Sentences with phrase «with state education chiefs»

Smarter Balanced works closely with state education chiefs and elected officials to ensure that the assessment system meets the needs of member states.

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From the President who has refused to act on investigative reports submitted to him on grievous allegations of diverting over a billion naira meant for resettlement of Internal Displaced Persons (IDPs) by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal under the Presidential Initiative for the North East (PINE) and the miraculous discovery of 13billion naira in an apartment at Ikoyi, Lagos under the supervision of the Director of the Nigerian Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ayodele Oke, to the Head of Service of the Federation, Oyo - Ita Winifred Ekanem, who connived with others to reinstate into active duty and promote Abdulrasheed Maina, the former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, who allegedly stole over 6billion naira pension fund; the Chief of Staff to President Buhari now renamed the «Thief of Staff», Abba Kyari, who allegedly received a bribe of 500million naira to negotiate a fine reduction for MTN Nigeria, and has continuously been in the heart of every sharp practices in the Presidency; the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu who allegedly received a kickback of 3.8 billion naira in exchange for marginal oilfield using his brother, Dumebi Kachikwu as front; the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, who was the brain behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Chief of Army Staff, General Tukur Buratai who during his time as the Director of Procurement at the Army Headquarters allegedly diverted funds meant to equip the Military into buying choice properties worth millions of dollar in Dubai; the Minister for Solid Minerals, Dr. Kayode Fayemi who allegedly embezled State Universal Education Board (SUBEB) funds as the Governor of Ekiti State; the Minister for Interior, Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau who was indicted by a Presidential investigative committee probing Arm procurement for awarding ghost contracts worth $ 930,500,690 with others while as the Chief of Army Staff between 2008 - 2010 and one of the brains behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi alleged to have stolent 142billion naira as the Governor of Rivers State.

The Chief Education Officer of the Church of England is a member of the Education Commission that developed the report, which also states that the Church of England is now deemed as speaking for the Methodist Church in meetings with government.

Earlier in his remarks, the Chairman, State of Osun Nigeria Football Federation, Chief Taiwo Ogunjobi commended the team for coming out with fying colours and for making the state proud in education and football competitState of Osun Nigeria Football Federation, Chief Taiwo Ogunjobi commended the team for coming out with fying colours and for making the state proud in education and football competitstate proud in education and football competitions.

Cataloguing the achievements of President Akufo - Addo's government in Ahafo, the Yamfo Chief stated that in the Tano North district, bungalows have been constructed for the Directors of Health and Education; together with the construction of several units of classroom blocks in the district.

MANHATTAN — Cathie Black is poised to become the next schools chancellor after Mayor Michael Bloomberg agreed to a compromise with the state that would have a «chief academic officer» with extensive education experience serve by her side.

A group of parents with children in schools co-located with Success Academy charters is calling on the New York State Education Department to temporarily halt all construction work in public school buildings by Success Academy Charters chief Eva Moskowitz.

Ron Deutsch, with New Yorkers for Fiscal Fairness, says a Siena poll this week found that people in the state do care about tax cuts, as well as education as chief priorities.

Bruce Alberts, a prominent biochemist with a strong commitment to the improvement of science and mathematics education, serves as editor - in - chief of Science and as a United States Science Envoy.

Bauman Family Foundation; Carnegie Corporation of New York; Nathan Cummings Foundation; Department of Education, Office of Education Research and Improvement; Disney Learning Partnership; Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation; Fetzer Institute; The Ford Foundation; The J. Paul Getty Trust; William and Flora Hewlett Foundation; Christian A. Johnson Endeavor Foundation; Kaplan eScore Learning; John S. and James L. Knight Foundation; Mr. Thomas H. Lee; Lilly Endowment Inc.; John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; Markle Foundation; James S. McDonnell Foundation; Mr. Albert Merck; Museum of Modern Art; National Endowment for the Arts, Arts Education Partnership in collaboration with the Council of Chief State School Officers; National Science Foundation; New American Schools Development Corporation; The Pew Charitable Trusts; Jesse Phillips Foundation; DeWitt Wallace - Reader's Digest Fund; The Rockefeller Foundation; Rockefeller Brothers Fund; The Louise and Claude Rosenberg, Jr..

Unhappy with the low level and wide variation in state standards, the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers, with the financial backing of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the political support of the U.S. Department of Education (ED), formed a consortium in 2009 that invited each state to join in an effort to set Common Core State Standards (Cstate standards, the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers, with the financial backing of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the political support of the U.S. Department of Education (ED), formed a consortium in 2009 that invited each state to join in an effort to set Common Core State Standards (CState School Officers, with the financial backing of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the political support of the U.S. Department of Education (ED), formed a consortium in 2009 that invited each state to join in an effort to set Common Core State Standards (Cstate to join in an effort to set Common Core State Standards (CState Standards (CCSS).

For instance, a federal or state education chief is a non-local actor with control over a public school's teacher evaluation progress or college - and - career ready curriculum.

They brought with them the same missionary zeal that helped them succeed at the innovative edge as they became superintendents, state education chiefs, and staff members at the federal Department of Eeducation chiefs, and staff members at the federal Department of EducationEducation.

