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In Australia, a state education department recently banned a passion play — a ruling, an official said, which showed that the state «will not tolerate violence in the schools.&raquIn Australia, a state education department recently banned a passion play — a ruling, an official said, which showed that the state «will not tolerate violence in the schools.&raquin the schools.»

This is all quite routine for this time of year, college officials having a fond place in their hearts and their physical education departments for All - Americas and kids who can do 9.6.

It takes more than just teachers and students; in Habersham County, where we're piloting a comprehensive farm to school program, everyone from school nutrition staff to Georgia Department of Education officials are rolling up their sleeves and making really exciting things happen.

In a strongly worded letter, Vince Cable, Liberal Democrat MP for Twickenham and Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, has accused officials at the Department for Education, acting on behalf of the Secretary of State, Michael Gove, of breaking the Coalition Agreement, by intervening in a High Court case over inclusive admissions in religious schoolIn a strongly worded letter, Vince Cable, Liberal Democrat MP for Twickenham and Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, has accused officials at the Department for Education, acting on behalf of the Secretary of State, Michael Gove, of breaking the Coalition Agreement, by intervening in a High Court case over inclusive admissions in religious schoolin a High Court case over inclusive admissions in religious schoolin religious schools.

Representatives of the 600,000 - member union, in response, pointed out that Education Department officials responsible for supervising teacher evaluations had themselves cited the union - endorsed scoring system as one that districts could adopt.

Talks over the evaluations broke down in the city last month when Department of Education officials refused to consider the UFT's insistence that teachers who receive poor ratings be allowed to appeal them to an independent arbitrator.

City Hall officials admitted Friday that they didn't include 99 complaints of sexual harassment at the Department of Education in a tally released last week reporting 471 cases at the...

City schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña will leave the Department of Education in the new year, possibly before the end of the school year in June, a city official confirmed today.

ALBANY — Outgoing state education commissioner John King hopes to help school leaders in other states navigate the difficult transition to the Common Core standards and related standardized testing in his new position as the second - highest ranking official in the U.S. Department of Eeducation commissioner John King hopes to help school leaders in other states navigate the difficult transition to the Common Core standards and related standardized testing in his new position as the second - highest ranking official in the U.S. Department of EducationEducation.

The Task Force will include educators, teachers, parents, officials from the State Education Department and the teacher's unions,» Cuomo said in the pre recorded message.

Education department officials would not name the groups, and they also refused to share emails King referred to in which he claimed the groups stated their intention to «dominate» the dialogue.

If a school official in the state of New York is aware of a pattern of racial or religious discrimination or harassment that state official is under an affirmative duty to notify the State Education Department and the police, or that state official is no longer a state official, because that's not who we are and that's not how we perform.

State and city elected officials, parents and education advocates stand united outside Department of Education headquarters on Feb. 28 in favor of proposed state legislation that would require elected parent councils to approve school co-locations before they could go inteducation advocates stand united outside Department of Education headquarters on Feb. 28 in favor of proposed state legislation that would require elected parent councils to approve school co-locations before they could go intEducation headquarters on Feb. 28 in favor of proposed state legislation that would require elected parent councils to approve school co-locations before they could go into effect.

«He's someone that I think really wants to stay,» said a former Department of Education official, noting Polakow - Suransky's role in implementing the new federally - imposed Common Core testing requirements.

Teachers unions «are some of the largest players in politics,» said Lara Brown, director of the Graduate School of Political Management at the George Washington University and a former Education Department official during the Clinton administration.

College and university officials across New York have complained that delays in approving degree programs are common for the state Education Department.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a letter to officials at the state Education Department on Thursday wrote that despite the shift in Title IX enforcement for transgender students by the Trump administration, nothing should change in New York.

The state Education Department dropped the number of raw points needed to hit proficiency levels in six of the 12 English and math exams given to students in grades 3 to 8, officials acknowledged.

NYC Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña will leave the Department of Education in the new year, possibly before the end of the school year in June, a city official confirmed.

NEW YORK CITY — City officials voted Wednesday to close five of its struggling schools in The Bronx and Brooklyn despite strong opposition from elected officials, parents, teachers and students who called on the Department of Education to reconsider.

YORKVILLE — After several years of lobbying the Department of Education and elected officials to relieve overcrowding, Upper East Siders are getting a middle school in P.S. 158's vacant space, officials announced Friday.

Most districts already have state - approved SLOs and other measures in place, so no new testing would be required, an Education Department official said.

«For quite some time, Education Commissioner John King has closed off all meaningful conversation with parents, educators, administrators, and elected officials who have highlighted serious deficiencies in State Education Department policies,» Abinanti said.

Azzopardi also attacked DiNapoli over the arrest this week of an official in his office, and further called out the state Education Department saying there is «no real oversight function and handles more than one third of the entire state budget.»

Advocates and city parents have filed a lawsuit calling on state Education Department officials and city schools Chancellor Richard Carranza to reduce class sizes in the public schools.

On August 25, 2010, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced $ 400 million in federal Race to the Top education grants to New Jersey would not be funded due to a clerical error in the state's application made by an unidentified mid-level state official.

Elia was initially scheduled to visit a Success school in New York City next week, but education department officials said Tuesday that Elia had to skip the trip and visit the troubled East Ramapo school district instead.

