Sentences with phrase «regents reforms»

In 2010, the Board of Regents released policies designed to prepare students for college and 21st century careers, close the achievement gap and instill a lifelong love of learning in children Regents Reform Agenda, according to a press release issued by Mr. Flanagan's office.

That story, while it was inestimably strengthened with the legislation put through supporting the Regents reform agenda [in the second round], didn't change.

NYS Teacher Centers fully support professional learning for all educators as they implement the elements of the Regents Reform Agenda in the following areas:

EngageNY: EngageNY is an evolving, collaborative platform for NYS teachers, principals, Network Team members, and administrators aimed at providing resources to ensure successful implementation of the Regents Reform priorities as they evolve over time.

As high school principals, we are deeply concerned about the direction of the Regents reform agenda, especially in regard to evaluating teachers using test scores.

a) As recommended by the Regents reform agenda, all building principals receive ten days of training and superintendents receive seventeen days of training during the first year of implementation.

As recommended by the Regents reform agenda, all building principals receive ten days of training and superintendents receive seventeen days of training during the first year of implementation.

Not exact matches

Silver has also taken issue with Cuomo's call for a new education reform commission, saying the Board of Regents — which the Legislature, not the governor, appoints — is already working to address myriad problems in the public school system.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo praised the tenure of outgoing Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch on Monday, but at the same time indicated he will push for broad reforms to the state's education curriculum and Common Core standards.

ALBANY — Between the lines of a Thursday letter from a top Cuomo administration aide to state education leaders about education reform was a plan to overhaul the Board of Regents.

They discuss Governor Cuomo's calls for education reforms, Race to the Top, and whether the Board of Regents should be abolished.

I refer to a recent letter about education reform sent by Board of Regents chancellor Merryl Tisch to Gov. Cuomo's office.

But Mr. Malatras has been particularly visible in pushing Mr. Cuomo's education reform agenda, authoring a long and public letter to the state's Board of Regents and liaising with various interests in Albany as all sides gear up for a post-budget fight over the specifics of teacher evaluations.

Elia and the Board of Regents are revising the teacher and principal evaluations for the fifth time since 2010, and Pallotta said there's a lot riding on the reforms, including whether the test boycott movement will continue.

«While the reforms were initiated by the Board of Regents, it is critical to Senator Flanagan and the Education Committee that the state review the new policies and maintain an open dialogue about the future of state education policy.»

Cuomo, and branches of government in Albany, including NYSED, the Board of Regents and the New York State legislature have been repeatedly dismissive of parental concerns over education reforms in New York State.

Back in December 2014, a top aide to the governor, Jim Malatras, broached the subject in a letter to the regents chancellor and then - state education commissioner that was widely seen as the first salvo in what would be a protracted battle over reform.

«We as a board must move from what was the so - called, as people like to label it, «reform,»» she said in the Regents meeting.

Although there were still legislators, particularly Republicans, who argued on Tuesday that the process of electing regents needed reform, the debate was permeated with a sense of at least incremental if not radical progress.

«The Board of Regents adopted its Reform Agenda in 2009 and the Common Core State Standards in 2010 in order to better prepare New York State students for college and career success,» Tisch said in a statement.

On Thursday, with the New York State Board of Regents hearing testimony regarding the newly approved teacher evaluation system, leading education reform organization StudentsFirstNY and public school parents offered recommendations and sent letters calling for a system that ensures all public school students have access to high - quality teachers.

The forums are to discuss with parents and educators the Common Core Standards and other education reforms approved by the Board of Regents.

ALBANY — The two long - serving members of the state Board of Regents ousted by lawmakers on Tuesday were brave soldiers for the Common Core standards and other recent education reform efforts, board chancellor Merryl Tisch said.

In response to a letter the Cuomo administration directed at outgoing education commissioner John King and Board of Regents chair Merryl Tisch about introducing education «reforms» through the budget process, UFT President Michael Mulgrew issued a statement questioning the governor's motives.

Commissioner Elia and the Board of Regents are revising the teacher and principal evaluations for the fifth time since 2010, and Pallotta, with NYSUT, says there's a lot riding on the reforms, including whether the test boycott movement will continue.

He and other key stakeholders — including union leaders, the Board of Regents chancellor, and state legislators — came together to hammer out reform goals for the round - two grant submission.

Among the reform milestones they achieved were a new requirement that 40 percent of a teacher's evaluation be based on student achievement; raising the charter school cap from 200 to 460; and higher student achievement goals on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 4th grade and 8th grade reading tests and Regents exams.

Nearly a year in the making, the plan had undergone several revisions before the regents agreed late last month to a design mandating the participation of parents and teachers in the development of a school - reform plan.

But representatives of local school districts contend that the $ 5.8 - billion appropriation is not enough to pay for the Board of Regents» «Action Plan to Improve Elementary and Secondary Education Results in New York State,» a comprehensive, five - year reform plan adopted last year.

With the agenda established, key statutes passed by the state legislature and Executive, and the funding secured, and most importantly the Board of Regents putting the crucial regulations in place, the key elements of the reform plans are now present.

To recap, thanks largely to Race to the Top incentives (a cool $ 700 million), a group of New York State reformers, including the state's Commissioner of Education and its Chancellor (the head of the Board of Regents) had pushed for teacher evaluation reforms that included linking those evaluations to student performance.

The objectives, part of the commissioner's revised plan for school reform called the «New Compact for Learning,» were pre6sented to the state board of regents last week following a series of regional hearings.

When Betty Rosa was named the new chancellor of the Board of Regents last year, she struck a tone that could not be more different than her predecessor, calling for the board to «move away from so - called reform.»

It is time the Board of Regents exercises control over the State Education Department to stop the runaway train of anti-public school «reform» that the commissioner represents.

Yesterday, Elsa M. Núñez, who serves as the President of Eastern Connecticut State University (and is also in the process of being named Vice President of the Connecticut State Universities, under the new Board of Regents for Higher Education) wrote a commentary piece for CTNewsjunkie in which she glowingly endorsed Governor Malloy's «Education Reform» bill.

«We as a board must move from what was the so - called, as people like to label it, «reform,»» she said in the Regents meeting.

The commissioner, the Regents and the governor all deserve credit for standing up to opposition to their important reforms.

The city was torn into moonlit strips — the dour Castle, the High Kirk where Reform preachers stoked hearts and minds, the dark maw of the Grassmarket and the tenements sliding down the long spine to the palace where Jamie Saxt (but six years our elder) slept uneasily amidst the ghosts of his many murdered regents, his fantasies of sorcerers... On Inchcombe island the abandoned monastery was a black ship with its cargo of souls, going nowhere... In the nearby Auld Kirk of North Berwick the witch trials were proceeding by that most reliable proof: evidence under torture.