Sentences with phrase «education chief»

A state education chief had a similar point of view, arguing that high school accountability systems should start including remediation rates.

In classical education the chief aim was the transmission of a valued cultural heritage.

The roles of the state education chief and state education agency are changing.

A group of of education chiefs from around the nation, as well as some teachers, parents, student groups and business organizations, lended their official support to the Vergara lawsuit today by filing several amicus curiae or «friend of the court» briefs.

It was Governor Malloy's own Commissioner of Education who joined the other state education chiefs who voted to set the «cut score» so that 70 percent of Connecticut's public school students would be deemed failures.

State education chiefs from PARCC member states met in August and September 2015 to adopt common, performance - level threshold scores based on these recommendations.

Gerard Robinson, a fellow at the conservative American Enterprise Institute and a former state education chief in Florida and Virginia, said he believes Trump will make a priority of expanding choice programs — even if the $ 20 billion proposal doesn't get traction — because the president - elect fundamentally believes that families should have more control.

The founder of the grassroots Labour Teachers website John Blake has taken over as education chief at think tank Policy Exchange.

Their recent paper, Leading for Equity: Opportunities for State Education Chiefs, sets out 10 commitments to help state education chiefs take action to promote equity in education for all students.

A former Number 10 adviser and education chief at the RSA has warned that English schools are being damaged by common practices that are of little value to students.

Evaluating ELLs for Special Needs a Challenge Education Week, August 29, 2012 «Faced with a class action five years ago over the poor quality of its special education services, the San Diego school district hired Thomas Hehir, a Harvard Graduate School of Education professor and a former special education chief in the federal Education Department, to take a hard look at how students were faring.»

Ursulina Ramirez, NYC Department of Education The Chief Operating Officer for the NYC Department of Education, told the

This week in #nced: NC Education Chief Says More Cops — Not Armed Teachers — Will Make Schools Safer; Report: NC Doesn't Have Enough School Nurses or Counselors

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio said Carvalho had already accepted the job a week ago and had OKed an announcement about it — when the would - be education chief made his abrupt about - face.

Serious questions about the unions» support for the CCSS became even more public in March 2014 at the Council of Chief State School Officers» annual legislative conference, where AFT and NEA leaders «squabbled» with state education chiefs over public perception and implementation issues, according to an Education Week story.

He said it has helped state education chiefs recognize their common challenges.

Chiefs for Change (CFC), a coalition of over two dozen state and district education chiefs, serving 5.3 million students and 330,000 teachers, and dedicated to excellence and equity for all students, urge Congress to fund the Title II, Part A (Supporting Effective Instruction State Grants) at no less than $ 2.055 billion, the FY 2017 appropriation.

The Advocate Nothing personal, critics say, as they take effort to oust education chief John White to court

PARCC state K - 12 and higher education chiefs adopt a College - and Career - Ready Determination policy and policy - level performance level descriptors (PLDs).

Washington, D.C. (September 13, 2017)- Five years after the nation's state education chiefs committed to raising expectations and strengthening policies for teacher preparation, every state has taken action to ensure teachers are better prepared for our students.

Hui, K. «NC education chief says more cops — and not armed teachers — will make schools safer.»

I don't know whether something got lost in the translation between the researchers and Gates education chief, Vicki Phillips, or between her and Sam Dillon at the New York Times, but the article contains a false claim that needs to be corrected before it is used to push changes in education policy and practice.

Colorado's education chief told lawmakers hoping for a total overhaul of the state's education laws not to expect too much, too fast on Thursday.

In Jan. 2017, Education Chief Dorsey told the Banner that the Compact was 90 percent finished with its unified enrollment plan.

State education chiefs across the country know that great teachers inspire, educate, and open doors of opportunity for children of all backgrounds.

The schools watchdog's new head has called for the introduction of apolitical local education chiefs.

«We are excited to add free, full - day, high - quality pre-K for All seats at Ravenswood in District 30, one of our highest demand districts,» DOE Division of Early Childhood Education Chief Executive Officer SOPHIA PAPPAS said.

Nobel laureate and former White House science education chief returns to academia to expand his work on student learning

A brisk six - block walk from the Department of Education headquarters, Amidon has unique status as the public school closest to the federal education chief's office.

Last week, Gates Foundation education chief Vicki Phillips wrote a «letter to our partners» urging that states give students and teachers time to adjust to the new Common Core standards before using those standards as factors «in high - stakes decisions on teacher evaluation or student promotion for the next two years, during this transition.»

FUTURE CHIEFS PROGRAM We are bringing emerging leaders together to be mentored by the nations most successful education chiefs in the country.

-- South Carolina education chief seizes control of failing rural school district for the second time in state history: The State.

State education chief Mitch Chester was «walking away» from the Common Core - aligned tests he helped create.

On Tuesday, Politico reported that the Massachusetts state education chief Mitchell Chester had issued a statement that the stated had «not abandoned» either the Common Core standards or the PARCC assessment, blaming national media for inaccurately describing the state's decision.

School superintendents and state education chiefs often find themselves in a peculiar position when making policy decisions that could deeply affect children's lives.

The change, announced yesterday by State Education chief Tom Torlakson, came in response to concerns that the US Department of Education would withhold as much as $ 45 million dollars in funding, as well as additional Title I funds if the state did not comply with long standing federal rules that students in grades three and eleven be tested annually in both subjects.

The OECD's influential education chief, Andreas Schleicher, is also an advocate of England's fee system.

«We know that CPS diverse learners must be given every opportunity for growth and achievement,» CPS special education chief Elizabeth Keenan told ISBE members Wednesday.

In states such as California, with the most diverse population in the country, as well as Connecticut and New York, state education chiefs released letters committing to protect student privacy, to educate all students regardless of immigration status and offering educators guidance on how to proceed.

«The nation's state education chiefs work to overcome their own set of challenges to prepare all of their students for college and career,» he said.

Washington, D.C. (October 2, 2017)-- Four state education chiefs today outlined how they are leading under the Every Student Succeeds Act, and shared the work underway in their states during a panel discussion hosted by the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO).

The OECD education chief highlighted concerns about the impact of teacher shortages - saying that an education system could never exceed the quality of its teachers.

The Calgary Board of Education Chief Superintendent's Student Advisory Council was a group of public high school students with representation from each of Calgary's public high school programs.

In an AP article, US Education Chief Urges Calif. to Enact Reforms, it was reported that, «The Republican governor said he needs the education measures on his desk by early October so we can be totally in sync with the Obama administration and with the vision of our secretary of education.»