The task force, a group of principals, parents, community board members, elected officials and Department of Education representatives, has met regularly over the years, advocating for new schools and educational space in the increasingly family - filled lower Manhattan neighborhoods.

Cherry Lane Elementary has even been recognized by the US Department of Education as a Blue Ribbon School in 2013, an award «reserved for schools that boast students who meet and maintain high educational goals,» according to the department's officiaDepartment of Education as a Blue Ribbon School in 2013, an award «reserved for schools that boast students who meet and maintain high educational goals,» according to the department's officiadepartment's official website.

The UFT on March 5 issued a subpoena and notices of deposition to compel the testimony of former New York City Schools Chancellor Joel Klein, along with 11 Department of Education officials, in a continuing lawsuit over the DOE's plans to close a group of city schools.

Moskowitz's lawyers have informed city officials they will not sign a mandatory contract allowing the Education Department to oversee the charter's pre-K program, officials said — even though her privately run Success Academy network seeks thousands of dollars in public funds for each student.

Wiggins, who now works as a part - time public education assistant in the university's Department of Physics and Astronomy, had submitted the naming request in July as «Univ of Utah» but the naming agency changed it to Univofutah — much to the dismay of university marketing officials, who would have preferred «U of Utah.»

An official in the Department of Education, which has supported Gross's project, says, «We're not in a position to say that this works.

At the end of the day, no matter what 50 state departments of education discover in the many complex pages of federal legislation and then promulgate as official policy to local districts and schools, teachers may continue as they please.

Washington — For the first time in the history of the federal special - education law, Education Department officials have denied some funding to a state on the grounds that its «count» of handicapped pupils exceeds a limit specified byeducation law, Education Department officials have denied some funding to a state on the grounds that its «count» of handicapped pupils exceeds a limit specified byEducation Department officials have denied some funding to a state on the grounds that its «count» of handicapped pupils exceeds a limit specified by the law.

At the first official meeting of the Department of Education's Commission on Opportunity in Athletics, held here in Atlanta last week, the 15 - member panel heard from wrestlers, rowers, gymnasts, coaches, policy experts, players, and parents — most intensely passionate about the effect that Title IX...

Six high - ranking positions in the Education Department remain vacant, and department officials say the White House isDepartment remain vacant, and department officials say the White House isdepartment officials say the White House is to blame.

Last week, officials from the U.S. Department of Education met with critics of school discipline policies that were put in place under the Obama administration.

Washington — State education officials in New York announced last week that they will seek a federal court order to prevent the U.S. Department of Education (ED) from using 12 - year - old census data as the basis for distributing federal aid for disadvantaged children to theducation officials in New York announced last week that they will seek a federal court order to prevent the U.S. Department of Education (ED) from using 12 - year - old census data as the basis for distributing federal aid for disadvantaged children to thEducation (ED) from using 12 - year - old census data as the basis for distributing federal aid for disadvantaged children to the states.

Mr. Smith, a former top official in the California education department, oversaw the development of the board's assessments for evaluating teachers.

The California Department of Education is following in the footsteps of Texas by launching an official presence on iTunes U, a dedicated area within Apple Inc.'s iTunes store that offers free downloads of lectures, lab demos, and access to educational content from state agencies and nonprofit groups.

Apparently concerned that their bid for public awareness could prove a little too successful, Education Department officials published guidelines in the Dec. 16 Federal Register for the use of the America 2000 insignia.

In a forum released today on the website, www.educationnext.org, former U.S. Department of Education official Ze'ev Wurman and Johns Hopkins University professor of mathematics W. Stephen Wilson offer differing opinions about the standards.

CCSSO is a nonprofit organization whose membership comprises public officials who head departments of elementary and secondary education in the United States.

California school officials were correct to withhold special - education funds from a school district that refused to comply with special - education law, the U.S. Education Department has ruled in a case that may be the first of its kind in theducation funds from a school district that refused to comply with special - education law, the U.S. Education Department has ruled in a case that may be the first of its kind in theducation law, the U.S. Education Department has ruled in a case that may be the first of its kind in thEducation Department has ruled in a case that may be the first of its kind in the nation.

The Pike County, Ky., school system's use of more than $ 9 million in federal flood - relief funds is being investigated by officials of the U.S. Education Department, a county school system official said last week.

A top Education Department official last week clashed with the chairman of a key House subcommittee over the chairman's proposal to overhaul the department's research branch, as a more modest reauthorization bill advanced in tDepartment official last week clashed with the chairman of a key House subcommittee over the chairman's proposal to overhaul the department's research branch, as a more modest reauthorization bill advanced in tdepartment's research branch, as a more modest reauthorization bill advanced in the Senate.

That is a shift in attitude for Mr. Darman, who essentially adopted the position Education Department officials have maintained since President Bush submitted his budget last month.

Illinois education officials initially told the Chicago schools they would not have to offer the tutoring services in failing schools until September 2003 — which left district officials scrambling when the federal Department of Education decreed that they would have to begin offering the services this paseducation officials initially told the Chicago schools they would not have to offer the tutoring services in failing schools until September 2003 — which left district officials scrambling when the federal Department of Education decreed that they would have to begin offering the services this pasEducation decreed that they would have to begin offering the services this past winter.

Idaho is «definitely» suffering a shortage of mathematics and science teachers, according to various officials in the state education department, but because of the state's tight education budget, they said, there are as yet no programs to deal with it.