Sentences with phrase «new state education chief»

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* Day 1 Monday, February 22, 2016 4:00 PM -5:00 PM Registration & Networking 5:00 PM — 6:00 PM Welcome Reception & Opening Remarks Kevin de Leon, President pro Tem, California State Senate Debra McMannis, Director of Early Education & Support Division, California Department of Education (invited) Karen Stapf Walters, Executive Director, California State Board of Education (invited) 6:00 PM — 7:00 PM Keynote Address & Dinner Dr. Patricia K. Kuhl, Co-Director, Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences * Day 2 Tuesday February 23, 2016 8:00 AM — 9:00 AM Registration, Continental Breakfast, & Networking 9:00 AM — 9:15 AM Opening Remarks John Kim, Executive Director, Advancement Project Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, California Department of Education 9:15 AM — 10:00 AM Morning Keynote David B. Grusky, Executive Director, Stanford's Center on Poverty & Inequality 10:00 AM — 11:00 AM Educating California's Young Children: The Recent Developments in Transitional Kindergarten & Expanded Transitional Kindergarten (Panel Discussion) Deborah Kong, Executive Director, Early Edge California Heather Quick, Principal Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research Dean Tagawa, Administrator for Early Education, Los Angeles Unified School District Moderator: Erin Gabel, Deputy Director, First 5 California (Invited) 11:00 AM — 12:00 PM «Political Will & Prioritizing ECE» (Panel Discussion) Eric Heins, President, California Teachers Association Senator Hannah - Beth Jackson, Chair of the Women's Legislative Committee, California State Senate David Kirp, James D. Marver Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, Chairman of Subcommittee No. 2 of Education Finance, California State Assembly Moderator: Kim Pattillo Brownson, Managing Director, Policy & Advocacy, Advancement Project 12:00 PM — 12:45 PM Lunch 12:45 PM — 1:45 PM Lunch Keynote - «How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character» Paul Tough, New York Times Magazine Writer, Author 1:45 PM — 1:55 PM Break 2:00 PM — 3:05 PM Elevating ECE Through Meaningful Community Partnerships (Panel Discussion) Sandra Guiterrez, National Director, Abriendo Purtas / Opening Doors Mary Ignatius, Statewide Organize of Parent Voices, California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Jacquelyn McCroskey, John Mile Professor of Child Welfare, University of Southern California School of Social Work Jolene Smith, Chief Executive Officer, First 5 Santa Clara County Moderator: Rafael González, Director of Best Start, First 5 LA 3:05 PM — 3:20 PM Closing Remarks Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California * Agenda Subject to Change

James Malatras, chief of staff and vice chancellor of the State University of New York, said traditional Kindergarten through 12th grade education and post-secondary education should be treated as a unified system.

The New York State Teacher of the Year Program is administered by the New York State Education Department and sponsored by New York State United Teachers (NYSUT); United Federation of Teachers (UFT); New York State Parents and Teachers Association (NYSPTA); New York State Association for School Curriculum Development (NYSASCD); New York State School Boards Association (NYSSBA); School Administrators Association of New York State (SAANYS); New York State Association of Teacher Educators (NYSATE); New York Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (NYACTE); Voya Financial; the SMARTer Kids Foundation; SMART Technologies and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO).

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The head of the department of education shall be The Regents of the University of the State of New York, who shall appoint and at pleasure remove a commissioner of education to be the chief administrative officer of the department.

Chief among the Republicans» supporters is New Yorkers for a Balanced Albany, a super PAC run by the pro-charter advocacy organization StudentsFirstNY — the state branch of the national education reform organization founded by former Washington, D.C. schools chancellor Michelle Rhee.

Ms. Moskowitz, chief executive of Success Academy Charter Schools, appealed to the New York state education commissioner saying the city Department of Education has refused to pay for the network's prekindergarten because she wouldn't sign what she called an «illegal contract» granting the city auteducation commissioner saying the city Department of Education has refused to pay for the network's prekindergarten because she wouldn't sign what she called an «illegal contract» granting the city autEducation has refused to pay for the network's prekindergarten because she wouldn't sign what she called an «illegal contract» granting the city authority...

A group of parents with children in schools co-located with Success Academy charters is calling on the New York State Education Department to temporarily halt all construction work in public school buildings by Success Academy Charters chief Eva Moskowitz.

