Sentences with phrase «of regents»

State Board of Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch and Education Commissioner David Steiner acknowledged that over the past several years, the test scores had been grossly inflated.

The support of leaders in education and in government, including Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Elia, state Board of Regents Chancellor Betty Rosa and the heads of both the State and City University systems, sends a strong message both to the federal government and the affected students, Worona said.

«I thank the state Board of Regents for approving a new Career and Technical Education option for students across our state.

The change, which applies to English language arts and math for grades 3 to 8, was made by the State Board of Regents on Monday.

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State Board of Regents chancellor Merryl Tisch «directed State Education Department staff to find a solution that administratively extends the deadline for evaluation approval until September 1, 2016 for districts facing hardships meeting the [Nov. 15, 2015] deadline» that was prescribed in the recently enacted state budget, she said in a statement.

The Board of Regents voted in April to allow student - teachers who fail the new exam, called the edTPA, to take an old, less rigorous exam instead for two years.

Prior to joining Indiana State in 2013, she was Assistant Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs with the Tennessee Board of Regents in Nashville, TN.

From all the available evidence, it appears that the school P. Diddy is opening this fall is actually the school that the New York Board of Regents approved for Perry but not for Diddy.

Betty A. Rosa, a former Bronx superintendent who has support from the opt - out movement, is expected to be elected as the next education chancellor when the 17 - member Board of Regents meets later this month.

The data were released as state Board of Regents members on Monday discussed proposals to increase the graduation rate, in part by expanding the process by which students can appeal Regents exam scores.

Senate and Assembly members fill the Assembly Chamber in a joint session of the Legislature to elect nominees to the New York Board of Regents at the Capitol on Tuesday, March 11, 2014

A committee of the state Board of Regents today voted to request a $ 1.3 billion increase in state school aid next year, including $ 300 million for pre-kindergarten programs, teacher training, career and technical education and other initiatives.

Also at 10 a.m., the Legislature will begin interviews of state Board of Regents candidates, Assembly Parlor, 3rd Floor, state Capitol, Albany.

Earlier this summer, the New York State Board of Regents adopted regulations saying that state test scores could count for up to 40 percent of evaluations.

State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia and members of the Board of Regents announced Monday the length of those tests will remain at three days this and next school year.

The New York Board of Regents last week decided to seek an amendment to the N.Y. penal code that would clearly grant authority to the state board of education to ban corporal punishment as a disciplinary measure.

Proficiency scores will not tell you that our students» average ELA exam scores increased from 2013 - 14 to 2015 - 16 or that our Regents passing rates increased on the majority of Regents exams for each of the last five years; or even, that for the last two years, OCS has performed above the 78th Percentile of New York City High Schools for positive impact on student academic performance.

A Board of Regents committee on Monday approved the reworked Next Generation Learning Standards for English and math, with plans to fully implement them with the start of the 2020 - 21 school year.

A committee of the state Board of Regents recommends spending $ 2.1 billion more on schools in the new state budget, saying it's time to continue an effort begun a decade ago to funnel more money to the state's poorest school districts.

Visitors to London during Frieze week will no doubt be in for art over-kill this year, with thousands of artworks, on hundreds of stands, housed in two ginormous plastic tents, in opposite parts of Regents Park London.

After his job as a scholar at The Ohio State University, he accepted a leadership position at the Ohio Board of Regents as Associate Vice Chancellor for Program Approval, followed by State Director for the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation.

But the New York State Board of Regents made a last - minute decision to implement a safety net for students who fail the edTPA, so they can still earn initial certification.

The charter school application submitted to the New York Board of Regents by Mr. Perry and his associates can be found here: Capital Preparatory Harlem Charter School Application

The New York State Board of Regents also announced on Monday that John King will take over departing State Education Commissioner David Steiner's role.

The Board of Regents does not determine the amount of school aid — indeed, it has requested that the Legislature provide more — but it does pass regulations and promulgate learning standards.

In fact, the Arizona Board of Regents recently convened a statewide group of influencers to explore setting such a goal, the importance of which is difficult to overstate.

The Board of Regents gave schools an out to begin the new evaluations in 2016, after Governor Cuomo, in the state budget, successfully sought new teacher reviews to begin this fall.

CARRIE MILLER PHOTO Education commissioner John King and state Board of Regents Meryl Tisch listening to a parade of speakers at Tuesday night's forum.

If someone was to go into court they may be able to throw out a number of regents who were not elected pursuant to the statue which mandates a «JOINT BALLOT»

«It has become clear to many in the CU family that our university... has suffered greatly from a series of controversies that seem to be growing, not abating,» said Board of Regents chairman Jerry Rutledge.

«These funds are part of the State Education Department budget and its SED — an agency that is controlled by a Board of Regents appointed by the legislature — that vets these projects.

Also at 8 a.m., City & State Reports hosts a series of panels on the business role in K - 12 education with former Board of Regents chair Merryl Tisch, Stanley Litow of the IBM International Foundation and others, Hunter College, 68th Street and Lexington Avenue, Manhattan.

History can be a contentious subject in public schools, and so the state's Board of Regents agreed Tuesday on a new exam that would measure students» knowledge of events starting around 1750 — a date chosen partly in hopes of avoiding arguments.

While students are taking standardized tests aligned with the standards, the state Board of Regents decided in February to delay some aspects of the plan, including one that tied students» test scores with their ability to graduate.

The December 17 - 18, 2013 meeting, the Board of Regents acted on eight proposed initial charters and charter renewals.

She was an assistant director of financial aid for Fisher Junior College in Boston from 1984 to 1987 and was a program compliance officer for the Massachusetts Board of Regents from 1987 to 1990.

Tied by the prescriptive nature of the law, the state Board of Regents put in place a waiver allowing districts to delay implementation of the new system through next September.

Frustrated by the loss of more students and funding to new charters, the majority of the Buffalo School Board requested that the State University of New York and the state Board of Regents issue a three - year moratorium on charters in the city.

With a bill to either suspend or expel students who interrupt, heckle or intimidate speakers with whom they disagree circulating in the Legislature (SB 250 / AB 299), the UW System Board of Regents unanimously approved a resolution affirming the system's commitment to free speech.

As more residents look to send their kids to public universities, Cuomo and the Board of Regents need to take bold steps to improve quality.

«The framework initially proposed by the State Board of Regents provides us a critical opportunity to create a system that evaluates teacher performance based on multiple measures of effectiveness — including student outcomes.

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«I certainly have received many calls supporting that, and asking that the Board of Regents take action, or that the State Education Commissioner take action.