Sentences with phrase «from state superintendent of public instruction»

The District recently received an email from State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson with information about pending lawsuits (known as the «Morgan Hill» cases).

The announcement came from State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson who said, «I applaud these strong, thriving schools that are making such impressive strides in preparing their students for continued success.»

Don't take our word for it; consider this statement from the state superintendent of public instruction, Richard Ross:

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So what does the State Superintendent of Public Instruction think about her job going from elected to appointed?

Oregon's superintendent of public instruction has reversed his decision to withhold state funds from a school district dominated by members of an Eastern - style religious sect.

With districts and schools under tremendous pressure to make every dollar count, California teachers can now download top - rated content from the site at no charge, said state Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell.

From the moment he read the newspaper on June 3, Wayne G. Sanstead, North Dakota's superintendent of public instruction, had a feeling the results of the nation's first - ever state - level student assessment would bring him good news.

Indiana's entry into the charter movement was nearly arrested in early 2002 when Suellen Reid, the Republican state superintendent of public instruction, balked at giving Indiana's new charters any money during their first semester, basing her opinion on legal advice from members of her staff.

Steven J. Adamowski, from senior fellow, Hudson Institute, Indianapolis, Ind., to associate state superintendent of public instruction, Dover, Del..

When the Washington State superintendent of public instruction, Randy Dorn, dropped the Discovering series from the recommended list of textbooks, Key Curriculum Press, the publisher of the Discovering series, unsuccessfully sued the state claiming, naturally, that his decision was arbitrary and capricState superintendent of public instruction, Randy Dorn, dropped the Discovering series from the recommended list of textbooks, Key Curriculum Press, the publisher of the Discovering series, unsuccessfully sued the state claiming, naturally, that his decision was arbitrary and capricstate claiming, naturally, that his decision was arbitrary and capricious.

Brad Smith served as the Utah State Superintendent of Public Instruction from November 2014 to February 2016, where he was focused on communication and collaboration.

Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Bennett announced the state would not compete in round two, citing a lack of cooperation from the state's largest teachers» union.

«NAEP sets rigorous goals for reading proficiency and provides an objective means of comparing student achievement from state to state,» said Superintendent of Public Instruction Patricia I. Wright.

State Superintendent of Public Instruction & local school boards o April 5: Attend the JFC hearings and «People's Tailgate» at State Fair Park (right now plans are shaping up to hold a Press Conference at 7 am and have an afternoon celebration from 4 — 6 pm that will include students, brats, hotdogs, 20 ft diameter parachutes, etc..

1 A free, 246 - page handbook that introduces educators to Compassionate Schools and provides guidance on how to support students facing chronic stress and trauma is available from the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction in Washington State.

The state's ESSA plan does not need any approval from the General Assembly or Gov. Roy Cooper, but it is submitted with Cooper's signature and the signature of state Superintendent of Public Instruction Mark Johnson.

The economic recession California has been slowly emerging from has highlighted the need for better workforce preparation for the state's younger population, said Lupita Cortez Alcalá, a deputy superintendent of public instruction at the state Department of Education.

On Wednesday, the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Tom Torlakson, issued an extremely important statement from the Department of Education.Read More...

SoundOut partnered with the Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction Title V and Innovative Programs to facilitate the Changing SPACES (Students Partnering to Advocate for Change in Environments in Schools) program from 2006 to 2007.

A former state lawmaker from Gig Harbor announced Thursday he'll enter an increasingly - crowded field in the race to replace Randy Dorn in Washington's top elected education office: the Superintendent of Public Instruction.

In his budget proposal for 2017 — 19 biennium, Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal underscored the importance of investing in teachers, noting, «Student success from the state's increased investment in full - day kindergarten, K — 3 class size reduction, and other... basic education components depends on making significant changes in Washington's ability to attract and retain qualified teachers.»

«Everything from the economic downturn to federal sequestration has hit some of our most vulnerable families undeniably hard in recent years,» California State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson, said in the release.

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Larry K. Shumway offered his congratulations to this year's graduates from Utah high schools.

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Larry K. Shumway had figures from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) on Utah student performance in math, science and language arts compared with states with similar scores and then cross-referenced with class size and per - pupil funding.

As the LRB analysis to AB 304 states, «Under current law, a school board must, upon request from a parent or guardian, excuse a pupil in 4th, 8th, 9th, 10th, or 11th grade from taking the knowledge and concepts examination adopted by the state superintendent of public instruction that is required to be administered to pupils in that grade.»

«It is disappointing that our state's request — which enjoyed such strong support from parents, teachers, administrators, and education advocates across California — has apparently been rejected,» Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson said in a press release Friday.

Prior to that work, Delisle served as Ohio's 35th state superintendent of public instruction from 2008 to 2011.

Additional speakers include Gary Chartrand, chairman of the Florida State Board of Education; Frank Biden, the president of Mavericks in Education and the brother of Vice President Joe Biden; Jeanne Allen, pioneering education reform champion and founder of The Center for Education Reform; Wendy Howard, the founder and executive director of the Florida Alliance for Choice in Education; Christie Bassett, 2015 Florida Teacher of the Year and a teacher at Highlands Park Elementary School in Polk County, Florida; Jason Fischer, member of the Duval County School Board; Lisa Graham Keegan, senior advisor to National School Choice Week and the former superintendent of public instruction for Arizona; and Randan Steinhauser, an advisor to National School Choice Week, who will join the event live via satellite from Austin, Texas.

