Sentences with phrase «state education department official»

The plan, which one state education department official called «the most comprehensive teacher - accountability plan in the country,» is the result of an 18 - month study conducted by the state education department with $ 35,000 appropriated by the state legislature in 1980.

Alhough students» scores on the Common Core - aligned state tests won't be used for teacher and principal evaluations, the growth scores will still be calculated and used for school accountability to comply with federal law, a state Education Department official said.

And although the original NCLB waiver doesn't expire until August, a state Education Department official said federal education officials have given states guidance essentially saying they won't be held accountable for parts of the law that are sunsetting.

State education department officials will launch an online survey for public input as part of the agency's review of its controversial Common Core academic standards, state education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia said.

Advocates and city parents have filed a lawsuit calling on state Education Department officials and city schools Chancellor Richard Carranza to reduce class sizes in the public schools.

State Education Department officials declined to comment on the suit, citing a policy against speaking about active litigation.

At the most recent summit, held in San Francisco in mid-October, a group of more than 200 state legislators and state education department officials huddled in a ballroom over education - technology strategy.

Learning Sciences International is hosting a webinar for districts, educational services agencies (ESAs) and state education department officials to learn more about products and services provided to support the implementation of Dr. Marzano's evaluation model.

As New York lawmakers hammered out the state budget Monday, state education department officials said the latest proposal would require many school districts to quickly revise their evaluation agreements with teachers unions in order to get increased school aid.

state education department officials say this will provide schools with more useful information about what students have actually learned, while other supporters say it will spare those students from taking tests they have no chance of passing.»

According to Chalkbeat, «state education department officials say this will provide schools with more useful information about what students have actually learned, while other supporters say it will spare those students from taking tests they have no chance of passing.»

State Education Department officials are still working on the project.

State Education Department officials say that some students with disabilities are unable to demonstrate proficiency on standardized tests even with certain accommodations.

Not exact matches

In Australia, a state education department recently banned a passion play — a ruling, an official said, which showed that the state «will not tolerate violence in the schools.»

Officials with the Illinois State Board of Education and the Illinois Department of Public Health said they received subpoenas on Thursday.

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Flanagan is specifically taking issue with city Department of Education officials submitting a report on school finances that doesn't adhere to state law.

In a strongly worded letter, Vince Cable, Liberal Democrat MP for Twickenham and Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, has accused officials at the Department for Education, acting on behalf of the Secretary of State, Michael Gove, of breaking the Coalition Agreement, by intervening in a High Court case over inclusive admissions in religious schools.

That year, the New York City Department of Education and the United Federation of Teachers missed the state - imposed mid-January deadline, prompting officials to withhold $ 250 million from the state's largest school district.

ALBANY — Outgoing state education commissioner John King hopes to help school leaders in other states navigate the difficult transition to the Common Core standards and related standardized testing in his new position as the second - highest ranking official in the U.S. Department of Eeducation commissioner John King hopes to help school leaders in other states navigate the difficult transition to the Common Core standards and related standardized testing in his new position as the second - highest ranking official in the U.S. Department of EducationEducation.

The Task Force will include educators, teachers, parents, officials from the State Education Department and the teacher's unions,» Cuomo said in the pre recorded message.

Education department officials would not name the groups, and they also refused to share emails King referred to in which he claimed the groups stated their intention to «dominate» the dialogue.

ALBANY — School funding and teacher evaluations are linked after all, a top official with the state education department said late Monday.

If a school official in the state of New York is aware of a pattern of racial or religious discrimination or harassment that state official is under an affirmative duty to notify the State Education Department and the police, or that state official is no longer a state official, because that's not who we are and that's not how we perstate of New York is aware of a pattern of racial or religious discrimination or harassment that state official is under an affirmative duty to notify the State Education Department and the police, or that state official is no longer a state official, because that's not who we are and that's not how we perstate official is under an affirmative duty to notify the State Education Department and the police, or that state official is no longer a state official, because that's not who we are and that's not how we perState Education Department and the police, or that state official is no longer a state official, because that's not who we are and that's not how we perstate official is no longer a state official, because that's not who we are and that's not how we perstate official, because that's not who we are and that's not how we perform.

State and city elected officials, parents and education advocates stand united outside Department of Education headquarters on Feb. 28 in favor of proposed state legislation that would require elected parent councils to approve school co-locations before they could go into efState and city elected officials, parents and education advocates stand united outside Department of Education headquarters on Feb. 28 in favor of proposed state legislation that would require elected parent councils to approve school co-locations before they could go inteducation advocates stand united outside Department of Education headquarters on Feb. 28 in favor of proposed state legislation that would require elected parent councils to approve school co-locations before they could go intEducation headquarters on Feb. 28 in favor of proposed state legislation that would require elected parent councils to approve school co-locations before they could go into efstate legislation that would require elected parent councils to approve school co-locations before they could go into effect.

