Sentences with phrase «state over his tenure»

The most significant change in the state over his tenure, he said, is the level of public support for schools after years of state funding cuts, which can be seen in the record amounts of spending through school referendums.

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In 1812 Joseph Story became the youngest judge ever to be appointed to the Supreme Court, and over the course of his lengthy tenure (1812 - 1845) he was Chief Justice John Marshall's right - hand man in defining the role of the court itself, and its jurisdiction over state an4 national laws..

But in contrast, GDP per capita has declined by 12 per cent under John Mahama's tenure as president when oil revenue and loans alone over the eight - year period of 2009 - 2016 would amount to GHS248billion,» he said at the lecture on the theme: «State of Ghana's Economy — Foundation of Concrete or Straw?»

[3] His speech offered less a summation of the potential strategic direction of the State Department under his tenure, than the plea of a Capitol Hill veteran, dismayed by Washington's budgetary partisanship and brinkmanship over the recent «fiscal cliff» and imminent government - wide sequester.

He is facing a twelve count charge over alleged corruption and misappropriation of N6.3 billion during the last leg of his tenure as governor of Plateau state.

And there's always the possibility that Silver — whose lengthy tenure, Ent - ish demeanor and top - down reign over his house made him into a caricature of a corrupt state politician — could be acquitted at a new trial.

Background: Of the roughly 138,000 public school teachers outside of New York City, 316 tenured teachers faced disciplinary charges over two years, 2012 - 13 and 2013 - 14, according to the state Education Department.

Cuomo says the state during his tenure has already spent a record amount on schools, with over $ 25 billion in state funds going to schools in the current fiscal year.

Mr. Cuomo had declared he would boost education funding by just over $ 1 billion only if the legislature agreed to adopt his reform plans — which included state receivership of failing schools, an increase in the charter cap, new teacher evaluations based on state exams, and changes to teacher tenure.

This year's state exams, which third through eighth graders will begin taking this week, immediately follow a bitter battle between Cuomo and teachers» unions over evaluations as well as tenure, merit pay and turnaround strategies for chronically underperforming schools.

Mum has been the word from the former Governor of Rivers State and current Minister of Transport, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, over the revelation by his successor, Nyisom Wike that the two armoured helicopters alleged to have been imported into the country by unknown persons were indeed ordered by the Amaechi administration before the end of his tenure.

After last week's Vergara v. California ruling, New York's teachers unions and education reform groups are preparing to battle over expected legal action seeking to change the state's tenure laws.

Hillary Clinton confirmed the FBI has not yet contacted her to schedule an interview over her use of a private email server during her tenure as secretary of state.

Former Governor of Enugu State, Barr Sullivan Chime, on Monday appeared before a Federal High Court through his lawyer over a suit bordering on the probe of his eight - year tenure by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

Since he made those comments during an interview with the Daily News editorial board, Cuomo has reiterated his intentions to battle unions over education reforms, most recently with a letter he sent to state education officials outlining what appeared to be his second - term schools agenda, including questions about firing teachers, extending the probationary period before tenure and boosting the charter school sector.

Shema is being charged alongside three others, Sani Hamisu Makana, Lawal Ahmad Safana and Ibrahim Lawal Dankaba before Justice Maikaita Bako of the Katsina State High Court for the alleged offences of criminal breach of trust, abuse of office and conversion of public funds to the tune of over N11billion Naira during his tenure as governor.

Collins, meanwhile, earned his share of detractors within party ranks during his four - year tenure as Erie County executive, his short - lived, gaffe - filled run for governor and his support of Edward Cox over Henry Wojtaszek of Niagara County for state party chairman a few years back.

ALBANY — The state budget is now later than at any point of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's tenure, as negotiations over the $ 150 - plus billion spending plan remained stuck on Saturday.

Former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani called the fine Donald Trump paid over his foundation's 2013 donation to Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi «a small matter» and said it did not compare to Clinton's use of a private email server during her tenure as secretary of state.

Shema is being prosecuted alongside three others, Sani Hamisu Makana, Lawal Ahmad Safana and Ibrahim Lawal Dankaba for allegedly diverting public funds to the tune of over N11 billion to their personal use during his tenure as governor of Katsina State.

Under King's tenure in the state, controversy over the implementation of the Common Core learning standards escalated.

One state party chairman who talked with Priebus over the past week said he was convinced the chairman wanted to come back, and that he was motivated by a desire to prove that the RNC has never been in better shape than during his tenure — despite polls suggesting his party's nominee, Donald Trump, is headed for a crushing loss in November.

Elia has pledged to be laser - focused on struggling schools during the first year of her tenure, and almost immediately introduced the idea of state receivership for schools around the state that fail to improve over the next year or, in some cases, two years.

Silver not only represented his district since 1977, he also served as speaker of the Assembly for just over 20 years — the second - longest tenure in state history.

They discuss what has become a public battle over access to now - Governor Andrew Cuomo's records from his tenure as state Attorney General.

