Sentences with phrase «school chancellor»

A school chancellor is the head or leader of a school or university. They are responsible for making important decisions and overseeing the school's operations. Full definition
The new schools chancellor, when he begins next month, will face pressure to alter the outcomes for the city's black and Hispanic majority.
In her education career, she went from teacher, to principal, to superintendent and finally schools chancellor in 2014, overseeing over 1,800 public schools.
She praised a woman who had very few actual qualifications for the position of school chancellor.
«Even the removal of an historically unpopular schools chancellor doesn't seem to be moving the approval needle,» he said.
Computer science fair draws more than 2,000 teens Schools chancellor urges students to study technology.
The city's last schools chancellor visited our school to talk to our youth leaders about the success of the college access program.
Flanagan said the chamber's majority plans to hold hearings on mayoral control «as soon as the mayor and [New York City schools chancellor Carmen Fariña] make themselves available.
And the current SED commissioner MaryEllen Elia, who has emerged as a key ally for city schools chancellor Carmen Fariña, is currently working to revise VADIR, according to a spokeswoman for the department.
StudentsFirst, founded by former D.C. schools chancellor Michelle Rhee, opposes teacher tenure, protections which are now being challenged in New York.
The Third Point C.E.O. serves on the board of StudentsFirstNY, a pro-charter advocacy group whose board members also include former schools chancellor Joel Klein and Success Academy Charter Schools founder Eva Moskowitz.
On Top of the News D. C. School Ratings Up Among System Parents, but Doubts Remain Washington Post 06/22/11 Behind the Headline Mismatch Education Next Fall 2011 According to a new survey by The Washington Post and the Kaiser Family Foundation, former D.C. schools chancellor Michelle Rhee is viewed more favorably now than -LSB-...]
Critics of the mayor's pick for schools chancellor say a panel set to vet her appointment has too many City Hall ties.
Former New York City schools chancellor Joel Klein plans to insert himself into the mayoral race Tuesday in a speech that fiercely defends the Bloomberg administration's school policies while accusing most candidates of a «complete lack of courage» on education.
In 2015, David Steiner wrote about Joel Klein's book about his time as schools chancellor in New York City.
Richard Carranza (left) meets the press at City Hall after having been named New York City's next schools chancellor by Mayor Bill de Blasio.
Former NYC schools chancellor Joel Klein plans to insert himself into the mayoral race today in a speech that fiercely defends the Bloomberg administration's school policies while accusing most candidates of a «complete lack of courage» on education.
Bloomberg's approval rating has fallen to 55 percent, his lowest in five years, thanks to voter frustrations over his controversial new schools chancellor pick, Quinnipiac University Polling Institute director Maurice Carroll said.
«When it came to my compensation, it was the board who took the initiative,» said Lam, who previously worked as a deputy school chancellor for New York City and as superintendent in Chelsea, Providence, and San Antonio.
Two of the city's most prominent charter school leaders criticized the de Blasio administration on Saturday, after a meeting with schools chancellor Carmen Fariña and about 100 city charter officials on Saturday morning.
Signaling a profound turn away from the education policies of the Bloomberg administration, newly appointed schools chancellor Carmen Fariña promised to retreat from an emphasis on standardized testing and preparation, to re-focus on arts, social studies and science, and to implement changes that «happen with people, not to people.»
No sooner had the bombshell announcement hit that former Hearst magazine head honcho Cathie Black had been bounced as schools chancellor by Mayor Mike Bloomberg, than speculation started swirling about her possible return to the media world.
One of the first schools opened by Joel Klein, the New York City schools chancellor at the time, 223 was intended to help replace a notoriously bad junior high school that the city had decided to shut down.
Radical, the memoir by former D.C. Public Schools chancellor Michelle Rhee, doesn't come out until February, but it's already received its first negative review.
Harold O. Levy, the former New York City schools chancellor who helped found the Teaching Fellows, has developed an online teaching college for Kaplan Inc., the test - prep company.
