Sentences with phrase «education press secretary»

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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos faced student criticism and then abruptly walked out of her own press conference during a visit on Wednesday to the Parkland, Fla. high school where 17 died in a mass shooting last month.

At a press event, Education Secretary Are Duncan said, «In terms of what's morally right there, the moral compass, whatever we can do to have fewer young women and young men having to go through these types of horrific incidents, we want to do that»...

U. S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos made a contentious visit to the site of last month's Florida school shooting today, in which she was criticized by survivors and abruptly walked out of her own press conference.

Press reports suggest that the second choice for the post was David Cameron, who also rejected the job, preferring to take on a major public service portfolio (he was made Shadow Secretary of State for Education).

A prominent campaigner for remain, the former education secretary has used her position at the helm of the Treasury select committee since losing her cabinet position to press the government over its plans for leaving the EU — often acting as a voice for business in parliament in her efforts to prevent a no - deal Brexit.

Jason Fink, who was Silver's communications coordinator, started a new job as deputy press secretary with the city's Dept. of Education this week.

She belittled Morgan, in particular, saying her last job was a press secretary role for the New Jersey state education commissioner.

Mayor Bill de Blasio met with New Jersey Gov. - elect Phil Murphy on Wednesday in a closed - door session that focused on transportation, education, jobs and fighting the Republican tax plan making its way through Congress, the mayor's press secretary said.

He will join Simon Walters, the Mail on Sunday political editor, who last weekend reported that Lord Justice Leveson threatened to quit over comments made by the education secretary Michael Gove on the «chilling effect» of the inquiry on press freedom.

She ignored repeated questions about how Success would handle the threat of student deportations at a press conference in November when she announced she would not serve as Education secretary, and again declined to comment in a New Yorker article several days later.

Also, Kwara State Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development, Saka Onimago, gave the resumption directive in a statement signed by his press secretary, Fatai Dankazeem.

The increase in per pupil funding was welcomed by MPs - Conservative former minister Anna Soubry said Ms Greening should be awarded a «huge gold star» - but those on the opposition benches pressed the education secretary on where the additional money was coming from.

With the city Education Department announcing layoffs of some 800 support staff, including school aides, parent coordinators, lunchroom workers, bus coordinators and others, UFT Secretary Michael Mendel joined City Councilman Charles Barron, Assemblywoman Inez Barron and nearly a dozen other Council members in decrying the budget - cutting move at a press conference on August 30 outside DOE headquarters.

Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Attorney General Eric Holder will make the trip October 7, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said Thursday.

The UFT will work with the American Federation of Teachers, the National Education Association and other allies to press the U.S. Senate to reject the appointment of Betsy DeVos to the post of U.S. education sEducation Association and other allies to press the U.S. Senate to reject the appointment of Betsy DeVos to the post of U.S. education seducation secretary.

