The policy will now be printed in the Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators,
which public school officials use as a guide.
Not exact matches
When the judges ruled that the
school officer's actions were protected under qualified immunity,
which shields
public officials from liability for civil damages, Gorsuch issued a colorful dissent arguing that the student should have been able to sue the officer for using excessive force.
In the United States,
which has muddled along in the middle for the past decade, government
officials have attempted to introduce marketplace competition into
public schools.
The discovery of the tainted chicken,
which Illinois health
officials say showed ammonia contamination levels as high as 133 times the acceptable level, sent state education
officials scurrying to gather up 360 cases of chicken tenders sent to 49
public schools, including 11 in the Chicago area.
Meanwhile, Chicago
Public Schools officials announced firm plans to pursue a longer
school day in the 2012 - 13
school year, by
which time state law allows them to implement a longer day whether or not the union agrees.
According to Park District
officials, students participating in the program will be picked up after
school by
public school buses,
which have added park sites to existing routes.
The bill,
which has been a long - sought goal for Catholic
officials, is aimed at strengthening both
public and private
schools through private donations to scholarships and non-profits.
The authority had planned to close the center,
which lets the
public use Stuyvesant High's athletic facilities when
school is not in session, on Dec. 20 — much to the outrage of residents and
officials — but the authority agreed to keep it open while they work with Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's office to find a new operator for the facility.
Cuomo took on
school superintendents» salaries in his budget,
which shocked some
public school officials.
The state Senate has passed legislation to create a new process for selecting Board of Regents members,
which are the appointed
officials tasked with crafting
public education polices for
schools in New York.
Today the Buffalo & Erie County
Public Library System along with local
officials and students from the Jewish Community Center and Bennett Park Montessori
School kicked off «Read Aloud 15», a new campaign
which encourages adults to read aloud to a child for 15 minutes every day.
On Tuesday evening in Brooklyn,
school district 15,
which includes parts of Sunset Park, Kensington, Park Slope, Carroll Gardens, and Red Hook,
schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña will hold a town hall «from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at P.S. 516... Local elected
officials including City Councilman Carlos Menchaca, Assemblyman Felix Ortiz and State Sen. Jesse Hamilton are expected to attend and answer questions from the
public from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.,» according to DNAinfo.
Part one of Holden's study, published this week by the Fordham Intellectual Property, Media & Sports Law Journal, argues for new standards under
which K - 12
public school officials can punish cyberbullying.
The activities that were delayed include a proposed nationwide NASA telecast to
schools this week,
which officials of the
Public Broadcasting Service said NASA had «agreed to do in principle.»
In 1949, he took charge of the newly created National Citizens Commission for the
Public Schools,
which, by the end of the 1950s, helped spur the creation of more than 15,000 citizen groups focused on working with local district
officials to improve local
school problems.
Perhaps more helpful would be the freeing of
public education from state
officials through charter
schools and voucher programs,
which would limit the reach and power of small veto groups, who can so easily intimidate
public authorities.
The conscience of a liberal should struggle with supporting a system in
which the children of the poor are consigned to attend the
school that is assigned to them by
public officials, regardless of its quality, whereas more affluent parents can shop for the
school they want for their children by purchasing a home in the vicinity of the
public school they prefer or paying private
school tuition.
Rep. Annette «Polly» Williams is backing a proposal by state education
officials to bar private
schools in the program from charging voucher students registration and book fees that
public schools do not impose, according to Greg Doyle, the spokesman for the state education department,
which proposed the rule last month.
The organization,
which recruits recent college graduates to teach for two years in inner - city and rural
public schools with shortages of credentialed teachers, has raised only $ 3.8 million of its $ 7 million budget for this year, TFA
officials said last month.
The authors hypothesize that if state and local governments empower parents to choose the
schools of their choice, a «spontaneous education order» — a state in
which parents seek information about
schools and in
which schools make available the necessary information without
public officials» intentional intervention — will arise.
The Supreme Court's recent decision in Hazelwood
School District v. Kuhlmeier, which authorizes educators to supervise the content of official high - school newspapers, is the Court's most significant ruling in a free - speech case involving public - school students since it decided Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District almost 20 year
School District v. Kuhlmeier,
which authorizes educators to supervise the content of
official high -
school newspapers, is the Court's most significant ruling in a free - speech case involving public - school students since it decided Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District almost 20 year
school newspapers, is the Court's most significant ruling in a free - speech case involving
public -
school students since it decided Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District almost 20 year
school students since it decided Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community
School District almost 20 year
School District almost 20 years ago.
Policies requiring private
schools to administer the
official state tests,
which are aligned with the
public -
school curriculum, appear to discourage distinctive private
schools from participating.
In compiling this report, the authors conducted extensive research — including interviews with state and district
officials, along with an examination of curricula price lists —
which provides a detailed picture of how
public schools could increase the return on investment, or ROI, of taxpayer dollars.
