Washington, D.C. (September 13, 2017)- Five years after the nation's
state education chiefs committed to raising expectations and strengthening policies for teacher preparation, every state has taken action to ensure teachers are better prepared for our students.
Not exact matches
According to Nathaniel Schwartz,
chief research and strategy officer at the Tennessee Department of
Education, «We are
committed to the continuous improvement of our
state programs.
As part of that effort,
State chiefs are
committed to supporting English learners, those students who are not yet proficient in English, in receiving a strong
education while they move toward English proficiency.
«
State chiefs are
committed to providing an equitable
education to every child,» said Carissa Miller, interim executive director of CCSSO.
Formed in 2013, this aligned action network brings together
state chiefs and their
education agency staff who are
committed to activating key policy levers around licensure, program approval, and data as they transform educator preparation in their respective
states.
In
states such as California, with the most diverse population in the country, as well as Connecticut and New York,
state education chiefs released letters
committing to protect student privacy, to educate all students regardless of immigration status and offering educators guidance on how to proceed.
«
State chiefs are
committed to providing an equitable
education to every child and that includes ensuring our students with disabilities have the opportunity to succeed in school,» said Carissa Moffat Miller, CCSSO executive director.
(1999) The Council of
Chief State School Officers
states that «character
education holds that certain core values form the basis of «good character,» i.e., the kinds of attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors that the school wants from, and is therefore
committed to teach to, its children.»
Two major
education organizations, the Council of
Chief State School Officers and the Council of the Great City Schools, this month announced a coordinated effort to cut back on the amount of testing in schools, though they remain
committed to the Common Core exams.