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The plan will tie federal financial aid to college performance based a new rating system: President Obama is directing the Department of Education to develop and publish a new college ratings system that would....

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 eEducation sponsored effort to spur innovation and reform in state and local district K - 12 educationeducation.

ALBANY — A new type of assessment system could be in the works for New York as the state Education Department plans to apply for a federal pilot program under the new Every Student Succeeds Act — a program lawmakers said was written with New York in minew type of assessment system could be in the works for New York as the state Education Department plans to apply for a federal pilot program under the new Every Student Succeeds Act — a program lawmakers said was written with New York in miNew York as the state Education Department plans to apply for a federal pilot program under the new Every Student Succeeds Act — a program lawmakers said was written with New York in minew Every Student Succeeds Act — a program lawmakers said was written with New York in miNew York in mind.

New York State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia and New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today vehemently objected to the recent decision by the federal Department of Education to no longer investigate civil rights complaints from transgender students regarding access to bathroom facilities.

MaryEllen Elia, tapped seven months ago to lead New York's education department, now finds herself wedged between a federal mandate to test students and a groundswell of parents in this state who refuse to let their kids take the tests.

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.

Putting $ 60 million in federal funding in jeopardy, the Department of Education refused to complete the final stages of a new agreement to cover teachers in those schools, leaving the talks abruptly on Dec. 30, two days before a state deadline.

MANHATTAN — New York won $ 700 million in federal education grants when the US Department of Education's Race to the Top program winners were announcededucation grants when the US Department of Education's Race to the Top program winners were announcedEducation's Race to the Top program winners were announced Tuesday.

«New York City parents have a right — under federal law — to know exactly what their children are being taught in school, yet the Department of Education seems to be hiding what it plans to teach about sex and that begs the question «why?»

The U.S. Department of Education tightened the noose last week when it announced New York could lose its federal Race to the Top money because it lags behind in complying with the terms of its grant.»

MANHATTAN — The teachers union and the Department of Education reached a deal Friday that will allow the city to implement a new teacher evaluation system at four Manhattan schools in order to help secure millions in federal funding.

MANHATTAN — Negotiations between the city and the teachers union on a new teacher evaluation system fell apart Friday, prompting the State Department of Education to suspend more than $ 60 million in federal funding that had been targeted at some of the city's worst - performing schools.

«For a city like New York City, the biggest fear is the loss of federal funds,» said Aaron Pallas, the chair of the Department of Education Policy and Social Analysis at Teachers College, Columbia University.

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Washington — State education officials in New York announced last week that they will seek a federal court order to prevent the U.S. Department of Education (ED) from using 12 - year - old census data as the basis for distributing federal aid for disadvantaged children to theducation officials in New York announced last week that they will seek a federal court order to prevent the U.S. Department of Education (ED) from using 12 - year - old census data as the basis for distributing federal aid for disadvantaged children to thEducation (ED) from using 12 - year - old census data as the basis for distributing federal aid for disadvantaged children to the states.

In an invaluable new analysis, John Bailey of Whiteboard Advisors — and veteran of the White House, the U.S. Department of Education, and the U.S. Department of Commerce — examines how the federal government excludes for - profit educational providers even as it welcomes for - profits in a raft of other vital areas (Full disclosure: Bailey's piece is published by my shop at AEI, as part of my ongoing series on «Private Enterprise in American Education.»)

The new online site is funded by a $ 350,000 federal grant from the U.S. Department of Education.

That's the quandary facing the Department of Education, which is reviewing why many eligible students seem not to have taken advantage of two new federal grant programs that help high - performing students from low - income backgrounds pay for college.

But Wednesday morning, the U.S. Department of Education took an executive action that I support strongly, issuing new guidance for the Public Charter Schools Program that will allow charters to use «weighted lotteries» without forfeiting their chance to receive federal start - up funds.

High schools may use a variety of methods to provide a «rigorous» curriculum that would allow their low - income graduates to qualify for a new federal college - grant program, the Department of Education announced last week.

As Congress begins to scrutinize the details in President Clinton's new budget request, the Department of Education is not the only place to look for federal dollars that target precollegiate eEducation is not the only place to look for federal dollars that target precollegiate educationeducation.

