Sentences with phrase «top education leader»

We continue our series on school vouchers in Indiana with an interview with Indiana's top education leader.

It is Ms. DeVos» responsibility, as the top education leader in our country, to ensure administrators and elected leaders share in this responsibility, by prioritizing this work and providing teachers with the tools they need to support our students.

But with a former college football coach now the nation's top education leader, that's all changed.

New York State's top education leader has been selected by federal officials for a new role.

ALBANY — Two of the state's top education leaders say there isn't an urgent need to raise or eliminate the state's cap on charter schools since a third of the available charters under the limit have not yet been awarded.

(Other school groups and top education leaders are lukewarm to the proposal.)

Two of the state's top education leaders appeared at the University at Buffalo Tuesday.

Within hours, California's two top education leaders acknowledged in a news release what observers had been saying: There's no way the state will get such an... read more

At 72 percent, the proportion of New Orleans high school students who manage to graduate on time is well below the national average, lags the state average and is considered unacceptable by top education leaders.

Not exact matches

The state is a perennial leader for Education and Technology & Innovation, but high costs and poor infrastructure ultimately hold Massachusetts back from true Top State status.

«America's strengths include [the fact it is a] society that attracts talent from around the world and assimilates them comfortably as Americans; and a language that is the equivalent of an open system that is clearly the lingua franca of the leaders in science, technology, invention, business, education, diplomacy and those who rise to the top of their own societies around the world.»

With 63 per cent of the executives for the top 10 TSX - traded companies by market capitalization having earned either an MBA or an engineering degree, determining the efficacy of the education tomorrow's business leaders are receiving in sustainability became the goal of this year's survey.

At the time of Pritchard's research, few of the top leaders at Willow Creek had finished a seminary education, and this was considered a strength.

«BAM Radio is the largest education radio network in the world offering programming from the nation's top education organizations and thought leaders and reaching a wide audience of people passionately committed to quality education.»

ALBANY — Between the lines of a Thursday letter from a top Cuomo administration aide to state education leaders about education reform was a plan to overhaul the Board of Regents.

Top state and national Republican leaders hammered President Barack Obama and questioned his motives for a planned bus tour of upstate New York to discuss access to higher education.

Hoping to apply pressure to uncooperative Republicans in the State Senate, Mayor Bill de Blasio staged a City Hall press conference this afternoon with the city's top business leaders to demand Albany renews his control of the Department of Education.

Marcellino was named the top lawmaker on the Senate's education panel last year when John Flanagan was elected majority leader.

The top legislative leaders, shown here, all supported allowing the state to waive penalties for towns regarding the minimum budget requirement for public education.

David Cameron appeared to have come out top in the last and most crucial of the TV leaders» debates after delivering a calm and impassioned analysis in which he accused Labour of having failed after 13 years to significantly improve the country's economy, and education and immigration systems.

The Common Core standards were developed by a group of state education leaders but promoted by the federal government, particularly through Race To The Top, a nationwide competitive grant program that required the adoption of standards that boost college - and career - readiness.

Elia has been supportive of the Renewal program, calling it a «model for the state,» even though it has been criticized by former top state education leaders.

The «Birth to Work Special Education Summit» is being held in the WNED / WBFO studio, featuring top New York State Education Department (NYSED) leaders.

He won the seat at the 2001 general election and, after a short stint as shadow secretary for education, was party leader within four years, beating David Davis, Liam Fox and Kenneth Clarke to the top job.

The heads of 29 top U.S. scientific and higher - education organizations — including Rush Holt, CEO of AAAS — wrote to President - elect Donald Trump on November 23, urging him to quickly appoint a «nationally respected leader with appropriate engineering, scientific, management and policy skills» to serve as Assistant to the President for Science and Technology.

When the nation's governors and top business leaders convene in Palisades, N.Y., later this month for an education summit, they plan to champion academic standards as the key to improving student achievement.

Education officials hoped the offer might stem the exodus of experienced principals to the suburbs while attracting fresh blood and top - quality leaders to its schools.

Federal Opposition Leader Bill Shorten delivered his budget reply in parliament overnight and put funding for education, particularly STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) education, down as a top priority.

