Sentences with phrase «education watchers say»

Education watchers say the U.S. Senate's confirmation of Massachusetts Institute of Technology engineering dean Subra Suresh to lead the National Science Foundation may lead to greater action on an interagency strategy for science, technology, engineering, and math — or STEM — education research, which has been in the works for a while now.

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Education Secretary Arne Duncan has said the administration can't support any bill that turns back annual tests — and some Hill watchers familiar with the department expect him to stick with that policy.

But education policy watchers say that doesn't necessarily mean a dozen tests will come on the market in the next few years.