Sentences with phrase «education commissioner»
An education commissioner is a person responsible for overseeing and managing the education system in a specific region, such as a state or city. They make decisions and policies related to schools, teachers, and students to ensure quality education for all. Full definition
Further, the city said the plaintiffs should raise their objections with the state education commissioner before turning to the courts.
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He was the youngest education commissioner in the state's history and both the first black and Hispanic person to hold the position.
There are no term limits for the office of education commissioner.
The state's education commissioner says no new laws are needed to reverse a proposal in this year's state budget tying teacher performance reviews more closely to standardized tests.
If you are going to be given to grade inflation, I'd have reservations about you as education commissioner.
A politically appointed education commissioner and a governor - appointed board of education all but guarantees that the people will have no voice.
Some principals and superintendents predict more of their families will opt out, even as the state education commissioner seeks to communicate the value of the tests.
The state's education commissioner testified at a legislative budget hearing, where he once again heard complaints from concerned lawmakers regarding the fast track adoption of the new national Common Core standards.
If the board doesn't agree, the state education commissioner decides.
The local superintendent and the state education commissioner comprise the rest of the turnaround committee.
When a distinguished educator and school board disagree on points in an improvement plan, the state education commissioner has the final say.
We work with health and education commissioners in local authorities, and directly with early years settings, schools, parents and children across the country.
The state's education commissioner said no new laws are needed to reverse a proposal in this year's state budget tying teacher performance reviews more closely to standardized tests.
ALBANY — On the 60th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision that compelled the nation's schools to integrate, New York education commissioner John King argued that the state's students are still very much segregated by economic status.
The board will select a new education commissioner after John King left for a federal post at the end of last year.
«This is not about changing our graduation standards,» stated Emily DeSantis, assistant state education commissioner for public affairs.
Speaking at the Educators 4 Excellence - New York annual summit, New York education commissioner MaryEllen Elia called on teachers to ensure that all students...
Skandera was best known as a former deputy education commissioner in Florida under Governor Jeb Bush, who had been pursuing a high - profile, accountability - focused agenda of education reforms.
AACTE congratulates its Board of Directors member Candice McQueen on being named the next Tennessee education commissioner by Governor Bill Haslam last week.
JACKSON, N.J. (WTW)-- New Jersey's acting education commissioner says he will review whether the state's recently imposed salary cap for school superintendents has had an impact on school districts.
The session, titled «Measurement 2.0,» featured state superintendents and education commissioners from Kentucky, Idaho, Florida, and Mississippi.
The Council of Chief State School Officers will send two delegations of education commissioners on exchange visits to France and Taiwan this fall.
Mr. Hespe said the governor intended to nominate Chris Cerf, the former state education commissioner who helped recruit Ms. Anderson, to replace her.
But it does takes into account some aspects of those proposals, particularly in emphasizing a «continuum of professional learning,» said Peter Shulman, the state assistant education commissioner overseeing teacher quality.
Woltanski is among a growing bipartisan group of Floridians calling for a return to an elected education commissioner with Cabinet - level authority.
The Board of Regents that will choose the state's next education commissioner is a lot different than the panel that was in place when the previous leader left last year.
Paladino has said he will not heed calls to step down from the school board, and while the state education commissioner does have the authority to remove him, to do so would be a precedent - setting move and she has not yet issued a decision.
In response to a letter the Cuomo administration directed at outgoing education commissioner John King and Board of Regents chair Merryl Tisch about introducing education «reforms» through the budget process, UFT President Michael Mulgrew issued a statement questioning the governor's motives.
The Tennessee education commissioner recently called for their K12, Inc. - backed virtual charter school to be shut down for extremely low academic performance.
Because other states look to Massachusetts — where students overall routinely rank at the top of national and international tests — for lessons on academic achievement and innovation, the Bay State's policies on charter schools are being followed closely, former Florida education commissioner Gerard Robinson told charter advocates gathered in Boston recently.
NEW YORK — The fight over how to measure the state's teachers made its way to court this week, with New York's largest teachers» union suing the Board of Regents and the state education commissioner over new teacher evaluation regulations.
The June 6, 2011 annulment of the sale of Hillcrest Elementary School by state education commissioner David Steiner was another sign of trouble in the district, which is also the subject of an investigation by the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights.
All 45 filed for appeals and in 44 cases, the state education commissioner ruled in their favor, according to the Post.
On Tuesday, New York was one of the states whose students in grades 3 - 8 were taking computerized English tests, but were interrupted by what the Tennessee education commissioner called a «cyberattack.»
Christie's press office was not commenting last night on the Senate bill, but his administration, including acting education commissioner Chris Cerf, had been involved in the talks with Ruiz.
Former 2010 gubernatorial candidate and Buffalo businessman Carl Paladino has been removed from the Buffalo Board of Education in a ruling by the state education commissioner issued Thursday.
Chris Cerf will step down from his position as New Jersey education commissioner to work for Amplify, an education technology firm run by Joel Klein (his former boss).
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New York education commissioner Mary Ellen Elia spent nearly four hours before the legislative budget committees.
Mr Patel said that he had been having regular meetings with the team of Sir Mike Tomlinson, appointed Birmingham education commissioner at the end of September, and was also working closely with Ofsted on the five schools named in the letter.
It's nearly time for the annual Common Core tests in New York Schools, and Thursday, the state education commissioner announced changes.
Colorado state board and education commissioner held a secret meeting — but accomplished nothing
The state education commissioner removed Paladino from the board...
State Regents Chancellor Merryl Tish and the acting state education commissioner recently issued a letter that calls on the governor to create and push a bill that would allow the state to both remove and replace school boards in troubled districts, like Buffalo.
«If people had known what an effective lever the tests would be of driving behavior, I think they would have designed the tests differently,» said John King, who became deputy state education commissioner last year.
Under previous education commissioner Richard Mills, the two officials said, the questions on the tests had become more and more predictable, so that teachers were able to help their students «game» the tests.
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.
Education commissioners also have upheld some local boards that have thrown off board members charged with misconduct, including the Lackawanna School Board when it removed Mark L. Balen from the board in 1999 and the Jamestown School District, which removed Deann Nelson in 2006.