education, and the family by 1) educating the nation concerning the Godly foundation of our country; 2) providing information to federal, state and local officials as they develop public policies which reflect Biblical values; and 3) encouraging Christians to get involved in the civic arena.

State education officials and federal regulators knew a year ago that the breaded chicken tenders blamed for sickening 40 pupils and teachers in Joliet last month might have been contaminated by an ammonia leak at a storage facility in St. Louis.

Many people believe education is best run at the local level because school boards and school officials better serve the public when they are able to be held accountable by the local community they serve; when the decision - makers have local roots, many believe they do a better job than a monolithic federal bureaucracy hundreds or thousands of miles away.

Federal officials had the power to sanction schools with high opt our rates by withholding funding, and the state's education commissioner said a few days ago that she was talking to officials and would not rule out the sanctions compete.

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.

New York State's top education leader has been selected by federal officials for a new role.

Education groups, dismayed by the federal education secretary's threat to punish schools in New York with high opt - out rates for standardized tests, say he's re-igniting controversy that state education officials have been trying to calm for the pEducation groups, dismayed by the federal education secretary's threat to punish schools in New York with high opt - out rates for standardized tests, say he's re-igniting controversy that state education officials have been trying to calm for the peducation secretary's threat to punish schools in New York with high opt - out rates for standardized tests, say he's re-igniting controversy that state education officials have been trying to calm for the peducation officials have been trying to calm for the past year.

Federal officials had the power to sanction schools with high opt out rates by withholding funding, and the state's education commissioner said a few days ago that she was talking to officials and would not rule out the sanctions compete.

An inventory by the Bush Administration of federal efforts to bolster science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education was too simplistic to be useful, according to a White House official.

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.

A federal appeals court has reinstated a $ 1 million jury verdict awarded to a special education teacher who claimed she was fired by public school officials in Portland, Ore., in retaliation for complaining that her students were getting a raw deal.

In many cases, this opposition reflects the mistaken impression that the Common Core State Standards Initiative was a federal effort, sponsored by President Obama rather by the states» governors and education officials.

Still, the D.C. voucher program has proven to be the most effective education policy evaluated by the federal government's official education research arm so far.

The initial ruling — which still must be reviewed by the Secretary of Education and could eventually be contested in court — addresses a longstanding dispute between federal and state education officials over the interpretation of the Individuals with Disabilities EducaEducation and could eventually be contested in court — addresses a longstanding dispute between federal and state education officials over the interpretation of the Individuals with Disabilities Educaeducation officials over the interpretation of the Individuals with Disabilities EducationEducation Act.

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.

Mayor Bloomberg was warned repeatedly by federal and state education officials that Month - by - Month Phonics wouldn't qualify for the $ 34 million annually in reading funds available to the city.

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.

For reasons that escape me, ESSA's required federal filings, which have been assembled by hordes of well - meaning state officials and consultants, have been treated not as largely meaningless paper exercises but as something deserving of breathless notice from education advocates and press (including American Idol - style contests and foundation - funded independent review boards).

Months after the Winerip columns appeared, after the federal law had been trashed by editorial writers, teachers, and parents, city education officials released transfer tallies showing that kids looking for better schools under NCLB had gotten a bad rap.

The ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in David D. v. Dartmouth School Committee also allows state education officials to be challenged in federal court on the basis of state standard and law.

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.

A long - awaited inspection of the federal Reading First program found today that federal education officials may have steered the grant - application process for the $ 1 billion - a-year initiative to ensure that particular reading programs and instructional approaches were widely used by participating schools, and that others were essentially shut out.

The long - held belief that local and state officials should lead on K — 12 education has been replaced by Secretary Arne Duncan's faith in a bold federal agenda backed by a federal «sense of urgency.»

Federal officials have dramatically overhauled the E-rate program to prioritize expanded support for broadband and wireless connectivity, through the approval of a series of changes that have been widely hailed by education, library, technology, and industry groups as much needed and long overdue.

