Sentences with phrase «superintendent of schools john»

But despite the criticism, Tewksbury Superintendent of Schools John O'Connor has seen professional development make positive change in his district.

A large part of the reason for the co-principal arrangement is to better serve parents, according to former superintendent of schools John Moretti.

Not exact matches

A new Los Angeles USD superintendent has been appointed by the school board — John Deasy — and Jamie sees this as «a glimmer of hope» for his Food Revolution.

* Day 1 Monday, February 22, 2016 4:00 PM -5:00 PM Registration & Networking 5:00 PM — 6:00 PM Welcome Reception & Opening Remarks Kevin de Leon, President pro Tem, California State Senate Debra McMannis, Director of Early Education & Support Division, California Department of Education (invited) Karen Stapf Walters, Executive Director, California State Board of Education (invited) 6:00 PM — 7:00 PM Keynote Address & Dinner Dr. Patricia K. Kuhl, Co-Director, Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences * Day 2 Tuesday February 23, 2016 8:00 AM — 9:00 AM Registration, Continental Breakfast, & Networking 9:00 AM — 9:15 AM Opening Remarks John Kim, Executive Director, Advancement Project Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, California Department of Education 9:15 AM — 10:00 AM Morning Keynote David B. Grusky, Executive Director, Stanford's Center on Poverty & Inequality 10:00 AM — 11:00 AM Educating California's Young Children: The Recent Developments in Transitional Kindergarten & Expanded Transitional Kindergarten (Panel Discussion) Deborah Kong, Executive Director, Early Edge California Heather Quick, Principal Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research Dean Tagawa, Administrator for Early Education, Los Angeles Unified School District Moderator: Erin Gabel, Deputy Director, First 5 California (Invited) 11:00 AM — 12:00 PM «Political Will & Prioritizing ECE» (Panel Discussion) Eric Heins, President, California Teachers Association Senator Hannah - Beth Jackson, Chair of the Women's Legislative Committee, California State Senate David Kirp, James D. Marver Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, Chairman of Subcommittee No. 2 of Education Finance, California State Assembly Moderator: Kim Pattillo Brownson, Managing Director, Policy & Advocacy, Advancement Project 12:00 PM — 12:45 PM Lunch 12:45 PM — 1:45 PM Lunch Keynote - «How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character» Paul Tough, New York Times Magazine Writer, Author 1:45 PM — 1:55 PM Break 2:00 PM — 3:05 PM Elevating ECE Through Meaningful Community Partnerships (Panel Discussion) Sandra Guiterrez, National Director, Abriendo Purtas / Opening Doors Mary Ignatius, Statewide Organize of Parent Voices, California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Jacquelyn McCroskey, John Mile Professor of Child Welfare, University of Southern California School of Social Work Jolene Smith, Chief Executive Officer, First 5 Santa Clara County Moderator: Rafael González, Director of Best Start, First 5 LA 3:05 PM — 3:20 PM Closing Remarks Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California * Agenda Subject to Change

The tour on July 19 began with a welcome from Superintendent of Schools Dr. Brian V. Hightower, who led School Board Chair Kyla Cromer, Vice Chair Patsy Jordan and District 3 Board Member John Harmon, who represents the area; as well as senior staff and local and Atlanta media on the tour.

Sayville school officials are moving to end the employment of a custodian accused of making a remark about bringing a gun to school that some interpreted as a threat, according to Superintendent John E. Stimmel.

Locally, Charles Russo, superintendent of East Moriches schools, was one of the few educators to speak in favor of Common Core testing at forums that featured then - Education Commissioner John B. King Jr., held last year and in late 2013.

Sen. John Flanagan told me during a CapTon interview last night that he's open to the idea of a salary cap for public school superintendents, whose compensation was targeted by Gov. Andrew Cuomo during his budget address last week.

Inside the center dozens of people waited - among them Nelson's family members; her pastor, John Carter, of Abundant Life Church in East Syracuse; Sharon Contreras, Syracuse City Schools superintendent, and Helen Hudson, Syracuse common councilor - at - large.

During a Yonkers PTA meeting where Councilman John Rubbo was present, Superintendent Dr. Edwin Quezada announced the true number of new school aid.

«We are really pleased to be partnering with John and Todd on this initiative and to have the ability to offer our students additional support in their transition from high school to higher education,» said Superintendent of Schools Kenneth Facin.

