Sentences with phrase «commission of the state»

The Education Commission of the States recently awarded Delaware the Frank Newman Award for State Innovation, which recognizes creative changes that boost student learning.

CHINA»S NEW LEADERSHIP: PERSPECTIVES Master of Ceremonies: Guo Weimin, Vice Minister, State Council Information Office Speakers: Xiao Yaqing, Minister, State - owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (SASAC) Fu Ziying, Chief Trade Negotiatons Representative and Vice Minister, Ministry of Commerce Hu Zucai, Vice Minister, National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Pan Gongsheng, Vice Governor, People's Bank of China

Only about a quarter of these are regulated at the national level and only 116 of the largest SOEs come under the administration of SASAC (State Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council).

Gov. Andrew Cuomo can, within the letter of the law, designate anyone he wants under the Moreland Act to «examine and investigate the management and affairs of any department, board, bureau or commission of the state.»

The Suffolk County Legislature may create a commission of state and local authorities to deal with the southern pine beetle, a rice - grain - sized insect devastating nearby woodlands, before the problem gets «too out of hand,» according to one legislator.

In a HuffPo essay published yesterday, Brodsky noted that the 1907 act empowers the governor to convene a commission to «examine and investigate the management and affairs of any department, board, bureau or commission of the state.»

The Moreland Act, now Section 6 of the Executive Law (formerly Section 7, 1907 - 1909, and Section 8, 1909 - 1951), authorizes the governor, «either in person or by one or more persons appointed by him for the purpose, to examine and investigate the management and affairs of any department, board, bureau or commission of the state.»

If I was a legislator, and I was the subject of a Moreland - related subpoena, I'd move to quash it because the Legislature isn't a «department, board, bureau or commission of the State» — it's the Legislature; a self - regulating, separate branch from those executive branch entities (departments [agencies], boards, bureaus, commissions, etc.), under the Governor's authority, which the Moreland Act reasonably authorizes him to investigate.

As the Times Union reported in June, Schwartz was quietly given the power to issue civil subpoenas under the Moreland Act, a century - old law that allows a governor «to examine and investigate the management and affairs of any department, board, bureau or commission of the state.»

Poughkeepsie... Dutchess County Executive Marcus Molinaro filed an amicus - curiae brief today with the United State Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, in support of Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation and the Public Service Commission of the State of New York's motion seeking to stay the implementation of a new capacity zone ordered by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).

Schwartz has been blessed with powers under the Moreland Act — a century - old law that allows a governor «to examine and investigate the management and affairs of any department, board, bureau or commission of the state.»

States and districts could create more successful schools by changing who makes the rules, a national panel asserts in a report being released this week by the Education Commission of the States.

He consulted for the Education Commission of the States (ECS) in its 1999 report, Governing America's Schools: Changing the Rules, which described a «public schools real estate trust» as follows: «In any locality, one or more real - estate trusts assume ownership of a community's public school buildings, sell the surplus buildings, and build or lease additional facilities in areas with insufficient space.

A long - anticipated report titled «Governing America's Schools: Changing The Rules» is available this week through the Education Commission of the States.

More resources: U.S. Department of Education and Education Commission of the States.

Based on a review by independent researchers, the Education Commission of the States is discounting the conclusions of a small study that showed teachers from Tennessee who received national board certification did not markedly affect their students» achievement.

«Listen, folks, this is pretty discouraging news,» said Frank Newman, the president of the Education Commission of the States, the Denver - based clearinghouse...

Thirteen states have laws denying driver's licenses to students with poor attendance, Kathy Christi, a spokeswoman for the Education Commission of the States, said.

More resources: Education Commission of the States.

CAMBRIDGE, MA — A new analysis of data from the Education Commission of the States (ECS) finds that almost every state has some type of dual - enrollment policy, which allows high school students who are ready for college work to enroll in college courses while completing their high school programs.

The Commission on Education for Economic Growth, modeled after a similar national panel that Governor Hunt headed for the Education Commission of the States, was appointed in October 1983 by the Governor...

Michael Allen, project manager for the Education Commission of the States, which monitors education policies, agrees.

According to analyses by the Education Commission of the States (ECS) and the Center for Education Policy, the most popular restructuring option chosen by schools, across all these states, was «any other major restructuring.»

