Sentences with phrase «education commissioner over»

It was a year ago and a week that Gov. Chris Christie fired Bret Schundler as his education commissioner over what was a mishap on the state's failed application for federal Race to the Top money, a grant that aimed to put in place this very evaluation system statewide.

Not exact matches

Caught in the middle of the political debate over education policy is the new education commissioner, MaryEllen Elia.

While awaiting word from the state education commissioner as to whether he'll retain his seat on the Buffalo School Board, Carl Paladino suggested the board be disbanded and an independent receiver take over the entire school system.

She is supportive of the Common Core education standards, but at a news conference following her election as commissioner, Elia spoke in conciliatory terms when discussing teachers, whose statewide umbrella union has been especially restive over the changes.

And the criticism over the new standards — and the state's education commissioner — has not paused.

The state's new education commissioner, in her first address since beginning the job just over one week ago, told the rural schools association, meeting in Cooperstown, that she intends to be more inclusive to teachers in New York.

Unlike in other states where governors were intimately involved with Common Core implementation, Cuomo has largely stayed out of the process, letting state education commissioner John King and the state Board of Regents take the heat from parents and teachers over the rocky rollout.

MaryEllen Elia, the New York State education commissioner, ruled against Success Academy's appeal over the city's requirement to sign a prekindergarten contract.

The state's new education commissioner, MaryEllen Elia, has been on the job just over a week, and she's been traveling the state on a listening tour to reach out to teachers, school boards and others who've been buffeted by an intense political climate during the most recent legislative session.

Back in December 2014, a top aide to the governor, Jim Malatras, broached the subject in a letter to the regents chancellor and then - state education commissioner that was widely seen as the first salvo in what would be a protracted battle over reform.

In addition to raising the possibility of changing how the Regents are appointed, Cuomo has indicated he wants more power over how the state runs public education, which is currently controlled by the semi-autonomous Department of Education and its commeducation, which is currently controlled by the semi-autonomous Department of Education and its commEducation and its commissioner.

Former state education commissioner John King must recuse himself from decisions directly related to New York, even when he takes over as acting US secretary of education after Arne Duncan steps down, according to a federal official.

The state commissioner for education, Ja'afaru Sani said the 11,395 teachers were distributed to the over four thousand public primary schools across the state.

Unrest over the Common Core intensified this fall, when education commissioner John King canceled and subsequently rescheduled a series of public forums on the state's education reforms.

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday it's not his place to say whether education commissioner John King should step down amid controversy over the state's implementation of new curriculum standards and testing.

New York State United Teachers, a statewide union, along with national and city - based groups, is hoping to leverage the outrage expressed by parents, teachers and lawmakers over state education commissioner John King's decision to «suspend» four town - hall meetings after a raucous forum in Poughkeepsie.

New York state's education commissioner said Tuesday that new state - specific learning standards will offer several improvements over the controversial Common Core standards.

New York State's education commissioner said Tuesday that new state - specific learning standards will offer several improvements over the controversial Common Core standards.

(WBEN) Carl Paladino's defense began their case on the third day of hearings into whether the state education commissioner should remove him from office, for leaking confidential information in the wake of outrage over his remarks about then President and Mrs. Obama.

The governor and the education commissioner have not discussed the matter in person, because they have yet to meet face to face, more than two months after Elia took over the department.

Success Academy CEO Eva Moskowitz is asking State Education Department commissioner MaryEllen Elia to get involved in a spat between her charter school network and Mayor Bill de Blasio over pre-Kindergarten services.

Horner called Dr. Andrew Sloan Draper, the education commissioner, to get the combination to the State Library safe where key documents were kept, but the commissioner wouldn't give the combination over the phone.

New York State's new education commissioner, MaryEllen Elia, has been on the job just over a week, and she's been traveling the state on a listening tour to reach out to teachers, school boards and others who've been buffeted by an intense political climate during the most recent legislative session.

State education department commissioner MaryEllen Elia ruled in February that Success needed to sign the contract granting the city oversight over its pre-K program in order to receive public dollars.

Education commissioner John King and Board of Regents chancellor Merryl Tisch told reporters in a conference call from Albany that a working group recommended the graduation requirements delay, among other tweaks, in reaction to concerns pouring in across the state from parents, teachers, students and lawmakers over how implementation of the Common Core is being executed statewide.

The state Education Department does not tally a number, a spokesperson said, but an online search of petitions and decisions by the commissioner shows only a handful of such cases statewide over the past decade.

One instance: When there was an attempt in the Kentucky state legislature to «blow up» what had been accomplished and start over, Adkisson appeared before a senate committee with the head of the state teachers union and the state commissioner of education, with all three calling for the state to stay the course on the standards.

