Education historian and former United
States Assistant Secretary of Education Diane Ravitch said she opposed New York's Race to the Top application because of the increased focus on testing it brought in.
Former United
States Assistant Secretary of Education Diane Ravitch weighed in on Cathie Black's resignation as chancellor of the New York City schools, saying the turmoil in New York should serve as an example for education reformers elsewhere.
Not exact matches
Borzi,
assistant secretary of Labor for DOL's Employee Benefits Security Administration,
stated at the meeting that DOL spent hours trying to ensure the rule struck the right balance between what constitutes
education and what constitutes advice.
At 1:15 p.m., the National Institute for Early
Education Research releases its annual «
State of Preschool Report» for the 2014 - 15 school year, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio is scheduled to speak, along with Deputy
Assistant Secretary of Education for Policy and Early Learning Dr Libby Doggett, AFT President Randi Weingarten and others, Sugar Hill Museum Preschool, 898 St. Nicholas Ave., Manhattan.
While some departments have handed Lib Dem junior ministers a dedicated
assistant private
secretary, the IfG argues special advisers are needed, especially in departments where the
secretary of state is a Tory - health,
education, justice, defence, work and pensions and the Foreign Office.
Today «it's the right - wing reformers who are lowering standards,» says Diane Ravitch, a former
assistant secretary of education and leading critic
of the corporate
education - reform movement, noting that Tony Bennett's final act after losing his re-election bid, last November, as Indiana superintendent
of public instruction — he was recently appointed
education commissioner in Florida — was to weaken the
state's requirements for new teachers.
According to Peterkin, USP alums include 33 superintendents, 22 deputy superintendents, 26
assistant of area superintendents, 15
education directors, numerous principals, several faculty at education schools, one state Board of Education member, and one deputy assistant secretary of e
education directors, numerous principals, several faculty at
education schools, one state Board of Education member, and one deputy assistant secretary of e
education schools, one
state Board
of Education member, and one deputy assistant secretary of e
Education member, and one deputy
assistant secretary of educationeducation.
At a meeting here last week
of the National Association
of State Directors
of Vocational Technical
Education, Ricky Takai, the Education Department's acting assistant secretary for vocational education, said the Administration hopes to send a school - to - work - transitio
Education, Ricky Takai, the
Education Department's acting assistant secretary for vocational education, said the Administration hopes to send a school - to - work - transitio
Education Department's acting
assistant secretary for vocational
education, said the Administration hopes to send a school - to - work - transitio
education, said the Administration hopes to send a school - to - work - transition bill...
With a career forged in educational grantmaking,
state education policy, and academe, Kent McGuire seems to have spent a lifetime preparing for his new role as assistant secretary of the Department of Education's office of educational research and imp
education policy, and academe, Kent McGuire seems to have spent a lifetime preparing for his new role as
assistant secretary of the Department
of Education's office of educational research and imp
Education's office
of educational research and improvement.
From 1986 to 1993, he worked in the United
States Department
of Education, holding several senior positions — including Special
Assistant to U.S.
Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander and
Assistant Secretary for Policy and Planning.
Previously, he was director
of the Institute
of Education Sciences at the U.S. Department
of Education; U.S.
assistant secretary for Educational Research and Improvement; chair
of the Department
of Psychology at the
State University
of New York at Stony Brook; and academic vice-president
of the Merrill - Palmer Institute.
Still, the president spent mounds
of political capital pushing policies designed to pressure schools to help minority youth, and «it puts him in a difficult position to be signing onto something that clearly empowers
states to be less aggressive in addressing inequity,» said Peter Cunningham, former
assistant secretary at the Education Department and a past adviser to Secretary Arn
secretary at the
Education Department and a past adviser to
Secretary Arn
Secretary Arne Duncan.
Andy served as Deputy
Assistant Secretary at the U.S. Department
of Education and at The White House Domestic Policy Council and has worked for Congress and the Maryland
state legislature.
It is hard to believe that a letter written by an
assistant secretary of OCR will lead
states to significantly increase their spending on urban schools or to restructure their
education - finance laws.
