Sentences with phrase «state education commissioner»

New York State education commissioner John King announced Friday that he will partner with the state's Board of Regents to host a dozen forums across New York State, including four on Long Island.

Eva Moskowitz, CEO of the network, pledged to appeal the decision almost immediately after it was handed down late last month by state education commissioner MaryEllen Elia.

A spokesman for state education commissioner MaryEllen Elia declined to comment for this story.

ALBANY — Unions and their legislative allies are increasing the pressure on New York State education commissioner John King, with state lawmakers calling for his resignation and a powerful teachers» union planning public forums to «fill the void» created by the ones the commissioner canceled.

President Barack Obama will nominate Dr. John B. King Jr., former state education commissioner in New York, to serve as Education Department secretary after receiving commitments from lawmakers to give his nomination speedy consideration, the White House said.

Last week, on the recommendation of state education commissioner Mitchell Chester, the state's education board decided to revamp its famed Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) and drop plans to retire MCAS for the Common Core — aligned PARCC test.

TRENTON — The man once described by teachers» union leaders as «the antithesis of everything we hold sacred about public education» was chosen to serve as state education commissioner by Governor - elect Christopher J. Christie on Wednesday.

«This is not about changing our graduation standards,» stated Emily DeSantis, assistant state education commissioner for public affairs.

Former state education commissioner John King must recuse himself from decisions directly related to New York, even when he takes over as acting US secretary of education after Arne Duncan steps down, according to a federal official.

But the law will also affect the state's other districts, prompting anger from state education commissioner MaryEllen Elia along with City Hall officials.

Rosa, who has been outspoken on testing and teacher evaluations issues, may clash with state education commissioner MaryEllen Elia, who was hired under the leadership of Tisch and supports high standards and state testing for data purposes.

Ms. Moskowitz, chief executive of Success Academy Charter Schools, appealed to the New York state education commissioner saying the city Department of Education has refused to pay for the network's prekindergarten because she wouldn't sign what she called an «illegal contract» granting the city authority...

While deputy state education commissioner John D'Agati said the price recently has gone down slightly, the price still ranges from $ 650 to $ 700.

Gov. Philip Murphy's rejection of the appointment of Paula White as assistant state education commissioner was the right decision for the public schools of New Jersey.

«If people had known what an effective lever the tests would be of driving behavior, I think they would have designed the tests differently,» said John King, who became deputy state education commissioner last year.

A majority of board members previously voted to petition state education commissioner MaryEllen Elia to remove Paladino for making inflammatory and racist comments about President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama.

The June 6, 2011 annulment of the sale of Hillcrest Elementary School by state education commissioner David Steiner was another sign of trouble in the district, which is also the subject of an investigation by the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights.

King was appointed state education commissioner in May 2011, after serving as deputy commissioner.

New Jersey education commissioner David Hespe has said Gov. Chris Christie intends to nominate Chris Cerf, the former state education commissioner who helped recruit Cami Anderson, to replace her.

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 Education.

And Success suffered an embarrassing political defeat recently when state education commissioner MaryEllen Elia ruled that the charter network had to sign a mandatory city contract in order to get public funds for its pre-kindergarten programs, after Moskowitz tried to defeat de Blasio on his signature education issue by effectively appealing to his higher - ups in Albany.

State Regents Chancellor Merryl Tish and the acting state education commissioner recently issued a letter that calls on the governor to create and push a bill that would allow the state to both remove and replace school boards in troubled districts, like Buffalo.

The New York state education commissioner visited the troubled East Ramapo School District in Rockland County earlier this week.

Unlike in other states where governors were intimately involved with Common Core implementation, Cuomo has largely stayed out of the process, letting state education commissioner John King and the state Board of Regents take the heat from parents and teachers over the rocky rollout.

She belittled Morgan, in particular, saying her last job was a press secretary role for the New Jersey state education commissioner.

WAMC spoke with Tim Kremer, the executive director of the New York State School Boards Association, who began with his thoughts on this week's announcement by state education commissioner Dr. John King he is leaving New York for the U.S. Department of Education.

Leaders, teachers, students and state education commissioner voice concerns about school funding, bullying and hate crimes

That disconnect between the public and the policy was on full display at a packed forum last week in Manorville, where state education commissioner John King was peppered with specific concerns and questions over Common Core and related education reform measures.

Graduation rates fell 7.2 percentage points for this group to 26.6 percent — a trend state education commissioner MaryEllen Elia called «disturbing.»

The Buffalo Teachers Federation may have taken a major hit Monday when the new state education commissioner backed a receivership plan for five failing city schools.

ALBANY — A rambunctious but ultimately respectful crowd lined up Thursday night in Albany to tell state education commissioner John King why they're unhappy with the state's implementation of new, more difficult curriculum standards and related testing.

Sipple and former deputy state education commissioner Charles Szuberla will monitor the district during the 2016 - 17 school year, though their combined expertise is mainly in district operations, management and budgetary and fiscal oversight.

After the NYC DOE failed to hire only certified teachers for these schools in 1999 — 2000, it was sued by state education commissioner Richard Mills.

Sitting around a horseshoe - shaped table in an Atlanta hotel, state education commissioners met this month to consider an agenda devoted to such topics as youth apprenticeship, student assessment, and technology.

A few state education commissioners have attributed lower scores in their states to the switch, but Peggy Carr, acting commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics, said that she is confident, after studying the impact on students of digital testing, that it had corrected for differences.

Educators 4 Excellence - Minnesota hosts state education commissioner, education stakeholders for teacher forum on Every Student Succeeds Act

State education commissioner Robert Hammond, facing board frustrations Thursday after this year's results were presented, argued progress would come if the state stays the course while reducing the number of initiatives it expects school districts to follow.

State officials were at the table with the district's negotiators, including assistant state education commissioner Peter Shulman and special assistant Photeine Anagnostopoulos.

16) Indiana: Christel House Academy, the charter school at the center of a scandal over former state education commissioner Tony Bennett's alleged changing of its assessment grade, has «dropped from the A that he manufactured, to an F.» Bennett's successor, Glenda Ritz, has worked out a new set of operating rules for the state board of education.

Among their other duties, state education commissioners need to see themselves as the explainers - in - chief.

The standards had also become ensnared in a statewide debate about state education commissioner Kevin Huffman, who recently announced plans to step down from his post at the end of the year.

And the other winner — Christopher Cerf, the charter school champion, Chris Christie pal, and former city schools superintendent and state education commissioner whose snake oil consulting show continues to play — and pay — in Newark.

After the data session, the group heard a presentation and asked questions of Wayne Lewis, the new interim state education commissioner.

These figures play out at the state level as well, where 88 percent of state education commissioners and state superintendents of education are white and 58 percent are male, according to a survey conducted by Chiefs for Change, the nonprofit organization that I direct.

Fariña also heralded support from state education commissioner MaryEllen Elia who, the chancellor said, has «highlighted that what New York City is doing with struggling schools is something that should be a model for the state.»

Candice McQueen, state education commissioner in Tennessee, wrote an email Tuesday to schools in the state calling it a «deliberate attack.»

It was during King's time as state education commissioner that New York rolled out the curriculum, tests and teacher evaluations that have drawn so much ire among parents and teachers.

Back in April, State Education commissioner David Steiner told us during an interview on Capital Tonight that the state had fixed those errors.