Sentences with phrase «from federal education officials»

ESSA pushes decision - making power about most aspects of accountability from federal education officials to the states and localities.

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Cuomo administration officials said the governor's plan does not take dollars away from low - income students and will allow even more low - income families to take advantage of state and federal financial aid that's available for higher education.

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.

In January 2005, a federal judge ordered officials in Cobb County, Georgia, to remove stickers questioning Darwinism from textbooks; in May, the Kansas board of education began deliberating on whether to include the «controversy» in state science curricula.

State education officials and local school districts are working to use technology money from the federal economic - stimulus package to develop initiatives that do everything from consolidate data systems to create high - quality digital content for school laptops.

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.

Recently, such federal officials as Attorney General Edwin Meese 3rd and Secretary of Education William J. Bennett have criticized the Court for straying from the framers» intent.

Her day began with a speech from a top federal education official; it will end with a tutorial on the No Child Left Behind Act.

The department was sued in both state and federal court by the Institute for Creation Research after state education officials sought to bar the school from awarding master's degrees in science beginning in 1988.

For reasons that escape me, ESSA's required federal filings, which have been assembled by hordes of well - meaning state officials and consultants, have been treated not as largely meaningless paper exercises but as something deserving of breathless notice from education advocates and press (including American Idol - style contests and foundation - funded independent review boards).

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.

Federal and state officials collect data about the characteristics of students with disabilities and certain outcomes for those students, but little is known about the quality of education they receive, according to a report from the Editorial Projects in Education Researceducation they receive, according to a report from the Editorial Projects in Education ResearcEducation Research Center.

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.

Yet federal appellate judges resisted intervention, and instead showed that the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), when followed to the letter, may protect school officials from liability.

Educrats all over the country have begun to persuade federal education officials to grant waivers from NCLB, adopting the position that it is unfair to label schools as failing when the performance gaps between ethnic groups are so wide and when minority children lag so far behind their White, more affluent peers.

Federal education officials have begun announcing a new round of grants from the Teacher Incentive Fund.

Michigan could lose its waiver from federal No Child Left Behind requirements if the state legislature does not adopt proposed changes to the state's teacher evaluation system, U.S. Department of Education officials said in a report.

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.

State officials have aligned the remake of their letter grade system with Indiana's request for a waiver from requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind law, which the state filed in November — about the same time the proposal first came before the State Board of Education.

Ashton Marra reports that, even as Ohio education officials await feedback from the federal Department of Education on the state's ESSA accountability plan, the CheckStatePlans.org review gives the plan «high markeducation officials await feedback from the federal Department of Education on the state's ESSA accountability plan, the CheckStatePlans.org review gives the plan «high markEducation on the state's ESSA accountability plan, the CheckStatePlans.org review gives the plan «high marks.»

Designed by the State Office of Education, it's been approved by federal officials under a waiver from No Child Left Behind requirements.

But Alexandria school officials said the academy costs are met entirely from regular public education funds, plus an extra amount the federal government allots annually for every student designated an «English Language Learner,» no matter what public school they attend.

Other problematic requirements, from the perspective of the officials interviewed, related to civil rights data collection, (Education Week reported extensively on that data) the Federal Funding and Transparency Act, and federal time distribution reports (the report noted that «in order for state and local federal grant recipients to use federal funds to pay salaries for their employees, they must document the employees» time spent on federally funded activFederal Funding and Transparency Act, and federal time distribution reports (the report noted that «in order for state and local federal grant recipients to use federal funds to pay salaries for their employees, they must document the employees» time spent on federally funded activfederal time distribution reports (the report noted that «in order for state and local federal grant recipients to use federal funds to pay salaries for their employees, they must document the employees» time spent on federally funded activfederal grant recipients to use federal funds to pay salaries for their employees, they must document the employees» time spent on federally funded activfederal funds to pay salaries for their employees, they must document the employees» time spent on federally funded activities.)

Yet, because changes in assessment affect our entire education system and infrastructure, from state agencies to test makers to federal officials to classroom teachers, we won't see the real benefits from technology - enabled assessments — improved teaching and learning — without careful attention from policymakers and deliberate strategies to create change.

As states transition from No Child Left Behind to using their new authority under ESSA, Anne Wicks and William McKenzie of the George W. Bush Institute write in The 74 that it is critical for all stakeholders — federal officials, advocacy organizations, and policymakers — provide proper oversight to make sure states «implement their plans with fidelity and support the education leaders who use accountability as a key tool to help all kids achieve.»

Before federal education officials exempted Indiana from the national accountability law, schools tracked the performance of students in every socioeconomic and ethnic «subgroup» in their building.

Though the trip was positive overall, the districts heard concerns from federal officials regarding the coalition's ambitions around Common Core, particularly for English learners and special education students.

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.

Oklahoma will not lose control over a portion of its federal funding next year, according to state officials, who announced Monday that the U.S. Department of Education has restored the state's waiver from the 2001 accountability law known as No Child Left Behind (NCLB).

In the video and a post for the website Medium, Bush said his plan is based on school choice (including charter schools), accountability for student achievement, an emphasis on early childhood education, and moving authority from the federal government to local officials, teachers, and parents.

Officials from the federal Education Department said that many districts had successfully implemented their TIF grants, and anticipated that no other grantees would choose to terminate their agreements.

«Foundations have moved in considerable measure from adding to what schools do, to trying to transform schools and what they're doing,» says Chester Finn Jr., a former federal education official who is now president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute.

This week, California's state board of education will consider a proposal by the state's department of education to ask federal officials for direct relief from NCLB without going through the official waiver process.

In addition to Indiana's waiver, federal education officials approved applications from Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, Oklahoma and Tennessee.

(District of Columbia) In an effort to tamp down on excessive disciplinary actions meted out in K - 12 schools, federal officials released earlier this month comprehensive guidance drawing from expertise of both the education community and law enforcement.

Federal education officials planned a second meeting Wednesday to hear from opponents of the guidance.

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.

Even as political leaders in both red and blue states continue to back away from the standards — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is the latest example — the hottest battles have shifted to the local level, where education officials are staging public revolts against state and federal mandates to administer Common Core exams.

D.C. schools officials said they do not believe that they need permission for the one - year pause and did not formally seek a delay from the federal government, but they did notify the Education Department of their intent.

Meléndez is the highest ranking official from the Department of Education to ever address the Federal Relations Conference, and while NAESP's priorities are not always reflected in the Department of Education's proposals, we appreciate this department's outreach efforts and willingness to invite organizations such as ours to the discussion table.

GAO analyzed published and unpublished budget data covering Direct Loans made from fiscal years 1995 through 2015 and estimated to be made in 2016 and 2017; analyzed and tested Education's computer code used to estimate IDR plan costs; reviewed documentation related to Education's estimation approach; and interviewed officials at Education and other federal agencies.