«The SAT data is an encouraging sign, and we should keep heading in that direction, as it seems to be an indicator of whether a teacher can actually produce gains,» said Eric Lerum, a vice president at StudentsFirst, the Sacramento - based lobbying and advocacy group started by former Washington schools chancellor Michelle Rhee.
Carranza, who has been superintendent of the Houston Independent School District for the past 18 months, will take over as New York City schools chancellor on Monday, April 2.
In an interview on WNYC, the outgoing schools chancellor said Black will have all the support she needs to do the job.
David M. Steiner, the New York State education commissioner, center, met with a panel on Tuesday on the question of recommending a waiver for Cathleen P. Black to become schools chancellor in New York City.
Former D.C. Public Schools chancellor Kaya Henderson has not denied that she used her power to place the children of government officials in high - demand schools, even though those schools had long wait lists.
The suit led to harsh words from schools chancellor Dennis Walcott, several rallies and a June 3 restraining order to immediately halt the closures.
MANHATTAN — Cathie Black is poised to become the next schools chancellor after Mayor Michael Bloomberg agreed to a compromise with the state that would have a «chief academic officer» with extensive education experience serve by her side.
However, on other issues, Quinn hewed closer to the mayor's policies, saying that community education councils should «in some cases» not have veto power over co-locations in their school districts and that the next schools chancellor need not «necessarily» be an educator.
But there is a silver lining for DC schools chancellor Michelle Rhee (portrayed as «DC's Braveheart» in a new Education Next profile): her schools, and those in just four states, were the only ones to post gains in both fourth and eighth grades over the past two years.
Joseph P. Viteritti, a professor of public policy at Hunter College, who was a special assistant to the New York City schools chancellor from 1978 to 1981, said that there was «nothing inherently bad» about school boards and that mayoral control was not a panacea for the challenges facing urban districts.
When it comes to education reform, perhaps no city has inspired more controversy and acclaim over the last decade than Washington, D.C. Even today, uttering the name «Michelle Rhee» — the city's first schools chancellor appointed in 2007 after a major shakeup in the district — still evokes heated reactions from local residents.
Bloomberg's poll numbers dipped below 40 percent in March following the disastrous response to the Christmas blizzard and the controversy over now - departed schools chancellor Cathie Black.
The head of the city's teachers union offered his stamp of approval for most of the names mentioned as candidates being considered for schools chancellor under Mayor - elect Bill de Blasio.
CITY HALL — Dennis Walcott began his first day as incoming schools chancellor walking his grandson to school.
First he stopped at ousted schools chancellor Cathie Black's Park Avenue pad for her holiday bash.
The United Federation of Teachers also criticized the mayor's choice this week, passing a resolution to require a nationwide search for future schools chancellor appointments, according to a copy of the letter obtained by NY1's State of Politics blog.
Last year, the Washington Post found the previous school chancellor also helped connected parents get their kids into better public schools without having to use the lottery system, and that DC schools were lying about their suspension rates.
MANHATTAN — Mayor Michael Bloomberg thinks the rule requiring schools chancellors to have experience in education should be scrapped.
Additional revelations about the now former D.C. schools chancellor Antwan Wilson using his position to game the district's lottery system for his own child have not helped.
Carvalho argued that the New York City schools chancellor position is the «most coveted job in education.»
The San Francisco school district settled a sex discrimination lawsuit involving incoming city schools chancellor Richard Carranza for $ 75,000, but de Blasio said he doesn't buy the allegations against his schools pick.
Bloomberg had a busy social schedule last night, which included a stop at the holiday party hosted by his ousted schools chancellor, Cathie Black, who donned an «eye - catching gold minidress» for the occasion.
... I'm hopeful that Mayor de Blasio and [schools chancellor Carmen] Fariña will make significant changes so that zipcode does not determine destiny.»
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