The next meeting of the Board of Education is a Regular Meeting on Thursday, May 26, 2011, at 7:30pm at the Jane Bolin Administration Building
 

Education News

Commissioner King Restores SIG Funding for Five School Districts George Washington's Farewell Address to be on Exhibit for Presidents' Day Chancellor Tisch and Commissioner King Praise Evaluation Agreement Governor Cuomo and Commissioner King Announce Agreement on Evaluation Guidelines That Will Make New York State a National Leader on Teacher Accountability New York State Archives Presents: Document Showcase on African American Voting Rights Looking for Information about Teacher Certification, Fingerprinting, or School Personnel? New York State Museum Exhibition: Shadow and Substance February 6, 2012 Edition of P-12 News and Notes Commissioner King's 2012-13 Budget Presentations Dignity for All Students Act Resources RFP #12-006: Angelo Del Toro Puerto Rican/Hispanic Youth Leadership PR/HYLI RFP #DS-06A: Longitudinal Data System Training Institute and Technical Assistance Center State Education Department Announces Summer Food Service Program Draft ESEA Waiver: Request for Public Comment Education Commissioner King and Board of Regents Welcome Governor Cuomo's Leadership on Issue of Teacher and Principal Evaluations Statement from Regents Chancellor Merryl H. Tisch and Education Commissioner John B. King, Jr. on New York Race to the Top Report Education Department Announces Auditions for the New York State Summer School of the Arts Education Commissioner King Suspends SIG Funding for All 10 SIG School Districts in the State Competitive Grant Application: 2012 Leadership Development for Principals to Create High Quality Programs for Emergent Bilingual Students RFP #GT-15: Effective Teacher and Principal Practice Video Production SED Releases Grade 3-8 Assessment Guide and Schedule Invitation for Bid: Race to the Top Network Team Institute ARRA Quarterly Reporting System Now Open for 2011 - Quarter 4 Period NYSED Names Schools Identified for Improvement Slideshow from the Commissioner's Presentation at the Annual NYSSBA Convention Notice of Intent to Issue an RFP for State Student Assessments RFP: Graduate-Level Clinically-Rich Principal Preparation Pilot Program RFP: Curriculum Modules and Professional Development for ELA-Literacy/Math 2011-12 Title I School Improvement Section 1003(a) Grant Application RFP: Principal Evaluator Learning System: Training/Tools for Evaluators RFP: State-Level Evaluation of the New York State 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) Program Commissioner King's presentation at the NYSCOSS Fall Conference RFP - Teacher Effectiveness: Training and Tools for Teacher Evaluators Updated List: Teacher and Principal Practice Rubric Providers Web-Based System for 2011-12 School Reporting Requirements Launches RFI: Teacher/Principal Practice Video Libraries and Technology Platforms RTTT Annual Program Report Now Open Schenectady School District Elementary Teacher Named 2012 New York State Teacher of the Year Letter to ARRA Grant Recipients About Approaching Deadlines Extreme Weather Event Guidance to Schools "New York Remembers" Exhibitions 2011-12 Testing Schedule Update RFP: Model Induction Program 2011-2014 Commissioner's Back to School Message: "Work Hard, Get Smart" Teacher and Principal Practice Rubric Variance Application Deadline Extended RFP: Professional Development for Advanced Coursework in STEM List of Approved Student Assessments for Use by School Districts and BOCES in Teacher and Principal Evaluations Race to the Top Final Scopes of Work Are Now Posted RFI - Principal Learning Framework Network Team Summer Institute Webinar RFP - School Innovation Fund: New Schools/School Redesign Partnership RFI - Electronic Student Record Exchange System RFI - Early Warning System Update on Network Teams and Implementation of the Common Core RFQ: Student Assessments for Teachers' & Principals' Evaluations RFQ: Teacher and Principal Practice Rubric Providers RFP: Growth & Value-Added Measures of Teacher & Principal Effectiveness Regents Adopt Rules for Evaluating Teacher and Principal Effectiveness Board of Regents Elects John King Commissioner of Education Memo: Update on Regents Reform Agenda and Race to the Top "Bringing the Common Core to Life" Presentation Draft Regulations for Teacher and Principal Evaluation Posted for Comment Distinguished Educators Program April C&I E-Blast Task Force Issues Report on Teacher and Principal Effectiveness; Regents Consider Recommendations School Report Cards Released for New York's Schools and Districts Commissioner's Budget Testimony for P-12, ACCES and Cultural Education Commissioner's Budget Testimony for Higher Education and the Professions Board of Regents Approves New York State Teaching Standards Regents Approve NYS P-12 Common Core Standards Summer School of the Arts Auditions Regents State Aid Proposal Persistently Lowest Achieving Schools Announced Office of Curriculum & Instruction (C&I) E-Blast Available Race to the Top Final Scope of Work RTTT Scope of Work Videoconference for LEAs: October 4, 2010 Race to the Top Update: 09/13/10 Presentation Guidance on Bullying and Cyberbullying New York Wins Nearly $700M in Race to the Top Competition State Education Department Issues 2010 Charter School Application Kit Grade 3-8 Math and English Test Results Released: Cut Scores Set to New College-Ready Proficiency Standards New York State A Finalist for Race to the Top Funding: Statement by Education Commissioner David Steiner Regents Approve Scoring Changes to Grade 3-8 Math and English Tests Valerie Grey Appointed COO of SED Board of Regents Approves Assessment Cost Reductions New York State Submits Race to the Top Application Board of Regents and Education Department Leadership Statements Regarding Passage of Education Reform Legislation New York State Awarded $19.7 Million Grant for Data Systems State Education Department Announces Release Date of Grades 3-8 Test Scores New York State Education Department Proposes Race to the Top Legislative Reforms with Support of New York State United Teachers and the United Federation of Teachers School Report Card Released for Schools and Districts Inaugural Issue of Newsletter: Higher Education Bulletin Round 1 Results: Statement by Education Commissioner David Steiner on New York State's Race to the Top Application New Graduation Results Released for High Schools Statewide New York State Named Race to the Top Finalist: Statement by Education Commissioner David Steiner New York Awarded $9.5 Million to Expand Broadband Capacity at Libraries Commissioner Steiner Announces SURR Schools List - 14 Schools Removed; 4 Schools Added A Message from the New York State Education Commissioner on Homeless Students and State Assessments

