Sentences with phrase «education commissioner seeks»

With New York tests starting on Tuesday, 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.

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If he does refuse to step down, the resolution calls for the board to seek outside counsel in order to submit an application to the state education commissioner to remove him.

The members seeking a change in leadership argued that Iannuzzi wasn't aggressive enough in fighting the policies of Governor Andrew Cuomo and education commissioner John King, such as a teacher - evaluation system that includes student scores on state exams.

Success sought redress from the state education commissioner, MaryEllen Elia, and then in State Supreme Court, but both the commissioner and a judge ruled that the city could demand that Success sign the contract in order to be paid.

Governor Dannel Malloy is praising Connecticut's education commissioner for doing «great work,» rejecting suggestions he asked Stefan Pryor to announce plans to seek another job.

Justice Gerald Connolly of state Supreme Court in Albany dismissed three lawsuits that sought to overturn Black's appointment, ruling that the state education commissioner was within his authority to excuse her from the credentials normally required for the post.

She said E4E gives teachers an outlet for those impulses through its online and in - person community of like - minded teachers, events at which education officials such as New York state education commissioner John King hear from them directly and seek their advice, and opportunities to participate on committees that write specific policy recommendations.

The state education commissioner in Massachusetts has ordered school officials in the town of Avon to take back a 15 - year - old disabled boy whom they had sought to bar from classes.

The Department for Education said the boards, which advise the regional schools commissioners on rebrokering and academy conversion, would seek «specific advice» from post-16 and special needs experts, but Schools Week understands there has only been one meeting involving them — and many now fear they're being deliberately sidelined.

Of the $ 502 million it is seeking, the largest portion — $ 108.8 million — would be invested in struggling schools, including managing the worst in a special «achievement district» run by the commissioner of education.

In fact, a law enacted in 2015 allows districts to issue a school district teaching permit to an uncertified person to teach a non-core academic career and technical education course without having to seek approval from the commissioner.

Educators, including New York State's commissioner of education gathered in Washington, D.C., on November 3, 2015, to discuss a major Wallace Foundation report that seeks to answer that question.

This time around, UFT and NAACP allege that the DOE did not fulfill its promise to support those schools before closing them and did not abide by a law that required them to specify the logistics of all space - sharing arrangements and seek the state education commissioner's approval before deciding to close several schools.