Sentences with phrase «education commissioner recently»

The Tennessee education commissioner recently called for their K12, Inc. - backed virtual charter school to be shut down for extremely low academic performance.

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.

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David Steiner recently announced his plan to leave his position as the state's education commissioner later this year.

Dr. King, the state commissioner, said the disturbing nature of these records was part of the reason he and other state education officials recently recommended a ban starting next school year on the longstanding practice of teachers» grading their own students» tests and would urge districts to improve monitoring on test days.

Moskowitz recently appealed to state education commissioner MaryEllen Elia for help; Elia has not yet publicly responded to the request.

Today «it's the right - wing reformers who are lowering standards,» says Diane Ravitch, a former assistant secretary of education and leading critic of the corporate education - reform movement, noting that Tony Bennett's final act after losing his re-election bid, last November, as Indiana superintendent of public instruction — he was recently appointed education commissioner in Florida — was to weaken the state's requirements for new teachers.

Moskowitz recently appealed to state education commissioner MaryEllen Elia to settle the legal discord between the city and state, assigning the state a seemingly arbitrary deadline of Feb. 15.

And so I am encouraged when he tells me that the moves away from accountability and merit pay that have taken place recently in Texas were forced upon Governor Rick Perry and Robert Scott, the state's education commissioner, by legislative pressures beyond their control.

The Manhattan Institute's Center for State and Local Leadership recently presented its Urban Innovator Award to Christopher Cerf, New Jersey's state commissioner of education.

(However, a number of states have recently authorized the mayors of big cities, such as Cleveland and Detroit, to appoint some or all of the members of their school boards, while New York gave the mayor of New York City the power to appoint a commissioner of education to run the city's schools.)

Mr. Nelson, 54, served as the commissioner of education for Texas from 1999 to 2002 and most recently was the senior vice president for state and federal relations for the Dallas - based Voyager Expanded Learning Systems.

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.

She serves on the Board of Trustees of the University of Tennessee and the Tennessee Board of Regents and was recently appointed to serve on the national board for the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) and as a commissioner for Education Commission of the States (ECS).

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.

It seems that New York state's education commissioner — John King — recently resigned, thanks to a new job working as a top assistant directly under US Secretary of Education Arneducation commissioner — John King — recently resigned, thanks to a new job working as a top assistant directly under US Secretary of Education ArnEducation Arne Duncan.

While deputy state education commissioner John D'Agati said the price recently has gone down slightly, the price still ranges from $ 650 to $ 700.

Two and a half months later, his new education commissioner, Lamont Repollet, announced the beginning of the process to fulfill that vow, in a method he recently described as «thoughtful,» «deliberative,» and designed to «ensure compliance with state and federal law» and be implemented «in a manner that is most...

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The state education commissioner of New York, John King, recently imposed a teacher evaluation system on New York City after years of disagreement between the city and the teacher's union.