Sentences with phrase «rod paige»

United States Department of Education (Washington, DC) 2003 — 2005 Confidential Assistant, Office of the Secretary • Prepare written and oral remarks for the former Secretary of Education, Rod Paige • Author letters to the editor, Op - Eds to major publications, and other targeted pieces • Manage sensitive information in a secure, organized, and efficient manner • Perform all duties with positivity, professionalism, and integrity

One is regulatory, and I'm glad to report that last year former U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige announced greater flexibility in NCLB assessment requirements.

Rod Paige may have been a fraud, but Houston was just a precursor.

For a current status report, I recommend «Meeting the Highly Qualified Teachers Challenge: The Secretary's Report on Teacher Quality», recently released by Secretary of Education Rod Paige.

In Rod Paige's final «State of the Schools» address as Superintendent of the Houston Independent School District, he outlined a very bold strategy to have HISD become «the K - 12 education system of choice for the citizens of Houston».

In a district filled with low - income and at - risk students, the turnaround was hailed as a model for the rest of the country, and the superintendent, Rod Paige, went on to become U.S. secretary of education under George W. Bush.

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell today joined U.S. Department of Education Secretary Rod Paige as he awarded the California Department of Education (CDE) a $ 75 million grant from the federal Public Charter Schools Grant Program...

SACRAMENTO — State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell today joined U.S. Department of Education Secretary Rod Paige as he awarded the California Department of Education (CDE) a $ 75 million grant from the federal Public Charter Schools Grant Program.

By Donald R. McAdams Foreword by Rod Paige, former U.S. Secretary of Education Published by Teachers College Press, January 2006 [Read Synopsis][Read Review]

California has been awarded a $ 49.2 million grant over five years to support its efforts to provide more educational options to parents through charter schools, U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige announced today.

It floundered, then was rescued by a grant of $ 5 million from Secretary of Education Rod Paige in the early days of the Bush administration.

By Dr. Rod Paige Presented at 2012 National Institute for School Boards and Texas Institute for School Boards Santa Fe, New Mexico [Download Presentation]

According to the Washington Post, Bennett even recommended that Vallas be appointed U.S. Secretary of Education by President Bush I, after Bush's initial secretary of education, Rod Paige, announced his retirement.

During her tenure, she co-authored the board's A Declaration of Beliefs and Visions, with fellow board members Don McAdams and Rod Paige.

In 2002, U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige appointed McAdams to the National Advisory Council on Institutional Quality and Integrity.

In 2004, Rod Paige, then George W. Bush's secretary of education, called the country's leading teachers union a «terrorist organization.»

Responsive Education Solution's CEO Chuck Cook, IDEA regional advisory board member Rex Gore, Pegasus founder Virginia Lannen, KIPP San Antonio CEO Mark Larson, TCSA Board Chair Dr. Rod Paige, and I will serve as the Charter Schools Now founding board members.

That stands in contrast to Arne Duncan, Barack Obama's first education secretary, and Rod Paige, who served during George W. Bush's first term, both of whom had extensive experience in public education and oversaw huge legislative initiatives.

Previous education secretaries Margaret Spellings, Rod Paige, Arne Duncan, and John King, whose work calendars are not mentioned by the Times.

We also know all too well the current deficiencies in teacher preparation and how to fix them, as Secretary Rod Paige has so well illustrated in his first two reports to Congress on meeting the highly qualified teacher challenge.

Perhaps most notable, there's no mention in the Times story of what previous inhabitants of the office (Margaret Spellings, Rod Paige, Arne Duncan, John King) have done with their workweeks.

The ones I have known best include, in alphabetical order: Bill Bennett, Rod Paige, Dick Riley and Margaret Spellings — all fine people who care about kids and understand the issues.

As Secretary Rod Paige so well noted in his first annual report to Congress on Meeting the Highly Qualified Teacher Challenge in June 2002, the teacher preparation system is «broken», and, although Texas has done a better job than most states in raising teacher preparation standards and accountability, we are no exception to this generalization.

