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Elk Grove High School was among the very first high schools in the state of California, and is certainly the oldest of the nine high schools in the Elk Grove Union High School District.

* Day 1 Monday, February 22, 2016 4:00 PM -5:00 PM Registration & Networking 5:00 PM — 6:00 PM Welcome Reception & Opening Remarks Kevin de Leon, President pro Tem, California State Senate Debra McMannis, Director of Early Education & Support Division, California Department of Education (invited) Karen Stapf Walters, Executive Director, California State Board of Education (invited) 6:00 PM — 7:00 PM Keynote Address & Dinner Dr. Patricia K. Kuhl, Co-Director, Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences * Day 2 Tuesday February 23, 2016 8:00 AM — 9:00 AM Registration, Continental Breakfast, & Networking 9:00 AM — 9:15 AM Opening Remarks John Kim, Executive Director, Advancement Project Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, California Department of Education 9:15 AM — 10:00 AM Morning Keynote David B. Grusky, Executive Director, Stanford's Center on Poverty & Inequality 10:00 AM — 11:00 AM Educating California's Young Children: The Recent Developments in Transitional Kindergarten & Expanded Transitional Kindergarten (Panel Discussion) Deborah Kong, Executive Director, Early Edge California Heather Quick, Principal Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research Dean Tagawa, Administrator for Early Education, Los Angeles Unified School District Moderator: Erin Gabel, Deputy Director, First 5 California (Invited) 11:00 AM — 12:00 PM «Political Will & Prioritizing ECE» (Panel Discussion) Eric Heins, President, California Teachers Association Senator Hannah - Beth Jackson, Chair of the Women's Legislative Committee, California State Senate David Kirp, James D. Marver Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, Chairman of Subcommittee No. 2 of Education Finance, California State Assembly Moderator: Kim Pattillo Brownson, Managing Director, Policy & Advocacy, Advancement Project 12:00 PM — 12:45 PM Lunch 12:45 PM — 1:45 PM Lunch Keynote - «How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character» Paul Tough, New York Times Magazine Writer, Author 1:45 PM — 1:55 PM Break 2:00 PM — 3:05 PM Elevating ECE Through Meaningful Community Partnerships (Panel Discussion) Sandra Guiterrez, National Director, Abriendo Purtas / Opening Doors Mary Ignatius, Statewide Organize of Parent Voices, California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Jacquelyn McCroskey, John Mile Professor of Child Welfare, University of Southern California School of Social Work Jolene Smith, Chief Executive Officer, First 5 Santa Clara County Moderator: Rafael González, Director of Best Start, First 5 LA 3:05 PM — 3:20 PM Closing Remarks Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California * Agenda Subject to Change

In response to feedback from states and districts regarding operational challenges caused by the meat and grain restrictions, USDA lifted the limits temporarily, first for the remainder of school year 2012 - 2013 and then for school year 2013 - 2014.

The bill was first announced Thursday in the Assembly, with Democrats backing legislation that would replace state - created or written examinations with alternative assessments for school districts that do not use state tests, with regulations set by the state Education Department.

McDonough, the 46th New York State Teacher of the Year has been teaching first or second grade in the Newburgh Enlarged City School District for her entire career of 22 years.

The law, which reduces the amount of state aid received by school districts, was first imposed in the 2010 to help close New York State's multi-billion dollar deficit by taking funding away from schstate aid received by school districts, was first imposed in the 2010 to help close New York State's multi-billion dollar deficit by taking funding away from schState's multi-billion dollar deficit by taking funding away from schools.

«If we rewind back to the first year of implementation, districts had to put these plans in place under threat of losing a state aid increase,» said David Albert, spokesman for the New York State School Boards Associastate aid increase,» said David Albert, spokesman for the New York State School Boards AssociaState School Boards Association.

The tiny Tuckahoe school district failed Tuesday in its second attempt to override its tax cap and will be forced to freeze taxes as a result — the first Long Island district to experience such consequences under New York State's strict cap law.

The tiny Tuckahoe school district failed in its second attempt to override its tax cap and will be forced to freeze taxes as a result — the first Long Island district to experience such consequences under New York State's strict cap law.