Plenty of Room at the Teachers? Table Financial Aid Awareness Month: Join ED for February #AskFAFSA Office Hours Statement from U.S. Secretary of Education on New York's Agreement on Evaluation Guidelines ED?s Wilson Discusses Importance of Historically Black Colleges & Universities Teachers Get R-E-S-P-E-C-T Parental Engagement Helps Lead to School?s Blue Ribbon Success Launching Project RESPECT Department of Education Approves New Mexico's Request for Flexibility from No Child Left Behind How Are You Increasing Opportunities in Rural Schools? Obama Administration Seeks to Elevate Teaching Profession, Duncan to Launch RESPECT Project: Teacher-Led National Conversation Teachers@ED: Vanessa Tesoriero, Small Business Innovation Research Program Specialist Students: Do You Want to Make a Positive Difference in Education? 2013 Education Budget: What it Means For You ?School Days? Video Features Plans for Making College More Affordable U.S. Department of Education 2013 Budget Continues Investments to Strengthen Workforce and Rebuild American Economy States and Education Community Weigh In on First Round of NCLB Flexibility U.S. Department of Education Releases Environmental Justice Strategy #HispanicED Twitter Town Hall with Arne Duncan We Can?t Wait: 10 States Approved for NCLB Flexibility Our Children Can't Wait for Congress to Fix No Child Left Behind, Announces Flexibility in Exchange for Reform for Ten States In Boston: Arne Says We Must Invest in Education Fighting the Wrong Education Battles Kicking Off National School Counseling Week From Laggards to Leaders Statement by U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan

