Sentences with phrase «in federal race»

3) Question: I feel like the judge's law clerk — not the judge — is doing all the work and making all of the decisions in the federal race discrimination case I brought.

States across the country have followed the District's lead, many in pursuit of rewards — such as billions of dollars in federal Race to the Top funds and waivers from the most onerous provisions of the federal No Child Left Behind law — that the Obama administration granted to states that agreed to use student test scores in teacher evaluations.

Failure to win support of teachers for adoption of a new evaluation system based on test scores, once again doomed several of the state's largest school districts in the federal Race to the Top competition earlier this month.

Florida districts are spending $ 43 million in federal Race to the Top grant money on devising and beginning new methods.

In the round - two scramble for $ 3.4 billion in federal Race to the Top Fund grants, the need for school district and union buy - in — a relatively small, but important part of any winning formula — poses a policy puzzle for the competing states.

Colorado and Delaware are among the 20 states that received more than $ 1 billion in federal Race to the Top - Early Learning Challenge grants to bolster the quality of early learning education and to make it more widely available.

GCS spent more than $ 3 million in federal Race to the Top funds on the one - to - one technology initiative.

Florida is supporting schools» use of lesson study through its $ 700 million award in the federal Race to the Top competition.

He joined the department in 2009, helping to write its successful application for $ 700 million in federal Race to the Top funds.

After a year of development, the much - anticipated «common core standards» for English and mathematics were unveiled Wednesday morning, just a day after states» second - round applications were due in the federal Race to the Top competition.

Already a two - time loser in the federal Race to the Top competition, California education officials learned Wednesday that they've been given two new chances to win a share of the reform grant money.

However, he opposes current legislation aimed at improving the state's eligibility for up to $ 700 million in the federal Race to the Top competitive grants.

The deal secured nearly $ 1 billion in federal Race to the Top funds that were contingent on a statewide teacher evaluation system.

Twenty - one New Jersey school districts are among more than 370 nationwide to apply for $ 400 million in federal Race to the Top funds, as the sweeping and sometimes controversial competition goes local with a push into specific instruction models and technology.

Former state Sen. Gloria Romero, also a long - time legislator, had embraced some of President Barack Obama's education agenda contained in the federal Race to the Top competition.

New York had already begun to implement a new statewide evaluation system, and its charter system was blossoming, thanks in part to millions of dollars in federal Race to the Top funding and a state government that generally supported its growth.

The Utah state school board on Friday voted 12 - 3 to withdraw from the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium — one of two state - based consortia working off of $ 360 million in federal Race to the Top money to have outside companies develop assessments that test the Common Core State Standards, the Salt Lake Tribune reports.

In March 2011, as part of Florida's participation in the federal Race to the Top initiative, Governor Rick Scott signed into law a sweeping education bill that would effectively overhaul a teacher evaluation system that had been entrenched for decades.

The bills are aimed at obtaining up to $ 400 million in the federal Race to the Top competition run by the Obama administration.

The consortia are supported with $ 417 million in federal Race to the Top grant funds.

Last month, Education Secretary Arne Duncan warned that those states risk losing their share of $ 4.3 billion in federal Race to the Top money offered as an incentive to improve schools.

Following the introduction of Common Core, the Administration offered $ 4.35 billion in federal Race to the Top grant money, along with waivers from the onerous provisions of the widely derided No Child Left Behind Act.

Schools used their share of $ 4.3 billion in federal Race to the Top competitive - grant money to make significant progress in areas including state data systems and instructional resources for teachers.

Indeed, one of the most contentious education reforms of the last decade was the effort, spearheaded in the federal Race to the Top initiative, to create accountability around teachers» performance.

On August 25, 2010, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced $ 400 million in federal Race to the Top education grants to New Jersey would not be funded due to a clerical error in the state's application made by an unidentified mid-level state official.

New York state has until June 1 to submit its application to try to win up to $ 700 million in federal Race to the Top funds.