Also onboard is Marshall Tuck, former president and chief operating officer of Green Dot
Public Schools, which has built a chain of charter schools in the district while organizing a parents» «union» and constantly pushing district officials to take bolder steps to improve the performance of children from poor fa
Schools,
which has built a chain of charter
schools in the district while organizing a parents» «union» and constantly pushing district officials to take bolder steps to improve the performance of children from poor fa
schools in the district while organizing a parents» «union» and constantly pushing district
officials to take bolder steps to improve the performance of children from poor families.
Officials of the teachers union, UTLA, have accused the group of attempting to «dismantle»
public education in Los Angeles, and just this week, the
school board went on record opposing the GPS Now plan, of
which few details are actually known.
Reducing or eliminating funding for these programs would also be especially harmful to charter management organizations that recruit heavily from the AmeriCorps alumni network, including KIPP, Success Academy Charter
Schools, and Green Dot Public Schools, all of which have formed official «career partnerships» with City Year, or Uncommon Schools, which advertises on the AmeriCorps alumni career site.34 Likewise, public charter schools and traditional districts looking to fill hard - to - staff schools and subject areas also rely on AmeriCorps - funded teacher residencies and teaching fellowships and would likely be in trouble if these programs disappeared.35 For example, Achievement First, a network of public charter schools, has described Teach For America as «its most effective recruiting source,» hiring both AmeriCorps members and alumni from the pro
Schools, and Green Dot
Public Schools, all of which have formed official «career partnerships» with City Year, or Uncommon Schools, which advertises on the AmeriCorps alumni career site.34 Likewise, public charter schools and traditional districts looking to fill hard - to - staff schools and subject areas also rely on AmeriCorps - funded teacher residencies and teaching fellowships and would likely be in trouble if these programs disappeared.35 For example, Achievement First, a network of public charter schools, has described Teach For America as «its most effective recruiting source,» hiring both AmeriCorps members and alumni from the prog
Public Schools, all of which have formed official «career partnerships» with City Year, or Uncommon Schools, which advertises on the AmeriCorps alumni career site.34 Likewise, public charter schools and traditional districts looking to fill hard - to - staff schools and subject areas also rely on AmeriCorps - funded teacher residencies and teaching fellowships and would likely be in trouble if these programs disappeared.35 For example, Achievement First, a network of public charter schools, has described Teach For America as «its most effective recruiting source,» hiring both AmeriCorps members and alumni from the pro
Schools, all of
which have formed
official «career partnerships» with City Year, or Uncommon
Schools, which advertises on the AmeriCorps alumni career site.34 Likewise, public charter schools and traditional districts looking to fill hard - to - staff schools and subject areas also rely on AmeriCorps - funded teacher residencies and teaching fellowships and would likely be in trouble if these programs disappeared.35 For example, Achievement First, a network of public charter schools, has described Teach For America as «its most effective recruiting source,» hiring both AmeriCorps members and alumni from the pro
Schools,
which advertises on the AmeriCorps alumni career site.34 Likewise,
public charter schools and traditional districts looking to fill hard - to - staff schools and subject areas also rely on AmeriCorps - funded teacher residencies and teaching fellowships and would likely be in trouble if these programs disappeared.35 For example, Achievement First, a network of public charter schools, has described Teach For America as «its most effective recruiting source,» hiring both AmeriCorps members and alumni from the prog
public charter
schools and traditional districts looking to fill hard - to - staff schools and subject areas also rely on AmeriCorps - funded teacher residencies and teaching fellowships and would likely be in trouble if these programs disappeared.35 For example, Achievement First, a network of public charter schools, has described Teach For America as «its most effective recruiting source,» hiring both AmeriCorps members and alumni from the pro
schools and traditional districts looking to fill hard - to - staff
schools and subject areas also rely on AmeriCorps - funded teacher residencies and teaching fellowships and would likely be in trouble if these programs disappeared.35 For example, Achievement First, a network of public charter schools, has described Teach For America as «its most effective recruiting source,» hiring both AmeriCorps members and alumni from the pro
schools and subject areas also rely on AmeriCorps - funded teacher residencies and teaching fellowships and would likely be in trouble if these programs disappeared.35 For example, Achievement First, a network of
public charter schools, has described Teach For America as «its most effective recruiting source,» hiring both AmeriCorps members and alumni from the prog
public charter
schools, has described Teach For America as «its most effective recruiting source,» hiring both AmeriCorps members and alumni from the pro
schools, has described Teach For America as «its most effective recruiting source,» hiring both AmeriCorps members and alumni from the program.36
In addition to a re-write of the process by
which state education
officials issue A-F ratings to Indiana
schools — among other matters — House Bill 1427 calls for a legislative review,
public hearings and a fiscal analysis of the Common Core.
An estimated 150 teachers,
school administrators, parents and others from around the state came to the conference at the University of Washington Tacoma to learn about charters,
which are
public schools that permit significant decisions to be made at a
school level, rather than by a
school district or state
officials.
Since it is a
public school,
officials can not select
which students can attend.