Ticonderoga Central School Superintendent John McDonald said the district will see a boost of just 1 percent.

Local Representatives: Catherine Borgia, Majority Leader, Westchester County Board of Legislators; John G. Testa, Minority Leader, Westchester County Board of Legislators; Linda D. Puglisi, Supervisor, Town of Cortlandt; Joseph Hochreiter, Superintendent, Hendrick Hudson School District; and Theresa Knickerbocker, Mayor, Village of Buchanan.

− Stanley S. Litow, Vice President, IBM Corporate Citizenship and Corporate Affairs & President, IBM International Foundation (Chair) − Senator John Flanagan, Senate Education Committee Chair (Senate appointee) − Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan, Assembly Education Committee Chair (Assembly appointee) − Linda Darling - Hammond, Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education, Stanford University Graduate School of Education − Todd Hathaway, Teacher, East Aurora High School (Erie County) − Alice Jackson - Jolley, Parent (Westchester County) − Anne Kress, President, Monroe Community College − Nick Lawrence, Teacher, East Bronx Academy for the Future (NYC) − Delia Pompa, Senior Vice President of Programs, National Council of La Raza − Charles Russo, Superintendent, East Moriches UFSD (Long Island) − Dan Weisberg, EVP & General Counsel, The New Teacher Project

A group of Suffolk County school district superintendents have sent a letter to state education commissioner John King urging him to address their concerns about over-testing, the fast pace of mandating Common Core standards inside the classroom and issues with new teacher and principal evaluation programs, according to Friday's Newsday cover story.

To promote the importance of the day, County Executive Robert P. Astorino today joined with Legislator John G. Testa, Peekskill Schools Superintendent Dr. David Fine, and over two dozen fathers, educators and advocates for a kickoff at Oakside Elementary School.

When John Stanford, a retired army general, became superintendent of the Seattle schools in 1995, he traveled to Edmonton with his chief financial officer, Joseph Olchefske.

About half of those were in the Anchorage area, and more than a third of the vacancies were in special education, John Holst, superintendent of the Sitka (Alaska) School District told Education World.

In a statement issued Jan. 17, Superintendent John W. Wight explains the decision by California's El Tejon school district to drop the course Philosophy of Design.

The final plan is based largely on a proposal aired in February by John A. Murphy, the superintendent of schools, but contains several revisions designed to ease the fears of some black parents and activists that the plan would...

Former Arizona state superintendent of education John Huppenthal, for example, has insisted that «it is unreasonable to ask Arizona schools and Arizona taxpayers to pay for these expenses.»

But Los Angeles schools superintendent John Deasy described the trigger to a group of young people as a sad commentary on the state of K — 12 schools: «It is a big shame on us [school administrators].

Check out New Haven Promise, this extraordinarily effective partnership of New Haven Mayor John DeStefano, Superintendent Garth Harries, the New Haven Public Schools, The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, and College Summit.

A Michigan appeals court has upheld Michigan Gov. John Engler's executive orders to transfer vast authority over school policy from the state board of education to the state schools superintendent.

By contrast, the Carnegie task force included a generous representation of public education's political establishment: the presidents of both national teacher unions (the National Education Association's Mary Hatwood Futrell and the American Federation of Teachers» Albert Shanker), two state education superintendents (California's Bill Honig and Minnesota's Ruth Randall), an ed school dean, the New York Times «s lead education columnist (Fred Hechinger), and the ubiquitous John W. Gardner.

Author Bio: John E. Deasy is a superintendent in residence at the Broad Academy and former superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District.

Jindal's successor, John Bel Edwards, announced during his campaign for governor, «I have no intention of allowing John White, who isn't qualified to be a middle school principal, to remain as superintendent.»

John Q. Porter will become the superintendent of the 32,200 - student Oklahoma City public schools on July 1.

Louisiana superintendent John White and a panel of school choice experts will discuss the latest findings.

John C. Fryer Jr., superintendent of Duval County Public Schools in Jacksonville, Florida, is a former U.S. Air Force major general.

John E. Deasy is a superintendent in residence at the Broad Academy and former superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District.

Podcast: Peter Meyer interviews John White two days before White takes over as the new superintendent of schools in New Orleans.

A 35 - year - old former teacher, John White headed to New Orleans in late April to become superintendent of the Big Easy's Recovery School District (RSD), quite an accomplishment for such a young man.

