Sentences with phrase «education chiefs take»

The Council for of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) released Leading with Equity, a series of commitments to help state education chiefs take action to achieve educational equity.

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.

When I published them, a state education chief took me to task for, in his opinion, drastically undercounting the number of decisions that had to be made.

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Wednesday Education - Andrew Hall, Chief Executive Officer, AQA and Gareth Pierce, Chief Executive, WJEC; Mark Dawe, Chief Executive, OCR and Ziggy Liaquat, Managing Director, Edexcel are to be quizzed about GCSE English marking that saw pupils taking the exam in different months get graded differently.]

Mayor Bill de Blasio says his pick for schools chancellor had already accepted the job a week ago and had OKed an announcement about it — when the would - be education chief made an abrupt about - face Thursday, saying he won't take the job after all.

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About three years ago, however, the General Legal Council, which has supervisory jurisdiction over the legal education in Ghana, led by Chief Justice Georgina Wood, decided to take the conduct of examinations away from the School.

L - R: Deputy Director, Training, Mr Ifenayi Agoha, Los Angeles County's Chief Election Official, Dean Logan, External Member, The Electoral Institute (TEI), Dr Kole Shettima, Acting Director General, TEI, Dr Sa'ad Idris, Lead Facilitator, Conny McCormack, National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee (IVEC), Prince Adedeji Soyebi and Deputy Director, Research and Documentation, Mr Emeka Nwachukwu take time off for a group photo at a professional training in Elections, Electoral Data Management, Storage and Analysis, which began on 14th December in California, United States.

Michael Gove, a former education secretary, is moved from chief whip to take up the justice secretary's position held by Chris Grayling since 2012.

After stepping down from the chancellorship, Mr. Klein, 64, took a job with the News Corporation, one of the world's largest media conglomerates, as chief executive of the education division and as executive vice president in the office of the company's chairman, Rupert Murdoch.

Gove said the prime minister had given him the option of remaining as education secretary or taking on the new role as chief whip.

«To take children who are in need of vaccines to prevent some disease that could kill them and use that as a front for something else is unconscionable,» says Paul Offit, chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases and the director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

In the same week, for example, Arne Duncan, who had taken over from Paul Vallas in June of 2001, described the changes as «fine - tuning,» while his chief education officer, Barbara Eason - Watkins, said the new policy was «intended to dramatically reduce the number of students who must be retained.»

He took some time away from that job last year to serve temporarily as the president's chief education...

Back in 2007, when Rose was the chief executive of human capital at the New York City Department of Education, he took his team to learn from the human resources departments at IBM and GE about their people management practices.

During his time as schools chief, he took on the reform groups, the local school councils, the education schools, the state board of education, and the education research community.

And even though few voters outside education circles know who they are or what they do, the state schools chiefs have increasingly important roles as new federal mandates take hold.

Commenting on the figures, Rudolf Eliott Lockhart, chief executive of the Religious Education Council of England and Wales, said: «While it is fantastic to see increasing numbers of students opting to take the full course GCSE in Religious Studies, a reflection of the attraction of an academically rigorous subject that helps prepare students to understand an increasingly diverse modern world, we should not ignore the troubling news that declining entries for the short course mean that more than 100,000 fewer young people have studied the subject at GCSE level this year than in 2010.

Reports emerged earlier this week that Education Secretary Nicky Morgan was interested in sourcing the next Ofsted chief from the US to find an experienced education reformer with a history of taking oEducation Secretary Nicky Morgan was interested in sourcing the next Ofsted chief from the US to find an experienced education reformer with a history of taking oeducation reformer with a history of taking on unions.

As the daughter of two teachers, and the parent fo two children of school age, Louise understand the impact a good education can have, and is delighted to be taking over from retiring chief executive, Janet Scott.

Blake will be leaving his current role of history consultant and leading practitioner at the Harris Federation to take over as education chief.

Shaun Reason, the Association for Science Education's chief executive, takes a look at changes to the science curriculum

The Council of Chief State School Officers finally withdrew its ancient hostility to interstate comparisons, the Southern Regional Education Board piloted some comparisons among its member states, and the Alexander - James commission (chaired by then - Tennessee governor Lamar Alexander) recommended that NAEP take this on.

The following excerpt from the chapter «From Generation to Generation: Fifteen Years of Education Entrepreneurship,» by Stacey Childress, Chief Executive Officer of NewSchools Venture Fund, takes a look at the market for new software, instructional materials, assessments, and data platforms being developed by entrepreneurs.

But taking stock of his chief rival's election - year education agenda is a much more difficult undertaking.

