New York's Board
of Regents meets Monday and Tuesday to finalize controversial new teacher evaluation laws ahead of a June 30 deadline.
Also at 11 a.m., the state Board
of Regents meets for an executive session, state Education Department, 89 Washington Ave., Albany.
Also at 1 p.m., tate Board
of Regents meets in executive session, State Education Department, 89 Washington Ave., Seminar Room, fifth floor, Albany.
At 9 a.m., the state Board
of Regents meets and discusses the Every Student Succeeds Act draft plan, state Education Department, 89 Washington Ave., Albany.
Regent Roger Tilles, left, Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia, center, and Regents Chancellor Betty Rosa at the state Board
of Regents meeting in Albany on Monday, Oct. 16, 2017.
At the December Board
of Regents meeting, members voted to postpone the effects of the tests on teacher evaluations until for at least four more years.
Already, new state Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia faces tumultuous times, as foreshadowed by her appointment, which came after a hastily - called Board
of Regents meeting Tuesday where she was introduced for the first time to half of its members.
Members of the Board
of Regents meet throughout the day, starting at 9 a.m..
Cuomo's latest Common Core commission could report its recommendations this week — in time to hand them off to the state Board
of Regents meeting before its next meeting, Dec. 14.
«Next week, at the February Board
of Regents meeting, the work group will present to the P - 12 committee of the Board a series of possible options that reflect the input the Board has received from legislators and the public to make thoughtful adjustments to Common Core implementation,» they said in a joint statement.
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.
State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia, left, and Regents Chancellor Betty Rosa during a state Board
of Regents meeting on Monday, May 8, 2017, in Albany.
At the December Board
of Regents meeting, members voted to postpone the effects of the tests on teacher evaluations for at least four more years.
Dozens of activists descended on a state Board
of Regents meeting last month in Albany to demand regulatory relief.
Regents Chancellor Betty Rosa called the state's draft «a work in progress» when it was introduced at the state Board
of Regents meeting on May 8.
«The only possible conclusion is that something strange has happened to our test,» David M. Steiner, the education commissioner, said during a Board
of Regents meeting in Albany.
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«We have a
Regents meeting coming up in June, and my target is to get them up to speed,» Hackett said
of the June 18
meeting.
At 11:40 a.m., the state Board
of Regents holds an executive session during its two - day October
meeting, 89 Washington Ave., Albany.
The new teacher evaluations were approved in the state budget, but the State Board
of Regents has found a way to delay their impact at many schools for at least another year, if schools can demonstrate that it would be a hardship for them to
meet this year's November deadline.
«We're going to have more teachers looking at the geometry exams,» Elia said during a brief interview before Monday's monthly
meeting of the state Board
of Regents.
«We must give future teachers the opportunity to
meet certification requirements at a realistic pace,» Board
of Regents Chancellor Betty A. Rosa said.
The Board
of Regents has until June 30 to develop the regulations, which Tisch has insisted the board will
meet, even as state lawmakers push for an extension.
The State Education Department presented the materials to the Board
of Regents today at its
meeting in Albany.
The Board
of Regents approved the plan at its September 2017
meeting, and the plan was submitted to the USDE on September 17, 2017 for review.
The New York State Board
of Regents will hold its monthly board
meeting on Monday and Tuesday in Albany.
«The rules adopted today by the Board
of Regents maintain the rigor
of our graduation requirements, while providing a new mechanism for students with disabilities to demonstrate they've
met the State's graduation standards.»
Board
of Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch said at today's news conference she expects to
meet the June 30 deadline for developing new regulations for the evaluations.
Board
of Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch this week said the board is due to
meet the June 30 deadline even as education officials plan to allow districts extra time that profess «hardship» situations.
The new teacher evaluations were approved in the state budget, but the New York State Board
of Regents has found a way to delay their impact at many schools for at least another year, if schools can demonstrate that it would be a hardship for them to
meet this year's November deadline.
While the Times certainly
met all journalistic expectations by finding sources in the Board
of Regents and elsewhere to confirm, the impetus for the story and its timing was dictated by a «conversation» with Jim Malatras, the governor's director
of operations and a key policy maker.
New York State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia, left, and Chancellor Merryl H. Tisch confer during a
meeting of the Board
of Regents in Albany on Monday, Dec. 14, 2015.
Regent Judith Johnson
of Rockland County, left, named Monday to lead a «work group» looking into issues with the state test system, speaks to members
of the state Board
of Regents during a
meeting at the Education Department in Albany on Monday, April 18, 2016.
Elia told reporters after the
Regents meeting that teachers still would be held accountable in their jobs on the basis
of the «transition» ratings.
Partnering with Parents was the theme
of last week's public
meetings to discuss the new Core Curriculum mandated by the state Board
of Regents.
Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch said in late April that she could administratively delay the implementation
of the latest version
of teacher evaluations until September
of 2016, if schools can demonstrate that it would be a hardship to
meet the short time frame imposed in the new law.
It is anticipated that the proposed amendment will be adopted as a permanent rule by the Board
of Regents at its July 2018
meeting.
In the end, no bill was approved, but the Board
of Regents indicated it would support granting districts hardship waivers if a deadline can't be
met.
At least eight
of the 17 members
of the Board
of Regents appear ready to try to modify or amend the teacher - evaluation plan passed by the Legislature and are set to vote on the plan during their
meeting this coming week.
The newly - elected chancellor (Betty Rosa) and vice chancellor
of the Board
of Regents, joined by state Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia, will address the media directly following the
meeting of the full Board this morning in Albany.
Also at 9 a.m., the state Board
of Regents and its committees
meet throughout the day, 89 Washington Ave., Albany.
At 9 a.m., the state Board
of Regents kicks off a day's worth
of meetings at the state Education Building, 89 Washington Ave., Albany.
At 9 a.m., the state Board
of Regents holds a
meeting, with
meetings for board committees throughout the day, state Education Department, 89 Washington Ave., Albany.
Reaction to the
Regents» vote on the fate
of the proposed Truxton Academy Charter School is also expected to come up during the
meeting.
At the
Regents» monthly
meeting, Tisch addressed critics who said she botched the roll out
of Common core.
Earlier in the day, legislative leaders including Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver called for a moratorium and asked the Board
of Regents to stop the roll - out for at least two years during its
meeting next week.
At Monday's
meeting of the state Board
of Regents, Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia and her staff reiterated a point they have advanced over the past week — that bipartisan repeal legislation recently approved by the Democratic - controlled state Assembly could have the unintended result
of generating more tests.
Jolene DiBrango, the group's executive vice president, told a group
of reporters after the
Regents meeting that NYSUT was making a concerted push to get the repeal legislation through the Senate.
«The teachers we represent believe the time to fix it is this year,» said Jolene DiBrango, executive vice president
of the statewide organization, who spoke to reporters during a break in the
Regents meeting.
«It is very possible that we may have to extend it,» the commissioner said at a
meeting of a Board
of Regents committee.