The Justice and Education departments still have not determined how to address existing desegregation cases — and whether or where to bring new ones — and have received little guidance from the White House in crafting civil - rights policy, the Citizens» Commission on Civil Rights, a bipartisan panel of former federal civil - rights officials and other advocates, says in a report released last week.

The ARRA seemed to complete the constellation: an astounding $ 100 billion of new federal funds — nearly twice the annual budget of the U.S. Department of Education — to jump - start and sustain the improvement of America's schools.

New research by Jonathan Butcher shows that, on average, federal money pays for 41 percent of the salary expenditures at state education departments in states that contain more than 70 percent of the nation's K — 12 students.

New research by Jonathan Butcher shows that, on average, federal money pays for 41 percent of the salary expenditures at state education departments in the 34 states for which comprehensive data are available — but federal requirements are disproportionate to the federal contribution.

The U.S. Department of Education issued new guidance for the Public Charter Schools Program that will allow charters to use «weighted lotteries» without forfeiting their chance to receive federal start - up funds.

In this case, follow - up proposals might include a state - friendly interpretation of the new federal K - 12 law (the Every Student Succeeds Act) and scaled - back activity by the US Department of Education.

* The state Education Department plans to apply for a federal pilot program, which may give it the opportunity to use a new assessment system in place of state tests for accountability purposes, Politico New York reports: http://goo.gl/696SoR * SUNY presses ahead with tuition increase plan, the Poughkeepsie Journal reports: http://pojonews.co/1J1tzen * Roberts Wesleyan updatesnew assessment system in place of state tests for accountability purposes, Politico New York reports: http://goo.gl/696SoR * SUNY presses ahead with tuition increase plan, the Poughkeepsie Journal reports: http://pojonews.co/1J1tzen * Roberts Wesleyan updatesNew York reports: http://goo.gl/696SoR * SUNY presses ahead with tuition increase plan, the Poughkeepsie Journal reports: http://pojonews.co/1J1tzen * Roberts Wesleyan updates...

Next year, state lawmakers will expect the state board and department to plan implementation of the new state law, federal officials will expect Arizona to comply with ESSA, and the Arizona Department of Education should try to implement state law and comply with fedepartment to plan implementation of the new state law, federal officials will expect Arizona to comply with ESSA, and the Arizona Department of Education should try to implement state law and comply with feDepartment of Education should try to implement state law and comply with federal law.

As of this writing, the U.S. Department of Education has approved Arizona's ESSA plan, but Arizona's document was missing the new law providing testing flexibility (every state must submit to the federal agency a plan for how the state intends to implement ESSA's requirements).

Comments: In May 2014, the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights issued new guidance on the obligations of charter schools to comply with federal civil rights laws.

Proponents of the new bill, however, say it would keep enough federal safeguards in place by having the education department act as an «umpire.»

Dorie Nolt, the press secretary to Arne Duncan, the federal education secretary, said in a statement: «It is the responsibility of each state to meet the obligations of federal law and ensure that all students are assessed annually, and the New York State Department of Education takes this responsibility very seducation secretary, said in a statement: «It is the responsibility of each state to meet the obligations of federal law and ensure that all students are assessed annually, and the New York State Department of Education takes this responsibility very sEducation takes this responsibility very seriously.

On the whole, the new guidance from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights is another example of executive overreach and federal interference run amok.

The political assault on Goals 2000 in a number of states (the governors of Virginia, California, Alabama, and New Hampshire refused to accept Goals 2000 funds because of the «federal intrusion» and «strings» that accompanied it), coupled with simultaneous efforts in Congress to abolish both Goals 2000 and the Department of Education, also contributed to a widespread view that tough enforcement would be a particularly hazardous course of action for the department Department of Education, also contributed to a widespread view that tough enforcement would be a particularly hazardous course of action for the department department to pursue.

A story in the Aug. 7, 2002, issue of Education Week misstated two key provisions of draft regulations on teacher quality that the Department of Education released Aug. 1 as part of the implementation of the new federal educaEducation Week misstated two key provisions of draft regulations on teacher quality that the Department of Education released Aug. 1 as part of the implementation of the new federal educaEducation released Aug. 1 as part of the implementation of the new federal educationeducation act.

