Author: Ryan Paiva | Posted: 18. June 2013 10:13
The Manchester School District, New Hampshire’s largest school district, recently awarded a new Common Core State Standards (CCSS) literacy project to PCG Education. The goal of the project is to align the district’s K-8 English language arts and mathematics curriculum to the CCSS. This summer, PCG Education will provide teachers from 14 elementary schools and four middle schools with professional development focused on the instructional shifts of the Common Core Standards, the development of curriculum guidance documents, and the action planning for implementation. [More]
Author: Ryan Paiva | Posted: 18. June 2013 10:10
The California Department of State Hospitals (DSH) recently awarded a two-year contract to PCG Technology Consulting (PCG TC) to manage high criticality projects while mentoring assistant project managers in the department’s newly formed Project Management Office. PCG TC was selected to manage 1) the activation activities associated with opening a new DSH forensic hospital, 2) data management projects, and 3) other high visibility projects, as assigned. [More]
Author: Ryan Paiva | Posted: 18. June 2013 10:04
The California Franchise Tax Board recently awarded PCG Technology Consulting a contract to perform a health assessment on the Administrative Systems Modernization (ASM) project. The health assessment will diagnose problems and make actionable recommendations on Phase 1 of the ASM project and the proposed project methodology for Phase II of the ASM project. [More]
Author: Ryan Paiva | Posted: 18. June 2013 10:02
The State of Maryland Department of Information Technology recently awarded PCG Technology Consulting a contract for Consulting and Technical Services + (CATS+). This Master Contract allows Maryland’s agencies the flexibility to obtain IT resources quickly and efficiently by issuing Task Order Requests for Proposals (TORFP) or Requests for Resumes (RFR) specific to their needs. [More]
Author: Patsy Crawford | Posted: 11. June 2013 10:29
In a June 6, 2013 press release, Republican members of the House Education and the Workforce Committee introduced their proposal for the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). According to the bill summary, the Student Success Act proposes to reduce the federal role in local education, empower parents, and support more effective teachers. Among other things, the bill would merge several student subgroups into Title I and provide states and districts with the flexibility to use funds across programs to better support the students’ needs. [More]
Author: Kay Casey | Posted: 11. June 2013 10:19
On June 6, 2013, Senator Max Baucus (D-MT), Chair and Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Ranking Member, Senate Committee on Finance, as well as Senator Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) and Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), along with Rep. Karen Bass [CA-37th]), Chair, Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth, and Representative Tim Ryan (OH-13th), Co-Chair, Addiction, Treatment and Recovery Caucus convened a Capitol Hill briefing on the topic, Substance Use Disorders in Child Welfare: What Works for Children and Families. [More]
Author: Kay Casey | Posted: 11. June 2013 10:07
On June 3, 2013, Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-TX) introduced “Foster Children Opportunity Act” (H.R. 2036) that would amend Title IV of the Social Security Act to require that child welfare agencies include in Title IV-E state plan submissions for foster care and adoption assistance procedures to assist children who are immigrants to obtain special immigrant juvenile status. This legislation would also allow children in the child welfare system to receive lawful permanent resident status before exiting foster care. [More]
Author: Patsy Crawford | Posted: 7. June 2013 03:44
In a June 6, 2013 news article, Education Week reported that U.S. public high schools graduated 74.7 percent of the class of 2010, the highest graduation rate since 1973. The article is part of Education Week’s Diplomas Count report, which is based on an analysis from the Editorial Projects in Education Research Center, using the most recent graduation data available. The 2010 graduation rate was nearly 2 percent higher than the 2009 rate; the 2010 rate grew by 8 percent since 2000. [More]
Author: Patsy Crawford | Posted: 6. June 2013 09:29
In a June 4, 2013 press release, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) announced the introduction of a bill to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), and replace the “failed tenets” of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). Due to partisan stalemates, the ESEA/NCLB reauthorization has been pending since 2007, with NCLB being widely criticized for its inflexible achievement benchmarks and mandated sanctions for failure to meet those benchmarks. According to the bill summary, the Strengthening America’s Schools Act of 2013 will focus greater attention on early education, encourage fair distribution of resources, sustain current state reform efforts, and support great teachers and principals. [More]
Author: Patsy Crawford | Posted: 3. June 2013 05:53
A May 30, 2013 Gallup, Inc. survey report concludes that “in order to have a true impact on future work quality, the development of 21st century skills must be experienced by students frequently and consistently.” 21st Century skills are defined in the report as advanced skills that include collaboration, knowledge construction, problem solving and innovation, self-regulation, the use of technology for learning, and skilled communication. [More]