In Alabama, the state's «Race to the Top» application originally proposed merit pay and a «new salary schedule that would give more money to math, science and special - education teachers,» but that portion of the application was deleted, reported the Press - Register (Mobile), «after Alabama Education Association leader Paul Hubbert wrote state Superintendent Joe Morton a letter... opposing theducation teachers,» but that portion of the application was deleted, reported the Press - Register (Mobile), «after Alabama Education Association leader Paul Hubbert wrote state Superintendent Joe Morton a letter... opposing thEducation Association leader Paul Hubbert wrote state Superintendent Joe Morton a letter... opposing them»

Across the country, governors, legislative leaders and top education officials are pledging to close loopholes that have allowed teacher sexual misconduct to persist.

That's why I've asked some of America's top educators, advocates, political and business leaders here today, to mobilize our schools to raise standards, demand accountability, and specifically, to strengthen math and science education and performance all across America.

As director general of the Centre for International Mobility and Cooperation under the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture, Visiting Professor Pasi Sahlberg is constantly contacted by media outlets and education experts across the world wanting to know how Finland, with an unremarkable education system just a few decades ago, has surged ahead to become one of the international leaders in education, scoring at the top or near the top on the ever - important PISA survey for neaEducation and Culture, Visiting Professor Pasi Sahlberg is constantly contacted by media outlets and education experts across the world wanting to know how Finland, with an unremarkable education system just a few decades ago, has surged ahead to become one of the international leaders in education, scoring at the top or near the top on the ever - important PISA survey for neaeducation experts across the world wanting to know how Finland, with an unremarkable education system just a few decades ago, has surged ahead to become one of the international leaders in education, scoring at the top or near the top on the ever - important PISA survey for neaeducation system just a few decades ago, has surged ahead to become one of the international leaders in education, scoring at the top or near the top on the ever - important PISA survey for neaeducation, scoring at the top or near the top on the ever - important PISA survey for nearly 15...

«Leaders have ideas for teachers, but it doesn't work top - down,» said Julia Rafal - Baer of Chiefs for Change, a nonprofit network of state and district education lLeaders have ideas for teachers, but it doesn't work top - down,» said Julia Rafal - Baer of Chiefs for Change, a nonprofit network of state and district education leadersleaders.

Winners of the top prize across all categories will be awarded: NewTek UK Education Awards 2018 winners certificate and plaque Invitation to BVE Expo 2018 (www.bveexpo.com) with travel, entry, lunch, and prize for the winning team (for up to 10 participants) plus a demo of newest NewTek products and plenty of time to explore the rest of the show Two days of in - depth technical training on site The course leader will be recognised as the NewTek UK Tutor of the Year A written case study describing the winning entry and team for UK / Global promotion and inclusion in the NewTek blog and education newsletter Details on how to register your interest and apply for an application form can be foEducation Awards 2018 winners certificate and plaque Invitation to BVE Expo 2018 (www.bveexpo.com) with travel, entry, lunch, and prize for the winning team (for up to 10 participants) plus a demo of newest NewTek products and plenty of time to explore the rest of the show Two days of in - depth technical training on site The course leader will be recognised as the NewTek UK Tutor of the Year A written case study describing the winning entry and team for UK / Global promotion and inclusion in the NewTek blog and education newsletter Details on how to register your interest and apply for an application form can be foeducation newsletter Details on how to register your interest and apply for an application form can be found here.

Moving swiftly to name a leader to carry on the district's path - breaking school - reform program, the Rochester, N.Y., board of education announced last week that it would appoint one of the system's top administrators, Manuel J. Rivera, to succeed Peter McWalters as superintendent.

We suggested that our Top 12 think about the perspectives shared by The Global Search for Education thought leaders.

Education leaders from Singapore say their country's top ranking among 41 nations in the Third International Mathematics and Science Study released last fall is not reason to be satisfied with their schools» performance.

Second, as Patrick McGuinn pointed out in a 2010 American Enterprise Institute paper, Race to the Top «shifted the focus of federal education policy from the [state] laggards to the leaders.»

She said: «Education is the top priority for this government and I want to ensure that Scotland is a global leader.

To take on this task, Governor Cuomo has brought together top education and business leaders from across the country to help build an effective education system that puts students first and holds schools accountable for the results they achieve and the dollars they spend.