The academy was moved back into the department, becoming the Institute of Education Sciences, but retained its independent director, who gained appointment powers over the centers» commissioners — except, notably, at NCES.

At a meeting here last week of the National Association of State Directors of Special Education, Roger Brown, associate commissioner of the Massachusetts department of special education, said his state is «prepared to litigate» over the $ 676,256 in 1985 funds — out of a total of $ 32.1 million — that the Education Department's special - education office said it overpaid the state lEducation, Roger Brown, associate commissioner of the Massachusetts department of special education, said his state is «prepared to litigate» over the $ 676,256 in 1985 funds — out of a total of $ 32.1 million — that the Education Department's special - education office said it overpaid the state leducation, said his state is «prepared to litigate» over the $ 676,256 in 1985 funds — out of a total of $ 32.1 million — that the Education Department's special - education office said it overpaid the state lEducation Department's special - education office said it overpaid the state leducation office said it overpaid the state last year.

After the sweetness - and - nice between New York State Education Department (NYSED) and the New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) to win $ 700 million from the federal Race to the Top fund last year (see my Education Next story), NYSUT yesterday sued the state's Board of Regents and NYSED's acting commissioner John King over the decision last May to ratchet up the importance of student test scores in a teacher's annual evaluation.

The anti-Klein legions will no doubt pounce on the comptroller's decision as vindication of their criticisms of the Klein reforms — just as the state's new commissioner of education, John King, must be tearing his hair out over another Gotham misstep (did someone say cheating?)

«Over the shorter term, there are fluctuations,» said Jack Buckley, a former commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics.

In New York, the transition has been so rocky that the state's teachers union president said this week that he would pursue a no - confidence vote on education commissioner John King over his handling of Common Core implementation.

Schools Week understands the eight regional schools commissioners (RSCs) are in talks over improved access to specialists who will «offer specific advice when they need it», following criticism that certain parts of the education system are not represented on the headteacher boards.

It is time the Board of Regents exercises control over the State Education Department to stop the runaway train of anti-public school «reform» that the commissioner represents.

Former New York state education commissioner John King, who is being sued by a N.Y. teacher over the state's educator evaluation system.

They claim the higher scores in Massachusetts and New Jersey result from linking teacher evaluation to student test scores, «tiered intervention» (progressively stronger state control) in schools and giving the education commissioner unprecedented power to take over schools, so we better rush to put those reforms back into Connecticut's education bill, SB24.

She has been in talks with the regional schools commissioner and the Department for Education about appointing a new multi-academy trust to take over from as early as Christmas.

Governor Malloy's original «education reform» bill included language that mandated that when the State of Connecticut takes over a school system, the education commissioner will have the authority to approve or reject the local board's choice for superintendent.

Under Malloy's proposed «Commissioner's Network» system, the commissioner of education will take over 25 failing schools, fire the staff, ban collective bargaining, turn the schools over to a third party and that entity will then be legally exempt from the state's laws requiring competitive bidding and the law limiting the use of outside consultants.

Posted on December 23, 2016 · A new Texas education commissioner vowed to crack down on district and campus accountability, a drawn - out court case over school finance ended and federal officials began investigating an alleged cap on special education services in Texas school districts — those are among the highlights of the year 2016 in Texas public education.

The bill would allow the education commissioner to get rid of the existing staff, ban collective bargaining and turn the schools over to another entity, such as a charter school management company, who would then run the schools while being exempt from state laws requiring competitive bidding and limiting the use of outside consultants.

Peters, one of Malloy's biggest supporters began her article by saying, «The state education department commissioner's proposal last week to hand over more public education resources to privately managed charter schools deserves an «F» as both «incomplete» and tone deaf.»

«Over the past month, we have heard a groundswell of support from districts across the state for this type of model curriculum to ensure that the Common Core State Standards move from a concept in Trenton to a tool for every classroom in the state,» said Chris Cerf, New Jersey's acting education commissioner, in a statement.

New Jersey's earlier Race to the Top loss over an administrative error famously resulted in the state missing out on a potential $ 400 million and the firing of then - education commissioner Bret Schundler.

She had to get a waiver from the state's education commissioner before she officially took over last year.

If approved by the state's education commissioner, Deputy Mayor Dennis Walcott will take over as the New York City public schools chief.

The state made its announcement shortly after Michael Williams, former assistant secretary of education for civil rights under President George H.W. Bush, took over the reins as the state's new commissioner of education.

Steiner took over as commissioner in October 2009 after serving as dean of Hunter College's School of Education.

During his tenure as Connecticut's education commissioner from 2011 to his 2014 resignation, Pryor had a rocky relationship with teacher unions and some education advocates over standardized testing and charter school expansion.