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Larry K. Shumway announced he had received a letter from the U.S. Department of Education allowing the state to amend some of its annual measurable objectives under the No Child Left BehindState Superintendent of Public Instruction Larry K. Shumway announced he had received a letter from the U.S. Department of Education allowing the state to amend some of its annual measurable objectives under the No Child Left Behindstate to amend some of its annual measurable objectives under the No Child Left Behind Act.

When the Obama administration rejected California's first application for a waiver in 2012, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson said, «It is disappointing that our state's request — which enjoyed such strong support from parents, teachers, administrators, and education advocates across California — has been rejected.&rState Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson said, «It is disappointing that our state's request — which enjoyed such strong support from parents, teachers, administrators, and education advocates across California — has been rejected.&rstate's request — which enjoyed such strong support from parents, teachers, administrators, and education advocates across California — has been rejected.»

Results from the Nov. 4 yielded both hits and misses regarding prospects for advancing education reform in the Golden State, along with a few immediate lessons: Understand your fight You can't buy elections — especially the obscure post of superintendent of Public Instruction, a constitutional office created seemingly to operate as a wholly owned subsidiary -LSB-...]

Working with staff from the Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction Title V and Innovative Programs, SoundOut coordinated and facilitated a statewide project for 10 high schools focused on involving students in creating environments in schools that engage students.

The state Supreme Court struck down the law, however, finding that any attempt to take education authority away from the superintendent violated Article X of the state constitution, which vests all authority for the «the supervision of public instruction» in the superintendent.

Winners of the «Schools to Watch» program will host visitors from California and around the world who are looking for «replicable practices that will help them improve their middle grades schools and close the achievement gap,» according to a press release from the office of State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson

Expenditures and disbursements from the Fund shall be made by the State Treasurer on warrants issued by the Comptroller upon written request signed by the Superintendent of Public Instruction.

The Superintendent of Public Instruction has called upon a group of stakeholders from across Nevada to serve as an Advisory Group in the development of a state education plan.

Staff members, with help from the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, attempted to set the pass level at a place where about as many kids are expected to pass the exams as passed the state's previous tests.

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson has given Los Angeles Unified a one - year reprieve from a ruling requiring the district to spend potentially hundreds of millions of additional dollars on English learners and low - income children to comply with the state's new school fundingState Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson has given Los Angeles Unified a one - year reprieve from a ruling requiring the district to spend potentially hundreds of millions of additional dollars on English learners and low - income children to comply with the state's new school fundingstate's new school funding law.

The last time officials from the Indiana State Teachers Association gave as much money to a candidate for Superintendent of Public Instruction as they have this year, they gave it to a Republican.

While there is nothing but silence from Connecticut's State Department of Education about the results of this year's unfair, inappropriate and discriminatory Common Core SBAC test, the Washington Superintendent of Public Instruction (Washington State's equivalent of the Connecticut State Department of Education) is reporting that,

And from the State of Washington's Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, Dawn Cope, Science Assessment Lead, and Ellen Ebert, Director, Learning and Teaching Science, Environmental and Sustainability Education, discussed two major efforts that incorporate performance assessments in ways that engage students in three - dimensional science learning.

Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Bennett says what makes Indiana different from other states who have implemented mandatory teacher evaluation laws is that the Department of Education hasn't specified an assessment tool for districts to use.

A state lawmaker from Fayetteville plans to challenge North Carolina's incumbent state Superintendent of Public Instruction in the May primary.

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Sherri Ybarra made the announcement on March 29 after receiving a «personal call» from U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos.

SACRAMENTO — State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell today joined U.S. Department of Education Secretary Rod Paige as he awarded the California Department of Education (CDE) a $ 75 million grant from the federal Public Charter Schools Grant Program.

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell today joined U.S. Department of Education Secretary Rod Paige as he awarded the California Department of Education (CDE) a $ 75 million grant from the federal Public Charter Schools Grant Program...

Following the release of the tests results last week, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson said he is seeking funding from the Legislature and the Department of Finance for three positions within the California Department of Education to help insure that English learners are receiving quality iInstruction Tom Torlakson said he is seeking funding from the Legislature and the Department of Finance for three positions within the California Department of Education to help insure that English learners are receiving quality instructioninstruction.

Rep.Tana Senn spoke about her SEL legislation, HB 1518; Rep. Ruth Kagi talked about co-chairing the Governor's Blue Ribbon Commission that recommended a new state Department of Children, Youth and Families; and Associate Superintendent Gil Mendoza from the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) spoke about how Washington State formulated its plan for the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), the new federal education law that gives states more responsibility and accountabistate Department of Children, Youth and Families; and Associate Superintendent Gil Mendoza from the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) spoke about how Washington State formulated its plan for the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), the new federal education law that gives states more responsibility and accountabiState formulated its plan for the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), the new federal education law that gives states more responsibility and accountability.

The Department of Public Instruction released a draft application to the U.S. Education Department for a waiver from the 10 - year - old federal No Child Left Behind Act, which State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Evers said «has shackled schools by being overly prescriptive and prohibiting creative reforms.»

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