A major extra-legal policy of the Obama administration has been its decision to let states ignore the nation's largest federal education law, duly passed by elected representatives in Congress, in exchange for submitting themselves directly to the whims of unelected federal education officials.

In Maryland and Rhode Island, health and education officials have distributed guidelines similar to those issued by the federal Centers for Disease Control in August.

Public and private school officials have quite different obligations and incentives to classify students as participants in these federal programs: a) the Title I program for disadvantaged students; b) the free and reduced - price lunch programs; c) programs for those classified as Limited English Proficient (LEP); and d) special education, as indicated by having an Individualized Education Progreducation, as indicated by having an Individualized Education ProgrEducation Program (IEP).

A reauthorization plan drafted by Republican aides to the House education committee for the primary federal special - education law emphasizes provisions designed to reduce disputes between school officials and parents of children with disabilities.

The disconnect between those math and science education proposals, signed into law by President Bush last summer, and federal officials» inability to fund them was a central topic at a summit of corporate leaders, scientists, and a select group of lawmakers who met here last week.

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.

Last September, he all but required adoption of the Common Core or similar standards approved by state higher education officials if states want to receive federal waivers from the 2002 No Child Left Behind law.

Whether the boycott movement grows in the new school year or education officials can successfully talk parents out of opting out, it's more clear that schools with high test boycott rates won't be penalized by losing federal or state monies.

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.

She says that includes updating federal officials about the new education standards and school monitoring efforts, led by the state's division of Outreach for School Improvement, which Ritz created last year.

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.

Designed by the State Office of Education, it's been approved by federal officials under a waiver from No Child Left Behind requirements.

Democrats immediately criticized DeVos's philosophy, saying the nation's top education official must be willing to defend children against discrimination by institutions that get federal money.

In a local education stakeholder discussion on state assessment plans, Sen. Jon Tester (D - MT) was «hopeful federal officials will continue to have a local dialog as required by his amendment» under ESSA.

Never has an education secretary been given so much money by Congress with such open - ended authority, according to current and former federal education officials.

The Principal Ambassador Fellowship program was launched by USED in 2013 to forge deeper connections between federal officials and school practitioners, to provide excellent principals with opportunities to learn about the federal policymaking process, and, ultimately, to strengthen federal education policies and programs to better reflect the experience and expertise of great school leaders.

This week, California's state board of education will consider a proposal by the state's department of education to ask federal officials for direct relief from NCLB without going through the official waiver process.

While Texas officials and some outside the state argued that the policies were well within federal law that seek to minimize special education placements by authorizing procedures to use comprehensive research - based supports within the general education setting.

Officials at the Indiana Department of Education also want to remove a limit that caps a school's grade at a C if it fails to make yearly progress required by federal law.

Common Core - backer Bill Gates and former federal education department official Joanne Weiss have promoted national standards and tests by touting that they «will unleash powerful market forces» and create a national market for vendors.

Amounts for years two and three have not yet been disclosed by the federal government, said officials at the Rhode Island Department of Education, who are keeping their fingers crossed that the state will receive the full amount requested, $ 9.4 million.

With NCLB Waiver All but Dead, State Officials Look to Soften Federal Sanctions In a largely overlooked action last month, the California State Board of Education formally designated another 56 local educational agencies as failing as defined by the federal No Child Left BehiFederal Sanctions In a largely overlooked action last month, the California State Board of Education formally designated another 56 local educational agencies as failing as defined by the federal No Child Left Behifederal No Child Left Behind Act.

Taskforce Blockchain — spearheaded by Finance Minister Ueli Maurer and Economics and Education Minister Johann Schneider - Ammann — includes both federal and local officials, as well as members of various blockchain startups and legal representatives, according to a fact sheet.

Taskforce Blockchain — spearheaded by Finance Minister Ueli Mausrer and Economics and Education Minister Johann Schneider - Ammann — includes both federal and local officials, as well as members of various blockchain startups and legal representatives, according to a fact sheet.