Ron Deutsch, with New Yorkers for Fiscal Fairness, says a Siena poll this week found that people in the state do care about tax cuts, as well as education as chief priorities.

The commissioner of education in Florida, where 70 percent of the 15,000 applicants for new teaching certificates each year come from out of state, has asked school chiefs across the country to help improve interstate information - sharing on teachers whose licenses have been revoked.

Bauman Family Foundation; Carnegie Corporation of New York; Nathan Cummings Foundation; Department of Education, Office of Education Research and Improvement; Disney Learning Partnership; Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation; Fetzer Institute; The Ford Foundation; The J. Paul Getty Trust; William and Flora Hewlett Foundation; Christian A. Johnson Endeavor Foundation; Kaplan eScore Learning; John S. and James L. Knight Foundation; Mr. Thomas H. Lee; Lilly Endowment Inc.; John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; Markle Foundation; James S. McDonnell Foundation; Mr. Albert Merck; Museum of Modern Art; National Endowment for the Arts, Arts Education Partnership in collaboration with the Council of Chief State School Officers; National Science Foundation; New American Schools Development Corporation; The Pew Charitable Trusts; Jesse Phillips Foundation; DeWitt Wallace - Reader's Digest Fund; The Rockefeller Foundation; Rockefeller Brothers Fund; The Louise and Claude Rosenberg, Jr..

A new book edited by the former Chief Executive of the National Apprenticeship Service, and University of Winchester Visiting Professor, David Way is to provide crucial insight from business and education leaders about the state of apprenticeships and what more needs to be done to ensure their long - term success.

John T. Benson did not lose his job as state schools chief in the recent shake - up of Wisconsin's education - policy structure, but he may soon be looking for new office space.

Last week, Gates Foundation education chief Vicki Phillips wrote a «letter to our partners» urging that states give students and teachers time to adjust to the new Common Core standards before using those standards as factors «in high - stakes decisions on teacher evaluation or student promotion for the next two years, during this transition.»

New York state's education chief has again — and more firmly — rejected a bid by about 40 nontraditional schools to substitute individually tailored projects for at least some of the examinations the state has begun to require for graduation.

Maryland's chief state school officer last week asked his board of education to establish a new kind of statewide graduation requirement for high - school students — 100 hours of community service.

A new report from the Council of Chief State School Officers explores the emotional needs of recently arrived immigrant English learners and offers advice to state and local education agenState School Officers explores the emotional needs of recently arrived immigrant English learners and offers advice to state and local education agenstate and local education agencies.

And even though few voters outside education circles know who they are or what they do, the state schools chiefs have increasingly important roles as new federal mandates take hold.

One of the chief authors of Massachusetts» new education - reform law has fired what appears to be an opening salvo in his bid to unseat the state's Republican Governor next year.

«There's a sort of unarticulated, growing understanding that we've conceived the job of school leader wrong for contemporary needs and conditions, and that it needs to be changed,» said Thomas Sobol, an education professor at Teachers College, Columbia University, and a former New York state schools chief.

The recent report of the Council of Chief State School Officers found that state program - approval policies for preparation programs, both those for «traditional higher education programs and for new pathways, suffer from weak and inconsistent regulation.&rState School Officers found that state program - approval policies for preparation programs, both those for «traditional higher education programs and for new pathways, suffer from weak and inconsistent regulation.&rstate program - approval policies for preparation programs, both those for «traditional higher education programs and for new pathways, suffer from weak and inconsistent regulation.»

The Learning that Works Resource Center was developed through the New Skills for Youth initiative, a partnership of the Council of Chief State School Officers, Advance CTE and the Education Strategy Group, generously funded by JPMorgan Chase & Co

The Bush administration tried to set a new tone the night after the president signed the education bill, when Secretary of Education Rod Paige invited 30 state education chiefs to Mount Vernon to discuss the new law and his expectations for theducation bill, when Secretary of Education Rod Paige invited 30 state education chiefs to Mount Vernon to discuss the new law and his expectations for thEducation Rod Paige invited 30 state education chiefs to Mount Vernon to discuss the new law and his expectations for theducation chiefs to Mount Vernon to discuss the new law and his expectations for the states.

