Sentences with phrase «locally elected board of education»

Yet, neither the federal or state education chief, nor the PTA or the foundation, is directly accountable to a locally elected board of education.

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«What's happened, in my opinion, is that there was little information given to locally elected school board members about these two issues,» said state schools Superintendent Sandy Garrett, who proposed the rule at a state board of education meeting on April 24.

Most of the crucial decisions about how U.S. schools run and who teaches what to whom in which classrooms are still made in 14,000 semi-autonomous school districts, nearly all of them run by locally elected school boards, often with campaign dollars supplied by those with whom they negotiate collectively, and managed by professional superintendents, trained in colleges of education and socialized over the years into the prevailing culture of public education.

But regardless if the board of education is appointed or locally elected, local governments are the closest form of government to the people.

«Local public schools under the general supervision of the state board of education shall be maintained, developed and operated by locally elected boards.

«Only though a clearly defined and appropriate federal role, a willingness to explore a revised charge of the U.S. Department of Education, and placing primary responsibility for education in the hands of locally elected school boards who clearly have the greatest confidence of the public, will school reform efforts thrive at local levelEducation, and placing primary responsibility for education in the hands of locally elected school boards who clearly have the greatest confidence of the public, will school reform efforts thrive at local leveleducation in the hands of locally elected school boards who clearly have the greatest confidence of the public, will school reform efforts thrive at local levels.»

«Classrooms and Kids» puts that money directly in the hands of local school districts so those locally elected board members and their education leaders can make local decisions that best meet the needs of their community's children.

In at least 20 states, lawmakers have stripped locally elected school board members of their power in impoverished, mostly minority communities, leaving parents without a voice — or a vote — in their children's education, according to a News21 state - by - state analysis of school takeovers.

The focus of the Institute's work is on three audiences: members of the North Carolina House and Senate, with a special emphasis on members of the House and Senate Education Committees; members of the State Board of Education, and locally elected officials.

In a ground - breaking effort to marshal the political clout of thousands of locally - elected school officials, the California School Boards Association launched this week a concerted effort to have their members actively support two November tax measures to fund education.

-- Slow to respond as the Common Core was forced top - down by the federal department of education onto state departments and subsequently onto locally - elected school boards.