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The former state schools superintendent wants to step up California's push for renewable energy and continue the cap - and - trade program.

Advocates of the IEN (including Gov. Butch Otter and then - state schools Superintendent Tom Luna) initially promoted it as a broadband network linking every Idaho high school.

With a new state committee formed to study how to make schools safer, state Schools Superintendent Mark Johnson issued a statement Monday saying it would be a burden to ask teachers to carry firearms.

Marshall Tuck, who narrowly lost a 2014 race for state schools superintendent, said he agreed with the initial break on accountability during the transition to Common Core, but that moment had passed.

The state's indifference to the plight of struggling districts contributed to the rupture between former state schools Superintendent John Barge and Deal, prompting Barge's infamous letter to the Legislature in which he wrote, «It is a travesty and a shame what our state is doing to our rural and most needy school districts.

Watkins, who was the state schools superintendent from 2001 to 2005, said he's seen lots of money flow to lots of programs but their impact is often limited.

The state schools superintendent has limited policy authority beyond serving as a megaphone for education issues.

RICHARD WOODS Georgia State Schools Superintendent (Georgia Charter Schools Association Photo)

But state schools superintendent Randy Dorn expressed his openness to finding a solution that keeps the schools open permanently.

State schools Superintendent John White has taken the unusual step of offering the state's help to the troubled charter school Lycée Français de la Nouvelle - Orleans, as it goes about searching for a new leader, according to a letter he sent to the school.

State Rep. Chris Reykdal, D - Tumwater, announced Thursday he will give up his House seat to run for state schools superintendent in 2016, joining Tacoma school district administrator Erin Jones in the race for Washington's top elected education post.

The letter, from state schools Superintendent Christopher Koch and the Rev. James Meeks, chairman of the Illinois State Board of Education, also warned that if CPS or any other district doesn't test students, Illinois as a whole could be at risk of losing federal funds for schools, affecting districts across the state.

State schools superintendent Brian Whiston is stepping down and taking long - term disability leave so he can focus on fighting cancer.

The state Board of Education has named an interim replacement for state schools superintendent Brian Whiston, who died suddenly this week.

«We need to continue to lobby fora fair funding formula like the one (state schools superintendent Tony) Evers proposed.»

At the hearing in Springfield, state schools Superintendent Christopher Koch repeated warnings that state and local districts faced serious sanctions if most students don't take the test.

State Schools Superintendent Brian Whiston plans to ditch an idea to use grades to describe the performance of individual schools in Michigan, under the state's draft plan to comply with the new federal Every Student Succeeds Act.

A state emergency loan board agreed to lend the Detroit Public Schools $ 111 million to make up for a funding shortfall, on the same day state schools superintendent Mike Flanagan approved the district's new deficit elimination plan.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP)-- The temporary superintendent of public instruction has been selected to stay in the job as Utah's new state schools superintendent.

Then in 2010, a year after Schwarzenegger and the Democrat - controlled state legislature took advantage of the leverage given to them by the federal Race to the Top initiative and passed a series reforms (including the nation's first Parent Trigger law and requiring the state's teacher database to be tied to its student data system in order to allow for the use of student data in evaluating teachers), the NEA and AFT spent big to back once - and - future governor Jerry Brown's return to the top office, and successfully back traditionalist Tom Torlakson as state schools superintendent (while defeating longstanding Gloria Romero, the former state senate honcho who worked with Schwarzenegger to pass the reforms).

«It was decided that we had erred too high on the ambitious side and so we are going to revise the methodology,» said Duncan Robb, chief policy adviser to state schools Superintendent Sherri Ybarra.

Coroles was recently named interim district superintendent, to replace Brad Smith, who is moving on to the position of state schools superintendent.

Tony Bennett, Indiana's state schools superintendent and himself a former teacher and school administrator, voiced skepticism, however, about the aims of the Save Our Schools march, dubbed SOS.

State Schools Superintendent John White, who arrived in Louisiana two years ago, supports the idea of public education as a marketplace but said the New Orleans system had lacked order.

