Not exact matches
If you are applying as a charter school, independent school, or Bureau of Indian
Education school and do
not have a district
superintendent, have the principal or head of school sign this agreement instead.
That's why we couldn't help but notice this story about Frankly County
superintendents and school principals who — at the urging of Massachusetts State
Education Commissioner Mitchell D. Chester — are exploring the idea of offering breakfast - in - the - classroom.
The state Council of School
Superintendents raised a package of issues on Wednesday with Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposed
education budget, arguing the funding plan doesn't go far enough and that the tax cap makes it difficult for schools to raise revenue.
But although Cuomo has railed against he belief that the public
education system has grown to become more about protecting the administrative bureaucracy and less about educating kids, the focus of his wrath has been the teachers unions and
not — so far, anyway —
superintendents, who I'm sure are breathing a sigh of relief.
The state
Education Department will
not approve Hempstead interim
Superintendent Fadhilika Atiba - Weza's request to earn a $ 215,000 salary in addition to his monthly pension payments.
Minority board members accused the
superintendent of
not telling them he talked with the state
education commissioner late Monday afternoon.
The Onteora Central School District board of
education has made it plain that it will
not rehire current district
superintendent Dr. Phyllis Spiegel - McGill when her contract runs out at the end of June, 2016.
The school
superintendents that use New Hope's services said that parents have the option to have students opt - out of these lessons and the lessons from New Hope are
not the only sexual health
education that they receive.
What about the fact that she still needs a waiver from the state
Education Department because she doesn't have
superintendent credentials?
Dr. Hankin would
not comment on Mr. Cuomo's criticism, but the president of the Syosset Board of
Education, Dr. Marc W. Herman, described her pay as «consistent with
superintendents of top - performing districts on Long Island and Westchester County.»
Superintendents and
education representatives from all 133 school districts in Virginia told the state's elected officials that they can't have «best - in - the - nation public
education and a best - in - the - world work force» while cutting the
education budget for the third year in a row.
The money didn't save the district from making cuts altogether, but did allow it to maintain programs like special
education, counselling and extracurriculars, said Michael Ginalski, the district
superintendent.
The money didn't save the district from making cuts altogether, but did allow it to maintain programs like special
education, counseling, and extracurriculars, said Michael Ginalski, the district
superintendent.
Administration officials confirmed the school runs were being withheld because the governor's
education reform agenda hasn't been met favorably by the state legislature, a move Kingston City School District
Superintendent Paul Padalino called «a little childish.»
Superintendents testified about testing challenges for English language learners - students for whom English is
not their primary language - and for special
education students.
It is also clear that despite their best intentions many teachers, principals,
superintendents, and professors at schools of
education do
not know how to address these shortcomings on a meaningful scale.
«It's
not with the universities or the government researching
education technology, but with the
superintendents and staff in school districts doing the actual work.»
Arne Duncan, the Obama administration's secretary of
education, having previously served as schools
superintendent in Chicago, one of the nation's most troubled school districts, gave back - to - back speeches early in his tenure decrying the state of the field: «By almost any standard, many if
not most of the nation's 1,450 schools, colleges, and departments of
education are doing a mediocre job of preparing teachers for the realities of the 21st - century classroom,» and «America's university - based teacher preparation programs need revolutionary change,
not evolutionary thinking.»
«We must strive to help clarify what the federal role in
education is and what it is
not,» said California State
Superintendent Wilson Riles last week in his inaugural address as president of the Council of Chief State School Officers (ccsso).
Avis Glaze, former
superintendent of the Ontario
education system, correctly observed that Canada does
not have charter schools, but others mentioned that the large number of religious schools that are both government - funded and subject to state regulation give Canadians even more choice than exists in the United States.
Clear Expectations Required for Next Hillsborough
Superintendent, Expert Says Tampa Bay Times, 1/22/15 «Andres Antonio Alonso, a professor at the Harvard Graduate School of
Education, said Elia's abrupt dismissal without cause came as a surprise to the world that knows the Hillsborough district as one focused on stability and innovation,
not turbulence.»