The U.S. Department of Education, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and Education International (EI), the global federation of teacher unions, together with U.S. - based organizations — the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), Asia Society, the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), the National Education Association (NEA), and public broadcaster WNET — hosted the first International Summit on the Teaching Profession March 15 - 16, 2011, in New York.

Scheduled to testify during the hearing are New York City Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott, New York State Education Department Chief Executive Officer Val Grey, and New York State United Teachers Executive Vice President Andrew Pallotta.

It was unclear Friday how greatly the new standards — which Clayton Burch, chief academic officer for the state education department, called a «complete overhaul» and improvement over the current standards — differ from West Virginia's current standards, which were first implemented statewide last school year after a roughly four - year phase - in process.

Audrey Soglin: executive director, Illinois Education Association Mark Sass: social sciences teacher, Legacy High School, Denver, CO; 2014 Hope Street Group National Teacher Fellow Cynthia Robinson - Rivers: former director of Teacher Retention and Recognition, D.C. Public Schools Chris Poulos: Spanish teacher, Joel Barlow High School, Redding, CT; Teacher - Leader in Residence, CT State Department of Education; vice president, National Network of State Teachers of the Year; Connecticut Teacher of the Year 2007 David Low: high school science teacher, The Sound School, New Haven, CT; 2013 New Haven Teacher of the Year; vice president of high schools, New Haven Federation of Teachers Tony Klemmer: founder and president, National Academy of Advanced Teacher Education and The Center for Better Schools Emily Ayscue Hassel: co-director, Public Impact Celine Coggins: founder and chief executive officer, Teach Plus

They also come at a time when new policy developments are shaping the future of the field once known as vocational training, including a series of reports from the U.S. Department of Education, the Council of Chief State School Officers, the American Institutes of Research's Center on Great Teachers and Leaders, Achieve and others that underscore the critical importance of teacher quality within CTE.

The Council of Chief State School Officers responded to the U.S. Dept. of Education's feedback on ESSA plans submitted by Delaware, Nevada, and New Mexico.

The Council of Chief State School Officers, the Aspen Institute Education & Society Program and America's Promise Alliance released a new report «showing promising practices in states to ensure educational equity for all students.»

Higher Ed for Higher Standards — in partnership with the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), National Association of System Heads (NASH), and State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO)-- released new resources for higher education leaders to «leverage ESSEducation Executive Officers Association (SHEEO)-- released new resources for higher education leaders to «leverage ESSeducation leaders to «leverage ESSA.»

Higher Ed for Higher Standards, in partnership with the Council of Chief State School Officers, National Association of System Heads, and State Higher Education Executive Officers Association announced a new series of materials, Leveraging ESSA to Increase College Readiness and Completion.

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, «who made a career of promoting local control of education, has signaled a surprisingly hard - line approach to carrying out an expansive new federal education law, issuing critical feedback that has rattled state school chiefs and conservative education experts alike,» tEducation Secretary Betsy DeVos, «who made a career of promoting local control of education, has signaled a surprisingly hard - line approach to carrying out an expansive new federal education law, issuing critical feedback that has rattled state school chiefs and conservative education experts alike,» teducation, has signaled a surprisingly hard - line approach to carrying out an expansive new federal education law, issuing critical feedback that has rattled state school chiefs and conservative education experts alike,» the Newnew federal education law, issuing critical feedback that has rattled state school chiefs and conservative education experts alike,» teducation law, issuing critical feedback that has rattled state school chiefs and conservative education experts alike,» teducation experts alike,» the NewNew...

State education chiefs are «scrambling staff duties and outsourcing tasks such as data collection and school improvement efforts as they prepare for new responsibilities under» ESSA, reports Education Week's Daarel Bureducation chiefs are «scrambling staff duties and outsourcing tasks such as data collection and school improvement efforts as they prepare for new responsibilities under» ESSA, reports Education Week's Daarel BurEducation Week's Daarel Burnette II.

The roundtable discussion featured Scott Brabrand, superintendent, Fairfax County Public Schools, Virginia; Ajit Gopalakrishnan, chief performance officer, State Department of Education, Connecticut; Sandra Diodonet, assistant superintendent, Paterson School District, New Jersey; Broderick Johnson, chair, My Brother's Keeper Alliance, Obama Foundation; and Javaid E. Siddiqi, president and CEO, The Hunt Institute.