LOWER EAST SIDE — State and local officials have asked the Department of Education to hold a public hearing on plans to bring a new school run by the Success Academy charter school chain to the neighborhood.

Its members include State Department of Education officials, the provost of the State University of New York, several school district superintendents, and the dean of the School of Education at Brooklyn College.

Florida Department of Law Enforcement Commissioner Rick Swearingen will serve as a member, and four other state officials will serve as ex-oficio members: Florida Department of Education Commissioner Pam Stewart; Florida Department of Children and Families Secretary Mike Carroll; Florida Department of Juvenile Justice Secretary Christina Daly; and Florida Agency for Health Care Administration Secretary Justin Senior.

College and university officials across New York have complained that delays in approving degree programs are common for the state Education Department.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a letter to officials at the state Education Department on Thursday wrote that despite the shift in Title IX enforcement for transgender students by the Trump administration, nothing should change in New York.

The state Education Department dropped the number of raw points needed to hit proficiency levels in six of the 12 English and math exams given to students in grades 3 to 8, officials acknowledged.

Most districts already have state - approved SLOs and other measures in place, so no new testing would be required, an Education Department official said.

«For quite some time, Education Commissioner John King has closed off all meaningful conversation with parents, educators, administrators, and elected officials who have highlighted serious deficiencies in State Education Department policies,» Abinanti said.

The state Education Department has since issued guidance to districts on how the evaluation system will run without the exam scores, and will keep working with districts on implementing the moratorium, an agency official said.

Those accounts are handed off to Department of Education officials who then categorize them according to state guidelines.

Azzopardi also attacked DiNapoli over the arrest this week of an official in his office, and further called out the state Education Department saying there is «no real oversight function and handles more than one third of the entire state budget.»

The New York State Education Department needs to provide answers, and to ensure that it does, I call on the New York State Inspector General to open an official inquiry into this.»

On August 25, 2010, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced $ 400 million in federal Race to the Top education grants to New Jersey would not be funded due to a clerical error in the state's application made by an unidentified mid-level state official.

A state education department spokesman says officials will reply to the assemblymembers» letter.

Since its implementation, school officials across the state have heavily criticized the state Department of Education for pushing the new mandates before local districts were ready for them, among other complaints

Four separate petitions have been received by the State Education Department asking Commissioner MaryEllen Elia to remove Paladino from the School Board, state education officials confiState Education Department asking Commissioner MaryEllen Elia to remove Paladino from the School Board, state education officials cEducation Department asking Commissioner MaryEllen Elia to remove Paladino from the School Board, state education officials confistate education officials ceducation officials confirmed.

City officials and advocates eagerly note that even John King, former State Education Department commissioner and now U.S. Education Secretary, has questioned VADIR's reliability.

At the end of the day, no matter what 50 state departments of education discover in the many complex pages of federal legislation and then promulgate as official policy to local districts and schools, teachers may continue as they please.

Washington — For the first time in the history of the federal special - education law, Education Department officials have denied some funding to a state on the grounds that its «count» of handicapped pupils exceeds a limit specified byeducation law, Education Department officials have denied some funding to a state on the grounds that its «count» of handicapped pupils exceeds a limit specified byEducation Department officials have denied some funding to a state on the grounds that its «count» of handicapped pupils exceeds a limit specified by the law.

New York State's education department is studying a proposal that would bring children to school at age 4 and gradually phase out the 12th grade — a plan that officials say would adjust the schools to modern demands as well as address teacher shortages.

Washington — State education officials in New York announced last week that they will seek a federal court order to prevent the U.S. Department of Education (ED) from using 12 - year - old census data as the basis for distributing federal aid for disadvantaged children to theducation officials in New York announced last week that they will seek a federal court order to prevent the U.S. Department of Education (ED) from using 12 - year - old census data as the basis for distributing federal aid for disadvantaged children to thEducation (ED) from using 12 - year - old census data as the basis for distributing federal aid for disadvantaged children to the states.

The California Department of Education is following in the footsteps of Texas by launching an official presence on iTunes U, a dedicated area within Apple Inc.'s iTunes store that offers free downloads of lectures, lab demos, and access to educational content from state agencies and nonprofit groups.

Lawmakers this summer signed off on Gov. Tommy G. Thompson's plan to transfer most of the responsibilities of the state education department and of Mr. Benson — an elected official — to a new agency to be headed by Gov. Thompson's own appointee.

Washington — U.S. Solicitor General Rex E. Lee is expected within the next few days to ask the Supreme Court to rule on the Education Department's (ED) legal authority to require states to reimburse it for Title I funds that were allegedly misspent prior to 1978, Justice Department officials said last week.

CCSSO is a nonprofit organization whose membership comprises public officials who head departments of elementary and secondary education in the United States.