Sentences with phrase «favor of state education»

A Wall - Street run virtual charter school had its plans to open in North Carolina derailed Friday afternoon after a Superior Court judge ruled in favor of state education officials.

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Meanwhile, during the Revolutionary epoch and immediately following, «there arose an active sentiment in favor of state - controlled institutions of higher education and an equally active sentiment against sectarian colleges.»

Since 2009, the league, to its credit, has also been lobbying hard in favor of laws - now in place in 31 states and the District of Columbia, and with more sure to follow this year - requiring concussion education of parents and athletes, banning same - day return - to - play after a suspected concussion, and requiring medical clearance before a concussed athlete is allowed back on the playing field, diamond or ice.

The NY Times says Cuomo's centrist approach is «undoubtedly good politics,» but thinks his proposals «tilt too heavily in favor of the wealthy» and could mean less money for housing, education and other state services.

She spoke at a press conference Monday organized by the Alliance for Quality Education, an activist group that pushes for more state funding for schools and has said that the current funding distribution favors wealthy, white districts over poor areas with people of color.

State and city elected officials, parents and education advocates stand united outside Department of Education headquarters on Feb. 28 in favor of proposed state legislation that would require elected parent councils to approve school co-locations before they could go into efState and city elected officials, parents and education advocates stand united outside Department of Education headquarters on Feb. 28 in favor of proposed state legislation that would require elected parent councils to approve school co-locations before they could go inteducation advocates stand united outside Department of Education headquarters on Feb. 28 in favor of proposed state legislation that would require elected parent councils to approve school co-locations before they could go intEducation headquarters on Feb. 28 in favor of proposed state legislation that would require elected parent councils to approve school co-locations before they could go into efstate legislation that would require elected parent councils to approve school co-locations before they could go into effect.

But his proposals, which tilt too heavily in favor of the wealthy, could mean less money for education, housing and other vital state services.

Charging that the city's current education system doesn't do enough for kids looking to bypass college in favor of careers as plumbers, electricians and carpenters, state Sen. Simcha Felder said a new law signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo should help even the playing field.

He even hit the Cuomo for not honoring Gov. Eliot Spitzer's plan to reimburse the city billions in education dollars the State Court of Appeals determined Albany owed in the Campaign for Fiscal Equity decision, and for favoring the proliferation of charter schools.

Representatives for the group testified in favor of Cuomo's education agenda before the State Joint Committee on Education earlier this month, and praised his «bold blueprint» for education reform after the State of the Stateeducation agenda before the State Joint Committee on Education earlier this month, and praised his «bold blueprint» for education reform after the State of the StateEducation earlier this month, and praised his «bold blueprint» for education reform after the State of the Stateeducation reform after the State of the State address.

The board voted, 6 - 2, in favor of giving Paladino 24 hours to resign before appealing to state education commissioner MaryEllen Elia.

Favored projects of both Democrats and Republicans were left out, including an education tax credit for donors to students at parochial schools (liked by Republicans) and the Dream Act, which would provide state tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants (championed by Democrats).

Paladino was removed from the Board on August 17, when State Education Commissioner Mary Ellen Elia ruled in favor of a board petition to oust him for revealing confidential information from a private board session.

The New York State Education Department is ditching the current testing company Pearson in favor of a company, Questar, that allows teachers to have more say in the tests.

A number of education advocates see Bloomberg's State of the City speech and his position on this issue as his way of turning a bad situation to his favor.

As budget negotiations were going down to the wire in Albany, some 5,000 parents, teachers and students from across the state converged outside Gov. Cuomo's Midtown Manhattan office for a March 28 rally that marked the culmination of their months - long campaign to stop him from pushing through radical changes to public education policy favored by his Wall Street backers as part of the state budget.

State Supreme Court Justice John A. Michalek on Thursday ruled in favor of a New York State Education Department's (NYSED) motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the school.

Buffalo, N.Y. (WBEN)- New York State Commissioner of Education Mary Ellen Elia has ruled in favor of a Buffalo School Board petition that removes Carl Paladino from his post on the Board of Education.

Congressional Republicans voted in early March to repeal crucial regulations under the Every Student Succeeds Act in favor of leaving education policy largely in the hands of state governments.

In October 2014, researchers for the liberal advocacy group Center for American Progress cited the Pygmalion Effect as an argument in favor of the new, more rigorous Common Core State Standards, a bold education reform adopted by more than 40 states starting in 2010.

The study authors hope that this growing evidence in favor of circumcision will persuade policy - making bodies, both in the United States and in other countries, to officially recommend the procedure — which could make patient education and insurance coverage more likely.

South Carolina Circuit Court Judge Thomas W. Cooper Jr. ruled Dec. 29 in favor of eight small, rural districts, saying the state fails to provide the youngest children in those areas «the opportunity to obtain a minimally adequate education.»