«In my nine years at CCSSO, including five as executive director, state chiefs raised academic standards for all kids, improved the way student learning is assessed, transformed the way new teachers are prepared to enter the classroom, and crafted a better federal education law that returns flexibility to the states.

State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson recently announced the release of the new Standards Maps for Higher Mathematics, a resourceful guide for educators to use to evaluate mathematics education that aligns with Common Core.

The hottest item at the recent meeting of the Council of Chief State School Officers was ESSA, the new federal education legislation that replaced No Child Left Behind, but the big question on the minds of Read more about ESSA: Time for States to Seize the Initiative -LSB-...]

Erica L. Green writes in the New York Times that, after Secretary DeVos» speech to state chiefs last week, «policy experts and observers» have called the speech the «ultimate display of a frustrated federalist,» and an «example of a self - described education reformer wrestling with the limits of her influence in an agency whose power she wants to curtail.»

Speaks extensively, with engagements including Australia Conference on Thinking and Learning; European League for Middle School Education; United Kingdom Department for Children, Families, and Schools; China and U.S. Conference on Educational Leadership; PBS; Harvard's Summer Institute for Principals; SCERT (Delhi, India); Tasmania Teacher Training; New Zealand; Slovakia; School Leadership Center of Trinidad and Tobago; National Conference of State Legislatures (U.S.); Annual Conference of Southwest Foundations; New York Superintendents Association; and Chief Officers of State School Departments (U.S.)

In states such as California, with the most diverse population in the country, as well as Connecticut and New York, state education chiefs released letters committing to protect student privacy, to educate all students regardless of immigration status and offering educators guidance on how to proceed.

CTE on the Frontier: Strengthening the Rural CTE Teacher Pipeline was developed through the New Skills for Youth initiative, a partnership of the Council of Chief State School Officers, Advance CTE and Education Strategy Group, generously funded by JPMorgan Chase & Co..

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This report was developed through the New Skills for Youth initiative, a partnership of the Council of Chief State School Officers, Advance CTE and the Education Strategy Group, generously funded by JPMorgan Chase & Co..

Washington, DC — Chief state school officers from around the country and CCSSO Executive Director, Gene Wilhoit will join U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, educators and leaders from across the world at the first ever International Summit on the Teaching Profession (Summit) in New York City, March 16 - 17.

Jennifer Alexander is chief executive officer of New Haven - based ConnCAN, the state's largest education advocacy organization.

At a pivotal time for state education policy, half the nation's state legislatures have at least one new education committee chairperson this year, and a quarter of state schools chiefs are less than a year into the job, according to an Education Week education policy, half the nation's state legislatures have at least one new education committee chairperson this year, and a quarter of state schools chiefs are less than a year into the job, according to an Education Week education committee chairperson this year, and a quarter of state schools chiefs are less than a year into the job, according to an Education Week Education Week analysis.

The left may not like state school chief Tony Evers cooperating with Gov. Scott Walker on new education accountability rules.

These state grants are one part of the $ 75 million, five - year New Skills for Youth initiative developed by JPMorgan Chase & Co., in collaboration with the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), Advance CTE and Education Strategy Group, aimed at strengthening career - focused education starting in high school and ending with postsecondary degrees or credentials aligned with high - skill state grants are one part of the $ 75 million, five - year New Skills for Youth initiative developed by JPMorgan Chase & Co., in collaboration with the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), Advance CTE and Education Strategy Group, aimed at strengthening career - focused education starting in high school and ending with postsecondary degrees or credentials aligned with high - skill State School Officers (CCSSO), Advance CTE and Education Strategy Group, aimed at strengthening career - focused education starting in high school and ending with postsecondary degrees or credentials aligned with high - skEducation Strategy Group, aimed at strengthening career - focused education starting in high school and ending with postsecondary degrees or credentials aligned with high - skeducation starting in high school and ending with postsecondary degrees or credentials aligned with high - skill jobs.

CTE on the Frontier: Providing Learners Access to Diverse Career Pathways was developed through the New Skills for Youth initiative, a partnership of the Council of Chief State School Officers, Advance CTE and Education Strategy Group, generously funded by JPMorgan Chase & Co..