In its ruling last month, the court held that the Columbus Board of
Education should have informed the former assistant
superintendent for human resources, Evelyn Luckey, by March 31, 1990, that it did
not plan to renew her contract that year.
It wasn't long before he was working his way down the path to becoming an administrator taking on roles as a director of bilingual
education, high school principal, and deputy
superintendent.
Federal judges are
not school
superintendents,
education experts, or central planners.
U.S. Secretary of
Education Arne Duncan raised some hackles when he told a gathering of state education superintendents on November 15 that fresh complaints about the Common Core State Standards were mostly from white suburban moms upset that their children weren't as brilliant as they thought t
Education Arne Duncan raised some hackles when he told a gathering of state
education superintendents on November 15 that fresh complaints about the Common Core State Standards were mostly from white suburban moms upset that their children weren't as brilliant as they thought t
education superintendents on November 15 that fresh complaints about the Common Core State Standards were mostly from white suburban moms upset that their children weren't as brilliant as they thought they were.
If state
education officials aren't knocking on your door to keep you informed, research Race to the Top guidelines, and find out what your state is up to by talking to state board of
education members or the state
superintendent's office.
This volume deserves to play a key role in
education leadership programs nationwide, but even its heft won't teach
superintendents everything they need to know.
«We find ourselves in 2017 facing a whole host of issues, and
not educating how we got there,» says Jewell - Sherman, former
superintendent of Virginia's Richmond Public Schools and a core faculty member of the Ed School's Doctor of
Education Leadership Program.
(
Education Week, 11/15/16) «When they do get the job, women often face scrutiny men don't, some
superintendents said.
Secretary of
Education Thomas K. Gilhool, who had placed on public - library shelves several reports analyzing results from the Test for Essential Learning and Literacy Skills, withdrew a report ranking districts from 1 to 500 after
superintendents who previewed it convinced him that a «gross numerical ranking was simply
not significant statistically,» said Timothy Potts, a spokesman for the Secretary.
U.S. Secretary of
Education Arne Duncan raised some hackles when he told a gathering of state education superintendents on Nov. 15 that fresh complaints about the Common Core State Standards were mostly from «white suburban moms» upset that their children weren't as «brilliant as they thought they wer
Education Arne Duncan raised some hackles when he told a gathering of state
education superintendents on Nov. 15 that fresh complaints about the Common Core State Standards were mostly from «white suburban moms» upset that their children weren't as «brilliant as they thought they wer
education superintendents on Nov. 15 that fresh complaints about the Common Core State Standards were mostly from «white suburban moms» upset that their children weren't as «brilliant as they thought they were.»
(She lists five other «solutions» that simply amount to rolling back reforms: Ban for - profit charters and charter chains; eliminate high - stakes standardized testing; don't allow «non-educators» to be teachers, principals, or
superintendents; don't allow mayoral control of the schools; don't view
education as a «consumer good.»)
On October 7, the day of the next school board meeting and with the board still unaware of Moran's plans (she had e-mailed the plan to her colleagues the night before, but according to
Education Week, some board members and Acting
Superintendent Watson said they hadn't had a chance to read the application before the meeting), New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin announced that he would ask the governor for help in creating a citywide charter school system.
Three cheers for California's governor, state
superintendent, and state board chair, for applying for a waiver from the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act (aka No Child Left Behind) that doesn't kowtow to Washington.
«Until we really re-examine how children learn, we will
not significantly change
education,» said Superintendent of Education Barbara S.
education,» said
Superintendent of
Education Barbara S.
Education Barbara S. Nielsen.
«The trouble is that by
not requiring knowledge of any specific book or facts, reading tests have contributed to the false impression that reading is mainly about having skills such as being able to summarize, and
not about background knowledge,» noted Lousiana's state
superintendent of
education, John White.
