Sentences with phrase «said superintendent of education»

«Until we really re-examine how children learn, we will not significantly change education,» said Superintendent of Education Barbara S. Nielsen.

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Streamlined sales pitches, voter confidence in the economy and the possibility of getting extra state money for voter - approved school construction projects all played a part, said Joe Kaczanowski, deputy superintendent in the Suburban Cook County Regional Office of Education.

According to a story I found on MNN, while the former superintendent kicked Oliver out of LA County schools, the new superintendent said he would recommend to the board of education that flavored milk be banned.

A written notice of termination of the home education program shall be filed in the district school superintendent's office within 30 days after said termination.

«Our School District is focused on ensuring that every child receives the best education possible, and Ms. Green's role with our organization is critical to achieving that mission,» Superintendent of Schools Dr. Brian V. Hightower said.

«It's very possible that the state would pick up all the current (federal) standards,» said James Burke, assistant superintendent in charge of child nutrition for the Illinois Board of Education.

He also said the superintendent should undergo training by an appropriate organization, such as the New York State Council of School Superintendents, «regarding the roles and responsibilities of a superintendent and building and maintaining an appropriate working relationship with a board of education.»

She says the superintendents wanted her to talk to State Education Department lawyers on the legalities of administering the unpopular tests.

Betty Rosa, a former superintendent of schools in the Bronx, is expected to be voted chancellor of the New York Board of Regents this month, education officials familiar with the process said.

«We are really pleased to be partnering with John and Todd on this initiative and to have the ability to offer our students additional support in their transition from high school to higher education,» said Superintendent of Schools Kenneth Facin.

WBFO Senior Reporter Eileen Buckley says Superintendent Kriner Cash answered a variety of crucial questions posed by her, as well as Buffalo News Education Reporter Tiffany Lankes and the live Facebook audience.

The school superintendents that use New Hope's services said that parents have the option to have students opt - out of these lessons and the lessons from New Hope are not the only sexual health education that they receive.

WBFO»S Focus on Education reporter Eileen Buckley says members of the community continue to pressure the board to remain transparent in the search for a new superintendent.

Superintendent Pamela Brown said she will seek an amicable agreement with the Board of Education for her departure from the district.

Buffalo Schools Superintendent Pamela Brown said Friday she will seek an amicable agreement with the Board of Education for her departure from the district.

WBFO News also tried to get comment from interim Deputy Schools Superintendent Mary Guinn, but she said she had «I have no comment, thank you» on the matter and headed for an elevator on the eight floor of City Hall outside the Board of Education office.

She says the superintendents wanted her to talk to state Education Department lawyers on the legalities of administering the unpopular tests.

WBFO's senior reporter Eileen Buckley says Schools Superintendent Dr. Kriner Cash is encouraging education as a tool to «change and heal» in wake of Orlando mass shootings.

Schools Superintendent Kriner Cash said some positions are hard to fill because of shortages, especially in special education and the sciences, and the district did add staff overall.

Betty Rosa, a former superintendent of schools in the Bronx, is expected to be voted chancellor of the New York Board of Regents this month, education officials familiar with the process said Friday.

Today «it's the right - wing reformers who are lowering standards,» says Diane Ravitch, a former assistant secretary of education and leading critic of the corporate education - reform movement, noting that Tony Bennett's final act after losing his re-election bid, last November, as Indiana superintendent of public instruction — he was recently appointed education commissioner in Florida — was to weaken the state's requirements for new teachers.

Buffalo Schools Superintendent Dr. Kriner Cash said the receivership plan for five persistently failing schools is back in the hands of the State Education Commissioner.

Interim Buffalo School Superintendent Don Ogilvie says the school district has a Friday deadline to submit a round of proposed turnaround plans for four failing city schools to prevent closure by the New York State Education Department.

West Seneca Superintendent Mark Crawford said he believes the State Education Department and Board of Regents is on the right path.

As Skandera said of the education - reform superintendents of her time, «very rarely did we see them get beyond the fight to what matters most.»

Paul G. Pastorek, Louisiana's superintendent of education, says the way the state hammers out rules for its new «career diploma» will help determine whether it lands up to $ 200 million in the national competition for federal Race to the Top money.

On the first Wednesday of every month, he and other superintendents around the country connect using the Twitter hashtag #suptchat (or on Saturdays using #Satchat) to discuss topics ranging from feedback on new apps to new education books and articles they recommend reading, Polyak said.

«What's happened, in my opinion, is that there was little information given to locally elected school board members about these two issues,» said state schools Superintendent Sandy Garrett, who proposed the rule at a state board of education meeting on April 24.

