Sentences with phrase «secretary of education rod»

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Paige Applauds School's Commitment to High Expectations Secretary of Education Rod Paige praised efforts and accomplishments of teachers and students at Amistad Academy, a charter school in New Haven, Connecticut.

The United States must look beyond its borders to seek new ideas in learning, information to bring home to students, and strong educational relationships with other countries, Secretary of Education Rod Paige said in a speech last week.

Secretary of Education Rod Paige's chief of staff, Terry R. Abbott, left that position last week and was replaced by John Danielson, an aide to Secretary Lamar Alexander during the first Bush administration.

Secretary of Education Rod Paige discusses special education Oct. 4 at a hearing of the House Education and the Workforce Committee.

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.

In what is called a «peer review process,» local and national educational consultants, together with state school officials, will analyze those plans, which then must be approved by U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige.

The next day at 2 p.m. EDT, just over a month since terrorism left more than 5,000 dead in three states, Mr. Bush joined Secretary of Education Rod Paige and children across the country in what organizers hoped would be a...

Secretary of Education Rod Paige told members of the House that the Bush administration hopes to instill more accountability into special education and wants to see better results for students with disabilities.

Secretary of Education Rod Paige, launching a presidential commission on special education last week in a year in which the subject likely will grab the education spotlight, made clear that President Bush's focus on accountability extends to those who teach children with special needs.

Secretary of Education Rod Paige is defending Sen. Trent Lott for comments some have called racist, made during a 100th - birthday celebration for Sen. Strom Thurmond.

U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige recently announced that two schools and three school districts were the winners of the U.S. Department of Education's National Awards Program for Professional Development for their outstanding teacher development programs.

The program, «Education News Parents Can Use,» had its debut Sept. 17 with appearances by education notables including Susan B. Neuman, the assistant secretary for elementary and secondary education, and Susan Sclafani, a counselor to Secretary of Education Rod Paige.

Though the commission's view of teachers and teaching has gained in popularity in recent years - witness Secretary of Education Rod Paige's recent call to dismantle the current system of training and certification - few of its recommendations have been widely embraced.

Secretary of Education Rod Paige reaffirmed his support for public schools and the traditional separation of church and state last week, attempting to quell a furor over earlier, published remarks in which he praised the «strong value system» at Christian schools.

U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige is making a mistake in eliminating the teacher - and principal - in - residence positions at the U.S. Department of Education («Groups Plead To Keep Resident Teacher, Principal at ED,» May 16, 2001).

Predicting the presidential Cabinet shuffle is one of the most time - honored post-election guessing games in Washington, and the destiny of Secretary of Education Rod Paige may be prime fodder for the latest contest.

In a May 20 letter, Secretary of Education Rod Paige said the action was driven by Georgia's decision to delay starting high school end - of - course testing under the 1994 version of the ESEA.

Michele Forman, 55, a teacher at Middlebury High School, was recognized by President Bush and U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige for her passion for teaching.

Brian W. Jones, general counsel, U.S. Department of Education (selected by Secretary of Education Rod Paige)

That role would call for him to serve as a key adviser to Secretary of Education Rod Paige, whose senior staff has seen several departures recently...

At the annual conference of the Association for Teacher Educators, held here Feb. 18 - 22, Linda Darling - Hammond decried what she said were attempts by politicians such as former U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige to erode teacher preparation.

Innovative schools in urban areas show that all children can achieve at high levels given the chance, building on the promise of the No Child Left Behind Act, U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige said while visiting the Amistad Academy charter school in New Haven, Connecticut, in 2004.

Former Secretary of Education Rod Paige praised the efforts and accomplishments of teachers and students at Amistad Academy, a charter school in New Haven, Connecticut, and noted it exemplifies one of the key ideas behind the No Child Left Behind Act: every child can learn.

Hurrah for Houston Congratulations to Education Next for its trio of articles on the positive reforms in the Houston Independent School District, carried out in large part by Secretary of Education Rod Paige while he was the district's superintendent (see «Houston Takes Off,» Feature, Fall 2001).

U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige announced 172 winners of the Blue Ribbon Schools awards last week, and promised to provide more details soon about possible changes to the program.

In «Notes From the Revolution,» (Commentary, July 27, 2005), Eugene W. Hickok, who was then - U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige's deputy in President Bush's first term, offers a delightful fiction about the «revolutionary» impact of the Education Leaders Council on American schooling during the past decade.

Secretary of Education Rod Paige and Reyes Tamex Guerra, Mexico's secretary of public education, co-chaired a meeting last week of the U.S. - Mexico Binational Commission Education Working Group.

Nina Shokraii Rees, a former aide to Vice President Dick Cheney and a former education analyst at the Heritage Foundation, had led the office since its creation in 2002 by then - Secretary of Education Rod Paige.

Alabama, Colorado, and Florida will receive major grants to help improve students» reading with «scientifically based» programs, Secretary of Education Rod Paige announced June 25.

«The decision... dramatically opened the doors of opportunity to countless numbers of Americans, including me,» said Secretary of Education Rod Paige, who at the time of the ruling was a 20 - year - old college student at Jackson...

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Education officials under then - secretary of education, Rod Paige, became known as rigid and inflexible, angering some states, says Eugene W. Hickok, who served as deputy education secretary undEducation officials under then - secretary of education, Rod Paige, became known as rigid and inflexible, angering some states, says Eugene W. Hickok, who served as deputy education secretary undeducation, Rod Paige, became known as rigid and inflexible, angering some states, says Eugene W. Hickok, who served as deputy education secretary undeducation secretary under Paige.

Former Houston superintendent (now secretary of education) Rod Paige fits this description.

Conservative scholars and policy makers Abigail and Stephen Thernstrom followed suit soon after, and Bush's first Secretary of Education, Rod Paige, has just coauthored a book called The Black - White Achievement Gap: Why Closing It Is the Greatest Civil Rights Issue of Our Time.

Ed Secretary Nominee Has Fans in the Field Colleagues of Houston Independent School District Superintendent Rod Paige say that although they will miss him, the country will benefit from his experience in dealing with urban education issues.

On November 17, 2004, President George W. Bush nominated Margaret Spellings to replace Rod Paige as U.S. Secretary of Education.