Sentences with phrase «control over the education department»

Prisco's concerns echo the concerns of parents who have blasted Bloomberg's failure to include parents in the city's public schools since winning mayoral control over the Education Department in 2002.

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Unlike other state operations like transportation, health and motor vehicles, Governors of New York do not have direct control over the state's education department.

As Gov. Andrew Cuomo seeks greater control over education policy in the state, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver said on Tuesday he was opposed to altering how the Board of Regents is appointed to lead the state Department of Eeducation policy in the state, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver said on Tuesday he was opposed to altering how the Board of Regents is appointed to lead the state Department of EducationEducation.

In addition to raising the possibility of changing how the Regents are appointed, Cuomo has indicated he wants more power over how the state runs public education, which is currently controlled by the semi-autonomous Department of Education and its commeducation, which is currently controlled by the semi-autonomous Department of Education and its commEducation and its commissioner.

The board and state Education Department generally have control over education decisions in the state, but recent legislation regarding the teacher evaluation system has caused a flurry of conEducation Department generally have control over education decisions in the state, but recent legislation regarding the teacher evaluation system has caused a flurry of coneducation decisions in the state, but recent legislation regarding the teacher evaluation system has caused a flurry of controversy.

The state education department is one of the only state agencies over which the governor does not have direct control, he said.

Nelson's report corroborates a recently released study by the U.S. Department of Education that emphasizes the disproportionately high number of male S&E professors.10 The report also cites the salary advantage men of all racial groups enjoy over women.10 While the unadjusted salaries of African - American faculty members were lower than those of whites, when variables were controlled, the wage gap disappeared.10 However, the study cautions that the markedly lower numbers of tenured and working African - American faculty at doctoral institutions could obscure racially biased salary discrepancies.10

During the 2010 midterm elections, Tea Party Senate and House candidates across the country promised on the campaign trail that they would shut down the U.S. Department of Education and hand control over to state governments.

And with «tea party» sentiments riding high (and some candidates again calling to abolish the Department of Education while purging thoughtful folks like Mike Castle), it looks like «local control» and «states» rights» arguments may rule the day should the GOP take over one or both houses of Congress.

Contributing around 10 percent of public school costs, the US Department of Education imposed further requirements and regulations on the public schools, which removed another major fraction of local boards» control over school policy.

The kindergarten curriculum of the Department of Defense Education Activity says that kindergarten students in military schools will «begin to form letters with control over size or shape.»

In 1989, the New Zealand government abolished the national department of education and turned control of the country's nearly 2,700 primary and secondary schools over...

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 maintains that the only way to determine whether a program is effective is to subject it to rigorous testing using randomized controlled trials that can be replicated and that are conducted over time.

A year and a half has passed since the de Blasio administration took over the Department of Education, assuming control of 1,800 schools, 70,000 teachers, and 1.1 million students.

However, it addresses so many of NSBA's objectives, such as requiring the U.S. Department of Education to collaborate with local school leaders and not simply impose its will on them, eliminating the existing one - size - fits - all approach to school accountability, providing more state and local opportunity to shape workable school improvement plans, and ensuring state control over academic standards, while excluding «portability» (i.e., vouchers).

Removes all flexibility / local control from districts and makes the Florida Department of Education the sole decision - making authority over teacher evaluations, pay schedules and working conditions

It is time the Board of Regents exercises control over the State Education Department to stop the runaway train of anti-public school «reform» that the commissioner represents.

Instead of giving more control to parents and local school boards, his administration has pushed to consolidate control over curriculum to the U.S. Department of Education.

Oklahoma will not lose control over a portion of its federal funding next year, according to state officials, who announced Monday that the U.S. Department of Education has restored the state's waiver from the 2001 accountability law known as No Child Left Behind (NCLB).

The RSD is a special school district that operates under the control of the Louisiana Department of Education Over the past eight years, it has shifted from a centrally controlled system that directly oversaw and governed schools, to one that grants charters to interested groups meeting certain criteria.

However, since the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1950 and continuing to the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 and the Department of Education's Race to the Top initiative of 2009, the federal government has taken and maintained increased control over schools through mandates, incentives, and funding.

Knowing that they had no control over independent - minded 11th - graders, the governor and State Department of Education sought a waiver from Washington, D.C., for permission to offer what they hoped would be a more palatable test: the SAT.

Sec. 1 - 225 and Sec. 1 - 200) states that «meetings of all public agencies shall be open to the public», and defines public agency as «including any committee of, or created by, any such office, subdivision, agency, department, institution, bureau, board, commission, authority or official», and defines «meeting» as «any hearing or other proceeding of a public agency... to discuss or act upon a matter over which the public agency has supervision control, jurisdiction or advisory power», nonetheless, the State Department of Education attempted to keep the «training session» for superintendents closed to the public, stating it «is not a venue for members of the general public to participadepartment, institution, bureau, board, commission, authority or official», and defines «meeting» as «any hearing or other proceeding of a public agency... to discuss or act upon a matter over which the public agency has supervision control, jurisdiction or advisory power», nonetheless, the State Department of Education attempted to keep the «training session» for superintendents closed to the public, stating it «is not a venue for members of the general public to participaDepartment of Education attempted to keep the «training session» for superintendents closed to the public, stating it «is not a venue for members of the general public to participate.»

Concerns about the degree to White Hat's control over the schools led the Ohio Department of Education to reject four applications for new White Hat schools in 2012.

A parent board can govern each converted school, but the local school board still has ultimate control and the State Department of Education has veto power over most decisions made.

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