In announcing the program, then state superintendent of education Paul Pastorek said, «The proposal considers all public schools in New Orleans, without regard to governance....

«It is hard to imagine an individual who would bring more significant and appropriate professional experience to the Harvard Graduate School of Education than Superintendent Payzant,» said Dean Kathleen McCartney.

A June 2013 Gallup / Education Week poll of superintendents showed that 58 percent say that the Common Core standards will improve the quality of education in their community, and 75 percent believe that having these standards will provide more consistency in the quality of education between school districts anEducation Week poll of superintendents showed that 58 percent say that the Common Core standards will improve the quality of education in their community, and 75 percent believe that having these standards will provide more consistency in the quality of education between school districts aneducation in their community, and 75 percent believe that having these standards will provide more consistency in the quality of education between school districts aneducation between school districts and states.

«We must strive to help clarify what the federal role in education is and what it is not,» said California State Superintendent Wilson Riles last week in his inaugural address as president of the Council of Chief State School Officers (ccsso).

Clear Expectations Required for Next Hillsborough Superintendent, Expert Says Tampa Bay Times, 1/22/15 «Andres Antonio Alonso, a professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, said Elia's abrupt dismissal without cause came as a surprise to the world that knows the Hillsborough district as one focused on stability and innovation, not turbulence.»

«This is an historic piece of legislation for the state,» state Superintendent of Education Barbara Stock Nielsen said in a telephone...

Approved by the state board of education last month, the rule is meant to prompt changes in Maryland universities that train school leaders, said Mary Cary, an assistant superintendent in the state department of education.

The failure by schools to meet the physical education mark is a factor of time, money and priorities, says Donna Anthony, OSSE's assistant superintendent of health and wellness.

Tom Payzant, the veteran superintendent who heads up Boston Public Schools, says large school districts get funding from a variety of philanthropic organizations, but he has had to work hard to persuade these funders to align their efforts to support a system - wide vision of how to improve education and avoid contributing to what he calls «project-itis,» which is just a series of ad hoc donations that make givers feel good but have little impact on students.

«We find ourselves in 2017 facing a whole host of issues, and not educating how we got there,» says Jewell - Sherman, former superintendent of Virginia's Richmond Public Schools and a core faculty member of the Ed School's Doctor of Education Leadership Program.

Ed Secretary Nominee Has Fans in the Field Colleagues of Houston Independent School District Superintendent Rod Paige say that although they will miss him, the country will benefit from his experience in dealing with urban education issues.

Secretary of Education Thomas K. Gilhool, who had placed on public - library shelves several reports analyzing results from the Test for Essential Learning and Literacy Skills, withdrew a report ranking districts from 1 to 500 after superintendents who previewed it convinced him that a «gross numerical ranking was simply not significant statistically,» said Timothy Potts, a spokesman for the Secretary.

So last year, she brought together Duval's superintendent and board of education, the president of a local university, and others, and said, «Let's do some thinking about what it would look like» to train TFA teachers locally.

«Giving the children who have been impacted by the hurricane a sense of stability and safety is extremely important, and schools can provide that kind of setting,» says Louisiana State Superintendent of Education Cecil J. Picard in an email to Edutopia.

On October 7, the day of the next school board meeting and with the board still unaware of Moran's plans (she had e-mailed the plan to her colleagues the night before, but according to Education Week, some board members and Acting Superintendent Watson said they hadn't had a chance to read the application before the meeting), New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin announced that he would ask the governor for help in creating a citywide charter school system.

California schools Superintendent Jack O'Connell says he has no plans to cut the pay of education department staff members following Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's July 31 executive order to cut pay for more than 200,000 state employees to the federal minimum wage level of $ 6.55 an hour.

«Boston has made a significant investment in early childhood education as a key strategy for closing the achievement gap,» said Carol Johnson, superintendent of the Boston Public Schools.

The state board of education approved the plan on a 7 - to - 3 vote after a «fairly lively discussion» by board members, said State Superintendent of Schools Nancy S. Grasmick.

Daniel J. Burke, dean of the university's college of education, said the offer, which is outlined in a two - page document sent recently to every principal and superintendent in the state, is designed to «build confidence in the [university's education] graduates, the program, and the faculty.»

«One of the things that we've discovered is that maker education with kids gets them engaged, gets them passionate about the work, gives them opportunities to pursue things that they're interested in,» says Superintendent Pam Moran.

That county's school superintendent, Robert Avossa, said, «It's the single largest piece of legislation to dismantle public education that I've ever seen.»

«Being selected to participate in a national network of education leaders as a Strategic Data Project partner allows our district to learn from and work with some of the most skilled analysts in the field,» said Sharon L. Contreras, superintendent of the Syracuse City School District.