And Houston, under the former leadership of Bush's Secretary of Education Rod Paige and an enlightened board of trustees, has been a beacon for urban school reform, having achieved well - deserved recognition as the best urban school district in America.

Other board members include former Education Secretary Rod Paige and former education Commissioner Michael Williams.

For four years, Secretary Rod Paige has served as our Chairman, and we are forever grateful for his time and dedication to the mission of TCSA and his tireless efforts on behalf of Texas public charter school students.

To give context around the ongoing connection of former trustees Arnold and Mincberg to high - stakes, test - based education reform, take a look at Center for Reform of School Systems, an education governance consulting firm on which Paula Arnold serves as a board member along side the Godfather of No Child Left Behind, Rod Paige.

Houston was awarded the first ever Broad Prize in 2002 under the direction of superintendent Rod Paige, who later became President George W. Bush's secretary of education.

Windham serves alongside Michael Williams and Rod Paige on the board of the group Texas Aspires, a staunch defender of STAAR and advocate for pro-charter, anti-teacher policies in state politics.

Then - Secretary of Education Rod Paige appointed a task force to look into the matter.

Houston, the district which Education Secretary Rod Paige headed until January, is close to the very bottom.

Foundation officials noted that it did not pick the winner, relying instead on a panel of experts, including two former secretaries of education, Rod Paige and Richard W. Riley.

Along with former United States Secretary of Education Rod Paige, John co-founded the Chartwell Education Group, LLC, an international education - consulting firm headquartered in New York City with offices in Washington, D.C. and London.

She also was the U.S. Department of Education's regional representative in Texas for Education Secretary Margaret Spellings, and she served as Special Assistant in the Office of Legislation and Congressional Affairs under Secretary Rod Paige.

My first opportunity in this realm came in New York City in March, 2010 when Terry Moe, Stanford professor and expert - on - all - things - teachers - union, captained a debate team which included former Secretary of Education Rod Paige and me.

«Charter schools are no longer an experiment; they have worthwhile contributions to school choice,» says U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige.

Nationally, charter - school supporters, including Education Secretary Rod Paige, quickly defended the schools after the American Federation of Teachers report, arguing that they should not be treated as a monolith and that student performance should be tracked over time.

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It then moved to the White House as the basis of the No Child Left Behind law when Rod Paige, the superintendent of the Houston schools, became the education secretary under George W. Bush.

The Bush administration tried to set a new tone the night after the president signed the education bill, when Secretary of Education Rod Paige invited 30 state education chiefs to Mount Vernon to discuss the new law and his expectations for the states.

Before Rod Paige became the secretary of education, it might have seemed a bit odd to have football players stumping for education reform.

Feinberg recalled the tale of his early efforts back when he was a teacher — how, after encountering waves of bureaucratic resistance, he ultimately resorted to sitting on Houston superintendent Rod Paige's car for five hours just to get permission to launch KIPP.

Managed instruction was influenced by the highly standardized program of reading instruction developed by Bersin and Alvarado in San Diego and by the reading program Rod Paige imposed on the Houston schools.

The beginning of the George W. Bush era in Washington signals the likely end of another — that of Rod Paige as the superintendent of schools in Houston.

U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige reacted to reports of harassment of Muslim and Arab American students by calling on teachers to discuss diversity and tolerance with their students.

«Each year, a growing number of emerging academic models allow students to explore a variety of educational paths and identify how they best learn,» Dr. Rod Paige, FBOL Board Member.

Houston schools Superintendent Rod Paige, President - elect Bush's pick for education secretary, is on track to be confirmed by the Senate on Inauguration Day, a leading Senate Democrat said last week at the conclusion of a cordial hearing on the choice.

Clockwise from top, William J. Bennett, Lamar Alexander, Richard W. Riley, Rod Paige, and Lauro F. Cavazos at a Duke University meerting.

Promising better interagency coordination, Secretary of Education Rod Paige pledged at a White House summit on early learning this past summer that, together,...

Secretary of Education Rod Paige has selected Darvin M. Winick, a fellow Texan and a former consultant to the Education Department, as the new chairman of the governing board that oversees the National Assessment of Educational Progress.