Sentences with phrase «schools chief on»

Yet Deasy didn't get the job as schools chief on the condition that he would collaborate.

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.

They figured if they could get the US Department of Education, DC - based organizations, and state school chiefs on board, they would have a direct and definitive victory.

Not exact matches

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

Chief engineer Matthew Gionta recalls starting off at the company right out of graduate school in 1994 and being handed the project - leader slot on an ultra-high-tech unmanned aircraft.

But this Presidents Day weekend, the commander - in - chief fired off an unprecedented 14 tweets about the Russia investigation — declaring his innocence, suggesting the FBI could have prevented last week's Florida school shooting if it hadn't been working on the investigation, blaming Democrats and former President Barack Obama for Russia's interference in the election, and accusing the former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton of colluding with Russia.

In December 2009 Mark Onetto, chief of operations and customer relations at Amazon and a close collaborator of Bezos, gave an hourlong lecture on the Amazon Way to master's of business administration students at the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business.

He is a former director of BMC Software, Inc., a non-public software corporation based in Houston, Texas, and serves on the board of the following not - for - profit organizations: School of Public Policy, University of Calgary (Executive Fellow), National Research Council of Canada, Ontario Global 100 Network (Chair), C.D. Howe Institute, and Canadian Council of Chief Executives.

Last week Uber brought on Harvard Business School professor Frances Frei as senior vice president of leadership and strategy — reporting directly to Kalanick — and hired former Apple executive Bozoma Saint John as chief brand officer.

A report quotes one police chief as saying a nearly 20 minute delay has been discovered based on a video issue inside the Parkland school.

He's used the exact same language as NRA chief executive Wayne LaPierre on how to «harden» schools.

Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook's chief operating officer, posted on Saturday from her child's school debate.

Inga Ernstsone, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Latvia, and Chair, Committee on Budget, Finance, and Administration, WTO Tina Fordham, Managing Director and Chief Political Analyst, Citigroup Miriam González Durántez, Partner, Dechert LLP Moderator: Ngaire Woods, Inaugural Dean, Blavatnik School of Government; Professor of Global Economic Governance, University of Oxford

She has been research director of the Conference on Jewish Relations, chief editor of Schoken Books, executive director of Jewish Cultural Reconstruction in New York City, visiting professor at a number of universities, and University Professor at the Graduate Faculty of the New School for Social Research.

I would not hesitate to go to a wedding, funeral, graduation, retirement party, baby shower, ballgame, courtroom, birthday party, family reunion, public hearing, town parade, school play, or other social function due to the presence or lack of a 1 - 2 minute prayer from a pastor, priest, rabbi, imam, valedictorian, mayor, police chief, council member, or 3rd grader who will play the Tree in the school spring play, nor would I feel it appropriate or necessary to make a social scene just so everyone could hear my opinion on the matter.

Colin Hart, chief executive of the institute, accused the government overreacting, on Premier's «News Hour», he said: «You may or may not agree with it, but one thing you can't do is sue the school over the way in which history is taught or maths is taught or whatever subject there is, because the law excludes discrimination from the content of the curriculum, but that's to change for independent schools, free schools and academies»

While encamped on the banks of a river, Washington was approached by Delaware Indian chiefs who desired that their youth be trained in American schools.

Schools chief Jean - Claude Brizard upped the ante later in the evening on WTTW's «Chicago Tonight,» saying he would be willing to give elementary school teachers a 2 percent raise this year if it means the district could implement a longer school day this year rather than waiting until next year.