Included among the proposed reforms is a teacher evaluation system based half on student test scores, an increase in the length of time before a teacher is eligible for tenure and allowing the state to take over failing schools and districts.

«One of the most memorable moments of my tenure took place just over two weeks ago, at the G - 20 meeting, when we stood together as the United States and China joined the Paris Agreement,» said Ban.

This is why, when plaintiffs sue over school funding or tenure rules, state governments — not districts — are the defendants.

In April, the California Court of Appeal overturned the trial court's ruling in Vergara v. California [i], in which a group of families had challenged the constitutionality of state laws governing teacher tenure [ii](California state law automatically grants tenure to teachers after sixteen months, provides extra due process protections to teachers over and above those available to other state workers, and requires schools to use seniority rather than competency in layoff decisions.)

Even more striking, the number of states requiring districts to consider teacher evaluations in tenure decisions grew from 0 to 23 over that same period.

As reported elsewhere, the survey asked about school spending, charters, vouchers, teacher unions, bilingual education, digital learning, state take - overs of troubled district schools, teacher unions, merit pay, teacher tenure, and many other matters.

(California state law automatically grants tenure to teachers after sixteen months, provides extra due process protections to teachers over and above those available to other state workers, and requires schools to use seniority rather than competency in layoff decisions.)

While state governments have had a heavy hand in teacher preparation, licensure, and certification policy for over a century (American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education, 1990; Hawley, 1990), states have traditionally delegated teacher tenure and evaluation policy to localities, often in conjunction with local collective bargaining units (Ballou, 2000; Cohen - Vogel & Osborne - Lampkin, 2007; Hannaway & Rotherham, 2006; Hungerford & Blom, 2014; Strunk, 2012).

Conversely, DC math gains over the full 2000 - 07 period prior to Rhee's tenure were higher than any state at grade 4 and DC gains were tied for fourth highest at grade 8.

According to the last set of federal and state campaign finance reports, Governor Malloy, the champion of the corporate education reform industry and the only Democratic governor in the nation to propose doing away with teacher tenure and repealing collective bargaining for teachers working in the poorest schools has received well over a quarter of a million dollars from leaders and political action committees associated with the national education reform and privatization effort.

Well, a group of California students took the state to court over teacher tenure.

The 2009 publication The Widget Effect (Weisberg, Sexton, Mulhern, & Keeling, 2009), a study of teacher evaluation practices in 12 diverse districts in four states, found that over 99 % of tenured teachers in districts using a satisfactory or unsatisfactory rating system earned a positive rating.

Howie has been a tenured Full professor at two Research I universities (22 years); the Director of the federally - funded State Personnel Development / State Improvement Grant for the Arkansas Department of Education (13 years); and he has authored 18 books, published over 100 articles and book chapters, and delivered over 2,500 papers and workshops internationally.

She faces court cases challenging teacher tenure and job protections, the defection of historically loyal Democrats, growing apprehension over the Common Core, diminishing ranks, public relations campaigns painting her union as greedy and a complicated chessboard of state and local members with a variety of interests.

The North Carolina Association of Educators is also suing the state over the loss of tenure.

Governor Dan Malloy used that quote to reiterate why the state should terminate tenure, shift to a teacher evaluation system that relies more heavily on standardized test scores and create something called the «Commissioner's Network» in which the state would take over 25 schools, fire the teachers, ban collective bargaining and turn the schools over to a third - party.

which by the way is no small task given the impasse between teachers» unions and lawmakers over things like tenure and merit pay in several states.»

During Eric's tenure with CISNC, services were delivered in more than 300 schools across the state, reaching over 150,000 students each year.

I think that so much of the discussion around tenure in K12 is linked to a widespread idea that the state has a monopoly over public schools and has yielded a bureaucracy that has failed schools, etc..

Race to the Top initiated a long - overdue debate over how to improve teacher quality in the United States and highlighted a number of dysfunctional state practices around teacher training, placement, evaluation, tenure, and dismissal.

Over the past four years Governor Malloy has earned the reputation as the most anti-teacher Democratic governor in the nation and remains the only Democratic governor to propose doing away with teacher tenure for all public school teachers and repealing collective bargaining for teachers in the state's poorest schools.

In the past year, a lawsuit challenging state laws on teacher tenure, dismissals and layoffs by seniority has consumed much of the debate over education in California.

Mr. Pryor's tenure has been steeped in controversy, due in part to his commitment to the corporate education reform agenda, his leadership style and his relationship with charter schools, most directly with Achievement First, Inc., the charter school management company that has been the largest single financial beneficiary of state funds to charter schools over the past four years.

This 2011 report surveys recently passed teacher evaluation policies in five states and rates each on the law's strengths and weaknesses in teacher evaluation design requirements, transparency and public reporting of evaluation data, principal autonomy over teacher hiring and placement, and the extent to which the law links teacher evaluation results to key personnel decisions, including tenure, reductions in force, dismissal of underperforming teachers, and retention.

Over the past year many states have begun debating tenure reform proposals.