Sentences with phrase «local boards of education in»

NCSBA is the professional organization that represents local boards of education in North Carolina.

With that nuisance out - of - the - way, it will be easier for Malloy's Department of Education to simply disband local boards of education in towns that they want to take over.

«We were very eager in Colorado to engage local boards of education in order to support their local efforts in improving schools.

Both local boards of education in Bridgeport and Stamford had overwhelmingly opposed the proposed charter schools, explaining that they did not need or want additional charter schools in their district.

Leanne Winner, director of governmental relations for the N.C. School Boards Association, which represents local boards of education in Raleigh, agrees, emphasizing that the bill should not be assumed to offer a presumptive ban on teachers charged with any crimes.

MABE services include lobbying representation before Maryland's State Board of Education, General Assembly, and Congressional Delegation, and regular publications to inform and involve local board of education in the legislative process.

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They arrested 17 year - old Sami Ullah in Karachi after receiving a complaint from the local board of education, said Karachi police official Qudrat Shah Lodhi.

Codes 53A - 1a - 107 (2003) and 53A -13-109 (2004) allow local school boards and administrators to provide training as needed in the imparting of civic and character education.

Of the 90 similar programs in the state in the 1989 - 90 school year, 29 were run by school districts and 61 by outside agencies in space provided by local schools, according to Illinois Board of Education recordOf the 90 similar programs in the state in the 1989 - 90 school year, 29 were run by school districts and 61 by outside agencies in space provided by local schools, according to Illinois Board of Education recordof Education records.

Local boards of education would then adopt the plan by using «written materials, online training or videos or in person training,» the bill states.

Shedd Aquarium, Chicago's most visited paid cultural attraction and a national leader in animal care, conservation education and research, announces the election of four senior executives from leading local companies to its Board of Trustees: Julie Andreeff Jensen of Citadel; Jerry Krulewitch of McDonald's; Andrew P. Nocella of United Airlines; and Richard Tobin of CNH Industrial N.V.

Shedd Aquarium, Chicago's most visited paid cultural attraction and a national leader in animal care, conservation education and research, announces the election of four senior executives from leading local companies to its Board of Trustees: Julie Andreeff Jensen of Citadel; Jerry Krulewitch of McDonald's; Andrew P. Nocella of United Airlines; and Richard Tobin of CNH Industrial N.V. Continue Reading >

Whereas, These unambiguously racist, morally repugnant, flagrantly disrespectful, inflammatory and inexcusable comments by Mr. Paladino have garnered both local, national, and international attention that reflects negatively on the Buffalo Board of Education, the City of Buffalo and its leadership and its citizens, the State of New York, and every decent human being in America and abroad who has been shocked and offended by his words; And,

Adonis lived in a council children's home until the age of 11, when he was awarded a local education authority grant to attend Kingham Hill School, a boarding school in Oxfordshire.

The shadow education secretary said that any decision on whether Lord Archer joined his local Conservative association was up to the local board, saying it would be «crazy» for the party leader to intervene in the proper process of membership.

Dorancy, a former teacher and member of the local school board, serves as a senior administrator in the city's Department of Education.

«These unambiguously racist, morally repugnant, flagrantly disrespectful, inflammatory and inexcusable comments by Mr. Paladino have garnered both local, national and international attention that reflects negatively on the Buffalo Board of Education, the City of Buffalo and its leadership and its citizens, the State of New York, and every decent human being in America and abroad who has been shocked and offended by his words,» Jay wrote.

Mayoral control was introduced in 2002 to replace the older system of a Board of Education dominated by borough president appointees and local elected school boards which were, in some cases, corrupt.

When it comes to knowing what is best for students, respondents invested the most trust in local teachers, placing them atop a list that — in descending order — included their community's school board, the state Board of Regents, teachers unions, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, state Education Commissioner John King and the Legislaboard, the state Board of Regents, teachers unions, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, state Education Commissioner John King and the LegislaBoard of Regents, teachers unions, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, state Education Commissioner John King and the Legislature.

About a dozen local protesters appeared in the lobby of the New York State Education Department in Albany Wednesday demanding the immediate removal of Buffalo Board of Education member Carl Paladino.

