Sentences with phrase «education overhaul»

But passing this into law would require a major education overhaul.

But just one month after Indiana voters rejected his brand of education overhaul, Bennett has a new job — Florida Commissioner of Education.

26) Revolving Door News: Quentin Messer, a leader in Louisiana's economic development agency, who «worked in K - 12 education overhaul for several years,» is hired as chief of the New Orleans Business Alliance.

Payzant also benefited from a 1993 state education overhaul, which, among other things, took principals out of the collective bargaining process and gave the superintendent control over administrative appointments.

And he now has the opportunity — some might call it the unenviable task — of effecting education overhaul in one of America's most troubled and beleaguered cities.

She firmly declares that the passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act earlier this year, the major federal education overhaul, opens the way for her members, in partnership with parents and other groups, to reinvent education for the better — this time, with an eye toward equity and educating the whole child.

The 42 - page report from three ISBE - appointed experts caps an unprecedented probe launched in December after advocates contended the CPS special education overhaul, carried out amid a district budget crisis, had an adverse effect on services to students.

Since then, he oversaw the implementation of one of the nation's most ambitious education overhauls, ran in perhaps the state's most memorable down - ballot election in recent memory — and lost — moved to Florida to take command of that state's Department of Education, and ultimately lost that job amid a controversy over emails he sent during his time as state superintendent in Indiana.

Here's a StateImpact survival guide to recent education overhauls.

The other pieces of Tony Bennett's expansive education overhaul drew far more discussion.

Education Week reported: «Over the objections of teachers» unions and many Democrats, Louisiana's Republican governor and GOP - controlled legislature have crafted one of the most exhaustive education overhauls of any state in the country, through measures that will dramatically expand families» access to public money to cover the costs of both private school tuition and individual courses offered by a menu of providers.»

Teachers are particularly unhappy with «Race to the Top,» the presidential initiative that awards grants to states that embrace education overhauls such as linking teacher evaluations to student test scores and opening more charter schools.

But just one month after Hoosier voters rejected his brand of education overhaul, the Florida State Board of Education unanimously selected Bennett to run the Sunshine State's schools.

When Congress passed the federal education overhaul, it specifically required states to include the performance of English learners in their accountability plans.

CPS has said its special education overhaul was needed to address persistently low test scores for students with disabilities, insufficient oversight and a lack of consistent standards despite growing budget costs.

Two decades earlier, the state had undertaken an ambitious education overhaul, the Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA), which introduced new standards and assessments.

The peace between the teachers unions and the Malloy Administration ended Tuesday, one week before legislators convene at the State Capitol to get to work on a major education overhaul.

Indiana is in the middle of an education overhaul, but whether it continues could depend on the outcome of the state superintendent's race.

Under the education overhaul of 2002, schools must show yearly progress for many historically disadvantaged groups, including minorities.

Bennett remained confident on his last day in office that the education overhaul he pushed with former Gov. Mitch Daniels wouldn't be undone.

He told StateImpact he wasn't worried legislators would undo the education overhaul he pursued with former Gov. Mitch Daniels.

Ritz may have a mandate from voters, but she faces a tough battle in the statehouse if she wants to change the course of the education overhaul started under Bennett.

NAACP Volunteers to Push for Biggest Education Overhaul Since Brown v. Board of Education The NAACP is going on the offensive on education, deploying volunteers across the country in its biggest push for a public education overhaul since the nation's classrooms were ordered desegregated in 1954, the civil rights group said Thursday.

Since then, «Two companion bills that complete the education overhaul have cleared the state Senate and are awaiting action in the House of Representatives.»

TOMS RIVER — Gov. Chris Christie held his 19th town hall meeting this afternoon, deriding the state Supreme Court and answering questions about his education overhaul proposals.

The announcement of closures came two weeks after Gov. Ricardo Rossello signed a bill for implementing a charter schools pilot program in 10 percent of public schools and offering private school vouchers to 3 percent of students starting in 2019 - 2020 as part of an education overhaul.

In the end, the judges swooned over the education overhaul Bennett championed, voting Indiana «Reformiest State 2011» in a cakewalk.

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Indiana lawmakers who supported last session's education overhaul have billed charter schools as a better alternative than the state's public schools for teaching low - income students.

But in what his opponent called a «referendum» on Indiana's education overhaul, Bennett's re-election bid for a second term as state superintendent fell short in November 2012 after he captured just 48 percent of the vote.

«While it's not a perfect measure, it was a much fairer, more transparent and consistent way to evaluate teachers,» said Ms. Rhee, who now heads StudentsFirst, a nonprofit advocate for education overhauls.

That's because education officials in Kingsport and a smattering of other school districts in Tennessee proactively embraced the state's education overhauls and have worked double time to start using the standards, which they see as key to graduating students ready for college or a career.

Walsh also spoke to House Speaker Brian Bosma, who reiterated that the education overhaul outgoing state superintendent Tony Bennett and Gov. Mitch Daniels pushed won't be undone.

Aug. 26 (Bloomberg)-- Public support for charter schools, a component of President Barack Obama's $ 100 billion education overhaul, rose to almost two - thirds of Americans this year even as most remained confused about what they are...

His aggressive pursuit of the education overhauls contained in the state's Race to the Top grant were a prime point of contention.

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