Sentences with phrase «city education department officials»

The problem, one city Education Department official acknowledged, is that districts did not want to lose the Title I money they would have to give to parents to obtain the after - school tutoring — and so did little to make parents aware of the opportunity.

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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.

Flanagan is specifically taking issue with city Department of Education officials submitting a report on school finances that doesn't adhere to state law.

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.

Talks over the evaluations broke down in the city last month when Department of Education officials refused to consider the UFT's insistence that teachers who receive poor ratings be allowed to appeal them to an independent arbitrator.

City Hall officials admitted Friday that they didn't include 99 complaints of sexual harassment at the Department of Education in a tally released last week reporting 471 cases at the...

City schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña will leave the Department of Education in the new year, possibly before the end of the school year in June, a city official confirmed toCity schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña will leave the Department of Education in the new year, possibly before the end of the school year in June, a city official confirmed tocity official confirmed today.

That year, the New York City Department of Education and the United Federation of Teachers missed the state - imposed mid-January deadline, prompting officials to withhold $ 250 million from the state's largest school district.

New York City elected officials and independent watchdogs continue to voice concerns about the Department of Education's transparency and contract procurement process.

State and city elected officials, parents and education advocates stand united outside Department of Education headquarters on Feb. 28 in favor of proposed state legislation that would require elected parent councils to approve school co-locations before they could go inteducation advocates stand united outside Department of Education headquarters on Feb. 28 in favor of proposed state legislation that would require elected parent councils to approve school co-locations before they could go intEducation headquarters on Feb. 28 in favor of proposed state legislation that would require elected parent councils to approve school co-locations before they could go into effect.

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-...]

NYC Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña will leave the Department of Education in the new year, possibly before the end of the school year in June, a city official confirmed.

NEW YORK CITY — City officials voted Wednesday to close five of its struggling schools in The Bronx and Brooklyn despite strong opposition from elected officials, parents, teachers and students who called on the Department of Education to reconsider.

Hoping to wean city kids off meat, the Department of Education is introducing a once - a-week, vegetarian - only breakfast and lunch menu at 15 Brooklyn schools next spring, officials said.

Hoping to wean city kids off meat, the NYC Department of Education is introducing a once - a-week, vegetarian - only breakfast and lunch menu at 15 Brooklyn schools next spring, officials said.

The funding provisions will create reams of new paperwork for the Department of Education, and city officials said the new rules would disrupt the city's current school budgeting process.

The lawsuit calls on city schools Chancellor Richard A. Carranza (pictured) and Education Department officials to decrease public school class sizes.

Advocates and city parents have filed a lawsuit calling on state Education Department officials and city schools Chancellor Richard Carranza to reduce class sizes in the public schools.

On Wednesday, Education Department officials said 42 city schools are using admissions targets to integrate their classrooms.

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.

City Councilman Daniel Dromm held a press conference with other elected officials and community members Thursday to demand that the Department of Education designate Diwali as a day off for public school students.

De Blasio administration officials reported on April 20 that there were 471 sexual harassment complaints within the 140,000 - employee city Education Department from 2014 - 2017.

Elia was initially scheduled to visit a Success school in New York City next week, but education department officials said Tuesday that Elia had to skip the trip and visit the troubled East Ramapo school district instead.

FINANCIAL DISTRICT — The city has made a final decision not to expand Millennium High School into nearby space at 26 Broadway, Department of Education officials said last week.

Mr. de Blasio, along with prominent administration and elected officials like Public Advocate Letitia James and Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, took turns rejecting the entire premise of Comptroller Scott Stringer's analysis, which tarred the mayor's Department of Education for not submitting for review more than 70 percent of the city's contracts with pre-K providers.

City officials and advocates eagerly note that even John King, former State Education Department commissioner and now U.S. Education Secretary, has questioned VADIR's reliability.

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

NEW YORK CITY — When Eva Moskowitz starts a new charter school, top officials at the city's Department of Education move heaven and earth to meet her demands.

