Sentences with phrase «current education commissioner»

But the state's current education commissioner, MaryEllen Elia, would be required to come up with alternative assessments to be used to measure teacher performance.

But the state's current education commissioner, Mary Ellen Elia, would be required to come up with alternative assessments to be used to measure teacher performance.

Not exact matches

Based upon the current state of NY education and her role in selecting the two most recent Commissioners (one who left after improperly accepting expensive overseas travel from Pearson and the other who simply got laughed out of town) Chancellor Tisch should have no role in the selection of a new Commish!

«The obstacles include the lack of a current SED commissioner, the learning curve of newly confirmed members to the Board of Regents, the confusion amongst the Board relative to the adopted language, and growing opposition from both parents and education professionals.»

He was appointed to his current post in 2011, making him the youngest education commissioner in New York history.

In New York, the governor does not directly control education, Cuomo has not ruled out trying to change the current structure, where an independent Board of Regents chosen by the legislature sets education policy and hires the state education commissioner.

The group is independent and nonpartisan, but it doesn't hide its leanings toward the current school - reform movement's focus on accountability and assessment, which is seeing its day in New Jersey under Gov. Chris Christie and his education commissioner.

The Department for Education has this afternoon confirmed that the current regional schools commissioner for the south west will step up to the role, held by Frank Green since February 2014, at the end of January.

Duane Reed, the current president of the Minneapolis NAACP, even denounced the program as «not working» in 2008, leading to a rebuttal from the former director of school of choice programs, Morgan Brown (now assistant education commissioner to Arne Duncan in D.C.), that the program is doing what it's supposed to do, «providing equal access» to school options.

Legislators largely ignored an estimated $ 50 million the nonpartisan analysts say is needed to maintain current services at magnet schools and the education commissioner say is needed to support previously scheduled enrollment increases.