Sentences with phrase «school chief»

Notably, the team didn't reach out to the three major candidates for state schools chief.

During his time as schools chief, he took on the reform groups, the local school councils, the education schools, the state board of education, and the education research community.

The first - term schools chief last month offered the state's more than 1,000 districts greater autonomy in exchange for a commitment to high standards in content and performance.

These include congressional races, gubernatorial contests, state school chief races, state school board elections, and state ballot measures.

Some have lauded the first - year schools chief.

Local school boards or the state schools chief must approve them.

He didn't and instead selected Duncan, the former schools chief in Chicago who has become a frequent target of Ravitch's wrath.

CDE staff and members of the advisory committee, appointed by state schools chief Tom Torlakson, have struggled somewhat to define what career ready» means, much less find concrete measures that show how schools are preparing students for the work place.

Under the leadership of former schools chief Tony Bennett, the IDOE pushed for an array of «market - based reforms,» including proactive interventions and outside takeovers of struggling schools, private school vouchers to increased charter school options and statewide teacher evaluations.

Fourteen years — and numerous reports on racial and gender achievement gaps — later, the former Chicago Public Schools Chief of Staff's grassroots efforts have fostered organizations focused on improving education for young black men such as UCLA's Black Male Institute and Success for Black Boys.

He was praised by Democrat Tom Harkin of Iowa for the «fresh thinking» he brought to his post as Chicago schools chief for seven years.

Texas» new schools chief said he plans to appoint a «dropout czar» to try to help the state improve its efforts to keep more students in public schools through graduation.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Wednesday joined his Chicago Public Schools chief in calling on teachers to start contributing a chunk of their salaries toward their pensions — a long - standing proposal the Chicago Teachers Union so far rejected.

Former New York City schools chief Joel Klein during an interview in his New York office.

The Republican governor has worked closely with former state schools chief Tony Bennett to implement the educational priorities of the executive office.

One of the finalists in the search for Rochester's next city school chief says while he's not from the area - that's an asset for the district and the community.

Editorial: Marshall Tuck for state schools chief By the San Francisco Chronicle Editorial Board, originally published on March 30, 2018 Nothing is more important...

Zais, the former state schools chief for South Carolina and a retired Army brigadier general, was nominated by Trump in early October.

After the loss, Salon Magazine wrote, «Joshua Thompson, Finch's director of education and youth, defended the unsuccessful effort, saying the mayor was following the recommendations of «a report handed back to him» by a charter commission that was based on testimony by academics and «major reformers» like former New York City schools chief Joel Klein.

(El Dorado Hills, Calif.) Hayward Unified School District won designation last week from California schools chief Tom Torlakson for outstanding efforts in reducing chronic student absenteeism and improving dropout rates aided by a highly successful 21st Century attendance intervention software developed by School Innovations & Achievement.

«We won't raise our annual [NCLB - mandated] objectives this year,» Juneau later told a group of school chiefs from ten rural states, Dillon reports.

Indiana schools chief Glenda Ritz pointed out this would be the last time state officials would use the current grading formula to issue the grades.

(Smaller still, once Chicago public schools chief Arne Duncan is named secretary of education today.)

Adam Emerson, the author of the study and the new charter school chief in Florida (congrats btw Adam) wrote:

Other education reform leaders, including former D.C. schools Chief Michelle Rhee and Center for Education Reform director Jeanne Allen, are reportedly still in the running for the post.

Innovative Arts Academy Charter School Chief Executive Officer Loraine A. Petrillo submitted a letter of resignation to the school's board Tuesday.

StudentsFirst, the Sacramento - based school reform advocacy group run by former Washington DC schools chief Michelle Rhee, endorsed and / or funded candidates in 2012 — including Brian Johnson for State Assembly, who lost in the primary despite a funding advantage.

Waronker, who took over as schools chief on June 2, contended in that letter that his attempts to turn around the struggling district have been undermined by the board's three - member majority.

«It's a perfect storm,» said Guilford County Schools Chief of Staff Nora Carr about the reason why the teacher shortage is more pronounced there than in years past.

Faced with a looming deadline, Los Angeles schools chief John Deasy on Wednesday urged the teachers union to lay aside its concerns and back a federal grant application that could bring $ 40 million to the cash - strapped district.

The district's chief financial officer Ken Huewitt has stepped in as interim schools chief since then.

Lorna Lewis, superintendent of Plainview - Old Bethpage schools, was one of many school chiefs who told Newsday they expect to maintain student services and programs next year, but are less confident about long - range prospects.

A Seattle high school is in hot water with state schools chief Randy Dorn over its refusal to give some state - required tests this spring.

Bennett, a Republican, served one term as state superintendent before being ousted by current schools chief Glenda Ritz.

Wisconsin's independently elected school chief stood alone.

Leaders of the Indiana General Assembly and current schools chief Glenda Ritz have launched parallel investigations into the 2012 grades.

«Our one bottom line is our 1.1 million students,» the nominated schools chief told Department of Education executives, employees and reporters to thunderous applause.

CPS issued a statement in which schools chief Barbara Byrd - Bennett renewed Emanuel's call for changes to teacher pensions, which are expected to cost the district nearly $ 700 million next year.

We were all set to cheer Mayor de Blasio's pick for the city's next schools chief... until it didn't happen.

Recently departed Oregon schools chief Rob Saxton says that is partly because Oregon is more honest in its accounting of just how many students don't earn diplomas in four years, while other states play loose with their definitions.

Oregon Schools Chief Rob Saxton says the plan, if fully adopted, will lead to big changes in the way all teachers in Oregon are judged.

Burlington, Vt — Convening what the state schools chief called «the largest faculty meeting I have ever seen,» Vermont officials late last month brought together a 12th of the state's teachers to brief them on their pioneering assessment program.

It also seeks to debunk a parallel argument by state schools chief Diane Douglas that the teachers have abandoned their jobs, meaning their teaching certificates can be suspended or revoked by the state Board of Education.

September brought an extended school day and Chicago's first teacher strike in a quarter century, which halted classes for seven days and spurred schools chief Jean - Claude Brizard to resign.

Madison will soon be conducting a search for a new schools chief after superintendent Dan Nerad announced he plans to depart by June 2013, when his current contract expires.

Katherine Joyce is executive director of the N.C. Association of School Administrators (NCASA), which lobbies for local school chiefs at the legislature.

The unprecedented, unsalaried and, by all accounts, unofficial advisory post was on full display Monday in the announcement of Houston schools chief Richard Carranza as the city's new schools chancellor.

He became the mayor's third schools chief following the brief but resoundingly - criticized tenure of former media mogul Cathie Black.

Mayor Bill de Blasio has tapped Miami schools chief Alberto Carvalho as his next Department of Education chancellor, DOE sources said Wednesday.