Federal involvement in education has trended up consistently, aided and abetted by conservatives who might have been expected to prefer local or state or family control of education decisions but instead expanded federal influences that favored their policy preferences, e.g., No Child Left Behind.

The key point is that RttT rewarded states on the basis of how far they went in certain directions favored by education reformers.

That bill was tabled in favor of another bill — which had been approved by the legislature but was still unsigned by Gov. Joseph E. Brennan as of late last month — authorizing the speaker of the House and the president of the Senate to establish a 21 - member state commission on excellence in education.

Scalia, in contrast, favored a colorblind interpretation of the equal protection clause, that, in his words, «proscribes government discrimination on the basis of race, and state - provided education is no exception.»

In a Show - Me Institute poll released in May 2007, 67 percent of Missouri voters and 77 percent of African Americans said they favored a law that would «give individuals and businesses a credit on either their property or state income taxes for contributions they make to education scholarships that help parents send their children to a school of their choice, including public, private, and religious schools.»

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.

Another bit of good news: the single greatest force currently shaping American education — the new Common Core standards, now in place in forty - five states — explicitly endorses Hirsch's ideas and calls for the kind of curriculum that he favors:

State education officials - many of them, at any rate - have labored diligently to persuade teachers and school administrators (groups typically not strongly in favor of testing initiatives) to support the strengthening of accountability measures.

And yet, despite the dire state of today's higher education system, there is hope on the horizon: By favoring knowledge and skill acquisition over seat time, online options and competency - based learning are disrupting the traditional higher education market and perhaps have laid the foundation for a revitalization of American education.

Nor, evidently, did the state's education reporters — Heather could find literally no press coverage of the key moment when Indiana's Board of Education abandoned its fine state standards and well - regarded state tests in favor of Comeducation reporters — Heather could find literally no press coverage of the key moment when Indiana's Board of Education abandoned its fine state standards and well - regarded state tests in favor of ComEducation abandoned its fine state standards and well - regarded state tests in favor of Common Core.

Opposition to tax - funded scholarships permitting low - income students to attend private schools — an approach favored by U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and allowed in 16 states — fell from 29 last year to 24 percent, and 54 percent of respondents said they favored them.

When the PDK / Gallup questions on standards are put next to the Education Next findings on the Common Core, the responses are not out of alignment, Peterson said: People are generally in favor of setting higher expectations for students across states but they also want local teachers to have leeway in how those goals are met.

Oregon's system of paying for education has undergone challenges in court four times, but the state courts have never ruled in favor of the plaintiffs.

The Texas State Board of Education has voted unanimously to open the state's textbook - selection process to people who want to speak in favor of a particular textState Board of Education has voted unanimously to open the state's textbook - selection process to people who want to speak in favor of a particular textstate's textbook - selection process to people who want to speak in favor of a particular textbook.

Frequently, arguments in favor of maintaining this particular benchmark as the desired goal for American students and education institutions are couched in terms of establishing demanding standards so the United States becomes more competitive internationally.

MassInsight, the out - of - state consulting company, «won» the one year contract after its CEO came to Connecticut to speak in favor of Malloy's education reform legislation.

(R.I.) Rhode Island will become the latest in a growing list of states to drop its national consortium designed assessment in favor of using a college - readiness exam to meet federal accountability requirements, education officials announced last week.

Indiana State Board of Education member Tony Walker says he plans to vote in favor of proposed academic standards to replace the Common Core in Indiana.

The House Education Committee voted in favor of a proposal to increase the number of students eligible to receive state vouchers to attend private school.

State Board of Education Member Randy McKinney recently wrote to GOP Chairman Bill Armistead in favor of the Common Core Standards Initiative.

The Superior Court ruled in favor of the State Board of Education, and the private schools appealed to the state Supreme CState Board of Education, and the private schools appealed to the state Supreme Cstate Supreme Court.

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If the state legislature is serious about improving the education of students here in Jamaica and all across Queens... they will vote in favor of raising the cap of charter schools.

Despite being an out - of - state education reform operative, Guenther testified in favor of Malloy's education reform initiative when it was proposed in 2012.

But the law expired in 2007 without congressional reauthorization, and the Obama administration has encouraged states to apply for waivers that allow them to avoid AYP penalties and the 2014 goal in exchange for adopting policies favored by the Obama Department of Education, such as tying teacher evaluations to student test scores.

Elected officials and advocates routinely cite the United States» mediocre standing, and what they know of the educational practices of high - performing nations, to gird their arguments for their favored changes to American education — from encouraging greater parental involvement to revamping school curricula and standards to paying teachers more.

As the chief architect of education reform in Michigan, DeVos should take blame for doing no favors to struggling public schools in Detroit and the rest of the state.

MaryEllen Elia, the state education commissioner, said in a phone interview that she was «absolutely in favor» of using test scores and other measures of student performance in teacher evaluations.