1998;
Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402 - 9328; 2002; available at the Office of Counsel, State
Education Building, Room 148, Albany, NY 12234), including, but
not limited to, disputes regarding transportation and / or a child's or youth's status as a homeless child or unaccompanied youth;
As one Florida
superintendent, Doug Whittaker, put it to
Education Week last March in a story about the spread of retention policies: «After 10 years, I don't like it.
program thus explicitly recognizes that
superintendents, state
education policymakers, nonprofit advocates of school reform, and even private investors are all involved in enhancing
education — and that the leaders in each sector need to master multiple skills and disciplines,
not just
education content.
Education companies don't spend enough time trying to understand the problems they're attempting to help schools solve, says the former Palm Beach County, Fla.,
superintendent.
The foundation's focus was
not always on high schools, says Tom Vander Ark, MBA, engineer, businessman turned school
superintendent (in Federal Way, Washington, an industrial suburb between Seattle and Tacoma), and now head of the Gates Foundation's
education work.
With long experience in
education, including time as a superintendent in Washington State, officer with the Gates Foundation, and CEO of Open Education Solutions, not to mention an endorsement from the former governor of West Virginia, Bob Wise, Vander Ark outlines the current moment as a welcome and overdue threshold in primary and secondary e
education, including time as a
superintendent in Washington State, officer with the Gates Foundation, and CEO of Open
Education Solutions, not to mention an endorsement from the former governor of West Virginia, Bob Wise, Vander Ark outlines the current moment as a welcome and overdue threshold in primary and secondary e
Education Solutions,
not to mention an endorsement from the former governor of West Virginia, Bob Wise, Vander Ark outlines the current moment as a welcome and overdue threshold in primary and secondary
educationeducation.
Monica Duvall hasn't taken much time to consider the election of South Carolina's next state
superintendent of
education — she's been too busy keeping track of her 7 - year - old son's day - to - day schooling.
The
superintendents do
not want «supplement,
not supplant» reform to be an opportunity for the Dept. of
Education to «exert unprecedented influence over the more than 90 percent of K - 12 funding generated by state and local districts.»
In matters of K — 12
education policy, state boards of
education have traditionally been the focal point for policymaking, but recent decades have more often found governors and legislators driving reforms that state boards and state
superintendents would
not likely have undertaken on their own — and sometimes superseding those boards and
superintendents in direct control.
Weisberg — along with a number of
education reform groups and the
superintendents of the Tulsa and Baltimore school systems — made the case to Congressional staff that it was important to «mend
not end» investment in teacher training.
A story in the Feb. 5, 2003, issue of
Education Week inadvertently omitted the word «
not» from a sentence describing the views of Bill Montford, the
superintendent of the Leon County, Fla., public schools, regarding a class - size - reduction plan put forward by Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.
Sarah Shad Johnson, a parent of children in Charleston County Schools and co-founder of Community Voice, says, «The timing of Secretary Duncan's visit comes at a critical time when our state legislators are discussing whether or
not to support the adversarial Common Core State Standards, as well as bills regarding school choice, charter school expansion, and tax credits for private schools; our State
Superintendent of
Education seems to be embracing a controversial stand on the teaching profession; and the focus here in Charleston County appears to be only on experimental, questionable, and expensive initiatives, as opposed to goals of increased learning opportunities.»
Peter Smyth, a retired educator and administrator, and also a co-founder of Community Voice, says, «After a career in
education and research into educational reform, I have come to these conclusions: while South Carolina
Superintendent Zais has applied for a waiver to No Child Left Behind, his proposals reflect those of Secretary Duncan and the current and previous administrations, policies which have
not achieved their goals and have made raising test scores and graduation rates, rather than meaningful learning, the default goals of American
education.
Superintendent Sentance also had other opportunities to support local control and to move Alabama's public
education system away from federal interference that he did
not fully utilize.