We also interviewed Rodney Carroll, a union organizer; Yasmin Cornelius, the young and dynamic district manager of the local community board; Cynthia Doty, an intelligent district leader and former legislative aide, is the only non African - American candidate in this predominantly Central Harlem District, and Woody Henderson, a cable TV host and associate of Al Sharpton, who focuses on education and housing issues;

Local PEF leaders Ann Cinadre, an education supervisor at Sagamore, and PEF Executive Board member Carol Ferrante will be available to discuss the importance of keeping inpatient services for chidlren in the area.

The majority of the Buffalo Board of Education would like to be rid of member Carl Paladino, who, in addition to acting as the New York chair of Donald Trump's presidential campaign, recently told a local newspaper that, among other things, he'd like to see President Obama catch «mad cow disease after being caught having relations with a Herford,» while Michelle Obama «[returns] to being a male and [is] let loose in the outback of Zimbabwe where she lives comfortably in a cave with Maxie, the gorilla.»

New York State United Teachers, with local unions and advocacy groups, announced Thursday an upcoming effort to lobby Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the state Legislature, the state Education Department and the Board of Regents to end testing in pre-kindergarten through second grade.

Most Primary Schools in the Local Government Areas hitherto occupied by Boko Haram were completely destroyed, the Universal Basic Education Board is to undertake reconstruction of all primary schools, renovate existing schools, supply most needed educational materials and of course feed the primary school pupils across the State and provide more furniture to enhance teaching and learning at the primary school level» Shettima said.

The board would also spend N15.1 million on the construction of Early Child Care Development Education games village in nine primary schools in nine local government areas.

Not satisfied with a state Board of Regents decision to put a hold on the use of test scores in teacher and principal evaluations, New York State Allies for Public Education is urging its members to opt out of local exams that will be taking the place of standardized, Common Core - aligned tests used to evaluate teachers.

In addition, she has been active in many local organizations including: The New Rochelle League of Women Voters, NAACP, New Rochelle Board of Education, the Shiloh Baptist Church, Sister to Sister International and the Westchester Black Women's Political CaucuIn addition, she has been active in many local organizations including: The New Rochelle League of Women Voters, NAACP, New Rochelle Board of Education, the Shiloh Baptist Church, Sister to Sister International and the Westchester Black Women's Political Caucuin many local organizations including: The New Rochelle League of Women Voters, NAACP, New Rochelle Board of Education, the Shiloh Baptist Church, Sister to Sister International and the Westchester Black Women's Political Caucus.

Local school board elections increasingly are becoming a national political battleground, as millions of dollars in campaign cash pours in from out - of - state donors in the name of education reform, indicates new research led by a Michigan State University scholar.

The institute helped the conservative Louisiana Family Forum (LFF), headed by Christian minister Gene Mills, to pass a state education act in 2008 that allows local boards to teach intelligent design alongside evolution under the guise of «academic freedom».

The TMT Board expresses our strong commitment to respect the long history and cultural significance of Mauna Kea to the Hawaiian people, and has committed annual funding for local community benefits and education in Hawaii.

The Revisionaries showcases how public education has become the latest battleground in a new wave of cultural, religious and ideological clashes, with local Texas education board members advancing agendas of Creationism and other religious issues in public schools.

Two weeks after the New York City Board of Education adopted a controversial plan to distribute condoms in all of the district's high schools, local and national debate about the plan's merits, and its possible influence on other districts, continues unabated.

To make sense of the opt - out phenomenon, Education Next spoke with two public school parents: Scott Levy, a local school board member in New York State, and Jonah Edelman, cofounder and CEO of Stand for Children.

Most High School Seniors Aren't College or Career Ready, says «Nation's Report Card» NPR Ed, 4/27/16» «In our era of incredibly volatile state and local testing practices, it is our North Star,» says Andrew Ho, a measurement expert at the Harvard Graduate School of Education who sits on NAEP's bipartisan governing board.»

Responding to the Government statement that the Education for All Bill, announced in the Queen's Speech, will not be introduced in Parliament, Cllr Richard Watts, Chair of the Local Government Association's Children and Young People Board, said: «We are pleased that the Secretary of State is acting on the strong concerns from councils about the Government's planned educationEducation for All Bill, announced in the Queen's Speech, will not be introduced in Parliament, Cllr Richard Watts, Chair of the Local Government Association's Children and Young People Board, said: «We are pleased that the Secretary of State is acting on the strong concerns from councils about the Government's planned educationeducation reforms.