At 10:30 a.m., the state Department of Agriculture and Markets joins Broome - Tioga BOCES to kick off the very first locally sourced NY Thursdays lunch program in upstate, Tioga Central School District Athletic Field, 27 Fifth Ave., Tioga Center.

Duffy also weighed in on Last In, First out, saying he is for anything that improves the graduation rates for students, especially in the state's Big 5 school districtin on Last In, First out, saying he is for anything that improves the graduation rates for students, especially in the state's Big 5 school districtIn, First out, saying he is for anything that improves the graduation rates for students, especially in the state's Big 5 school districtin the state's Big 5 school districts.

At 7:30 a.m., state Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia will welcome students, teachers and administrators back on the first day of school at William S. Hackett Middle School in the Albany City School District, 45 Delawarschool at William S. Hackett Middle School in the Albany City School District, 45 DelawarSchool in the Albany City School District, 45 DelawarSchool District, 45 Delaware Ave.

At 8 a.m., state Education Commissioner Elia and East Ramapo School District Monitor Chuck Szuberla will welcome students, teachers and administrators back on the first day of school at Kakiat Elementary School in the East Ramapo Central School District, 465 Viola Rd., Spring VSchool District Monitor Chuck Szuberla will welcome students, teachers and administrators back on the first day of school at Kakiat Elementary School in the East Ramapo Central School District, 465 Viola Rd., Spring Vschool at Kakiat Elementary School in the East Ramapo Central School District, 465 Viola Rd., Spring VSchool in the East Ramapo Central School District, 465 Viola Rd., Spring VSchool District, 465 Viola Rd., Spring Valley.

Cuomo only asking the people to support the cap without any mention of mandate relief is the hamburger bun without the burger and simply fuels the opposition's (they say mandate relief before tax cap) claim that tax cap alone is a big - government scheme to take power away from and defund local towns and school districts and increase the power of the larger state government which created the property tax problem in the first place by passing the mandates which are the biggest property tax drivers and now refuses to change those mandates.

Where he traded a reduction in pension benefits for the ability to draw legislative districts and authorized the state's first charter schools in exchange for a pay raise.

He first challenged an incumbent state assemblyman and then a sitting congressman in a predominantly black district in central Brooklyn, drawing support from unconventional precincts — including charter - school donors and conservative pro-Israel activists — on his way to Washington.

The first grants will go to high - needs schools and districts in six to eight states.

In his first budget address to the legislature, Murphy said he would use the extra revenue to ramp up state aid for school districts, increase funding for the beleaguered NJ Transit and a make a larger payment into the cash - strapped public worker pension system.

The first program registered with the state Health Department was the Ellicottville Central School District in Cattaraugus County, south of Buffalo, in 2015.

After the proposition passed, state union representatives immediately lobbied the state attorney general to issue a «clarification» explaining that performance pay actually meant an across - the - board bonus for every teacher in a school or district, regardless of performance, and that funding classrooms directly actually meant passing the funding through the district first so the district, rather than the school, can make the major funding decisions.

I'd love for Florida to be the first state in the nation where every parent has a choice in truly customizing his or her child's education at the teacher, school or district level.

He helped 17 school districts implement the state's new assessment system — one of the first in the nation to measure students against a standard rather than a national norm.

The study, «Resegregation and Equity in Oklahoma City,» authored by Jennifer Jellison of the Harvard Project on School Desegregation, examined the assumptions underlying the Supreme Court's 1991 Oklahoma City - based Dowell decision, a landmark decision that for the first time sanctioned a return to segregated schooling by stating that districts may be released from a desegregation order if they had met certain conditions.

In the study, respondents were first asked to guess the average amount of money spent per child in their school district and the average salary of a public school teacher in their statIn the study, respondents were first asked to guess the average amount of money spent per child in their school district and the average salary of a public school teacher in their statin their school district and the average salary of a public school teacher in their statin their state.

According to the Center for Education Reform, as of January 2003 there were nearly 2,700 charter schools serving more than 684,000 students in 36 states and the District of Columbia, just a decade after the first charter opened its doors.

Perhaps some states would empower high - performing schools first, while others might put failing schools into governors» districts like the one currently proposed in New Jersey.

Because the presence of charter schools in an area might affect both student achievement and the decisions of families to move to a district, we measured state demographics and student achievement during the 1989 — 90 school year, several years before the first charter laws took effect.

