Tag Archives: State Education Agencies

Date: February 26, 2013 The Honorable Hanna Skandera Secretary of Education New Mexico Public Education Department 300 Don Gasper Education Building Santa Fe, NM 87501-2786 Dear Secretary Skandera: I am pleased to inform you that the U.S. Department of Education (ED) has determined that New Mexico’s guidelines for teacher and principal evaluation and support systems, […]

Date: May 11, 2015 The Honorable Hanna Skandera Secretary of Education New Mexico Public Education Department 300 Don Gaspar Avenue Santa Fe, NM 87501 Dear Secretary Skandera: This letter serves as a response to New Mexico Public Education Department’s (NMPED) request for a waiver from one aspect of the definition of “highly qualified teacher” (HQT) […]

November 14, 2014 The Honorable Hanna Skandera Secretary of Education New Mexico Public Education Department 300 Don Gaspar Santa Fe, NM 87501 Dear Secretary Skandera: This letter is in response to New Mexico’s May 23, 2014 request for an extension of flexibility under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended (ESEA flexibility), […]

Date: April 23, 2013 Dr. Lynn J. House Interim State Superintendent of Education Mississippi Department of Education P.O. Box 771 359 North West Street Jackson, MS 39205 Dear Superintendent House: I am writing to inform you of the outcome of the U.S. Department of Education’s (ED’s)review of Mississippi’s guidelines for teacher and principal evaluation and […]

Date: December 8, 2013 Dr. Carey Wright Superintendent of Education Mississippi Department of Education PO Box 771 Jackson, MS 39205-0771 Dear Dr. Wright: I am writing in response to Mississippi’s request to amend its approved Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended (ESEA) flexibility request received on October 13, 2013. Specifically, Mississippi requests […]

October 9, 2014 The Honorable Chris L. Nicastro Commissioner of Education Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education P.O. Box 480 Jefferson City, MO 65102 Dear Commissioner Nicastro: This letter is in response to Missouri’s June 26, 2014 request for a one-year extension of flexibility under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as […]

Date: February 19, 2013 The Honorable Michael P. Flanagan Superintendent of Public Instruction Michigan Department of Education P.O. Box 30008 Lansing, MI 48909 Dear Superintendent Flanagan: I am pleased to inform you that the U.S. Department of Education (ED) has determined that Michigan’s guidelines for teacher and principal evaluation and support systems meet the requirements […]

Date: January 9, 2013 The Honorable Lillian Lowery State Superintendent of Schools Maryland State Department of Education 200 West Baltimore Street Baltimore, Maryland 21201 Dear Superintendent Lowery: I am pleased to inform you that the U.S. Department of Education (Department) has determined that Maryland’s guidelines for teacher and principal evaluation and support systems meet the […]

Date: November 5, 2012 The Honorable Lillian Lowery State Superintendent of Schools Maryland State Department of Education 200 West Baltimore Street Baltimore, Maryland 21201 Dear Superintendent Lowery: I am writing in response to the Maryland State Department of Education’s (MSDE’s) request to amend its approved ESEA flexibility request. Following discussions between the U.S. Department of […]

March 21, 2013 Honorable Terry Holliday Commissioner of Education State Department of Education 500 Mero Street Frankfort, KY 40601 Dear Commissioner Holliday: Thank you for submitting Kentucky’s guidelines for teacher and principal evaluation and support systems, as well as the corresponding changes you made to Principle 3 of Kentucky’s ESEA flexibility request, for peer review. […]