Sentences with phrase «former state education commissioner»

Former state education commissioner John King must recuse himself from decisions directly related to New York, even when he takes over as acting US secretary of education after Arne Duncan steps down, according to a federal official.

President Barack Obama will nominate Dr. John B. King Jr., former state education commissioner in New York, to serve as Education Department secretary after receiving commitments from lawmakers to give his nomination speedy consideration, the White House said.

16) Indiana: Christel House Academy, the charter school at the center of a scandal over former state education commissioner Tony Bennett's alleged changing of its assessment grade, has «dropped from the A that he manufactured, to an F.» Bennett's successor, Glenda Ritz, has worked out a new set of operating rules for the state board of education.

His demonstrations have included leading a walkout of a talk by the former state education commissioner and conducting a mock trial prosecuting Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo for denying New York students their right to an education.

This gap exasperates Steiner, himself the former state education commissioner of New York, where he championed the creation of the EngageNY curriculum website with funding from the state's $ 700 million Race to the Top grant.

New Jersey education commissioner David Hespe has said Gov. Chris Christie intends to nominate Chris Cerf, the former state education commissioner who helped recruit Cami Anderson, to replace her.

As a former state education commissioner (perhaps the only one who ever studied political theory at Oxford), I hope that many of them will.

Mr. Hespe said the governor intended to nominate Chris Cerf, the former state education commissioner who helped recruit Ms. Anderson, to replace her.

Lederman's suit against state education officials — including John King, the former state education commissioner, who now is a top adviser to Duncan at the Education Department — challenges the rationality of the VAM model used to evaluate her and, by extension, other teachers in the state.

Meanwhile, state legislative leaders in Florida asked Tony Bennett, former state education commissioner, to withdraw from PARCC last month after determining that the new exams would double per - pupil testing costs.

«At one time, the district looked at charters as the enemy,» said Bob Wedl, the consultant provided by Education Evolving who also has served as a former state education commissioner.