Since the first law authorizing charter schools was passed in Minnesota in 1991, 39 other states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico have all adopted legislation supporting public charters.

The 370,000 - student district is the first school system in the Sunshine State to hire an inspector general to lead investigations.

It cites increases in teacher salaries, a shift in school funding from local property taxes to state taxes, and a reduction in the disparities between poor and wealthy districts as financing changes that were successful «even in the first year.»

In addition, the state requires, but does not pay for, mentoring for all beginning teachers, as well as all those in their first year with a school districIn addition, the state requires, but does not pay for, mentoring for all beginning teachers, as well as all those in their first year with a school districin their first year with a school district.

The districts must explain why the child's school is «in need of improvement» in the first place, including «how the school compares in terms of academic achievement to other elementary schools or secondary schools served by the local educational agency and the State educational agency.»

Although the federal government, states, school districts, and private foundations already have invested nearly $ 200 million in producing and rewarding National Board - certified teachers, this is the first study assessing whether the National Board has actually succeeded in identifying «expert» or «master» teachers who perform better than their uncertified peers.

Columbia Teachers College professor Hank Levin recounts that when the California legislature allowed districts to apply for waivers if they could demonstrate that laws or rules were hampering school improvement, «Fewer than 100 [waivers] were made in the first year» in a state with more than 1,000 districts.

For the first time in history, states and school districts are aiming to take the evaluation of teachers seriously.

It builds on school improvement provisions in its predecessor, the Improving America's Schools Act of 1994 (IASA), which first required states and school districts to identify schools in need of school improSchools Act of 1994 (IASA), which first required states and school districts to identify schools in need of school improschools in need of school improvement.

«In February 2010, for the first time, a state judge overturned a school district's choice of a high - school math curriculum,» Josh Dunn writes in a new «legal beat» article posted on the Ed Next websitIn February 2010, for the first time, a state judge overturned a school district's choice of a high - school math curriculum,» Josh Dunn writes in a new «legal beat» article posted on the Ed Next websitin a new «legal beat» article posted on the Ed Next website.

First, in August 2005, it allowed four districts in Virginia (and later another 12 districts in four additional states) to flip - flop the order of NCLB school choice and free tutoring.

The assessment itself was first given in 1969, but the underlying political compromises meant that (a) students were tested by age, not grade level; (b) results were reported either as percentages of test takers getting individual questions right or (starting in 1984) on a psychometric scale that included no benchmarks, standards, or «cut points»; and (c) the «units of analysis» were the entire country and four big regions but not individual states, let alone districts or schools.

Among the 10 most rural states, only Arkansas has charter schools, thanks in part to this powerful alliance with rural districts (although Reimagine Prep will open the first Mississippi charter school, in Jackson, in the fall of 2015).

Ten schools in Denver will lose $ 1.8 million in federal Reading First money after the state determined the school district was out of compliance with the requirements for the program.

Arizona's auditor general has documented similar activities among school districts in the state over the years, but the agency recently conducted the first financial audit of Empowerment Scholarship Accounts — the nation's first education savings account program.

It was the first independent audit of the district since state education officials replaced Paterson's administrators and school board with their own management team and a local advisory council in 1991.

Indeed, the most important (and uncertain) premise of Reading First was that it could catalyze and support meaningful change in the SEAs — could help them build agile expert systems that gave high - quality support to schools and districts — and thereby improve reading achievement among the poor, not just in isolated schools and districts as in the past but across entire states.

First, while state laws often prohibit SEAs from encroaching on district autonomy, because Barbero's office in effect is the district, she has been able to intervene directly in schools where the core curriculum was not working.

The White House holds that these proposals mark a «sea - change» in national education policy — «for the first time holding states and school districts accountable for progress and rewarding them for results.»

In February 2010, for the first time, a state judge overturned a school district's choice of a high - school math curriculum.

spThanks to a multiyear initiative to use technology to help surmount the challenges often faced by the state's small, rural schools, Advanced Placement courses were offered for the first time this spring — via the Internet — in 26 districts

Dr. Bruce Douglas, executive director of Connecticut's Capitol Region Education Council (CREC), an organization that oversees the state's magnet schools and provides services to school districts in the Hartford region, says he is pleased with the magnet school's first year.