The first week that the new education commissioner began her job, in July, the state Board
of Regents announced it was not renewing a contract with the testing company Pearson and beginning a new arrangement with the company Questar.
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 first week that the new education commissioner began her job, in July, the state Board
of Regents announced it was not renewing a contract with the testing company Pearson and beginning a new arrangement with the company Questar.
The New York State Board
of Regents announced that Dana McDonough has been named the 2016 New York State Teacher of the Year.
The state Board
of Regents announced that standardized English and math tests will be conducted over two days instead of three for students in grades three through eight beginning next spring.
Not exact matches
The state Education Department today presented to the Board
of Regents and released for public review and comment the draft Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) plan, Commissioner MaryEllen Elia
announced.
Cuomo jumped into the fight last month during his budget address when he criticized the Board
of Regents for implementation failures and
announced that he would form a panel to look at how to improve the rollout.
Monday morning, the
Regents» new chancellor, Betty Rosa
of the Bronx,
announced Johnson's appointment in her first official act as the panel's leader.
In one
of her first acts as
Regents chancellor, Betty Rosa
announced the creation
of a research workgroup, marking a new era
of healing as the board seeks conciliation.
Merryl H. Tisch, the chancellor
of the New York State Board
of Regents,
announced that she would step down from her position and leave the board at the end
of her term in March.
And the Board
of Regents Chancellor, Merryl Tisch,
announced this week, several months before her term is up, that she won't be running again.
New York State Board
of Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch has
announced that she will not run again when her term is over.
Cuomo wouldn't comment directly on the preliminary results
of the first year
of teacher evaluations, which King
announced Tuesday at a Board
of Regents meeting.
New York State United Teachers, with local unions and advocacy groups,
announced Thursday an upcoming effort to lobby Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the state Legislature, the state Education Department and the Board
of Regents to end testing in pre-kindergarten through second grade.
ALBANY — State Board
of Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch, confirming a long - rumored decision,
announced on Monday she will not run for reelection when her term ends in March.
With New York distracted Monday by Stella's advance, the state Board
of Regents junked the literacy exam for prospective teachers — and
announced it in a classic press release full...
Board
of Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch
announced this week, several months before her term is up, that she won't be running again.
ZUG, Switzerland; CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts; BERKELEY, California; DUBLIN, Ireland; July 25, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)-- CRISPR Therapeutics (NASDAQ: CRSP), Intellia Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTLA), Caribou Biosciences, Inc. and ERS Genomics, Ltd.
announced that The
Regents of the University
of California, the University
of Vienna, and Dr. Emmanuelle Charpentier (collectively «UC»), co-owners
of foundational intellectual property relating to CRISPR / Cas9 genome engineering, today submitted an appellate brief to the U.S. Court
of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (the «Federal Circuit») seeking reversal
of a decision by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's Patent Trial and Appeal Board («PTAB») in an interference proceeding relating to CRISPR / Cas9 gene editing technology.
BERKELEY, CA — May 10, 2017 — Caribou Biosciences, Inc., a leading genome engineering company,
announced today that the European Patent Office (EPO) has granted a broad CRISPR - Cas9 genome editing patent to The
Regents of the University
of California, the University
of Vienna, and Dr. Emmanuelle Charpentier.
U-M President Mark Schlissel today
announced that he will be recommending the appointment
of Marschall S. Runge, M.D., Ph.D., to become U-M's executive vice president for medical affairs March 1, pending approval by the Board
of Regents in December.
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Gov. Jay Inslee today
announced the appointment
of Brett Blankenship to the Washington State University Board
of Regents, effective Oct. 1.
On January 2, 2014, Commissioner King
announced that the United States Department
of Education (USDE) had approved New York State's request for a waiver from Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) provisions that currently require students who take
Regents exams in mathematics when they are enrolled in seventh or eighth grade to also take the State mathematics assessment for that grade.
Tunxis Community College has
announced that Arthur Simoes, adjunct lecturer in photography, is a recipient
of the Connecticut Board
of Regents System's Adjunct Faculty Teaching
Note: Robert A. Kennedy, the new $ 340,000 President and Michael Meotti, the $ 182,000 Vice President
of the new Connecticut Board
of Regents for Higher Education (the new combined Connecticut State University and Connecticut Community College System)
announced ten days ago that Dr. Elsa Núñez, the $ 299,460 President
of Eastern Connecticut State University, will also serve as the Vice President for the State Universities.
«We have listened to the concerns
of parents and teachers,» stated NYS Board
of Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch the day the adjustments were
announced.
Almost immediately after the state education department
announced the adjustments, state Sen. Lee M. Zeldin (R, C, I - Shirley), Sen. Greg Ball (R - Patterson), Assemblyman Al Graf (R,C,I - Holbrook) and Assemblyman Ed Ra (R - Franklin Square) proposed a legislative solution more in tune with the what Common Core protestors seek — in the form
of a bill — while Gov. Andrew Cuomo eviscerated the Board
of Regents.
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.
NEWS On Jan. 20, the Smithsonian National Museum
of African American History and Culture
announces $ 10 million gift from David Rubenstein, the co-founder and co-CEO
of the Carlyle Group and member
of the Smithsonian Board
of Regents executive committee.
Frieze London has
announced the details
of the 12th edition
of their contemporary art fair to be held in
Regents Park.