Sentences with phrase «assistant secretary of education»

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.

«I've never seen so many cheating scandals as there have been in the last few years,» said Diane Ravitch, a New York University education historian and former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education under Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton.

«The depth of discouragement among educators in the trenches is at an all - time high and can not be overstated,» said former Assistant Secretary of Education Diane Ravitch in a recent BAM Radio interview.

Let's try something new,»» said Diane Ravitch, who served as assistant secretary of education in the George H.W. Bush administration.

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.

One she heard criticize the No Child law was Chester E. Finn Jr., a former assistant secretary of education with whom she had written a book and worked at two conservative research groups, the Thomas B. Fordham Institute and the Koret Task Force at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.

Andy Smarick, a White House aide from 2007 to 2008 and deputy assistant secretary of education from 2008 to 2009, is a distinguished visiting fellow at the Fordham Institute.

He was recommended to then - AEI president Chris DeMuth by former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education Chester Finn, M.A.T.» 67, Ed.D.» 70.

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.»

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.

«What happens in New York always has repercussions elsewhere,» said Diane Ravitch, a New York University education historian and former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education who has since become a critic of what she sees as the corporatization of education policy.

«We've lost public trust on why we test, and so we need to make sure we can tell the public why,» said Johnson, a former acting assistant secretary of education in the administration of President Bill Clinton.

Diane Ravitch — former US Assistant Secretary of Education and current Research Professor of Education at New York University — recently went head - to - head with Merryl Tisch — Chancellor of the New York State Board of Regents — about testing, or rather the «Testing Revolt» surrounding the opt - out movement, specifically, on MSNBC's «All In» host Chris Hayes.

«Overall, I don't think things are in good shape,» said Assistant Secretary of Education Chester E. Finn Jr., who heads the office.

He served as U. S. Assistant Secretary of Education for Research and Improvement, and counselor to the secretary, from 1985 to 1988.

Susan Sclafani, the Bush Administration?s assistant secretary of education for adult and vocational education, displayed the Bush Administration?s priorities in education and detailed several new initiatives in the vocational training arena, including greater involvement by the private sector.

The blog post, which has already been intelligently critiqued by Ann Whalen at Education Post, expanded on remarks delivered by Burris earlier this month at an Intelligence Squared U.S. debate with Fordham president Michael Petrilli and former assistant secretary of education Carmel Martin.

But as former Bush administration Assistant Secretary of Education Diane Ravitch points out, a school does not belong to 51 percent of the parents who happen to have students attending it at one specific point in time.

In 2010, Diane Ravitch, a renowned education historian and former Assistant Secretary of Education joined the ranks of true educational experts by publishing a book, The Death and Life of the Great American School System, in which she openly admitted she was wrong about key educational policies she once championed, namely standardized testing and school choice.

On behalf of Secretary Paige, Assistant Secretary of Education Sally Stroup presented a grant check to the California School Finance Authority during an event at the Animo Leadership Charter High School in Inglewood, Calif..

Diane Ravitch, Assistant Secretary of Education under George H. W. Bush and the author of The Life and Death of the Great American School System and Reign of Error, pointed out that the Common Core has accomplished nothing that it promised and does not meet the educational needs of children.

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.

Chester E. Finn Jr., a White House aide from 1969 to 1970 and assistant secretary of education from 1985 to 1988, is president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute.

She previously served as Senior Advisor to the U.S. Secretary of Education, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Education for Communications and Outreach, and Special Assistant in the White House Office of Public Liaison.

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.»

Diane Ravitch is a historian of education and the former United States assistant secretary of education.

«I was really disappointed,» said Diane Ravitch, a New York University education historian and former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education who has since become a critic of what she sees as the corporatization of education policy.

Before joining ETS, Dr. Robinson was Assistant Secretary of Education with the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Educational Research and Improvement (now the Institute of Education Sciences).

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 ACT Aspire.

Chester E. Finn, Jr., Ph.D., Former US Assistant Secretary of Education, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Distinguished Senior Fellow & President Emeritus, Thomas B. Fordham Institute

Although I agree with U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education Diane S. Ravitch's statement that «this has been 20 years of remarkable change» for women («National Groups Promise Steps To Combat Inequities for Girls,» Feb. 19, 1992), I can not agree with her assertion that gender - equity programs are no longer needed.

Washington, D.C. (November 15, 2017)- President Trump on Thursday announce his intent to nominate Johnny Collett as Assistant Secretary of Education for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services at the U.S. Department of Education.

And here in New York, we're joined by Diane Ravitch, the former assistant secretary of education under President George H.W. Bush, historian of education, best - selling author of over 20 books, including Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America's Public Schools, as well as The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education.

Educational historian and former assistant secretary of education Diane Ravitch, ever skeptical of «pedagogical fads, enthusiasms, and movements,» would like my principal, even though he campaigns for vouchers and sifts through test scores with archaeological zeal.

The program, an EdTech conference, is headlined by Diane Ravitch, former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education and Devin Schain, coordinator of the Capital Exchange.

Ravitch was an assistant secretary of education from 1991 to 1993 in the George H.W. Bush administration.

Quaintance was serving as acting president at Sullivan and previously was assistant secretary of education for Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo.

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.

During her presentation at the meeting, Susan Sclafani, the assistant secretary of education, called for more involvement of employers with secondary schools, so students can see firsthand what the world of work is all about.

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 education.

About the Author Bruno V. Manno is senior advisor for K - 12 education reform at the Walton Family Foundation and former U.S. assistant secretary of education for policy.

A former U.S. assistant secretary of education, she's now a research professor at New York University's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development.