Sentences with phrase «state education board»

This project, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, supported the Honor States Grant Program, an initiative of the National Governors Association (NGA) Center for Best Practices, by providing hands - on professional development to state teams comprised of governors» staffs, members of state education boards and commissions, state legislators, and senior legislators, and senior state officials working in K - 16 education.

Parents attending state education board meetings frequently bemoan the dearth of schools directly run by the School Board, which has only five.

In a survey of such efforts, the Wall Street Journal reported that «to decide what to teach, state education boards generally round up diverse professionals — who arrive at an acceptable list of values to be taught.

But on the same day, new anti-evolution school standards were voted in by the Kansas state education board.

A Sage Appointment: Paul Reville to Chair State Education Board (Editorial) Worcester Telegram and Gazette, 8/23/2007

Swick mentions a poll conducted for the Illinois State Education Board's Environmental Meisters and Mentors Program in which roughly 80 percent of environmentalscientists attribute their career choices to just these kinds of high school outings.

Many state education boards wrote long, detailed explainers soon after the standards were adopted, no doubt spurred by a flood of confused parents.

That set off chaos in schools and a high - stakes showdown with the quasi-independent, still pro-Common Core state education board; the whole matter is likely headed to court.

Amid Common Core confusion, head - butting, state education board sets special meeting New Orleans Times - Picayune

Gov. Jerry Brown appoints Sandra Thorstenson to state education board Whittier Daily News, June 18, 2014

State education board backs up charges that Emanuel's hand - picked school bosses shortchanged special education

A CT Mirror article at the time entitled «State education board wants to open eight new charter schools» reported that while the State of Connecticut faces a $ 1.4 billion projected budget deficit for next year, «The State Board of Education is asking the state for $ 11 million to fund eight new charter schools to open over the next two school years... The request, put forward by Education Commissioner Stefan Pryor and approved unanimously by the state board...»

State education board alters Common Core standards in response to criticism.

One of three finalists for the post, Mr. Antonucci was not the first candidate chosen by the state education board's search committee.

«Before that, hardly anyone knew or cared» about a range of issues Dunn sees as new targets for teacher activism, including the state governor's recent actions to stack the state education board with new appointees and a new leader who are charter school advocates.

The move set off chaos in schools, which suddenly didn't know which tests they'd be using in the new year, and open warfare with Jindal's longtime allies in reform, including the state's top business leaders, a media - savvy education superintendent and a state education board that's now mulling a lawsuit — all of whom accuse him of playing politics at students» expense.

«Malloy, Wyman, Sharkey, and Williams asked the [PEAC] council to create a subcommittee of classroom teachers to share the obstacles they face and have them make recommendations to the council, General Assembly, and state Education Board by Jan. 1, 2015, nearly two months after the election.»

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) is embroiled in a legal battle with parents, teachers, and his state education board after trying to stop the standards in his state.

State education board is maintaining Utah's independence Salt Lake Tribune op - ed by Utah State Board of Education Members Jennifer Johnson and Jefferson Moss

Janet Cowell, the Democratic state treasurer and state education board member, said charter schools need to be more transparent and accountable, especially as their numbers grow in the state.

The state education board retained oversight over two city charter schools.

In fact, in midterm elections in Colorado, when the group Democrats for Education Reform — an advocacy group of Republican money masquerading as centrist Democrats — made a high - spending bid to grab control of the state education board, their slate lost.

Dr. Jason S. Dean, vice chairman of the state education board, voted for the plan, but said it sounded as if expectations for student behavior were low or non-existent in the district or with Jackson leadership.

Instead of going straight to the N.C. Department of Public Instruction and state education board, K12, Inc. and N.C. Learns instead convinced the Cabarrus County School Board to sign off on a preliminary approval and then forward it to the state board of education.

The virtual charter school backers argued that they have a right to open the school because of procedural mishap by the state education board, and that parents should be able to choose to send them to the school.

Harris said he strongly supported the state education board's decision to cancel PARCC for high school students, adding how the ACT college entrance exam was «an excellent assessment» for students interested in higher education.

The schools were first identified in 2013 as having some of the highest suspension rates in the state, but enrollment caps have been waived by the state education board for three years so enrollment could grow from 874 to 1,125 students.

Then Pence signed a bill requiring the state education board to elect its own chair in 2017, taking some power away from Ritz's position.

Under current Maryland law, the state education department submits the plan to the state education board, which has the final authority to approve, amend, or reject it before sending it on to the federal government.

The state education board will vote on the recommendation Tuesday.

DENVER — The state education board will also appeal a ruling against Colorado's school funding system.

-LSB-...] Carolina Republican State Senators have filed legislation that would remove oversight of charters by the State Education Board and turn it over to a new board hand picked by the -LSB-...]

The state education board granted charters to two new schools in Boston and approved expansion of seven.

The State Education Board approved several Common Core tweaks during a heated meeting.

The president of the state education board has stated that a low pass rate could leave the exam -LSB-...]

More states will be using the test soon, and «ultimately,» according to the edTPA website, «the long - term expectation is that institutions of higher education, state education boards and professional standards boards throughout the United States will adopt edTPA as a mandatory requirement for the award of an education degree and / or for teacher licensure.»

The state education board took the law one step further, pledged in its RttT application that it would pass a regulation requiring 50 percent of a teacher's evaluation to be based on student academic growth on tests.