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Louise Slaughter [March 16, 2018] AAAS CEO Urges U.S. President and Congress to Lift Funding Restrictions on Gun Violence Research [March 13, 2018] AAAS Statements on Elections and Paper Ballots [March 9, 2018] AAAS Statement on President's 2019 Budget Plan [February 12, 2018] AAAS Statement on FY 2018 Budget Deal and Continuing Resolution [February 9, 2018] AAAS Statement on President Trump's State of the Union Address [January 30, 2018] AAAS Statement on Continuing Resolution Urges FY 2018 Final Omnibus Bill [January 22, 2018] AAAS Statement on U.S. Government Shutdown [January 20, 2018] Community Statement to OMB on Science and Government [December 19, 2017] AAAS CEO Response to Media Report on Use of «Science - Based» at CDC [December 15, 2017] Letter from AAAS and the American Physical Society to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani Regarding Scientist Ahmadreza Djalali [December 15, 2017] Multisociety Letter Conference Graduate Student Tax Provisions [December 7, 2017] Multisociety Letter Presses Senate to Preserve Higher Education Tax Benefits [November 29, 2017] AAAS Multisociety Letter on Tax Reform [November 15, 2017] AAAS Letter to U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee on Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (H.R. 1)[November 7, 2017] AAAS Statement on Release of National Climate Assessment Report [November 3, 2017] AAAS Statement on EPA Science Adviser Boards [October 31, 2017] AAAS Statement on EPA Restricting Scientist Communication of Research Results [October 25, 2017] Statement of the Board of Directors of the American Association for the Advancement of Science on Scientific Freedom and Responsibility [October 18, 2017] Scientific Societies» Letter on President Trump's Visa and Immigration Proclamation [October 17, 2017] AAAS Statement on U.S. Withdrawal from UNESCO [October 12, 2017] AAAS Statement on White House Proclamation on Immigration and Visas [September 25, 2017] AAAS Statement from CEO Rush Holt on ARPA - E Reauthorization Act [September 8, 2017] AAAS Speaks Out Against Trump Administration Halt of Young Immigrant Program [September 6, 2017] AAAS Statement on Trump Administration Disbanding National Climate Assessment Advisory Committee [August 22, 2017] AAAS CEO Rush Holt Issues Statement On Death of Former Rep. Vern Ehlers [August 17, 2017] AAAS CEO Rush Holt and 15 Other Science Society Leaders Request Climate Science Meeting with EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt [July 31, 2017] AAAS Encourages Congressional Appropriators to Invest in Research and Innovation [July 25, 2017] AAAS CEO Urges Secretary of State to Fill Post of Science and Technology Adviser [July 13, 2017] AAAS and ESA Urge Trump Administration to Protect Monuments [July 7, 2017] AAAS Statement on House Appropriations Bill for the Department of Energy [June 28, 2017] Scientific Organizations Statement on Science and Government [June 27, 2017] AAAS Statement on White House Executive Order on Cuba Relations [June 16, 2017] AAAS Statement on Paris Agreement on Climate Change [June 1, 2017] AAAS Statement from CEO Rush Holt on Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Proposal [May 23, 2017] AAAS thanks the Congress for prioritizing research and development funding in the FY 2017 omnibus appropriations [May 9, 2017] AAAS Statement on Dismissal of Scientists on EPA Scientific Advisory Board [May 8, 2017] AAAS CEO Rush Holt Statement on FY 2017 Appropriations [May 1, 2017] AAAS CEO Statement on Executive Order on Climate Change [March 28, 2017] AAAS leads an intersociety letter on the HONEST Act [March 28, 2017] President's Budget Plan Would Cripple Science and Technology, AAAS Says [March 16, 2017] AAAS Responds to New Immigration Executive Order [March 6, 2017] AAAS CEO Responds to Trump Immigration and Visa Order [January 28, 2017] AAAS CEO Rush Holt Statement on Federal Scientists and Public Communication [January 24, 2017] AAAS thanks leaders of the American Innovation and Competitiveness Act [December 21, 2016] AAAS CEO Rush Holt raises concern over President - Elect Donald Trump's EPA Director Selection [December 15, 2016] AAAS CEO Rush Holt Statement Following the House Passage of 21st Century Cures Act [December 2, 2016] Letter from U.S. scientific, engineering, and higher education community leaders to President - elect Trump's transition team [November 23, 2016] Letter from AAAS CEO Rush Holt to Senate Leaders and Letter to House Leaders to pass a FY 2017 Omnibus Spending Bill [November 15, 2016] AAAS reaffirms the reality of human - caused climate change [June Education Tax Benefits [November 29, 2017] AAAS Multisociety Letter on Tax Reform [November 15, 2017] AAAS Letter to U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee on Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (H.R. 1)[November 7, 2017] AAAS Statement on Release of National Climate Assessment Report [November 3, 2017] AAAS Statement on EPA Science Adviser Boards [October 31, 2017] AAAS Statement on EPA Restricting Scientist Communication of Research Results [October 25, 2017] Statement of the Board of Directors of the American Association for the Advancement of Science on Scientific Freedom and Responsibility [October 18, 2017] Scientific Societies» Letter on President Trump's Visa and Immigration Proclamation [October 17, 2017] AAAS Statement on U.S. Withdrawal from UNESCO [October 12, 2017] AAAS Statement on White House Proclamation on Immigration and Visas [September 25, 2017] AAAS Statement from CEO Rush Holt on ARPA - E Reauthorization Act [September 8, 2017] AAAS Speaks Out Against Trump Administration Halt of Young Immigrant Program [September 6, 2017] AAAS Statement on Trump Administration Disbanding National Climate Assessment Advisory Committee [August 22, 2017] AAAS CEO Rush Holt Issues Statement On Death of Former Rep. Vern Ehlers [August 17, 2017] AAAS CEO Rush Holt and 15 Other Science Society Leaders Request Climate Science Meeting with EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt [July 31, 2017] AAAS Encourages Congressional Appropriators to Invest in Research and Innovation [July 25, 2017] AAAS CEO Urges Secretary of State to Fill Post of Science and Technology Adviser [July 13, 2017] AAAS and ESA Urge Trump Administration to Protect Monuments [July 7, 2017] AAAS Statement on House Appropriations Bill for the Department of Energy [June 28, 2017] Scientific Organizations Statement on Science and Government [June 27, 2017] AAAS Statement on White House Executive Order on Cuba Relations [June 16, 2017] AAAS Statement on Paris Agreement on Climate Change [June 1, 2017] AAAS Statement from CEO Rush Holt on Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Proposal [May 23, 2017] AAAS thanks the Congress for prioritizing research and development funding in the FY 2017 omnibus appropriations [May 9, 2017] AAAS Statement on Dismissal of Scientists on EPA Scientific Advisory Board [May 8, 2017] AAAS CEO Rush Holt Statement on FY 2017 Appropriations [May 1, 2017] AAAS CEO Statement on Executive Order on Climate Change [March 28, 2017] AAAS leads an intersociety letter on the HONEST Act [March 28, 2017] President's Budget Plan Would Cripple Science and Technology, AAAS Says [March 16, 2017] AAAS Responds to New Immigration Executive Order [March 6, 2017] AAAS CEO Responds to Trump Immigration and Visa Order [January 28, 2017] AAAS CEO Rush Holt Statement on Federal Scientists and Public Communication [January 24, 2017] AAAS thanks leaders of the American Innovation and Competitiveness Act [December 21, 2016] AAAS CEO Rush Holt raises concern over President - Elect Donald Trump's EPA Director Selection [December 15, 2016] AAAS CEO Rush Holt Statement Following the House Passage of 21st Century Cures Act [December 2, 2016] Letter from U.S. scientific, engineering, and higher education community leaders to President - elect Trump's transition team [November 23, 2016] Letter from AAAS CEO Rush Holt to Senate Leaders and Letter to House Leaders to pass a FY 2017 Omnibus Spending Bill [November 15, 2016] AAAS reaffirms the reality of human - caused climate change [June education community leaders to President - elect Trump's transition team [November 23, 2016] Letter from AAAS CEO Rush Holt to Senate Leaders and Letter to House Leaders to pass a FY 2017 Omnibus Spending Bill [November 15, 2016] AAAS reaffirms the reality of human - caused climate change [June 28, 2016]

