Sentences with phrase «state commissioner of education»

As a former state commissioner of education, I know how they feel.

WHEREAS, the Council of Chief State School Officers (a non-partisan organization of state commissioners of education) and the National Governor's Association (a bi-partisan organization of state governors) came together to start the Common Core State Standards Initiative to develop voluntary standards in mathematics and English language arts that states could use to ensure all students graduated from high school college - and career - ready; and

Before the New York state commissioner of education forbade it, students who had charges sustained against them in such a hearing would be moved to another school automatically.

The effort to develop the Common Core State Standards was launched in 2009 by state leaders, including governors and state commissioners of education from 48 states, two territories, and the District of Columbia.

By contrast, current state commissioner of education Deborah Gist has not wasted any time, only a few months into her tenure issuing a directive to superintendents to stop transferring teachers into new jobs on the basis of seniority, mandating instead that vacancies be filled based on a set of performance criteria and on student need.

The idea of Common Core resonated with him after former state commissioner of education Terry Holliday visited the church to promote it.

MaryEllen Elia, the New York State commissioner of education, told one panel's audience, «We need to slow down and give our teachers the time to implement [new technology], and to use it for long enough to see if it works well or not.»

The CCSI is a common core of state standards in English - language arts and mathematics for grades K - 12 developed by Governors and state commissioners of education from 48 states, 2 territories and the District of Columbia.

Among its advisory board were education celebrities like Linda Darling - Hammond (Stanford education professor), Harold Levy and Frank Macchiarola (former city school chancellors), Deborah Meier (author and educator), Thomas Sobol (former state commissioner of education), and Randi Weingarten (president of the United Federation of Teachers).

As an example he points to what happened when New York's state commissioner of education and the New York Board of Regents considered dissolving the Roosevelt school district (described as «New York's Soweto» by an official there) and dispersing its students to surrounding schools.

The authority to remove an elected School Board member from office falls with the state commissioner of education, and a spokeswoman for MaryEllen Elia said that since she might be called on to act in this instance, she could not comment on the situation.

In fact, the rulemaking would require applicants to sign an «affirmation» acknowledging that «the certification the candidate will receive... is not transferrable to any education corporation / charter school not authorized by [SUNY] or to any district school, and may not be recognized as a teacher certification under regulations of the state commissioner of education.»

A letter signed by 12 Rockland County legislators voices support of state Senate and Assembly bills introduced in February that, if passed, would authorize the state commissioner of education to appoint a state monitor to oversee the East Ramapo Central School District.

She has since filed an appeal with the state commissioner of education.

One instance: When there was an attempt in the Kentucky state legislature to «blow up» what had been accomplished and start over, Adkisson appeared before a senate committee with the head of the state teachers union and the state commissioner of education, with all three calling for the state to stay the course on the standards.

The mayor of Rochester, N.Y., and six city residents have taken the unusual step of asking the state commissioner of education to overturn the severance deal between the city's school board and former Superintendent Clifford B. Janey.

Kentucky (where Gene Wilhoit, at the time the executive director of the Common Core — sponsoring Council of Chief State School Officers, had recently been state commissioner of education) adopted the new national standards sight unseen in February 2010, months ahead of their publication.

The Manhattan Institute's Center for State and Local Leadership recently presented its Urban Innovator Award to Christopher Cerf, New Jersey's state commissioner of education.

I would have communicated with the state commissioner of education, and I would probably have consulted with the surrounding districts, since any decision I made was going to have an impact on the surrounding counties.

Our alumni are teachers, principals, superintendents, CEOs, state commissioners of education, founders of charter schools, education entrepreneurs, and college and university leaders.

Cerf was appointed superintendent in July 2015 by New Jersey governor Chris Christie, and had previously served as his state commissioner of education.

School boards may appeal these cuts to the state commissioner of education.

In order to receive a grade, schools must test at least 90 percent of their students; otherwise, they receive an Incomplete and, after an investigation, the state commissioner of education assigns a grade to the school.

Questionable hiring practices were prevalent, and it was discovered in 1993, during an external review by a team appointed by the state commissioner of education, that the district was siphoning off «a significant portion of its resources into noninstructional personnel to provide employment to many Newark citizens.»

The appointment of publishing executive Cathleen P. Black to be the new chancellor of New York City's schools was in jeopardy last week after an advisory panel and the state commissioner of education made it clear they would like to see someone with education experience serving in the district's top job.

I serve as superintendent of the Newark Public Schools and previously served as the state commissioner of education.

The legislation was crafted by a working group that included CEA representatives and other stakeholders in the education community, including the co-chairs of the General Assembly's Education Committee and the state commissioner of education.

Am I misguided in my thinking that the state commissioner of education should NOT be the founder of a charter school empire competing for public funds?

Requires each charters school to submit an annual report to the local board of education, the county superintendent of schools, and the state commissioner of education.

He appointed a state commissioner of education who co-founded a charter chain.

Melinda Gates said that the Common Core Standards were approved by the governors and state commissioners of education, but no governor or state commissioner approved the Common Core Standards.

«We think the process that the secretary has come forward with now... helps streamline the process,» said Terry Holliday, the state commissioner of education.