Sentences with phrase «federal education officials last»

A different group of Minnesota teachers and parents argued for rescinding it at a meeting with federal education officials last November.

Not exact matches

State education officials and federal regulators knew a year ago that the breaded chicken tenders blamed for sickening 40 pupils and teachers in Joliet last month might have been contaminated by an ammonia leak at a storage facility in St. Louis.

Washington — State education officials in New York announced last week that they will seek a federal court order to prevent the U.S. Department of Education (ED) from using 12 - year - old census data as the basis for distributing federal aid for disadvantaged children to theducation officials in New York announced last week that they will seek a federal court order to prevent the U.S. Department of Education (ED) from using 12 - year - old census data as the basis for distributing federal aid for disadvantaged children to thEducation (ED) from using 12 - year - old census data as the basis for distributing federal aid for disadvantaged children to the states.

That was the assessment of the state and local education officials who spoke last week to federal - program coordinators meeting here under the auspices of the National School Boards Association.

Federal officials and educators in the arts last week hammered out a wide - ranging agenda intended to guide research in arts education over the next decade.

The Pike County, Ky., school system's use of more than $ 9 million in federal flood - relief funds is being investigated by officials of the U.S. Education Department, a county school system official said last week.

Federal officials, on a routine monitoring visit to the island last year, turned up more than 100 violations of federal special - educationFederal officials, on a routine monitoring visit to the island last year, turned up more than 100 violations of federal special - educationfederal special - education rules.

Washington — National education goals could be tentatively set as early as next month to give President Bush the opportunity to include statements on the goals in his State of the Union Message, key Governors and federal officials said last week.

Over the last two years, Washington officials have claimed that the new federal education law is less burdensome and have extolled its «flexibility.»

San Diego — Federal Education and Interior department officials warned Indian educators meeting here last week that plans to reform Indian education must be implemented soon while policymakers» interest in the topic remaEducation and Interior department officials warned Indian educators meeting here last week that plans to reform Indian education must be implemented soon while policymakers» interest in the topic remaeducation must be implemented soon while policymakers» interest in the topic remains high.

The Justice and Education departments still have not determined how to address existing desegregation cases — and whether or where to bring new ones — and have received little guidance from the White House in crafting civil - rights policy, the Citizens» Commission on Civil Rights, a bipartisan panel of former federal civil - rights officials and other advocates, says in a report released last week.

Although the changes were intended to hold school officials accountable for the educational experiences of disadvantaged children, Congress left intact a short clause in the main K - 12 education law that, in practice, has failed to ensure that money from the federal Title I program only supplements state and local money, researchers and advocates said at a conference here last week.

Washington — Poorer communities in many states may not be receiving their fair share of federal vocational - education funds, an official of the General Accounting Office told lawmakers last week.

Washington — Continuing a trend documented in 1987, the number of federal awards for independent research in education declined in the past two years, as did the amount of federal resources devoted to evaluating education programs, a General Accounting Office official reported last week.

The disconnect between those math and science education proposals, signed into law by President Bush last summer, and federal officials» inability to fund them was a central topic at a summit of corporate leaders, scientists, and a select group of lawmakers who met here last week.

Last September, he all but required adoption of the Common Core or similar standards approved by state higher education officials if states want to receive federal waivers from the 2002 No Child Left Behind law.

(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.

She says that includes updating federal officials about the new education standards and school monitoring efforts, led by the state's division of Outreach for School Improvement, which Ritz created last year.

«The promise was dramatic, lasting change in turning around the nation's worst 5,000 schools,» said Andrew Smarick, a former federal education official and a partner at Bellwether Education Partners, a consulteducation official and a partner at Bellwether Education Partners, a consultEducation Partners, a consulting firm.

Ross C. Santy, director of EdFacts, told state and district officials who attended a National Center for Education Statistics conference in Washington, D.C., last week they would still have to report student achievement data to receive federal funding, like Title I and school improvement grants.

The California Office to Reform Education, a group of nine California school districts, including LAUSD, met with federal officials this week to make a last pitch for a No Child Left Behind waiver, which would exempt those districts from meeting certain requirements.

Sentance told board members he and other state education staffers held a phone conference last week with Acting Assistant Secretary of Education, Jason Botel, and other federal education officials to ask for permission to stop using the ACeducation staffers held a phone conference last week with Acting Assistant Secretary of Education, Jason Botel, and other federal education officials to ask for permission to stop using the ACEducation, Jason Botel, and other federal education officials to ask for permission to stop using the ACeducation officials to ask for permission to stop using the ACT Aspire.

(District of Columbia) With the curtain fast falling on the Obama White House, a broad coalition of school officials is taking one last stab at rolling back a proposed rule over supplanting federal education money.

Although four years have passed since Congress approved the last major rewrite of the Americans with Disabilities Act, federal education officials are continuing their efforts to further clarify the 2008 Amendments Act» legislation for local school districts.»

While the election of Donald Trump raises many questions about the future of public education, state Department of Education officials remained cautiously optimistic yesterday that the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) signed into law last year will allow Connecticut schools to move in a positive deducation, state Department of Education officials remained cautiously optimistic yesterday that the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) signed into law last year will allow Connecticut schools to move in a positive dEducation officials remained cautiously optimistic yesterday that the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) signed into law last year will allow Connecticut schools to move in a positive direction.

In a letter last year, a U.S. Department of Education official told Deasy the federal waiver did not exempt L.A. Unified from identifying schools for improvement, corrective action or restructuring, and did not affect any related state laws.

Negotiations with federal education officials continued Tuesday after the state bolstered its plan late last week to meet some of the demands of the U.S. Department of Education, which has already granted waiversto 41 other states and Washingeducation officials continued Tuesday after the state bolstered its plan late last week to meet some of the demands of the U.S. Department of Education, which has already granted waiversto 41 other states and WashingEducation, which has already granted waiversto 41 other states and Washington, D.C.

Last year, the CA Superintendent of Public Instruction recognized Journey for excellence in Environmental Education, Health, and Stewardship; US Secretary of Education Duncan then selected Journey as a US Green Ribbon School; and students hosted federal, state, and local officials on campus to share their learning experiences.

With NCLB Waiver All but Dead, State Officials Look to Soften Federal Sanctions In a largely overlooked action last month, the California State Board of Education formally designated another 56 local educational agencies as failing as defined by the federal No Child Left BehiFederal Sanctions In a largely overlooked action last month, the California State Board of Education formally designated another 56 local educational agencies as failing as defined by the federal No Child Left Behifederal No Child Left Behind Act.