The 55 - year - old school chief had often sparred with Gov. Tommy G. Thompson over education issues, yet the Governor praised Mr. Grover last week for his service to the state.

Betty Castor: I came to the presidency of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards with a background as a teacher, a legislator, the Florida commissioner of education, and the chief executive officer of the largest metropolitan state university in Florida.

Dating back at least to Achieve's (with Fordham's encouragement) launch of the «American Diploma Project,» the idea that K — 12 standards ought to be geared toward college and career readiness has gained momentum, strongly boosted by funders, business leaders and, ultimately, governors and state education chiefs.

We have talked about our program with higher education officials, chief state school officers, state boards of education, and individual community college and no one has raised a legal objection to the program.

The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) were developed by the National Governors Association (NGA) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) and adopted by 45 states and the District of Columbia with the strong support of the U.S. Department of Education (ED).

But the speaker, Cynthia G. Brown, the director of the resource center on educational equity for the Council of Chief State School Officers, highlighted the division in the special - education community over how to amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the landmark 1975 fededucation community over how to amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the landmark 1975 fedEducation Act, the landmark 1975 federal law.

Peter McWalters, commissioner of education in Rhode Island, said he and most state chiefs have learned to live with the federal act, which he now fully supports.

Chicago schools chief Paul G. Vallas said he «gave a little, and got a lot» from a compromise he made with state education officials after threatening not to administer state tests that the district's 430,000 students ended up taking last week.

Colorado's education commissioner has dropped his membership in the Council of Chief State School Officers, citing policy differences with the Washington - based group that advocates on behalf of most top state education officState School Officers, citing policy differences with the Washington - based group that advocates on behalf of most top state education officstate education officials.

In this webinar, Karen Cator, chief executive officer of Digital Promise and former director of the Office of Educational Technology at the U.S. Department of Education, will lead a conversation with assistant state superintendents from the Florida, Tennessee, and Delaware Departments of Education to discuss: • Each state's work on competency - based professional development using micro-credentials, • What changes they believe states and districts will look to make in the future, and • What the impact on teacher quality and retention will be.

Groups such as the Council of Chief State School Officers and the National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE) have been working with states from both consortiums to implement the Common Core standards and prepare for their assessments.

Washington — The nation's chief state school officials, in a markedly emotional meeting last week, voiced extreme displeasure with the Reagan Administration's posture towards public education, particularly its intention to seek legislation that would introduce a system of tuition tax credits for families with children attending private schools.

Angry Schools Chiefs: The nation's chief state school officials, in a markedly emotional meeting in Washington, voice extreme displeasure with the Reagan administration's posture toward public education.

The U.S. Department of Education, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and Education International (EI), the global federation of teacher unions, together with U.S. - based organizations — the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), Asia Society, the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), the National Education Association (NEA), and public broadcaster WNET — hosted the first International Summit on the Teaching Profession March 15 - 16, 2011, in New York.

Considering the catastrophic failures associated with the Common Core standards, Common Core curriculum and Common Core testing, one of the «not to be missed» sessions will certainly be the one called, «Aligning Curricula to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS)» with presenter Dianna Roberge - Wentzell, the State Department of Education's Chief Academic Officer.

He worked with the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) to design and develop the free, Web - based Data - Based Decision Making Tool: A Resource for Teachers (www.edvantia.org/dbdm), a comprehensive guide for developing and implementing school improvement efforts; and also developed the Web - based version of the K - 12 Total Cost of Ownership, or TCO, Calculator (www.edvantia.org/tco), which is based on the work of the Integrated Technology in Education Group.

Based on a set of interviews with current and former state chiefs, we provide examples of how chiefs can increase their effectiveness and overcome political roadblocks by forming alliances with groups interested in economic development and higher education, and build and capitalize on a reputation for having clear goals and knowing how to achieve them.

The change, announced yesterday by State Education chief Tom Torlakson, came in response to concerns that the US Department of Education would withhold as much as $ 45 million dollars in funding, as well as additional Title I funds if the state did not comply with long standing federal rules that students in grades three and eleven be tested annually in both subjState Education chief Tom Torlakson, came in response to concerns that the US Department of Education would withhold as much as $ 45 million dollars in funding, as well as additional Title I funds if the state did not comply with long standing federal rules that students in grades three and eleven be tested annually in both subjstate did not comply with long standing federal rules that students in grades three and eleven be tested annually in both subjects.

To support these efforts, Partners for Each and Every Child (Partners for) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) developed Meaningful Local Engagement Under ESSA — a guide for local education agencies (LEAs) and school leaders as they engage with stakeholders on ESSA and other policy and decision - making opportunities.

This handbook by Partners for Each and Every Child and the Council of Chief State School Officers provides helpful guidance to local education agencies (LEAs) and school leaders as they engage with stakeholders to think about how the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) can be best leveraged locally.