The UFT on March 5 issued a subpoena and notices of deposition to compel the testimony of former New York City Schools Chancellor Joel Klein, along with 11 Department of Education officials, in a continuing lawsuit over the DOE's plans to close a group of city schoCity Schools Chancellor Joel Klein, along with 11 Department of Education officials, in a continuing lawsuit over the DOE's plans to close a group of city schocity schools.

Moskowitz's lawyers have informed city officials they will not sign a mandatory contract allowing the Education Department to oversee the charter's pre-K program, officials said — even though her privately run Success Academy network seeks thousands of dollars in public funds for each student.

A decade after Massachusetts passed its charter school law as part of the Education Reform Act of 1993, city officials in North Adams, Massachusetts, sued the state Department of Education, challenging the constitutionality of charter schools.

The New York City Department of Education took a step in the right direction in February 2003, when officials announced plans to open 17 «New Beginnings» centers for students with the most serious behavior problems.

«We had never had a locally elected black official, a Democrat from a city like D.C., asking for something like this before,» said Nina Shokraii Rees, director of the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Innovation and Improvement, which is implementing the program.

The plan will be be paid for with state funds the city has already received and administrative savings at the Department of Education, a city official said.

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.

The U.S. Department of Education is once again emphasizing the benefit of diversity in its competitive magnet school funding process, and local officials should build on New York City's history of magnet school success to bring home more of that federal funding (For more information about magnet schools in New York City, see a recent New York Times piece on this issue: «Do Magnet Schools Still Matter?

The New York City Department of Education website does not address the subject at all, and repeated queries about their official position went unanswered.

New York City district officials have also concluded that the definition of «high - quality leadership» should be in close sync with the definition of a high - quality school, says Anthony Conelli, deputy chief academic officer for leadership in the city's department of educatCity district officials have also concluded that the definition of «high - quality leadership» should be in close sync with the definition of a high - quality school, says Anthony Conelli, deputy chief academic officer for leadership in the city's department of educatcity's department of education.

Jay got the official go - ahead to operate his schools on city land from the parks department in October and now he's trying to get approval from the city's education department to qualify for funding as a local public preschool program.

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.

New York City Department of Education officials have started speaking publicly about some of the issues holding up negotiations and E4E members proposed...

New York City's Department of Education officials, who originally told union representatives that they intended to keep the sensitive information private, said they could not find an exemption to state records laws that would preclude disclosure.

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City and union officials are hoping that a training session on principal evaluations that the State Education Department has scheduled for March 14 will clear up some of the open questions surrounding principal evaluations and lay the groundwork for changes that might facilitate a new system.

But the New York City system applied for the 2012 grant, which allows districts to differentiate pay for teachers who take on new responsibilities, and Ms. Feinberg, the district spokeswoman, said officials believe their proposal would pass muster with the Education Department's 2012 rules for the competition.

Back in March, officials at the city's department of education informed Jill Bloomberg, the principal at the secondary school Park Slope Collegiate in Brooklyn, that she was under investigation for political organizing during school hours on behalf of the Progressive Labor Party.

Officials from the city education department say the sheer number of vendors — about 900 — makes it difficult for the central office to vet them all.

The United Federation of Teachers, joined by the NAACP and several public officials, filed suit against the New York City Department of Education on Wednesday in attempt to halt the city's closure of 22 schools and to prevent charter schools from using space in buildings that house public schoCity Department of Education on Wednesday in attempt to halt the city's closure of 22 schools and to prevent charter schools from using space in buildings that house public schocity's closure of 22 schools and to prevent charter schools from using space in buildings that house public schools.

In this position she, «Managed alternate - route certification contracts for Milwaukee Public Schools and Arizona statewide initiative,» was «Responsible for the goal - setting and official launch process of all new TNTP Academy contracts, working closely with state and city Departments of Education, including Georgia, Pittsburgh, PA, and Charlotte, NC,» and «Maintained high - level client relationships to ensure investment and support of data - driven work.»

City officials and advocates eagerly note that even John King, former State Education Department commissioner and now U.S. Education Secretary, has questioned VADIR's reliability.