Sentences with phrase «education officials pushed»

This is the first and only graphic state education officials pushed out for our consumption.

Bloomberg joins a host of education officials pushing the Legislature to adopt bills raising the cap on charter schools and altering teacher evaluations before the June 1 deadline for reapplying for $ 700 million in federal money.

Not exact matches

As the Chicago Board of Education prepares to approve a 2011 - 12 budget Wednesday, school officials and the teachers union are battling publicly over related issues of withdrawn raises and the mayor's push for a longer school day.

Some of the last issues to be decided had to do with education, including a push by state Sen. Simcha Felder — a Democrat from Brooklyn who conferences with Republicans to give them a critical 32nd vote — to protect ultra-Orthodox yeshivas from official reviews that might find they do not provide substantially equivalent instruction to public schools.

Actress and education advocate Cynthia Nixon speaks during a press conference with school superintendents, academics and other officials to push for more funding for schools Monday, March 24, 2014, at the

Actress and education advocate Cynthia Nixon speaks during a press conference with school superintendents, academics and other officials to push for more funding for schools Monday, March 24, 2014, at the Legislative Office Building in Albany, N.Y.

The sign was paid for by the Young Advocates for Fair Education, which has pushed city education officials to investigate yeshivas for allegedly failing to educate their students in nonsecular subjects like science, math andEducation, which has pushed city education officials to investigate yeshivas for allegedly failing to educate their students in nonsecular subjects like science, math andeducation officials to investigate yeshivas for allegedly failing to educate their students in nonsecular subjects like science, math and English.

City Council education chair Daniel Dromm is pushing chancellor Carmen Fariña to make Diwali an official public school holiday, but said he hadn't yet heard from the administration about a letter he wrote to Fariña on the topic last week.

Since its implementation, school officials across the state have heavily criticized the state Department of Education for pushing the new mandates before local districts were ready for them, among other complaints

(WBEN) It was a loud night at Tuesday's school board session with protestors showing up and speaking out once again against Carl Paladino, one day before state officials convene hearings about possibly removing him from the Buffalo Board of Education «This is our time, to stand up and push back and...

Board of Regents chancellor Merryl Tisch and education commissioner John King have opposed delaying implementation of the standards, but King has said one change state officials are considering is pushing back when students would need to pass Common Core - aligned Regents exam for graduation.

Actress and education advocate Cynthia Nixon speaks during a press conference with school superintendents, academics and other officials to push for more funding for schools Monday, March 24, 2014, at the Legislative Office Building in Albany, N.Y.

When pushed, they may find a way: As one official at a recent State Education Technology Directors Association (SETDA) event noted, in his state districts and schools felt like they were being pushed off the cliff when online testing was implemented, but in reality, the cliff was only a couple of feet high.

It provides «political cover» which pushes state officials to miscalculate, pursue change on a political timeline favored by the U.S. Department of Education, and ignore in - state concerns.

NCLB «is pushing school districts to do things out of their comfort zones,» says Robert Maranto, who last year surveyed state education officials throughout the country about NCLB.

The MATISITI team now plans to present its findings to workforce officials and Indigenous education units in school jurisdictions as part of its push for recruitment and retention strategies.

But de Blasio and education officials say that their plan will get results: The city will be embarking on a significant community schools push for the first time ever, with a focus on academic intervention strategies along with social services.

A wide array of civil rights and minority groups appreciate the help they receive from the NEA, including the NAACP ($ 25,000), Congressional Black Caucus Foundation ($ 170,000), the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund ($ 10,000), the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network ($ 7,500), the National Women's Law Center ($ 10,000), Rainbow PUSH Coalition ($ 5,000), People for the American Way ($ 128,000), National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Education Fund ($ 12,500), National Black Caucus of State Legislators ($ 5,500), National Association for Multicultural Education ($ 5,000), National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education ($ 17,500), and something called the Hip Hop Caucus Education Fund ($ 10,000).

ESSA pushes decision - making power about most aspects of accountability from federal education officials to the states and localities.

In 1993, U.S. Department of Education official Francie Alexander addressed the issue as the Clinton administration pushed public dialogue about the importance of creating common benchmarks as a means of preparing students for future success.

Why is it, then, that education officials can recognize that reforms take a long time even though they are pushing states to undertake reforms right now that have no research base of success?

According to New Mexico Education Secretary Hanna Skandera, «despite the criticism from union officials, the state's plan is a product of all New Mexicans and will continue to push schools serving its most vulnerable students,» and «we want to equip and empower educators more, and we're rolling out 20 new teacher initiatives.»

She and others are heartened by a public push from senior education officials in India on the potential of technology - aided solutions, and by the «e-India,» strategy led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

While DeVos» group, the Great Lakes Education Project, supported most of the changes, it pushed back hard against a proposed Detroit commission focused on improving both charters and traditional schools, contending it would be beholden to the city's mayor and school - district officials.

The push to create national standards gained momentum in March of 2009 when a coalition led by the National Governors Association and the National Council of Chief State School Officers got education officials in 49 states on board and drafted standards for what U.S. high school graduates should be capable of in math and science.

Today, DeVos is the country's top education official who no longer has to be careful about pushing her school reform vision.

... education officials in L.A. — and even unoffcials, like Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa — are on the opposite end of the spectrum, pushing harder than ever for radical changes to the failing K - 12 system.

However, despite these serious legal problems and a proposal deemed insufficient by a number of experts, State Department of Education officials are pushing for a quick approval of the Relay School of Education's application at today's State Board of Education meeting.

California officials reject federal government's push to administer old science tests California education officials have decided that students will take only one statewide standardized test in science this spring, a pilot test based on new standards known as the Next Generation Science Standards.

As previous blog posts have touched on, New Mexico government officials are pushing for more education and stricter penalties for those individuals who drive while intoxicated.

Officials, she indicated, should push for «good disclosure, education, warding off fraud, and making sure it is not being used for illicit activities.»