Christine Blower, general secretary of the National Unit of Teachers, commented: «This Budget offers more of the same — the foundations of economic growth eroded instead of strengthened, and more bad news for teachers and parents.This Budget does not address the pressing issues in education funding.»

In response to a Neil Carmichael, who called on the Education Secretary to make the subjects compulsory, Nicky Morgan said: «The vast majority of schools already make provision for PSHE and while the government agrees that making PSHE statutory would give it equal status with other subjects, the government is concerned that this would do little to tackle the most pressing problems with the subject, which are to do with the variable quality of its provision, as evidenced by Ofsted's finding that 40 per cent of PSHE teaching is less than good.

At a press conference announcing the move here last week, Secretary of Education Lauro F. Cavazos said the films enlarge upon the Reagan Administration's theme of making personal decisions to avoid drug abuse.

Harvard Protesters Greet Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Speech (NY Daily News via The Associated Press) To Improve Education, Reallocate Funds, DeVos Urges (Harvard Gazette) Boston Educators & Allies: Stand for All Students #StopDeVos (Liberation) Protests Against Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Decry School Privatization (Democracy Now) Coverage of Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos» talk at Harvard, and the efforts and perspective of some HGSE protesters who attended the event.

We think [issuing the regulations] represents a milestone in the implementation of No Child Left Behind, said Under Secretary of Education Dr. Eugene W. Hickok in a recent telephone press conference.

Washington — The Education Department's second annual state - by - state analysis of resources allocated to education and the outcomes they produce indicates the beginning of an «academic turnaround» in the nation, former Secretary of Education Terrel H. Bell said in his final press conference here late laEducation Department's second annual state - by - state analysis of resources allocated to education and the outcomes they produce indicates the beginning of an «academic turnaround» in the nation, former Secretary of Education Terrel H. Bell said in his final press conference here late laeducation and the outcomes they produce indicates the beginning of an «academic turnaround» in the nation, former Secretary of Education Terrel H. Bell said in his final press conference here late laEducation Terrel H. Bell said in his final press conference here late last month.

The following exchange is from a transcript released by the Education Department of an interview Secretary of Education Rod Paige gave to the Baptist Press.

U.S. Department of Education, «Secretary DeVos Approves Six ESSA State Plans,» Press Release, January 19, 2018, available at https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/secretary-devos-approves-six-essa-state-plans (accessed April 5, 2018).

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan addresses an audience at The National Press Club in Washington on July 27, where he announced the 19 finalists that will compete in the interview portion of the Race to the Top Round Two competition.

