Sentences with phrase «says nga»

«Anyone involved with gardening, especially with perennials, uses the map to pick the right plants for their location,» says NGA horticulturist Charlie Nardozzi.

A draft of the standards was released in March and a final version will incorporate ideas from educators across the country, said an NGA spokeswoman.

«[We] decided that it was absolutely critical to acquire the entire Evans - Tibbs Collection of 33 works, along with the related archive of reference materials,» said NGA officials.

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The winter meeting of the National Governors» Association kicked off a year in which the association will explore states» best practices through a series of regional meetings on educational technology and accountability, said Gov. Thomas R. Carper of Delaware, who has made raising student achievement a key platform issue in his term as the chairman of the NGA.

But elementary and secondary school budgets will likely be spared from harm unless economic conditions worsen considerably, leaders of NGA and NASBO said at a press...

Gillian Allcroft, deputy chief executive of the National Governance Association, said: «The vast majority of elected governors (parents and staff) do a great job for their schools and this is one of the reasons why NGA campaigned very strongly for the retention of elected parent governors.

Emma Knights, chief executive of the NGA, said: «Those governing our schools are generally unhappy with the direction of government education policy: with more than six times the number of respondents negative about the government's policies than positive.

«We believe that the positive experiences kids have in the garden, especially at an early age, provide a vital foundation for developing a lifelong ethic of stewardship for the Earth,» said Jim Flint, of the National Gardening Association (NGA).

«States are at the forefront of efforts to improve accountability, equity, and transparency in K - 12 schools through ESSA state plans,» said Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, Chair of the NGA Education and Workforce Committee.

«With ESSA, governors across the nation were given the tools to make their vision for education in their states a reality,» said South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard, Vice Chair of the NGA Education and Workforce Committee.

Raymond C. Scheppach, the NGA's executive director, said that states will emphasize «efficiency and austerity» over general spending increases.

The NGA said that some governors object to the inclusion of the state board president, saying that would have the «potential to limit gubernatorial prerogatives in proposals.»

As the NGA's Richard Laine likes to say, the best advocacy strategy is solid implementation.

The chief executive of the National Governors Association (NGA), Emma Knights, said her association agreed with Lord Nash that groups of schools worked best when the schools were within «half a lunchtime or period's travel of each other».

Here's why: The National Governor's Association (NGA) says, with the signatures of all 50 states, the definition of when a student should graduate from high school: As defined in 34 C.F.R. § 200.19 (b)(1)(i)- (iv), the four - year adjusted cohort graduation rate (hereafter referred to as «the four - year graduation rate») is the number of students who graduate in four years with a regular high school diploma divided by the number of students who form the adjusted cohort for the graduating class.

It declined to disclose the amount of the contract or the total spent on the development of the Common Core but said funding was provided by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (another supporter of NPR), Carnegie and other foundations, as well as state membership dues from CCSSO and the NGA.

Emma Knights, Chief Executive of the NGA, said: «In any sector where an organisation fails there has been a failure of governance.

Emma Knights, pictured, chief executive of the NGA, said: «Executive headships are well - paid posts and we must not risk building into staffing structures duplication or other inefficiencies when schools are so short of funds.»

The NGA findings offer a sharp contrast to the debate in Washington and on the presidential campaign trail, said Joshua Freed, a climate specialist with the centrist Third Way.