If adopted, encourages the state schools superintendent to create specific content standards around computer science, and also that computer science curriculum content be incorporated into curriculum frameworks for other core subjects, including math and language arts.Two other computer tech bills pending in the Legislature:

State schools superintendent Tony Evers, right, is seeking more money for rural teachers.

State Sen. Paul Farrow has asked state schools Superintendent Tony Evers not to use student test scores from the Smarter Balanced exams for school ratings, sanctions or teacher evaluations.

The new laws are part of what State Schools Superintendent Tom Luna calls his «Students Come First» agenda.

State schools superintendent Tony Evers delivers the State of Education Address at the state Capitol on Thursday.

Lawmakers in recent years have passed a «drumbeat» of education legislation that «is deafening and deflating» to teachers in public school classrooms, state schools superintendent Tony Evers said Thursday in his annual address on the state of education in Wisconsin.

The ACT has had a history in Illinois starting in 2001, when then - state schools Superintendent Glenn W. «Max» McGee launched the first free college entrance exam at public schools as part of what was called the Prairie State Achievement Examination.

Evers said state founders enshrined the powers of a state schools superintendent in the constitution, creating «a strong system» of public schools.

State schools superintendent Tony Evers delivered the State of Education Address at the state Capitol in September.

The state's «inquiry» would gather «evidence and testimony» from school staff, community members, parents and «even students if appropriate,» according to a letter sent to districts from state schools Superintendent Tony Smith.

The so - called inquiry would include questioning school staff, community members, parents and «even students if appropriate,» according to a Feb. 18 letter sent to districts from state schools Superintendent Tony Smith.

«I was pleased that we are trending above the national average in all areas,» said state schools Superintendent Lillian M. Lowery.

The teachers union has not yet endorsed anyone in the governor contest or in the race to succeed Tom Torlakson as state schools superintendent, and both races may still attract more candidates.

Another Democrat running for governor, former state schools superintendent Delaine Eastin, is also making education a cornerstone of her campaign.

For Ohio, a round - one finalist with a 10th place showing, one of the main goals in round two was to increase the number of districts participating, said state schools Superintendent Deborah S. Delisle.

Wisconsin, which placed 26th in round one, got more buy - in from districts and their teachers» unions by offering districts more grant money for signing on and for giving them the flexibility to determine the scope and breadth of the changes they will implement, said state schools Superintendent Tony Evers.

«The corrective action and recommendations we offered today are the right first step to helping CPS fully serve all children and families,» state schools Superintendent Tony Smith says.

Here's a No Child Left Behind eulogy from Kathryn Matayoshi, the state schools superintendent in Hawaii: «Worked very, very hard.

OLYMPIA, Jan. 3. - The state's powerful teachers» union will challenge the charter - schools measure approved by voters last November, perhaps no surprise given the longstanding opposition of the Washington Education Association - but it remains unclear whether state schools superintendent Randy Dorn will join in the lawsuit or file one of his own...

In Maryland, state schools Superintendent Nancy S. Grasmick recently outlined a set of proposals that she hopes the legislature will take up to help the state's Race to the Top application.

The bill, if passed by the full Legislature, now would only require state Schools Superintendent Michael Martirano to conduct a «comprehensive review of the standards.»

The groups sent letters to Illinois State Schools Superintendent Christopher Koch and Chicago Public Schools (CPS) Chief Executive Officer Barbara Byrd - Bennett expressing serious concerns about plans for CPS to join a state database of private student information as soon as January 2014.

In the wake of his controversial statements on teacher pay, State Schools Superintendent Mark Johnson says he used «less - than - stellar phrasing» when he said $ 35,000 was good money for young teachers in rural parts of North Carolina.

The groups sent letters to Illinois State Schools Superintendent Christopher Koch and Chicago Public Schools (CPS) Chief Executive Officer Barbara Byrd - Bennett expressing serious concerns about plans for

Oregon state schools Superintendent Susan Castillo has proposed replacing the state's controversial advanced - achievement certificates for high school graduates.

The Professional Development Task Force, convened by state schools Superintendent Delaine Eastin, concluded that many students will not be able to measure up to new academic standards if the state doesn't focus more on the quality of the teaching corps.