If he had decided to stay in the race, JJR would have been among the first impacted by the newly reinstated «resign - to - run» law, which requires state elected officials to resign 10 days before qualifying in a federal race.

New York State has agreed to adopt high - stakes testing and controversial teacher evaluation systems tied to Common Core State Standards for a one - time installment of $ 700 millions in federal Race to the Top grant money.

The failure so far to agree on the teacher evaluation plans is also jeopardizing up to a billion dollars in federal Race to the Top grants.

He played an instrumental role in ensuring New York State qualified for, and won, $ 700 million in Federal Race to the Top dollars, a US Department of Education sponsored effort to spur innovation and reform in state and local district K - 12 education.

But Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver noted to reporters this afternoon that it was the 2010 law that helped New York place second in the federal Race to the Top application process.

In federal races, losing candidates included South Florida's Tim Canova, who tried unsuccessfully to tie incumbent opponent Debbie Wasserman - Schultz to the sugar industry.

WASHINGTON — In another sharp blow to the campaign - finance system in effect since the 1970s, the Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down a key contribution limit in federal races...

His three - pronged legislation would set up a «People's Fund» to provide financial support in those federal races where grassroots candidates face special - interest spending that exceeds national averages.

Not exact matches

In 1965, Lyndon B. Johnson signed Executive Order 11246, which ended workplace discrimination by federal contractors based on «race, color, religion, sex or national origin.»

In the tight three - way race of this year's federal election, the focus has shifted from the reliability of any single research firm to the wisdom of the collective pollster mind, with news outlets arguing over who can aggregate the polls in the most reliable fashioIn the tight three - way race of this year's federal election, the focus has shifted from the reliability of any single research firm to the wisdom of the collective pollster mind, with news outlets arguing over who can aggregate the polls in the most reliable fashioin the most reliable fashion.

After our education plan finished first in the «Race to the Top» federal funding competition for its capacity to improve student performance, we continue to move forward.

With the president's party controlling the Senate by just one seat and the Senate holding not only the power to pass or block legislation, but also to confirm nominees to federal positions, including the Supreme Court, the race in Arizona to replace the departing Sen. Jeff Flake is one of several to watch this fall.

His Race to the Top initiative invites states to compete for federal dollars using tests and other methods to measure teachers, a philosophy that would not fly in Finland.

Uncertainty about the U.S. presidential race in the near term may produce periods of volatility for the U.S. dollar, yet RBC maintains that the U.S. currency will post modest gains against the Euro, Canadian dollar and sterling as markets look for a U.S. Federal Reserve policy rate increase in the first half of 2017.

Top White House strategist Kellyanne Conway on Thursday wouldn't say whether President Trump will discipline her after a watchdog group said she violated federal ethics law by endorsing a Republican candidate in an Alabama Senate race.

With the race for the Conservative Party nomination in Calgary - Signal Hill in less than 10 days, the Rob Anders campaign has broadcast a new robocall praising the incumbent MP for decreasing the federal Goods and Services Tax.

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Canadian tech CEOs have called on the Federal Government to ensure their «innovation agenda» is targeted towards helping high - growth technology companies scale - up and compete in the global innovation race.

The upcoming selection of a new chairman of the Federal Reserve is being cast as a three - way race, in the sense that President Obama mentioned exactly three names in discussing the choice with Congressional Democrats: Larry Summers, Janet Yellen and Donald Kohn.

Former Liberal MP Gerard Kennedy, who ran in the 2006 federal Liberal leadership race, is currently running in the Ontario provincial race.

-- Having the Blue Jays in the race for the World Series at the same time as the federal election has been a bit of a boon for the Conservatives, given that they share the same colours.

But Federal Reserve Vice Chair Janet Yellen, his chief opponent in the tight race to replace Ben Bernanke at the helm of the U.S. central bank, is not exactly struggling financially.