Sentences with phrase «education commissioner mary»
New York education commissioner Mary Ellen Elia spent nearly four hours before the legislative budget committees.
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New York State's education commissioner Mary Ellen Elia spent nearly four hours before the legislative budget committees.
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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.
«We think this is a very thoughtful way to look at the great needs in New York state in support for students,» said Mary Ellen Elia, state education commissioner.
And now the state's education commissioner, Mary Ellen Elia, who's been on the job since early July, says she's open to granting the waivers if meeting the deadline puts more pressure on already overtaxed school districts.
The State's education commissioner, Mary Ellen Elia, says she knows it's a tough year, but is disappointed that Cuomo did not agree with the State Board of Regents recommendation to add $ 1.6 billion in funding for schools.
The state's education commissioner, Mary Ellen Elia, said she's fighting a proposal by her predecessor, now the federal education secretary, John King, to punish schools with a high opt - out rate from the standardized tests.
The new state education commissioner, Mary Ellen Elia, tried to minimize the boycott.
Governor Donald Carcieri, Speaker Gordon Fox and Mayor Daniel J. McKee cut the ribbon at Blackstone Valley Prep Mayoral Academy's 2009 opening, surrounded by (from left to right) Cranston mayor Allan Fung, R.I. attorney general Peter Kilmartin, former senate majority leader Daniel Connors, R.I. commissioner of education Deborah Gist, former president of the National Alliance of Public Charter Schools Nel - son Smith and former R.I. representative Mary Ann Shallcross Smith.
And the state has certainly stepped away - the state Dept. of Education and the commissioner, Mary Ellen Elia, have done a lot to step away from an overreliance on high stakes testing.