After the sweetness - and - nice between New York State Education Department (NYSED) and the New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) to win $ 700 million from the federal Race to the Top fund last year (see my Education Next story), NYSUT yesterday sued the state's Board of Regents and NYSED's acting commissioner John King over the decision last May to ratchet up the importance of student test scores in a teacher's annual evaluation.

Just a few months ago, the U.S. Department of Education proposed new federal regulations geared toward assessing the quality and impact of teacher preparation programs.

In addition to phase one winners Tennessee and Delaware, the federal Education Department will awards grants to Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Maryland, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island and the District of Columbia.

Changes to FERPA should also include the aforementioned new investment in helping educators and school district leaders comply with the vast array of existing federal and state privacy requirements, including expanded support for the U.S. Department of Education's Privacy and Technical Assistance Center.

New Jersey's 250 priority and focus schools can have up to 30 percent of their federal Title I funds re-directed by the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) for specific «interventions,» but even these funds are supposed to be used for school improvement, not taken away.

The U.S. Department of Education is once again emphasizing the benefit of diversity in its competitive magnet school funding process, and local officials should build on New York City's history of magnet school success to bring home more of that federal funding (For more information about magnet schools in New York City, see a recent New York Times piece on this issue: «Do Magnet Schools Still Matter?

North Carolina is developing a new school performance accountability plan to line up with the regulations created under the ESSA law, and DPI plans to submit its draft to the federal Department of Education in September for approval.

New resources to combat bullying at school and online were showcased during the U.S. Department of Education's (ED) fourth Federal Partners in Bullying Prevention Summit — «Keeping Kids Safe: Opportunities and Challenges in Bullying Prevention» — Friday, Aug. 15.

The new report, by the Institute of Education Sciences (the federal education department's main research arm), mentions the staggering implications of letting the nation's worst high schools continue to fail: Half of all dropouts in the country come from 15 percent of American highEducation Sciences (the federal education department's main research arm), mentions the staggering implications of letting the nation's worst high schools continue to fail: Half of all dropouts in the country come from 15 percent of American higheducation department's main research arm), mentions the staggering implications of letting the nation's worst high schools continue to fail: Half of all dropouts in the country come from 15 percent of American high schools.

As a result of a 6 - year curriculum reform and dissemination grants from the Federal Department of Education and 4 - year grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, he and his colleagues have designed an institution - wide Music - in - Education Concentration for students of all majors and created a Research Center at New England Conservatory.

While the administration's proposed cuts have been embraced by fiscal conservatives who argue that Education Department programs need to be trimmed or eliminated, some conservatives are also troubled by the administration's proposal to invest new money in school choice, saying that represents an unwelcome expansion of the federal footprint in eEducation Department programs need to be trimmed or eliminated, some conservatives are also troubled by the administration's proposal to invest new money in school choice, saying that represents an unwelcome expansion of the federal footprint in educationeducation.

Washington — Building on her remarks from September 7, 2017, regarding the Department's commitment to protecting all students from discrimination, today U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced the release of a new interim Q&A for schools on how to investigate and adjudicate allegations of campus sexual misconduct under federal law.

To underscore its commitment to FCE in education policy, the federal policy panel also noted changes that are happening within the composition of the Department of Education, including the new role of Family Engagement Ambassador which will serve to promote and support family engagement in education policy on a nationeducation policy, the federal policy panel also noted changes that are happening within the composition of the Department of Education, including the new role of Family Engagement Ambassador which will serve to promote and support family engagement in education policy on a nationEducation, including the new role of Family Engagement Ambassador which will serve to promote and support family engagement in education policy on a nationeducation policy on a national level.

This Jan. 20 letter to the US Department of Education, and accompanying presentation given to US DoED officials by Wallace President Will Miller, Director of Education Jody Spiro, and Prince George's County Director of Leadership Development Douglas Anthony, offer The Wallace Foundation's views on including school leadership in implementation of the new federal educaEducation, and accompanying presentation given to US DoED officials by Wallace President Will Miller, Director of Education Jody Spiro, and Prince George's County Director of Leadership Development Douglas Anthony, offer The Wallace Foundation's views on including school leadership in implementation of the new federal educaEducation Jody Spiro, and Prince George's County Director of Leadership Development Douglas Anthony, offer The Wallace Foundation's views on including school leadership in implementation of the new federal educationeducation law.