Sentences with phrase «by states education departments»

In addition to money issues, other recurring themes among institute speakers included how accountability affects charters, the role of authorization by states education departments, and strategic management.

Schools could not sell snacks deemed unhealthy by the state Education Department.

One said the community is «beyond pissed» with the governor for calling for more oversight of the troubled East Ramapo School district, leading to the appointment by the state Education Department of a fiscal monitor.

The bill was first announced Thursday in the Assembly, with Democrats backing legislation that would replace state - created or written examinations with alternative assessments for school districts that do not use state tests, with regulations set by the state Education Department.

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 confirmed.

The high school graduation rate in New York State barely budged last year, inching up just half a percentage point, according to data released by the state Education Department.

Senator Simcha Felder wanted religious yeshiva schools to be exempt from some curriculum rules imposed by the state education department.

Though 99 percent of districts were able to reach an agreement on a plan with their local teacher unions, submit it to the state, and have their plan approved by the State Education Department before their January deadline, New York City failed to so.

Sen. Simcha Felder wanted religious yeshiva schools to be exempt from some curriculum rules imposed by the state education department.

The Governor signed a law last year requiring all school districts to implement an evaluation system based on the statewide system approved by the State Education Department or risk losing their increase in education aidresulting in 99 percent compliance (687 out of 691 school districts implemented a system).

Figures from the districts released Wednesday by the state Education Department, called the property tax report cards, show budgeted spending growing by an average 2.36 percent in Nassau County and 2.33 percent in Suffolk County.

The agency has until Jan. 17 to get its evaluation system approved by the state Education Department or else it will forfeit $ 250 million in state education aid.

City Hall says Cuomo's plan would simply expedite an already - underway process by the state Education Department to create guidelines for evaluating teachers but leave intact the legal language mandating layoffs be implemented based on seniority.

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.

No waivers for chancellor: State Education Law should be revised so that waivers can no longer be granted by the State Education Department to allow non-educators to serve as chancellor.

Also during his report, Mulgrew noted a recent shift in the education conversation in the state, including on the commissions formed by the State Education Department and the governor to examine the Common Core standards.

Charter schools have argued that there is a shortage of teachers and that it is hard to hire enough instructors under the more stringent qualification required by the State Education Department.

If the state takes over failing schools, they can be turned into charters by the State Education Department.

As Gov. Andrew Cuomo pitches a $ 100 million community schools initiative, some parents and lawmakers are on board but are seeking a greater investment — in dollars as well as involvement by the state Education Department.

Some parents, teachers and students have complained in meetings statewide that the Common Core was forced on schools by the state Education Department before teachers and students were prepared for the higher standards.

Charter schools have argued that there's a shortage of teachers and that it's hard to hire enough instructors under the more stringent qualification required by the State Education Department.

No video or audio recordings will be allowed inside the hearing room adjudicating the case of Buffalo school board member Carl Paladino, according to guidelines released on Tuesday by the state Education Department.

Test results for third - through eighth - graders across New York state improved this year even amid concerns about the length of the standardized exams and reports of erroneous questions, according to data released by the state Education Department.

At the same time, Paladino vowed in an interview on WCNY's The Capitol Pressroom to file a legal challenge if he's removed by the state Education Department from the school board.

Professional licenses are managed by the state Education Department, including those of architects.

Last week, the 600,000 - member New York State United Teachers board of directors approved a resolution withdrawing its support for the Common Core State Standards «as implemented and interpreted» by the state education department, according to the Washington Post.

• The ARRA Education programs, administered by the State Education Department, continued to support the jobs of teachers and support staff across the State, and directly funded 29,531 positions.

According to guidelines sent out by the State Education Department to school districts, July 1 is the legal date to submit the teacher evaluation plans, and the department legally has until September 1 to accept or reject the proposals.

An analysis by AQE found Cuomo's proposed cuts in operating aid average $ 773 per pupil in the 30 urban and suburban school districts classified as «high - need» by the State Education Department that have the greatest concentration of black and Hispanic students.

That option was one of five given to the district by the State Education Department.

It has consistently been flagged by the state Education Department for low academic performance.

The teacher performance evaluation plans are taking longer than expected to be approved by the state Education Department.

He said he joined other teachers of the year in drafting the letter because as individuals vetted by the state Education Department, they represent some of the best teachers in the state, and he hoped that status would give them some moral authority.

UPK is a special program established by the State Education Department to provide an early learning experience for the children of eligible families.

A 61 - page report entitled «East Ramapo: A School District in Crisis» comes from fiscal monitor Henry Greenberg, who was appointed by the state Education Department in June to assess the district whose finances, as Greenberg puts it, teeter on the edge of disaster.

All school districts will need to get their new teacher performance plans okayed by the state Education Department by late fall.

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 confirmed.

In 2011, the second year of more rigorous scoring of state standardized tests, achievement dipped slightly across the state, according to figures just released by the state education department.

Capital Region schools, on average, saw their graduation rates increase nearly 1 percentage point to 85.4 percent last year, according to data released Friday by the State Education Department.

State investigation reports and court records also reveal that CMC's nurses, two of whom have faced discipline by the State Education Department, violated multiple protocols.

In November, an investigation commissioned by the State Education Department concluded that the East Ramapo board had shown favoritism to Orthodox Jewish students who attend private schools in the area.

High school graduation rates crept up nearly two percent last year, according to data released by the state Education Department on Monday.

One of the problems was that the district was billing based on non-resident tuition rates calculated by the state Education Department as opposed to the district's actual costs, which are generally higher than the state rates.

But the governor did succeed in setting in motion another overhaul of the teacher evaluation system, whose details will be worked out in the months ahead by the State Education Department and in negotiations between each local school district and its teachers union.

The Legislature's changes followed widespread criticism of the tests themselves and a botched implementation of the Common Core Learning Standards by the State Education Department.

New York City students in grades 3 through eight made modest gains on the state's annual math and English exams, outstripping gains made by students in the rest of the state, according to statistics released on Aug. 8 by the state Education Department.

Explaining another date, Mulgrew said that Gov. Cuomo has until Feb. 22 to give notice that he is amending the state budget to include a «date certain,» by which if no agreement is reached, he will call for binding arbitration facilitated by the State Education Department.

A «pacing sheet,» a sort of minimum speed limit set by the state education department, suggested that teachers should expect to devote three weeks to a unit on biochemical processes, part of the biology curriculum.

The plan, developed by the state education department and the state board's charter school committee, has several long - term goals.

According to N. Eugene Hill, assistant attorney general for the state, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled on an appeal to two suits that were brought against the Agriculture Department in April 1982 by the state education department, individuals, andwelfare - rights groups.