Sentences with phrase «education reform law allows»

The final language of Malloy's education reform law allowed an uncertified individual to serve as an Acting Superintendent for up to one year, but in order for that person to become a permanent superintendent, they were required to successfully complete their probationary period and must have complete a school leadership program at a Connecticut institution of higher education.

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The Buffalo Teachers Federation and its parent union, the New York State United Teachers, filed the complaint in February, arguing the receivership law denies teachers their collective bargaining rights by allowing the state education commissioner to impose reforms that override contract terms.

[8] Critics said that Secretary Duncan was going beyond what the law allows by substituting the Obama administration's favored education reforms (including national curriculum - content standards and tests) for NCLB's accountability measures.

Allowing students to attend schools near their parents» place of employment is particularly important when the selected school offers before - and after - school programs, concluded the 15 - member California Commission on School Governance and Management, which was authorized under the state's 1983 education - reform law.

When that didn't happen, he and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan essentially rewrote it on their own by releasing a waiver package that allows states that adapt the administration's reforms to opt out of the law's most cumbersome requirements.

The educational establishment — school boards, teachers unions and other special interest groups, dubbed the «Government Education Complex» by Bruno Behrend, director of the Center for School Reform at The Heartland Institute, don't like the law since it allows a group of parents to trump their power.

Well, Fed Ed Head Arne Duncan in his infinite wisdom as a former pro basketball player in Australia just got darned tired of waiting for Congress to remake NCLB in the image of Bill Gates and Michelle Rhee, so he first sent forth Race to the Top, the federal bribery plan that allowed Democrats for Education Reform and Stand for Children to rewrite state education laws across Education Reform and Stand for Children to rewrite state education laws across education laws across the land.

By allowing Adamowski to overrule local officials and the input of local citizens, Senators Williams and Stillman risk suffering significant political fallout since they voted for Malloy's education reform bill but then failed to ensure that the new law was properly implemented in their districts.

The movie's subject matter revolves around education reform and a thing called the Parent Trigger, a California law that allows parents to take over a failing school.

The Connecticut Council for Education Reform wrote, «That's why CCER advocates for changing Connecticut's law to allow the Commissioner of Education to waive the statutory requirements for superintendent certification to allow people like Mr. Vallas to help turn around Connecticut's lowest - performing school districts.

What has been equally pervasive but received less buzz and more muted pushback, according to Education Week, is a spate of other K - 12 reform laws that have enacted voucher programs, allowed for the expansion of charter schools and altered academic standards.

The California Charter Schools Law, approved in 1992, opened the door to education reform and school choice, allowing charter schools to operate with autonomy and flexibility in exchange for increased accountability.

Transferring management of the Milner School to FUSE / Jumoke Academy may hurt hundreds of Latino and other bilingual children, but Governor Malloy's new education reform law unfortunately allows cities and towns to contract with third parties to run public schools.