Our field work focuses on working with communities where Mayors and other top leaders have embraced a broader definition of education and are committed to realizing a system where all children thrive.

It has her wondering if top education and corporate leaders might benefit from a rubric, too?

That said, district leaders emphasized that maker education is a grassroots process, not a top - down mandate.

Pay Teachers More and Reach All Students with Excellence — Aug 30, 2012 District RTTT — Meet the Absolute Priority for Great - Teacher Access — Aug 14, 2012 Pay Teachers More — Within Budget, Without Class - Size Increases — Jul 24, 2012 Building Support for Breakthrough Schools — Jul 10, 2012 New Toolkit: Expand the Impact of Excellent Teachers — Selection, Development, and More — May 31, 2012 New Teacher Career Paths: Financially Sustainable Advancement — May 17, 2012 Charlotte, N.C.'s Project L.I.F.T. to be Initial Opportunity Culture Site — May 10, 2012 10 Financially Sustainable Models to Reach More Students with Excellence — May 01, 2012 Excellent Teaching Within Budget: New Infographic and Website — Apr 17, 2012 Incubating Great New Schools — Mar 15, 2012 Public Impact Releases Models to Extend Reach of Top Teachers, Seeks Sites — Dec 14, 2011 New Report: Teachers in the Age of Digital Instruction — Nov 17, 2011 City - Based Charter Strategies: New White Papers and Webinar from Public Impact — Oct 25, 2011 How to Reach Every Child with Top Teachers (Really)-- Oct 11, 2011 Charter Philanthropy in Four Cities — Aug 04, 2011 School Turnaround Leaders: New Ideas about How to Find More of Them — Jul 21, 2011 Fixing Failing Schools: Building Family and Community Demand for Dramatic Change — May 17, 2011 New Resources to Boost School Turnaround Success — May 10, 2011 New Report on Making Teacher Tenure Meaningful — Mar 15, 2011 Going Exponential: Growing the Charter School Sector's Best — Feb 17, 2011 New Reports and Upcoming Release Event — Feb 10, 2011 Picky Parent Guide — Nov 17, 2010 Measuring Teacher and Leader Performance: Cross-Sector Lessons for Excellent Evaluations — Nov 02, 2010 New Teacher Quality Publication from the Joyce Foundation — Sept 27, 2010 Charter School Research from Public Impact — Jul 13, 2010 Lessons from Singapore & Shooting for Stars — Jun 17, 2010 Opportunity at the Top — Jun 02, 2010 Public Impact's latest on Education Reform Topics — Dec 02, 2009 3X for All: Extending the Reach of Education's Best — Oct 23, 2009 New Research on Dramatically Improving Failing Schools — Oct 06, 2009 Try, Try Again to Fix Failing Schools — Sep 09, 2009 Innovation in Education and Charter Philanthropy — Jun 24, 2009 Reconnecting Youth and Designing PD That Works — May 29.

Many of the world's top - performing education systems, by contrast, have successfully developed and implemented systems to effectively identify, develop and train all school leaders.

Previously, Ruszkowski served for six years at the Delaware Department of Education under Governor Jack Markell, building the Teacher & Leader Effectiveness Unit as Chief Talent Officer / Associate Secretary and co-leading the implementation of the state's Race to the Top plan under President Barack Obama.

He is a CDE Top 30 award recipient, Bammy Award winner, NASSP Digital Principal Award winner, PDK Emerging Leader Award recipient, winner of Learning Forward's Excellence in Professional Practice Award, Google Certified Innovator, Adobe Education Leader, and ASCD 2011 Conference Scholar.

Radio Network is now the largest all - education talk radio network in the world, offering programming from the nation's top education organizations and thought leaders and reaching a wide audience of people passionately committed to quality education.

«There are many training programs for school principals, but few exist for top state and district education leaders who establish policies, incentives, and cultures that enable those principals to succeed in lifting student achievement,» added M. Christine DeVita, president of The Wallace Foundation.

Dr Meenakshi Parameshwaran, a researcher for LKMco and Education Datalab, writing for Schools Week today, said the figures show recruiting a top quality workforce is still a major challenge for school leaders.