And, of course, Checker Finn beat them all, suggesting in a 1991 Education Week commentary that we should probably «declare local boards and superintendents to be archaic in the 1990s, living fossils of an earlier age....

Nowhere has the debate over the power and perquisites of schools» building engineers been more heated than in New York City, where the board of education is now engaged in contract negotiations with Local 891 of the International Union of Operating Engineers.

Reacting to the concerns of local school districts, the Alaska State Board of Education has endorsed a concept that will recognize «local diversity» in the implementation of a plan for a statewide school - improvement proposed by the Governor's Task Force on Effective Schooling.

For example: (1) teachers in charter schools have certification requirements as do other public schools; (2) charter schools are subject to academic standards set by the state; (3) charter schools must comply with local, state, and federal laws related to health, safety and civil rights; and (4) charter schools are «subject to the supervision of the superintendent of public instruction and the state board of education.»

But representatives of local school districts contend that the $ 5.8 - billion appropriation is not enough to pay for the Board of Regents» «Action Plan to Improve Elementary and Secondary Education Results in New York State,» a comprehensive, five - year reform plan adopted last year.

In an Education Week commentary essay about school boards in 2009, I wrote, «[M] y sense of things, after two stints on my local school board... is that school boards have been overtaken by the «educatocracy,» by powerful trade unions, certified specialists, certification agencies, state and federal rule - makers and legislators, grants with strings, billion - dollar - contractor lobbyists, textbook mega-companies, professional associations, and lawyers — the list could go on.&raquIn an Education Week commentary essay about school boards in 2009, I wrote, «[M] y sense of things, after two stints on my local school board... is that school boards have been overtaken by the «educatocracy,» by powerful trade unions, certified specialists, certification agencies, state and federal rule - makers and legislators, grants with strings, billion - dollar - contractor lobbyists, textbook mega-companies, professional associations, and lawyers — the list could go on.&raquin 2009, I wrote, «[M] y sense of things, after two stints on my local school board... is that school boards have been overtaken by the «educatocracy,» by powerful trade unions, certified specialists, certification agencies, state and federal rule - makers and legislators, grants with strings, billion - dollar - contractor lobbyists, textbook mega-companies, professional associations, and lawyers — the list could go on.»

In local elections this month, four out of five candidates supported by the Milwaukee Teachers Education Association won seats on the nine - member board.

In 26 states (including 10 of the 12 states above), the initial decision by a local school board to deny a charter school application may be appealed to the state board of education or another institution, thus curbing school districts» control over the approval of charters even where school districts are given a role.

By contrast, in 23 states, many institutions can approve charter schools, such as the state board of education, universities, a specially designated state board for charter schools, or local school districts.

The board asserted that the statute gives the state board of education more powers than the Colorado state constitution permits and infringes on the state constitution's provision that the local school board «shall have control of instruction in the public schools of their respective districts.»

For instance, in Board of Education No. 1 in the City and County of Denver v. Booth, the Denver school board challenged Colorado's Charter Schools Act, which grants local school boards the authority to approve or disapprove a charter applicaBoard of Education No. 1 in the City and County of Denver v. Booth, the Denver school board challenged Colorado's Charter Schools Act, which grants local school boards the authority to approve or disapprove a charter applicaboard challenged Colorado's Charter Schools Act, which grants local school boards the authority to approve or disapprove a charter application.

Silver opened his school at a time in the history of American education when innovators could get traction for their dreams, with support from private foundations, state governments, local boards of education, and graduate programs like those at the Harvard Graduate School of Eeducation when innovators could get traction for their dreams, with support from private foundations, state governments, local boards of education, and graduate programs like those at the Harvard Graduate School of Eeducation, and graduate programs like those at the Harvard Graduate School of EducationEducation.

The decision was unusual in that the court relied not on traditional separation - of - church - and - state concerns, but instead on a provision of the Colorado state constitution that vests control over public education in local school boards.

In the 1999 Booth decision, the Colorado Supreme Court rejected the Denver board's position, finding that the constitution's grant of «general supervision» over public education to the state board was broad enough to encompass the power to approve local charter schools.