Sentences with phrase «local school board decision»

The New York State School Boards Association said the task force makes several «sensible recommendations» and «represents a much - needed scaling back of federal and state involvement in local school board decision - making.»

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FOR Perth - based white board manufacturer Hans Fruh, a decision to visit the Middle East and try his hand with cold calls to office and school equipment suppliers listed in the local «yellow pages» has paid off handsomely.

«I think it should be left to local school boards to make that decision,» Rell said at a news conference before the bill was passed.

Many people believe education is best run at the local level because school boards and school officials better serve the public when they are able to be held accountable by the local community they serve; when the decision - makers have local roots, many believe they do a better job than a monolithic federal bureaucracy hundreds or thousands of miles away.

«I want local parents, teachers, and school boards to make the decisions about curriculum and assessment.

«We should let the local teachers and parents and school boards make the decisions about standards, curriculum and assessment,» he continued.

In addition to scrapping the Common Core, Hawkins would improve schools by restoring aid cut during the state's economic downturn, encouraging desegregation through voluntary interdistrict transfers and returning curriculum decisions to local school boards.

«Let the local teachers and parents and school boards, the people who care the most about their local school children, make decisions about standards, curriculum and assessments,» Hawkins said.

«Let the local teachers and parents and school boards and people who care the most about their local school children and the make decisions about standards, curriculum and assessments,» Hawkins said.

Once the domain of local and state school boards, decisions about schools and schooling have begun to emerge in every level and branch of government.

A unitary accountability system enables the state to fairly and transparently monitor program compliance and inform the public about performance; make difficult decisions about withholding funds, intervening with local boards, and taking over schools and districts; and uniformly and thoroughly administer federal programs.

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.

A group of parents who send their children to a Portland, Ore., high school that is scheduled to close at the end of this school year say they were angered and shocked by the city school board's decision last summer to «take away» their local school.

We believe it's the local community and school board's decision to make.»

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.

We also know from experience, though, that local school boards and superintendents make the lion's share of key decisions.

The court also stated in Brown v. Board of Education II in 1955 that the integration would proceed «with all deliberate speed,» affirming its 1954 decision and signaling that state and local education officials needed to work with federal judges to manage integration of public schools.

Split Decision: Two Incumbents Losing in Denver School Board Elections, Two Supporters of District Policies Prevail (Chalkbeat) Quotes Martin West: «There are signs in the national election results this week that Democrats may make significant headway at the state and local level next year when many more seats are in play, and that typically makes it harder to pursue the traditional reform agenda.

Washington State goes even further: not only can a teacher appeal a principal's decision to the local school board; the board's decision can be appealed all the way to the state supreme court.

Those elected to headteacher boards do not have decision - making powers, but provide local expertise to inform the decisions of National and Regional Schools Commissioners and ministers.

In a system that prizes local control over curricular decisions, 10,000 school boards will be making the most critical calls over Common Core implementation.

[20] A local school board that had once been abolished and a state agency created in recent years are now increasingly meddling in the efforts of DC school leadership to make swift, effective decisions governing schools.

Last year, heeding calls for «local control» of education decisions and less invasive interventions in underperforming schools, Congress passed the Every Student Succeeds Act, granting states and local school boards, rather than the federal government, broad latitude in determining how to rate the performance of schools and how to intervene when performance lags.

The bill would provide extra support for charter school expansion, including providing new incentives for raising or abolishing charter school caps, and for taking decisions for authorizing new charter schools away from local school boards — despite substantial research showing that charter schools overall are no better than traditional neighborhood schools.

Alexandria, Va. (February 9, 2016)-- The National School Boards Association (NSBA), joins the State and Local Legal Center (SLLC) in filing a «friend of the court» (amicus) brief, urging the U.S. Supreme Court to review the Seventh Circuit's decision in Bible v. United Student Aid Funds, Inc..

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NSBA with Davenport and the full leadership team will continue its efforts, working with the state school board associations, to ensure that ESSA is implemented as intended, in collaboration with local school boards and other key education stakeholders, and returning the decision - making authority to state and local communities in support of academic success for every public school student across the country.

For example, magnet schools and integration are valued locally in Montclair and boards of education there made specific local decisions, years ago to support those values whereas neighborhood schools are preferred in other towns and are supported by their boards.

Or should districts simply not start the time - intensive and year - long evaluation process until the second semester of the school year after local boards have actually had time to evaluate the new framework and make all necessary local decisions?