In a sign that the once far - fetched notion of «charter districts» is gaining traction, a forthcoming series of papers from the Education Commission of the States offers policymakers advice and encouragement in setting up their own versions of that emerging governance arrangement.

As researcher Rebecca Dibiase reported in a September 2005 review for the Education Commission of the States, «Most school plans call for activities that fall under «any other major restructuring of the school's governance arrangement,» or Option # 5 in the legislation....

«We see increased national attention to English learners,» says Maria Millard, a policy analyst at Education Commission of the States (ECS).

ExcelinEd relied heavily on an influential study by the Education Commission of the States (ECS) that asked researchers, parents and experts if school report cards were easy to find and easy to understand.

Teacher education in community colleges should be viewed as a four - year process that combines content and pedagogical training over that time, says a report that is the outcome of a meeting between the Education Commission of the States and the National Center for Teaching Transformation.

According to the report by the Education Commission of the States, 12 states — Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Virginia, and Washington — have authorized the sale of such bonds as a way of helping parents save for their children's college education.

Federal funding began in 1968, and by 1972 it was entirely financed by Uncle Sam but administered via the Education Commission of the States (ECS).

Officials from the Education Commission of the States and the Coalition of Essential Schools last week announced plans for an unusual joint project that will link state - level education reforms with building - level restructuring efforts.

The Education Commission of the States requires prospective commissioners to «reflect broadly the interests of the member government, higher education, the state education system, local education, lay and professional persons, and public and nonpublic educational leadership.»

Education Commission of the States, Database on P - 16 and P - 20 Councils, 2008.

Mr. Kress formerly served on the Education Commission of the States, and he currently serves as counsel to the Governor's Business Council.

Maine has become the eighth state to join Re: Learning, a cooperative education - reform initiative sponsored by the Education Commission of the States, the Coalition of Essential Schools, and participating states.

As chairman of the Education Commission of the States (ECS) at that time, I pushed other governors and corporate CEOs to address the problem with a high - level «Task Force on Education for Economic Growth,» thus establishing the vital link between education and economic growth that has fueled so many of the ensuing efforts to improve schools at the state level.

Table 1, which catalogs the most consequential state - level policy reforms relating to college remediation over the past decade, suggests the reform movement is continuing to gain steam (the Education Commission of the States [ECS] State Policy Database provides addition details).

The notion that youngsters can leave their school for one they like better in a neighboring district began in 1988 in Minnesota and has since spread in some form to nearly every state, according to the Education Commission of the States.

Education Commission of the States.

NewSchools Venture Fund, the Education Commission of the States, and the research firm Mass Insight have offered related turnaround strategies.

A study published in 2005 by the Education Commission of the States (ECS) on state takeovers of schools and districts noted that the takeovers «have yet to produce dramatic consistent increases in student performance,» and that the impact on learning «falls short of expectations.»

In a recently published study for the Education Commission of the States, University of Pennsylvania scholar Richard Ingersoll reviewed the research literature and found that mentoring programs have shown a positive impact on teachers and their retention.

The Education Commission of the States has developed a unique database that identifies the extent to which each of the 50 states is meeting the law's requirements.

Members of the Education Commission of the States voiced more questions than answers on how best to raise the stature of teaching as a profession during their annual meeting here.

The No. 2 staff member at the Education Commission of the States resigned last week, saying that the Denver - based group faces a financial crisis, and that she doubts the current ECS president can fix it.

A recent Education Commission of the States report indicates that just 15 states currently have testing programs that conform to the new requirements (see Figure 1).

In a «Goliath takes on David» scenario, this tiny report by a single professor prompted no less than the Education Commission of the States to empanel four independent experts to review the validity of Stone's research.

Almost every state has some sort of dual - enrollment policy, and 12 states require their school districts and public postsecondary schools to work out dual - enrollment partnerships, according to the Education Commission of the States (ECS).

A new report from the Education Commission of the States examines the policies each state has in place for allowing high school students to earn college credit in «dual enrollment» programs.

Magnet schools are public schools that provide specialized curriculums and instructional approaches to attract students from a variety of neighborhoods in a metropolitan area, according to the Education Commission of the States.