* Day 1 Monday, February 22, 2016 4:00 PM -5:00 PM Registration & Networking 5:00 PM — 6:00 PM Welcome Reception & Opening Remarks Kevin de Leon, President pro Tem, California State Senate Debra McMannis, Director of Early Education & Support Division, California Department of Education (invited) Karen Stapf Walters, Executive Director, California State Board of Education (invited) 6:00 PM — 7:00 PM Keynote Address & Dinner Dr. Patricia K. Kuhl, Co-Director, Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences * Day 2 Tuesday February 23, 2016 8:00 AM — 9:00 AM Registration, Continental Breakfast, & Networking 9:00 AM — 9:15 AM Opening Remarks John Kim, Executive Director, Advancement Project Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, California Department of Education 9:15 AM — 10:00 AM Morning Keynote David B. Grusky, Executive Director, Stanford's Center on Poverty & Inequality 10:00 AM — 11:00 AM Educating California's Young Children: The Recent Developments in Transitional Kindergarten & Expanded Transitional Kindergarten (Panel Discussion) Deborah Kong, Executive Director, Early Edge California Heather Quick, Principal Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research Dean Tagawa, Administrator for Early Education, Los Angeles Unified School District Moderator: Erin Gabel, Deputy Director, First 5 California (Invited) 11:00 AM — 12:00 PM «Political Will & Prioritizing ECE» (Panel Discussion) Eric Heins, President, California Teachers Association Senator Hannah - Beth Jackson, Chair of the Women's Legislative Committee, California State Senate David Kirp, James D. Marver Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, Chairman of Subcommittee No. 2 of Education Finance, California State Assembly Moderator: Kim Pattillo Brownson, Managing Director, Policy & Advocacy, Advancement Project 12:00 PM — 12:45 PM Lunch 12:45 PM — 1:45 PM Lunch Keynote - «How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character» Paul Tough, New York Times Magazine Writer, Author 1:45 PM — 1:55 PM Break 2:00 PM — 3:05 PM Elevating ECE Through Meaningful Community Partnerships (Panel Discussion) Sandra Guiterrez, National Director, Abriendo Purtas / Opening Doors Mary Ignatius, Statewide Organize of Parent Voices, California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Jacquelyn McCroskey, John Mile Professor of Child Welfare, University of Southern California School of Social Work Jolene Smith, Chief Executive Officer, First 5 Santa Clara County Moderator: Rafael González, Director of Best Start, First 5 LA 3:05 PM — 3:20 PM Closing Remarks Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California * Agenda Subject to Change

It all began with an e-mail sent to 28 CPS employees Oct. 20 by Janie Ortega, chief area officer for schools on the Southwest Side, and obtained by the Tribune.

Glen Ellyn Deputy Police Chief Bill Holmer said this week the 13 - year - old girl allegedly brought the liquor mixed with chocolate milk to Hadley Junior High School on Dec. 9.

Education about healthy behaviors and the involvement of parents are crucial to making a lasting impact on obesity rates because students do not eat just at school, said Dr. Stephen Daniels, pediatrician - in - chief at The Children's Hospital in Denver.

Speaking in support of the amendment, Baroness Massey said that «my chief concern is the fostering of segregation in schools on the basis of religion... I believe that all schools should include and educate all pupils together so that they can learn from each other instead of being segregated on religious and other grounds.»

Humanists UK Chief Executive Andrew Copson commented, «People from across the political spectrum, representing a range of different religions and beliefs, are united on this one point: whatever your views on faith schools themselves, it can not be right for taxpayer - funded schools to divide and discriminate against children.

The attorney for Hempstead's embattled schools chief Shimon Waronker challenged the legitimacy of the decision by three board trustees to place the superintendent on administrative leave, saying Waronker was a victim of «mob mentality.»

The fund was set up following pressure from police chiefs, local government heads and NHS executives concerned about immigration placing unexpected strain on schools and other services.

Schnebel, who is president of the Suffolk school chiefs organization, said the extra money would help districts cope with increasing state cap limitations on local property taxes.

Villaraigosa's chief rival in the June 5 primary is Lt. Gov. and former San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, who told the teachers» union that he would push for a freeze on charter school expansion.

Residents of Kumatse, a farming communities near Somanya in the Eastern Region have called on the District Chief Executive to immediately commission a newly - constructed school building for them to use.

Although DeFrancisco is hurt by widespread GOP support of Marc Malorino — his chief rival in the May nominating convention — voters should consider DeFrancisco's vow to cut taxes, his previous positions on the Syracuse City School District Board of Education and city council and his 40 - year undefeated record in political races.