Officials with the N.C. Office of Charter
Schools,
which oversees management of the state's
public charters and reports to the State Board of Education, do not keep data on out - of - state charter leaders.
Many elected
officials seem to forget their accountability talking point when it comes to charter
schools too,
which are actual
public schools.
While most legislators would agree that local control of
public schools is important, this bill would take all control over the creation of charter
schools out of the hands of local
officials and give it to an unelected state commission — while simultaneously undermining the financial structure of traditional
schools which are under local control.
Stephen Butler, a student at Rio Rancho
Public Schools (N.M.), was suspended after
school officials discovered weapons and drug paraphernalia in his brother's car,
which he had driven to
school that day.
Last summer North Carolina charter
school officials put the small suburban
school,
which got about $ 1.6 million in
public money last year, under extra supervision because of state concerns about finances and parent complaints about building safety and
school leadership.
The State of Utah Office of Education offers a typical definition of a private
school: «A
school that is controlled by an individual or agency other than a governmental entity,
which is usually supported primarily by other than
public funds, and the operation of whose program rests with someone other than publicly elected or appointed
officials.»
This month, Barnes» group asked federal
officials to block state leaders from implementing their policy change,
which will be phased into 97 percent of local
public school systems and a portion of charters by the end of the 2016 - 2017
school year.
This isn't to say that these
officials don't care about these children, but that they are disinterested in taking on the tough work needed to overhaul districts and
schools in order provide kids with the
schools they deserve —
which includes challenging the soft bigotry of low expectations for poor and minority kids held by far too many adults working in American
public education in Virginia and the rest of the nation, and the affiliates of the National Education Association
which has succeeded for so long in keeping the Old Dominion's status quo quite ante.
What California's
Schools Can Learn From Chicago's
Officials in California are still peddling the idea that the state's
public -
school system —
which receives 40 percent of the general - fund budget, by constitutional edict — is struggling because it lacks money.
IMPACT,
which school officials say was developed in close consultation with rank - and - file District teachers, is the purest expression yet of the data - driven culture that Rhee and her generation of education leaders are trying to establish in
public schools.
For almost two years, federal
officials have argued that the state's existing charter authorization process is out of compliance with the
Public Charter
School Grant Program -
which will provide almost $ 300 million to the state through 2015.
Robert Moore, deputy superintendent of Finance & Operations for Oakland
Schools, has recently been honored with the 2018
School Business
Official of the Year Award from the 3,000 - member Michigan
School Business
Officials (MSBO), a nonprofit corporation
which works to serve many interests related to
public education.
With regard to the
school board term limit proposal in Amendment 8, Speaker Corcoran neglects to mention that this is one of the «bundled» amendments that will also establish a state governed charter
school authorization board that can circumvent the power of our own locally elected
officials in addition to establishing a parallel «
public»
school system that will not answer to local
school boards,
which is only another ploy to redirect precious, scant taxpayer dollars to entities that have little oversight or accountability.
Having participated and watched government in action at the national, state and local level for more than four decades, I can safely say that I have never, ever, seen an meeting as unbelievably insulting as the «presentation» (PowerPoint and all) that those targeted local
school administrators were forced to sit through or the even more incredible way in
which public employees responded to a member of the
public trying to raise important and legitimate concerns about the very issue that the
school officials were summoned to the meeting to discuss.
article, Incredulous: Watching CT Department of Education
officials lecture
school administrators on how to mislead parents, reported on the incredible meeting in
which public officials from Governor Dannel Malloy's State Department of Education lectured a group of
school administrators about how to STOP parents from opting their children out of the unfair, inappropriate and discriminatory Common Core SBAC testing scheme and then quickly shut down the meeting when a parent stood up to explain why many people feel so strongly about the significant problems associated with the SBAC testing craze,
(6) incur temporary debt in anticipation of receipt of funds; provided that a Horace Mann
school shall obtain the approval of the local
school committee and appropriate local appropriating authorities and
officials relative to any proposed lien or encumbrance upon
public school property or relative to any financial obligation for
which the local
school district shall become legally obligated; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the terms of repayment of any charter
school's debt shall not exceed the duration of the
school's charter without the approval of the board;
Officials from
public charter
schools,
which are privately operated, have been pleading for the last few legislative sessions for more funding to help them build and maintain facilities.
He could also campaign for Amendment 8,
which would allow an alternative process for approving
public schools, including charter
schools, rather than by local
school boards, and Amendment 12,
which would impose a six - year lobbying ban on former state elected
officials, state agencies heads and local elected
officials.
The push comes amid a heated debate over the voucher program,
which the state teachers union and local
officials contend pulls money away from traditional
public schools.
Spokane
Public Schools officials hope to influence implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act,
which President Barack Obama signed into law Thursday.
The
public shows far greater tolerance for tests whose scores may yield things we crave — admission to the college of one's choice, for example (SAT, ACT), even advance credit for college work (AP)-- than for the kind whose foremost purpose is to rank
schools or teachers and give distant
officials data by
which to fine - tune their policies.