Sentences with phrase «elected state school superintendent»

(Note the newly elected state school superintendent and the state Department of Education are set adrift on an iceberg in this plan.)

And Delaine Eastin, a former Democratic Assembly member who was elected the state schools superintendent last year, has come under fire from some bilingual - education...

Not exact matches

Lewis is president - elect of the New York State Council of School Superintendents, which held the September conference, and also is co-chair of the council's curriculum committee.

The Board of Regents on Tuesday unanimously elected a former Florida schools superintendent the new commissioner for the state Department of Education.

I'm going to bring community leader, other elected officials at the local, state and federal level, have access to other financial and human resources to give the school board and the superintendent what's needed to turn the city around, which is to turn the school district around.

Attendees at today's kickoff included: City of Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown, Buffalo Public Schools Interim Superintendent Donald Ogilvie, SUNY Trustee Dr. Eunice Lewin, University at Buffalo President Dr. Satish K. Tripathi, SUNY Buffalo State President Dr. Katherine Conway - Turner, Erie Community College President Jack Quinn, Regional Economic Development Council Co-Chair, businessman and developer Howard Zemsky, Staff Scientist Mwita Phelps of Life Technologies / Thermo Fisher Scientific, Director of the Buffalo and Erie County Public Libraries Mary Jean Jakubowski, Dr. Norma J. Nowak, Director of Science and Technology, UB's NYS Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences, as well as a number of invited guests, including elected leaders, teachers and students.

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.

«When I look to the future, if this trajectory continues, we'll be heading over the cliff,» said Lewis, who also serves as president - elect of the New York State Council of School Superintendents.

Wisconsin educators hope the new year will bring resolution to a yearlong drama about who will have the starring role in shaping school policy: the governor or the elected state superintendent.

«What's happened, in my opinion, is that there was little information given to locally elected school board members about these two issues,» said state schools Superintendent Sandy Garrett, who proposed the rule at a state board of education meeting on April 24.

Maryland's newly elected governor believes it's time for state schools Superintendent Nancy S. Grasmick to say goodbye, but she says she's not leaving the job she's held for 15 years any time soon.

A story in the same issue about vacancies among state school chiefs incorrectly named two states that elect their school superintendents.

• Empower county superintendents to enforce accountability rules, make the independently elected state superintendent of public instruction a sort of «inspector general» for school quality, place state education policy under the governor, and make the state board of education advisory to the governor.

Mississippi is one of just three remaining states that elects school superintendents.

Currently, a little less than half of the state's superintendents are elected, while the rest are appointed by the local school board - as is common through most of the country.

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Randy Dorn, the elected head of the state's Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, believes that the state Constitution requires all public schools to be under his department's jurisdiction.

«The current state superintendent has been an elected official for 35 years,» Tuck said in an interview with LA School Report.

Mississippi is one of just three states that elects school superintendents.

Washington state's top elected school official, Randy Dorn, announced Thursday he will not run for a third term as Superintendent of Public Instruction in 2016.

The «details tucked into dozens of plans being turned in to U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos this week were hammered out by a hodgepodge of elected and appointed officials — from governors and legislators to state school board members and local superintendents — during sometimes sparsely attended meetings, caucuses, and task force sessions.»

The 2014 race for state superintendent, a largely symbolic position overseeing public schools, was the most expensive of any elected office in California that year.

Washington, D.C. (July 18, 2017)- Mississippi Superintendent of Education and Council of Chief State School Officers President - Elect Carey Wright today testified at the House Education and the Workforce Committee hearing on the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), «ESSA Implementation: Exploring State and Local Reform Efforts.»

After state superintendent Tony Bennett's election night defeat sent shockwaves through the school policy world, Governor - elect Mike Pence says the education policies Bennett championed aren't going anywhere.

Mississippi was one of the last three states in the nation to elect any local school superintendents.

Prior to this legislation, Mississippi was one of just three state's that elected any school superintendents.

In 1995, the state Legislature dissolved the citywide elected school board and gave the mayor the power to appoint the superintendent — otherwise known as the chief executive officer — and the citywide school board.

Governors fight for control of the education system with chief state school officers, elected chief state school officers with state boards of education, mayors with school superintendents, states with the federal government, schools with districts, and districts with state authorities.

Currently, local school board members and the state's superintendent of public instruction are elected.

State Rep. Chris Reykdal, D - Tumwater, announced Thursday he will give up his House seat to run for state schools superintendent in 2016, joining Tacoma school district administrator Erin Jones in the race for Washington's top elected education State Rep. Chris Reykdal, D - Tumwater, announced Thursday he will give up his House seat to run for state schools superintendent in 2016, joining Tacoma school district administrator Erin Jones in the race for Washington's top elected education state schools superintendent in 2016, joining Tacoma school district administrator Erin Jones in the race for Washington's top elected education post.

Opposition from superintendents, school boards and teachers» unions is a very powerful thing in what is — with the exception of Gov. Baker and Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito, who are Republicans — a one - party state when it comes to officials who are elected statewide.

Today, in partnership with school and CMO leaders, community stakeholders, elected officials, the state Department of Education, and the Orleans Parish school's superintendent, together, we created Act 91, which outlines the requirements for local responsibility that compromises none of the progress achieved to date.

TOSS is opposed to any legislative effort that would allow for superintendents to be popularly elected in the state of Tennessee, rather than appointed by districts» elected school boards.

In California, charter school advocates successfully backed Tim Grayson in his race for an assembly seat against Mae Torlakson, the wife of the Golden State's traditionalist - oriented superintendent, and got Scott Weiner elected to a state senate State's traditionalist - oriented superintendent, and got Scott Weiner elected to a state senate state senate seat.

Last year, the legislature passed a law to address those issues, including expanding the Washington State Charter School Commission, an independent state agency, to include two elected officials: the state superintendent of public instruction and the chair of the state board of educaState Charter School Commission, an independent state agency, to include two elected officials: the state superintendent of public instruction and the chair of the state board of educastate agency, to include two elected officials: the state superintendent of public instruction and the chair of the state board of educastate superintendent of public instruction and the chair of the state board of educastate board of education.

The state superintendent, the highest - ranking elected educational officer, runs the state Department of Education, which measures school performance, assists lagging schools and distributes about $ 9 billion in state money to local school districts.

In Newark, N.J., a 20 - year state takeover allows the state - appointed superintendent to ignore the democratically elected school board.

Because the stakes are so high, the education department is under intense scrutiny, especially from conservative supporters of school choice programs and those who have previously challenged the authority of Wisconsin's elected state superintendent.