State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia on Thursday ordered the acting chief of the troubled Hempstead school district to send her monthly progress reports on efforts to turn the system around, declaring that local authorities have not yet «adequately addressed» festering problems.

Today BHA Chief Executive Andrew Copson commented, «We welcome the announcement that the PSHE Association will be funded to work with schools to improve their PSHE and we believe this will have a significant positive impact on the education many young people receive.

Chief among the committee's recommendations is the elimination of the mayor's majority on the Panel for Educational Policy, which decides on school co-locations, closures and other important matters and which has never rejected a proposal brought by the city under the Bloomberg administration.

Eva Moskowitz, the Success Academy chief executive and a frequent foil of the mayor's, accepted Mr. Loeb's apology as «appropriate and necessary» in a statement, and said «there are electeds who in good faith hold differing positions on schooling.»

Think about it, if you have 5 school districts in an area where you could have one, you have 5 superintendents, 5 chief financial officers, 5 external auditors and so on and so on.

One week after being criticized for canceling his only forum to discuss Common Core curriculum and state testing on Long Island, the state's chief of schools has announced a new series of forums on the topic.

Though nine students on the list did leave the school, administrators, including Success Academy Chief Executive Officer Eva Moskowitz, dismissed it as an aberration — and not standard network policy.

Elizabeth Mascitti - Miller, Chief of the Receivership Schools for the Rochester City School District said they are disappointed but focusing on moving forward.

I'm coming to this late, but this essay by Zephyr Teachout, former Howard Dean campaign internet director and Fordham Law School professor, on what Chief Justice John Roberts gets wrong about the meaning of corruption and a quid pro quo in American jurisprudence, is a must - read.

SU was the first private school in New York state to join the initiative to end sexual assault on college campuses, and the university will continue to do what is already being done to build awareness on campus, said Sheila Johnson - Willis, interim chief officer for equal opportunity and Title IX coordinator.

Eva S. Moskowitz, the founder and chief executive of Success Academy Charter Schools, shown last year, said in a statement on Wednesday, «In the midst of a widely recognized teacher shortage, SUNY's vote today ensures that kids of color will have access to great teachers and exceptional educational outcomes.»

Ministers may be reconsidering controversial proposals to allow new state - funded religious schools to become fully segregated along religious lines, according to Ofsted Chief Inspector Amanda Spielman, who has stated that «admission 100 % on faith leads to increased levels of segregation within communities».

In Albany, where a number of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's policy priorities have succumbed to resistance from Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state Senate Republicans, documents suggest that de Blasio has turned to the real estate industry's chief lobbying group in New York as an intermediary to press politicians on a matter beyond its traditional scope: the city's public school system.

In the Daily Telegraph, Theresa May's former chief of staff Nick Timothy put the boot into Justine Greening, claiming that the former education secretary «put the brakes on policies that work, like free schools, and devised bureaucratic initiatives of little value».

Consultant Aecom's chief executive for the UK & Ireland Patrick Flaherty said: «The major focus must be on drastically improving the quality of carers advice in schools in partnership with industry, so that every student is fully aware of the vast array of STEM careers out there.»

The Child Poverty Action Group is also behind the plan, with chief executive Alison Garnham declaring that «the evidence on the benefits for children of extending school meals is very strong».

The Municipal Chief Executive of the La Dade Kotopon Municipal Assembly, Gladys Mann Dedy also presented three hundred desks to the school on behalf of the Assembly.

Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw says a flagship policy to target extra funding at poor pupils in England is having little impact on many schools.

Speaking at the Nigerian Army Resource Centre's Seminar with the theme «Repositioning Nigerian Army Command School for Quality Education in the 21st Century in Abuja on Thursday, Buratai who was represented by Major General Lincon Ogunewe, Chief of Policy and Plans, Army HQ, noted that children who were deprived of quality education would be ill - equipped to face the challenges of life while other nations preoccupied themselves in preparation for the 22 century.

The District Chief Executive for the Wa East district, Moses Jotie, said he was aware of the uncompleted school building but pleaded for more time to have a full report on it.