In her Nov. 22 letter (starts on page 6),
Assistant Secretary of Education Deborah Delisle wrote, «The requirements to determine whether schools have made adequate yearly progress (AYP) and to identify schools for improvement, corrective action and restructuring have not been waived, and any
State laws or regulations, including those related to AYP or school improvement status, are not affected by the waivers granted to your district.»
U.S. Department
of Education Assistant Secretary Deborah Delisle wrote in a letter to Oklahoma
state Superintendent Janet Barresi that the state's waiver was denied because Oklahoma «can no longer demonstrate that the State's standards are college - and career - ready standards.&r
state Superintendent Janet Barresi that the
state's waiver was denied because Oklahoma «can no longer demonstrate that the State's standards are college - and career - ready standards.&r
state's waiver was denied because Oklahoma «can no longer demonstrate that the
State's standards are college - and career - ready standards.&r
State's standards are college - and career - ready standards.»
In order to have this condition removed, IDOE most address all «next steps» in the monitoring report and submit evidence that it has done so as part
of its extension request,» U.S. Department
of Education Assistant Secretary Deborah Delisle said in a letter to
State Superintendent Glenda Ritz.
The
state received the exemption it requested in a May 19 letter from
Assistant U.S.
Secretary of Education Deborah Delisle.
She advised the
secretary and
assistant secretary on the Obama Administration's major
education reform initiative, ESEA flexibility, which grants waivers
of key provisions
of the ESEA in exchange for
state - led reforms in the areas
of standards and assessments, accountability, and educator evaluations.
In a letter Thursday,
Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary
Education Deborah Delisle urged
states to take advantage
of the time granted by the department to draft their renewal plans.
According to
Education Week, the U.S. Department
of Education's Acting
Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary
Education Jason Botel told a gathering
of state school chiefs recently «that he wants
states to be innovative in working to close the nation's yawning achievement gap, but also wants...
As
assistant secretary of education and counselor to U.S. Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander from 1991 - 1993, Ravitch led the federal effort to promote the creation of voluntary state and national academic s
secretary of education and counselor to U.S. Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander from 1991 - 1993, Ravitch led the federal effort to promote the creation of voluntary state and national academic s
education and counselor to U.S.
Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander from 1991 - 1993, Ravitch led the federal effort to promote the creation of voluntary state and national academic s
Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander from 1991 - 1993, Ravitch led the federal effort to promote the creation of voluntary state and national academic s
Education Lamar Alexander from 1991 - 1993, Ravitch led the federal effort to promote the creation
of voluntary
state and national academic standards.
Presenters include: Dr. John B. King Jr., Senior Advisor, Delegated Duties
of Deputy
Secretary of Education, USDOE; Eric Glaser, Director, U.S. Network Impact, United Way Worldwide; Leslie Cornfeld, Special Advisor to the
Secretary of Education and Director, Office
of Strategic Partnerships, USDOE; Joaquin Tamayo, Special
Assistant, Office
of Elementary and Secondary
Education, USDOE; Robert Balfanz, Everyone Graduates Center, Johns Hopkins University; Hedy Chang, Director, Attendance Works; Chris Caruso, Executive Director, Office
of Community Schools, NYC Department
of Education; Teresa Neal, Superintendent, Grand Rapids Public Schools; Mike Hermann, Executive Director Healthy, Safe and Supportive Schools, Tennessee
State Department
of Education.
«We encourage you to continue to engage in consultation with stakeholders, including representatives from the Governor's office, as you develop and implement your
State plan,» wrote Jason Botel, principal deputy
assistant secretary for the U.S. Department
of Education.
Nansi Ellis,
assistant general
secretary at the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), comments on the Secretary of State for Education's statement about primary as
secretary at the Association
of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), comments on the
Secretary of State for Education's statement about primary as
Secretary of State for
Education's statement about primary assessment.
Finally, Jacqueline Jones, deputy
assistant secretary for policy and early learning, and Melody Musgrove, director
of the Office
of Special
Education Programs, will meet with
state and local officials in Charleston to discuss early learning initiatives in West Virginia.
