Sentences with phrase «new schools chief»

New York's new schools chief just got a lesson in the three Rs — reading,» riting and race relations.

Texas» new schools chief said he plans to appoint a «dropout czar» to try to help the state improve its efforts to keep more students in public schools through graduation.

But just like his predecessor, Walcott's tenure as new schools chief requires a waiver by the state education commissioner, David Steiner.

Mayor Bill de Blasio defended his new schools chief but said he wouldn't have used those exact words.

Along with the new schools chief, Ray Cortines, the mayor sought to integrate Flores's charter plan with his own «partnership schools» and Cortines's commitment to «pilot schools» and thin labor contracts.

Late last month, Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) Superintendent Antwan Wilson was nominated to become the new school chief of D.C. Public Schools.

After an exhaustive search for a new schools chief, the Detroit school board deadlocked last week over its two finalists, bringing to a boil the resentment and anger that have simmered in the city for nearly a year about who controls local schools.

Many observers said yesterday that they hope the new schools chief will help bring some experience and stability to a job where so much uncertainly is swirling at the moment.

Madison will soon be conducting a search for a new schools chief after superintendent Dan Nerad announced he plans to depart by June 2013, when his current contract expires.

A Harvard - educated businessman turned educator who struggled with his own academic challenges as a child is Broward's new schools chief.

A few weeks back, I offered a modest suggestion for board members and civic leaders undergoing the process of selecting a new schools chief: Instead...

While the Baltimore school board was publicly supporting its new schools chief last spring, members were privately expressing disappointment with Gregory Thornton, saying in documents that he was a poor communicator and had provided no plan to improve...

City and state officials criticized the Baltimore school board Wednesday for conducting a secret search for a new schools chief that left the public and key legislators unaware that the process was underway.

Bloomberg's follies might cause other cities on the hunt for a new schools chief to think twice before tapping someone with, for example, little experience in the classroom.

Edwards, who served as chief of staff to former city schools CEO Andrés Alonso for four years, took over the post July 1 as the school board conducts a national search for a new schools chief.

While the Baltimore school board was publicly supporting its new schools chief last spring, members were privately expressing disappointment with Gregory Thornton, saying in documents that he was a poor communicator and had provided no plan to improve flagging academics.