If one assumes that charter schools get their fair share of Title II funds as per the underlying ESSA statue, 39 with 5 percent of the nation's students, 40 they stand to lose $ 115 million per year under the Trump - Devos budget41 — close to one - third of the amount the federal government invested in the Charter Schools Grants program in FY 2017.42 Education Week reports that Eagle Academy Public Charter School in Washington, D.C., for example, receives roughly $ 82,000 in Title II funding annually.43 Joe Smith, the school's chief financial officer, states, «If this was taken away from us, that would hurt.

As a result, SCALE partnered with the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education and the Council of Chief State School Officers in 2009 to transform PACT into a nationally available performance assessment, now known as edTPA.

Brian has been involved with creating policies, models, and criteria for promoting validity, reliability, and credibility in both assessments and accountability systems through work with groups such as the U.S. Department of Education (co-author of Accountability Peer Review guidance; Growth Model Pilot guidance), Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)(author of documents on the design of accountability systems and balanced assessment systems), National Center for Educational Outcomes (NCEO)(author of research reports on standardization and reliability for assessment systems for students with disabilities), and several state Technical Advisory CommitState School Officers (CCSSO)(author of documents on the design of accountability systems and balanced assessment systems), National Center for Educational Outcomes (NCEO)(author of research reports on standardization and reliability for assessment systems for students with disabilities), and several state Technical Advisory Commitstate Technical Advisory Committees.

Higher Ed for Higher Standards — in partnership with the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), National Association of System Heads (NASH), and State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO)-- released new resources for higher education leaders to «leverage ESSEducation Executive Officers Association (SHEEO)-- released new resources for higher education leaders to «leverage ESSeducation leaders to «leverage ESSA.»

Higher Ed for Higher Standards, in partnership with the Council of Chief State School Officers, National Association of System Heads, and State Higher Education Executive Officers Association announced a new series of materials, Leveraging ESSA to Increase College Readiness and Completion.

Jim's deep work in K - 12 education didn't stop with being a state chief.

In an interview with Education Week, Chris Minnich, executive director of the Council of Chief State School Officers, voiced concern that despite the shift to ESSA from No Child Left Behind, the Dept. of Education will continue to attempt to enforce provisions of the old...

State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson recently announced the release of the new Standards Maps for Higher Mathematics, a resourceful guide for educators to use to evaluate mathematics education that aligns with Common Core.

Erica L. Green writes in the New York Times that, after Secretary DeVos» speech to state chiefs last week, «policy experts and observers» have called the speech the «ultimate display of a frustrated federalist,» and an «example of a self - described education reformer wrestling with the limits of her influence in an agency whose power she wants to curtail.»

Speaks extensively, with engagements including Australia Conference on Thinking and Learning; European League for Middle School Education; United Kingdom Department for Children, Families, and Schools; China and U.S. Conference on Educational Leadership; PBS; Harvard's Summer Institute for Principals; SCERT (Delhi, India); Tasmania Teacher Training; New Zealand; Slovakia; School Leadership Center of Trinidad and Tobago; National Conference of State Legislatures (U.S.); Annual Conference of Southwest Foundations; New York Superintendents Association; and Chief Officers of State School Departments (U.S.)

Monique M. Chism, the director of student achievement and accountability in the department's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, shared the timeline for peer - assessment reviews with a gathering of state assessment directors on June 24, the first day of the Council of Chief State School Officers» annual student - assessment conference here, and with the CCSSO's state collaboratives on assessment and other tostate assessment directors on June 24, the first day of the Council of Chief State School Officers» annual student - assessment conference here, and with the CCSSO's state collaboratives on assessment and other toState School Officers» annual student - assessment conference here, and with the CCSSO's state collaboratives on assessment and other tostate collaboratives on assessment and other topics.

Thomas J. Gentzel, executive director, National School Boards Association: «Our nation's 90,000 school board members stand together with educators, principals, superintendents, chief state school officers, parents and school business officials to call upon lawmakers to end years of uncertainty and send a final education bill that restores local governance and community ownership to the president's desk by the end of this year.

In states such as California, with the most diverse population in the country, as well as Connecticut and New York, state education chiefs released letters committing to protect student privacy, to educate all students regardless of immigration status and offering educators guidance on how to proceed.

In 2015, staff from the Utah State Board of Education joined with higher education representatives to collaborate with the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) and the Network for Transforming Education PreparatioEducation joined with higher education representatives to collaborate with the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) and the Network for Transforming Education Preparatioeducation representatives to collaborate with the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) and the Network for Transforming Education PreparatioEducation Preparation (NTEP).

To that end, NCEO works in collaboration with the National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), and in partnership with other organizations to build the leadership capacity and expertise of others to improve educational outcomes for all children.We hope that you take the time to read the stories featured on this site, understanding that these districts have not «arrived» at the solution.

In response, Jennifer Alexander, the acting chief executive officer for the Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now (ConnCAN), made the following statement: «Right now, Bridgeport ranks 163 out of 165 school districts in Connecticut, with more students trapped in failing schools than in any other city in the state, according to the State Department of Educastate, according to the State Department of EducaState Department of Education.

Rhode Island Education Commissioner Deborah Gist is offered as an example of a state education chief who uses social media to constantly connect witEducation Commissioner Deborah Gist is offered as an example of a state education chief who uses social media to constantly connect witeducation chief who uses social media to constantly connect with people.