Sentance told board members he and other
state education staffers held a phone conference last week with Acting Assistant Secretary of Education, Jason Botel, and other federal education officials to ask for permission to stop using the AC
education staffers held a phone conference last week with Acting
Assistant Secretary of Education, Jason Botel, and other federal education officials to ask for permission to stop using the AC
Education, Jason Botel, and other federal
education officials to ask for permission to stop using the AC
education officials to ask for permission to stop using the ACT Aspire.
According to
Education Week, the U.S. Department
of Education's Acting
Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary
Education Jason Botel told a gathering
of state school chiefs recently «that he wants
states to be innovative in working to close the nation's yawning achievement gap, but also wants them to make sure they comply with the Every Student Succeeds Act in doing so.»
It seems that New York
state's
education commissioner — John King — recently resigned, thanks to a new job working as a top assistant directly under US Secretary of Education Arn
education commissioner — John King — recently resigned, thanks to a new job working as a top
assistant directly under US
Secretary of Education Arn
Education Arne Duncan.
The center's graduates have included the Obama administration's
assistant secretary for elementary and secondary
education,
state school superintendents in New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Delaware, and district superintendents in Charlotte, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, Seattle, and dozens
of other cities.
The
state made its announcement shortly after Michael Williams, former
assistant secretary of education for civil rights under President George H.W. Bush, took over the reins as the
state's new commissioner
of education.
In a letter written almost a year ago,
Assistant Secretary of Education Deborah Delisle wrote, «The requirements to determine whether schools have made adequate yearly progress (AYP) and to identify schools for improvement, corrective action and restructuring have not been waived, and any
State laws or regulations, including those related to AYP or school improvement status, are not affected by the waivers granted to your district.»
In 1991, Lamar Alexander, the first President Bush's
secretary of education, made her an
assistant secretary, a post she used to lead a federal effort to promote the creation
of state and national academic standards.
This Fall, roughly a dozen
states got a letter from Ann Whalen at the US Department
of Education, an adviser who is acting as the assistant secretary of elementary and secondary education, reminding them that their districts need to test no less than 95 percent of all students and that the state needs an action plan to deal with those wh
Education, an adviser who is acting as the
assistant secretary of elementary and secondary
education, reminding them that their districts need to test no less than 95 percent of all students and that the state needs an action plan to deal with those wh
education, reminding them that their districts need to test no less than 95 percent
of all students and that the
state needs an action plan to deal with those who do not.
Speakers: Gary Orfield, co-Director UCLA Civil Rights Project; Distinguished Research Professor, UCLA Graduate School
of Education & Information Studies; Johanna Josaphat, Founding Teacher, Unison School; John B. King, Jr., President and CEO, The
Education Trust; former United
States Secretary of Education; Ann Owens,
Assistant Professor, Department
of Sociology, University
of Southern California.
The deadline to apply is Friday — Nov. 22 — and
State Board
of Education President Michael Kirst and Torlakson submitted the waiver request and letter to U.S.
Assistant Secretary Deborah Delisle on Thursday.
A letter Thursday from Deborah Delisle, an
assistant U.S.
education secretary, told
state schools chiefs
of an «amended waiver extension process» for
states that want to continue to be free
of No Child Left Behind, the Bush - era law that requires
states to reward and punish schools based on standardized test scores.
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
Speakers at the summit, which will be held at the Omni Shoreham Hotel, include keynote speaker John E. Pepper, Jr., retired Chairman and CEO
of The Procter & Gamble Company and current chairman
of the board
of the Walt Disney Company; Judith Van Ginkel, Every Child Succeeds; Libby Doggett, Pew Center on the
States; Frank Putnam, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center; David Olds, University
of Colorado Health Sciences Center; and Deborah Daro, Chapin Hall at the University
of Chicago; Federal officials scheduled to speak include: Martha Coven, Special
Assistant to the President, White House Domestic Policy Council; Joan Lombardi, Deputy
Assistant Secretary, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Dept.
of Health and Human Services; and Robert Gordon, Associate Director for
Education, Income Maintenance and Labor, Office
of Management and Budget.