During the press conference celebrated after the Open Ceremony of the World Education Forum 2015, UNESCO Director - General Irina Bokova, and the Secretary - General of the United Nations, Ban Ki - moon, they expressed the important role of building a global citizenship to be succeed with the educational targets of the Sustainable Development Goals for 2030.

Secretary of Education Richard Riley couldn't recall a warmer welcome than the one he received at the opening press conference for this year's Success Express road trip.

[3] Press release, «U.S. Secretary of Education Duncan Announces Winners of Competition to Improve Student Assessments,» U.S. Department of Education, September 2, 2010, at http://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/us-secretary-education-duncan-announces-winners-competition-improve-student-asse (February 18, 2011).

Dorie Nolt, the press secretary to Arne Duncan, the federal education secretary, said in a statement: «It is the responsibility of each state to meet the obligations of federal law and ensure that all students are assessed annually, and the New York State Department of Education takes this responsibility very seducation secretary, said in a statement: «It is the responsibility of each state to meet the obligations of federal law and ensure that all students are assessed annually, and the New York State Department of Education takes this responsibility very sEducation takes this responsibility very seriously.

The U.S. education secretary's recent recounting of the dismal education experience of a former East Hartford student aroused angry responses from the school community Friday and prompted the governor to schedule a press conference.

Duncan, a close friend of President Obama as well as his secretary of education, speaks at a press conference

Secretary of Education Arne Duncan repeated the familiar formulation last year at the National Press Club, declaring, «The achievement gap is unacceptable.

The businessmen, who received the endorsements of Secretary of Education Terrel H. Bell and other Reagan Administration officials at a press conference, said the program would make «private, live, personal» education programs available to anyone who owns a Education Terrel H. Bell and other Reagan Administration officials at a press conference, said the program would make «private, live, personal» education programs available to anyone who owns a education programs available to anyone who owns a computer.

December 19, 2011 Tim Eller, the Press Secretary for the Pennsylvania Department of Education, penned an Op - Ed in the Courier Times assailing the critics of the school voucher program in Senate Bill 1, specifically teachers union head Gary Papazian.

Up next from Kline are bills that deal with school accountability and teacher quality, said education committee press secretary Jennifer Allen.

· Associated Press: DeVos: Won't dismantle public schools as education secretary https://yhoo.it/2jCaMyo

Los Angeles» Jim Blew has been nominated to become the U.S. Department of Education's assistant secretary for planning, evaluation, and policy development, according to a White House press release issued Thursday.

At a press conference on the steps of City Hall in November, when Moskowitz announced she would not serve as education secretary after meeting with then - president - elect Trump at Trump Tower, she said there were «many positive signs» that Trump would govern differently than he had campaigned.

Committee chair Neil Carmichael said he and colleagues were «determined» to take a close eye to the proposed education policies, and said the hearing would provide an early opportunity for MPs to «press the secretary of state on her plans for all schools become academies by 2022».

US President Barack Obama announces that education Secretary Arne Duncan will step down in December and John King, former State Superintendent in New York, will take his place during a press conference in the State Dining Room of the White House October 2, 2015 in Washington, DC, USA.

After the Department of Education earmarked $ 16 million to boost recommended salaries for private Pre-K for All providers in 2014, a lead teacher in a private program who has a bachelor's degree and initial certification may now earn $ 44,000, according to the department's press secretary, Devora Kaye.

President Barack Obama, who for years has called for a rewrite of the education law, «strongly supports» the measure, White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Wednesday.

Kevin Courtney, joint general secretary of the National Education Union, comments on press reports that the Department for Education (DfE) has named eight preferred academy trusts to take over the 21 schools left high and dry by the Wakefield City Academies Trust, which announced last month that it was walking away from its schools.

Just last week, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Connecticut's own United States Senator Christopher Murphy participated in a press conference in Baltimore to release new federal guidelines about appropriate school discipline.

And it's unclear how much the change might cost, Education Secretary Arne Duncan said earlier Monday at a White House press briefing.

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos made a contentious visit to the site of last month's Florida school shooting Wednesday, in which she was criticized by survivors and abruptly walked out of her own press conference.

The Associated Press reports that Education Secretary Julia Keleher says no employees will be laid off.

«We're seeing extraordinary progress,» Education Secretary Arne Duncan said in an interview with The Associated Press.

Today, U.S. Secretary Arnie Duncan and Governor Dan Malloy will be holding a press conference about «education reform» and the Connecticut legislation that increases the number of standardized tests, seeks to improve test scores and begins the process of tying test scores to teacher evaluations so that administrators can determine which teachers to keep and which to let go.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will hold a press conference call with reporters at 2 p.m. ET Thursday to announce the winners of the Race to the Top Assessment Competition.