The Kentucky School Boards Association represents members of local boards of education - the decision - makers on education in their communBoards Association represents members of local boards of education - the decision - makers on education in their communboards of education - the decision - makers on education in their communities.

«If any issue cries for local decision making, this is one,» said Patte Barth, director for the Center for Public Education at the National School Boards Association.

Given the unique understanding of their communities and vital role school boards have, federal regulations should empower state and local leaders to make decisions, which Congress clearly intended when it passed ESSA.

Education advocates, though, say they have noted the concerns about teacher background checks and, for the most part, they believe educators» right to protest will continue unabated, particularly if hiring decisions are left to local school boards and administrators, rather than state officials.

«Local control» of public schools is a hallmark of California, but charters can appeal local district decisions to the County or the State Boards of EducaLocal control» of public schools is a hallmark of California, but charters can appeal local district decisions to the County or the State Boards of Educalocal district decisions to the County or the State Boards of Education.

Despite the unanimous vote by local school board members, the State Board overturned the APS board's decision and will force APS to maintain the HOPE campuses within their distboard members, the State Board overturned the APS board's decision and will force APS to maintain the HOPE campuses within their distBoard overturned the APS board's decision and will force APS to maintain the HOPE campuses within their distboard's decision and will force APS to maintain the HOPE campuses within their district.

The State Board unanimously voted to keep the Aurora campuses of HOPE Online charter school open despite the local school board's decision to close the schBoard unanimously voted to keep the Aurora campuses of HOPE Online charter school open despite the local school board's decision to close the schboard's decision to close the schools.

The Aurora Public Schools Board of locally elected officials voted to close HOPE Online campuses because of their chronically low performance, and the State Board overruled the local board's deciBoard of locally elected officials voted to close HOPE Online campuses because of their chronically low performance, and the State Board overruled the local board's deciBoard overruled the local board's deciboard's decision.

«Flexibility in the hands of local decision - makers, best equipped to determine how to support and help students succeed, will further public education,» stated Thomas J. Gentzel, Executive Director and CEO, National School Boards Association.

Teachers can continue to tailor their instruction based upon their students» needs, and local school boards will continue to make decisions about the curriculum.

DPI spokesman Tom McCarthy said in a statement that the department hasn't seen any legislation GOP lawmakers are working on, but that DPI remains supportive of keeping the standards and that «final decisions about standards, curriculum and textbooks must continue to rest with local school boards.»

Local school board members can help local, state, and federal governments make sound policy decisions governing charter schools by taking acLocal school board members can help local, state, and federal governments make sound policy decisions governing charter schools by taking aclocal, state, and federal governments make sound policy decisions governing charter schools by taking action.

Local student wins award in 2018 VSBA Art Contest Local school board members were treated to an impressive display of creativity and faced some tough decisions in selecting the 2018 winners of the Virginia School Boards Association (VSBA) Southside Regional Art Contest on Aprilschool board members were treated to an impressive display of creativity and faced some tough decisions in selecting the 2018 winners of the Virginia School Boards Association (VSBA) Southside Regional Art Contest on AprilSchool Boards Association (VSBA) Southside Regional Art Contest on April 30...

The local school board makes the final decision and is not obligated to go with the superintendent's recommendation.

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The move was spurred by last year's Louisiana Supreme Court decision on voucher schools and by anger among local school board members over state - approved charters in their parishes.

Parents can currently petition a local school board to convert a public school into a charter — but under current law, the school board gets to make the final decision.

But in February 2003, the local school board made a textbook decision, a decision that made the parents coalesce and moved them to action in a way that had not happened since the school opened in 1999: The board decided to eliminate math textbooks for middle schools as a cost - cutting measure.

«It also exhibits a lack of faith in the abilities of education professionals at the New Hampshire Department of Education, leaders of the state Board of Education, and board members from local school districts to make sound decisions regarding education standards designed to raise student performance.&rBoard of Education, and board members from local school districts to make sound decisions regarding education standards designed to raise student performance.&rboard members from local school districts to make sound decisions regarding education standards designed to raise student performance.»

The National School Boards Association (NSBA) is excited for the opportunity to collaborate with new leadership at the U.S. Department of Education (ED) and U.S. Department of Agriculture to share our vision for education and school nutrition that focuses on local control and empowers local decision - mSchool Boards Association (NSBA) is excited for the opportunity to collaborate with new leadership at the U.S. Department of Education (ED) and U.S. Department of Agriculture to share our vision for education and school nutrition that focuses on local control and empowers local decision - mschool nutrition that focuses on local control and empowers local decision - making.