Sentences with phrase «of education officials»

They are also concerned that asking teachers to buy into yet another shift in policy will undermine the credibility of state department of education officials themselves.

Participants included state superintendents, district superintendents, state department of education officials, principals, counselors, and teachers.

Michigan could lose its waiver from federal No Child Left Behind requirements if the state legislature does not adopt proposed changes to the state's teacher evaluation system, U.S. Department of Education officials said in a report.

Illinois is switching to the College Board's SAT exam, but it doesn't have the money yet to administer the test given the state's budget crisis, Illinois State Board of Education officials said.

While President Bush met with congressional leaders this week about the upcoming reauthorization, there was some rumbling in education circles about an article written by Michael Petrilli, a former U.S. Department of Education official who helped promote NCLB.

Ze'ev Wurman was a U.S. Department of Education official under George W. Bush, is currently an executive with MonolithIC 3D Inc., and is coauthor with Sandra Stotsky of «Common Core's Standards Still Don't Make the Grade» (Pioneer Institute, 2010).

U.S. Department of Education officials don't want to grant that exemption, saying California can't ignore the federal requirement to measure students» progress in science annually.

After days of intense discussions with U.S. Department of Education officials last week, representatives from nine California school districts, a coalition known as CORE, now say they will know by early August if their waiver request will be granted.

Freitas has served as an elected City School Board Member, a State - appointed member of the Illinois Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, a State Department of Education Official in Massachusetts, a College Dean of Education for more than 20 years, a consultant for the U.S. Department of Education, and an instructor and mentor for more than 1,000 school superintendents and K - 12 school principals

Nearly 240 Connecticut educators, business leaders and Connecticut Department of Education officials recently attended the...

Department of Education officials attend all board meetings.

A recent Center on Education Policy at George Washington University survey of state department of education officials found that respondents in 23 states said their agency «had a heavier workload under ESSA than under NCLB,» which challenges the notion that ESSA has fewer federal regulations than previous iterations of the federal K — 12 law.

A U.S. Department of Education official declared that our public schools are a «national market» for Common Core products.

Incredulous: Watching CT Department of Education officials lecture school administrators on how to mislead parents

Indiana Department of Education officials defend the proposed rule as relying on multiple measures — not just test scores, but rates of participation on state exams, improvement in performance, and even high school graduation rates in some measures.

In a letter last year, a U.S. Department of Education official told Deasy the federal waiver did not exempt L.A. Unified from identifying schools for improvement, corrective action or restructuring, and did not affect any related state laws.

«Earlier this week we were asked to provide information to U.S. Department of Education officials as part of a larger federal audit of e-rate technology grants,» the school official said in a statement.

Flanagan is specifically taking issue with city Department of Education officials submitting a report on school finances that doesn't adhere to state law.

Talks over the evaluations broke down in the city last month when Department of Education officials refused to consider the UFT's insistence that teachers who receive poor ratings be allowed to appeal them to an independent arbitrator.

The teachers union has refused to sign a long - awaited agreement with the city on a new teacher - evaluation system unless it gets a guarantee of wage increases in the next contract, Department of Education officials charged yesterday.

Both NYPD and Department of Education officials expressed their support for the legislation at the Council hearing and pointed to statistics showing that violence is school has been in decline.

This came after many years of Dept. of Education officials rebuffing pleas to take a closer, neighborhood by neighborhood look at the soaring population.

Just yesterday, John White, a deputy chancellor, announced his resignation — the latest in a string of education officials to abandon the department.

All 13 charter schools that applied to offer Mayor Bill de Blasio's pre-kindergarten program this fall have been approved, a Department of Education official confirmed Monday.

Bloomberg joins a host of education officials pushing the Legislature to adopt bills raising the cap on charter schools and altering teacher evaluations before the June 1 deadline for reapplying for $ 700 million in federal money.

Department of Education officials set a challenging goal for themselves soon after the revised Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act was signed into law in late 2004: complete the regulations in a year's time to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the law.

For U.S. Department of Education officials instead to make new law themselves, is arrogant, usurpatious, and illegal.

U.S. Department of Education officials also had to combat concerns about the review process appearing too «political.»

Department of Education officials pulled one string after another to help Deputy Mayor Richard Buery's son get a coveted spot in Park Slope's best middle school, The Post has learned.

State Department of Education officials estimated that each absent student represents about $ 20 — or about $ 1,600 a day for the Ninth Street strikers.

The sreb, an Atlanta - based coalition of education officials and policymakers from 14 Southern states, based its recommendations on a survey of 3,283 education...

Department of Education officials scrapped rules that interpreted certain provisions in the «No Child Left Behind» Act of 2001 as trumping future collective bargaining agreements and other employee protections.

As one Arizona Department of Education official put it, such charters allow districts «to avoid a dropout, which is a statistic the districts do not want.»

Will professional educators who lead school districts and their board of education officials really follow an educationally bankrupt suggestion?

In a report on the Common Core State Standards that went to the governor and the State Board of Education earlier this month, Indiana Department of Education officials again emphasized the need for academic standards that prepare students for college and career.

In 1993, U.S. Department of Education official Francie Alexander addressed the issue as the Clinton administration pushed public dialogue about the importance of creating common benchmarks as a means of preparing students for future success.

City Department of Education officials think they'll be able to train 1,600 principals and 80,000 teachers to use new a evaluation system by the end of the year, and they plan to let the state know before a deadline next week.

That lesson rang true this past November, during NAESP's second annual Principal Shadowing Day, when four dozen U.S. Department of Education officials walked in the shoes of principals.

A few months is not enough time to thoughtfully rework a teacher evaluation system, Chancellor Carmen Fariña said Thursday, joining a growing number of education officials critical of the tight timeline included in a new state law.

In their bid to win millions in federal grant money for charter schools, Ohio Department of Education officials described the state as a beacon of oversight.

The final application will be evaluated by Department of Education officials prior to a final decision from Secretary Arne Duncan.

California Department of Education officials want to administer a new statewide science test to all fifth, eighth and tenth graders this spring; a test tailor - made to match the new science standards teachers are following this year.

U.S. Department of Education official Ruthanne Buck believes that society has to «dramatically redefine opportunities for educators - particularly teachers.»

Department of Education officials attribute the gains to two main factors: 1) a dynamic school leader who is deeply committed to the school and surrounding community, and 2) teachers and other school professionals who share a relentless focus on improving instruction through both increased collaboration and better use of data.