Supreme Court to Hear Affirmative Action Case Colleges Worry That Court Could Make Diversity More Elusive New Rules Planned on School Vending Machines Viola Davis and Maggie Gyllenhaal in ?Parent-Trigger? Film States Address Problems With Teacher Evaluations On Education: Scarred by Cheating Scandal, Atlanta Schools Are on the Mend Florida Set for New Cut in Spending on Colleges Santorum Defends Remarks on Obama and Public Schools The Texas Tribune: Texas Cancer Institute Uses Might to Curb Campus Smoking Chicago News Cooperative: Chicago Program to Bridge Gap With Parents Draws Fire Chicago News Cooperative: Illinois Schools May Pay Part of Teachers? Retirement Walcott Vows Dismissal of Anyone Sexually Abusing Students Observers Get Key Role in Teacher Evaluation Process Venezuelans Criticize Hugo Chávez?s Support of El Sistema Character Study: At This School, the Tutor Speaks Cabby Men Shift the Dynamics of a Changing Organization In Los Angeles, Abuse Cases Cast a Harsh Spotlight SchoolBook: N.Y. Officials and Union Agree on Teacher Evaluations Arts | Long Island: ?The Mystery of the Mayan Medallion? at the Long Island Children?s Museum Cranston Votes Not to Appeal Prayer Banner Case The Texas Tribune: Texas Schools Turn to Ads in Search of Needed Money N.Y.U. Coach Embraces Winning on Smaller Stage For Yeshiva Basketball Coach, It?s All About the Journey Chicago News Cooperative: At Noble Street Schools in Chicago, Detention Costs $5 In Heartland Institute Leak, a Plan to Discredit Climate Teaching Kean University?s Trustees Back Its President Affluent Foreign-Born Parents in N.Y. Prefer Public Schools Robert Glaser, Cognitive Psychologist and Expert on Student Testing, Dies at 91 White House Proposes $5 Billion in Grants to Overhaul Teaching Memo From Jerusalem: Study of the Holocaust Sees Growing Demand Among Overseas Visitors ?Unruly Behavior? Led to Girl?s Head Injuries at Brearley Event, School Says Obama Budget Seeks Job Training at Community Colleges Walcott, Schools Chancellor, to Review How Teacher?s Aides Are Hired Manuel, UConn?s New Athletic Director, Faces Immediate Challenges Grading the Digital School: Mooresville School District, a Laptop Success Story On Education: For Poorer Students, an Attempt to Let New Experiences Guide Learning Congregations Vow to Keep Fighting School Worship Ban SchoolBook: Ravitch Says New Evaluation System Is 'Madness' SchoolBook: New Rules Planned for School Vending Machines Nationwide SchoolBook: A Father's Place Is in the School The Choice Blog: Supreme Court to Hear Case on Affirmative Action in Higher Education The Choice Blog: The Choice Takes a Holiday The Choice Blog: Discrimination Investigations End at Princeton and Harvard The Choice Blog: Some Leads for Those Interested in Studying Business as an Undergraduate How Big-Time Sports Ate College Life Editorial: Shuttering Bad Charter Schools Opinionator: The Bad News Law Schools Opinion: Teaching Self-Control, the American Way Lives: Dazed and Confused Economix Blog: Answers to Reader Questions About Law School Room for Debate: Do Unpaid Internships Exploit College Students? Education: Taking a More Holistic Approach to Global Health Education The Learning Network Blog: Fill-In | Herpers Who Help Salamanders The Learning Network Blog: Student Opinion | What Do You Eat During the School Day? The Learning Network Blog: 'He Died Peacefully, Doing What He Believed In' The Learning Network Blog: Test Yourself | Math, Feb. 22, 2012 Updated: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:12:19 GMT Copyright 2012 The New York Times Company Used under TOS

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