State
Education Department spokesman Dennis Tompkins responded: «There's absolutely no connection between his [Storelli - Castro's] hiring and Diane's firing and Shelly Silver never even knew who Nicholas was.
State
Education Department spokesman Jonathan Burman said Wednesday that any school board member or superintendent who «takes official action by refusing to administer a required state assessment» would risk removal from office by the state education commissioner.
«We are in the process of reviewing all of our options in this unusual situation and will closely watch the actions taken by the Buffalo Board of Education at tomorrow's meeting,» State
Education Department spokesman Emily DeSantis wrote in a statement Wednesday.
But in a nod to just how hard it is to master algebra, the state put a curve on the test results so that students in 2012 had to answer just 30 percent of the answers correct to earn their 65, according to the state
Education Department spokesman Jonathan Berman.
State Education Department Spokesman Dennis Tompkins said the department recognizes «the urgency of the situation» and is working with the Board of Regents, school districts, and advocacy groups to develop guidelines before the start of the next school year.
Tom Dunn,
an Education Department spokesman, said Monday that neither Berlin nor anyone else in the agency would make an immediate comment.
Education Department spokesman Will Mantell said the city would begin the anti-bais training in 2018.
Washington — The Reagan Administration may invite more than 500 school districts to renegotiate longstanding agreements governing their bilingual - education curricula, following Secretary of Education William J. Bennett's call for more diversity in the programs,
an Education Department spokesman said last week.
«The department acknowledged that more needed to be done at school and administrative levels to support these students, their families and teachers,»
an education department spokesman said on Friday.
«As soon as becoming aware of the issue, Questar immediately contacted these schools so the affected students could stop taking the tests,» state
Education Department spokesman Jonathan Burman said in a statement, referring to the consultant that administers the test for the state.
«We're in the final discussions here at the department on what that will look like,» said Daniel Langan,
an Education Department spokesman.
We have good data to show that a large portion of the traditional subgroups are included in the bottom 25 percent,» said Alex Damron, a state
education department spokesman.
«We're investing hundreds of millions in teacher recruitment and the vacancy rate has remained low at around 1 % over the last 15 years,» said
an education department spokesman.
«We're committed to fulfilling the request when the process is finished, and that is when all student assignments are final,» said Barry Landry,
education department spokesman.
«Schools departmentalizing through Algebra for All choose to enter the program and receive intensive and ongoing support,»
education department spokesman Will Mantell wrote in an email.
In response to this,
an education department spokesman said: «It is simply wrong for anyone to be shipped from one course to another midway through their studies.»
An education department spokesman said the English Bacc «opens up» academic subjects to a wider range of pupils.
Chris Greene,
an Education Department spokesman, said then that the probe didn't affect federal student loans.