The subsequent selection of Arne Duncan, the battle - tested former Chicago schools chief, as secretary of education provided a trusted, steady hand to lead the charge and take the flak.

Chicago schools chief Paul G. Vallas said he «gave a little, and got a lot» from a compromise he made with state education officials after threatening not to administer state tests that the district's 430,000 students ended up taking last week.

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 farinEducation 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 farineducation 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 farinEducation professor and a former special education chief in the federal Education Department, to take a hard look at how students were farineducation chief in the federal Education Department, to take a hard look at how students were farinEducation Department, to take a hard look at how students were faring.»

Physical activity has always been considered a vital part of education, but with activity and fitness levels falling, David Stalker, ukactive's chief executive officer, urges schools to take a whole - day approach to getting pupils fit and active

Teach First's trustee board has chosen a leading figure in UK education, Russell Hobby, to take over as Chief Executive of the social mobility and education charity later this year.

According to Education Department officials, Mr. Bennett's chief of staff and counselor, Wendell L. Willkie 2nd, will replace Maureen E. Corcoran as the department's general counsel — a post that may take on added significance, given the Secretary's ambitious agenda.

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

Backing calls from CPS leaders for a revamped state education funding formula is Ginger Ostro, the former chief financial officer of CPS who recently took over as head of the Advance Illinois think tank.

Coulson will be taking over from outgoing chief executive Howard Lay, to run the academy trust of 15 schools, overseeing the education of 8,000 pupils.

If one assumes that charter schools get their fair share of Title II funds as per the underlying ESSA statue, 39 with 5 percent of the nation's students, 40 they stand to lose $ 115 million per year under the Trump - Devos budget41 — close to one - third of the amount the federal government invested in the Charter Schools Grants program in FY 2017.42 Education Week reports that Eagle Academy Public Charter School in Washington, D.C., for example, receives roughly $ 82,000 in Title II funding annually.43 Joe Smith, the school's chief financial officer, states, «If this was taken away from us, that would hurt.

«We've taken a piecemeal approach to reform to public education for decades,» David Harris, The Mind Trust's chief executive and founder, said in an April interview.

In a statement Friday, state schools chief Randy Dorn reiterated his view that if fewer than 95 percent of Washington students take the state tests, the U.S. Department of Education could withhold education funding under the No Child Left Behind Act, which mandates annualEducation could withhold education funding under the No Child Left Behind Act, which mandates annualeducation funding under the No Child Left Behind Act, which mandates annual testing.

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Dr. Layland comes to the Center with more than 20 years of teaching experience in both general and special education, and will be taking the role of Chief Education Steducation, and will be taking the role of Chief Education StEducation Strategist.

State education chiefs have taken the lead to transform educator preparation across the country.

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.

Ms Spielman, who took over as chief inspector earlier this year, told delegates: «Childhood isn't deferrable: young people get one opportunity to learn in school and we owe it to them to make sure they all get an education that is broad, rich and deep.»

When the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee meets on Thursday to take a closer look at NCLB waivers, Pam Geisseihardt will be hanging on every syllable spoken by Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and several state education chiefs who are scheduled toEducation, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee meets on Thursday to take a closer look at NCLB waivers, Pam Geisseihardt will be hanging on every syllable spoken by Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and several state education chiefs who are scheduled toEducation Arne Duncan and several state education chiefs who are scheduled toeducation chiefs who are scheduled to testify.

Ian Bauckham, a chief executive officer of Tenax Schools Trust and an adviser to the government on sex education, will join the Ofqual board on March 1, while Dr Jo Saxton, the chief executive of Turner Schools, also in Kent, will take up a place on April 1.

To that end, NCEO works in collaboration with the National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), and in partnership with other organizations to build the leadership capacity and expertise of others to improve educational outcomes for all children.We hope that you take the time to read the stories featured on this site, understanding that these districts have not «arrived» at the solution.

The CTU's chief victory lay in galvanizing public education advocates across the country around a vision for public education that took full form in 2013.

Cecilia Carnefeldt, president and chief executive of Kunskapsskolan Education Sweden, said the trust had decided to transfer its schools so they could take the next step in «improving top line results».

Extra powers would allow them to summon chief executives or heads of underperforming academies or those not taking their fair share of hard - to - reach children, and make recommendations that it could pass on to the education secretary.

Sam Freedman, an executive director at Teach First, will take over as chief executive of Ark's education partnerships group (EPG), which works with governments to improve education in developing countries, in June.

As the chief architect of education reform in Michigan, DeVos should take blame for doing no favors to struggling public schools in Detroit and the rest of the state.