In Duval County, Florida, Superintendent John C. Fryer Jr. not only uses data rooms but has trained most of the school superintendents in neighboring Georgia on how to set them up and use them.

Resilient people tend to be realistic optimists, according to Dr. Diane Reed, a former school superintendent who now is co-director of the Graduate Educational Leadership program at St. John Fisher College in Rochester, New York.

«If you are just working at random, you are wasting a lot of time,» says John Fryer, Jacksonville, Florida, superintendent of schools.

«Educators across the country have struggled to identify a rich, engaging, and rigorous curriculum that will help them support students in meeting dramatically higher expectations,» said John E. Deasy, former superintendent of Los Angeles public schools.

At 35, John Eriksen, one of the nation's youngest Catholic - school superintendents, offers a ruthless assessment of parochial education.

«Not only will this format give school systems the flexibility to use an assessment that reflects their curricular program, but also it will reinforce the kinds of content - rich academic instruction Louisiana wants to encourage statewide,» said State Superintendent John White.

Deasy resigns as superintendent of LA Unified EdSource Today: Los Angeles Unified School superintendent John Deasy submitted his resignation this morning, after more than a year of turmoil and conflict with the seven - member elected school School superintendent John Deasy submitted his resignation this morning, after more than a year of turmoil and conflict with the seven - member elected school school board.

«It's an awful lot to try to get accomplished in the short amount of time that is left,» John Barge, Georgia's state school superintendent, said at the time.

Even former Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent John Deasy, who spoke in favor of the lawsuit, admitted that his district had successfully let go of hundreds of below - par teachers.

Richard Abernathy — Executive Director, Arkansas Association for Educational Administrators Senator Shane Broadway — Arkansas State Legislature John Brown, III — Executive Director, Windgate Foundation Senator Steve Bryles — Arkansas State Legislature Gary Compton — Superintedent, Bentonville Public Schools Debbie Davis — Director, Arkansas Leadership Academy Melanie Fox — Little Rock School Board Luke Gordy — Executive Director, Arkansans for Education Reform Jerry Guess — Superintendent, Camden - Fairview School District Frank Holman — Superintendent, Lincoln School District Senator Jimmy Jeffress — Arkansas State Legislature Laura Kellams — Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families Tom Kimbrell — Commissioner, Arkansas Department of Education Alice Mahony — Arkansas State Board of Education Matt McClure — Superintendent, Cross County School District John Pijanowski — University of Arkansas, College of Education and Health Professions Representative David Rainey — Arkansas State Legislature Vicki Saviers — Arkansas State Board of Education Quentin Suffren — Chief, Academic Officer, The Learning Institute Valerie Tatum — Executive Director, Covenant Keepers Charter School Representative Bruce Westerman — Arkansas State Legislature

In a letter sent on behalf of some families Wednesday to L.A. Unified Superintendent John Deasy and the school board — and just before the district begins negotiations with the American Federation of Teachers» City of Angels unit over a new contract — Barnes & Thornburg's Kyle Kirwan demanded that the district «implement a comprehensive system» of evaluating teachers that ties «pupil progress» data to teacher evaluations.

Deasy Resigns as Los Angeles Schools Chief After Mounting Criticism NYT: John E. Deasy, superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District, had clashed with the school board, and drawn flak for a flawed $ 1.3 billion plan to give iPads to stuSchool District, had clashed with the school board, and drawn flak for a flawed $ 1.3 billion plan to give iPads to stuschool board, and drawn flak for a flawed $ 1.3 billion plan to give iPads to students.

Deborah M. McGriff, deputy superintendent of the Milwaukee public schools, has been selected to succeed John W. Porter as chief of the school system in Detroit.

A combination of funding pressures, a push by Superintendent John Deasy to find innovative ways raise academic achievement and a desire by local school sites to gain more control has led to a big jump this year in schools adopting new «autonomy» models.

LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy has issued guidelines to all principals regarding the new teacher evaluations, which will be implemented by the start of the 2013 - 14 school year.

They were established by groups that rarely agree on the issue, including LABI, the Louisiana Federation of Teachers, the Louisiana Association of Educators, the Louisiana School Boards Association, the Council for a Better Louisiana Louisiana, superintendents and Gov. John Bel Edwards.

Since most of the students using vouchers are black, it is, as State Education Superintendent John White pointed out to the New Orleans Times - Picayune, «a little ridiculous» to argue that the departure of mostly black students to voucher schools would make their home school systems less white.