Sentences with phrase «current federal education secretary»

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Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings has agreed to testify before the House education committee about charges of mismanagement and conflict of interest in the Reading First program, in a follow - up to a contentious April 20 hearing featuring several former and current federal officials and conEducation Margaret Spellings has agreed to testify before the House education committee about charges of mismanagement and conflict of interest in the Reading First program, in a follow - up to a contentious April 20 hearing featuring several former and current federal officials and coneducation committee about charges of mismanagement and conflict of interest in the Reading First program, in a follow - up to a contentious April 20 hearing featuring several former and current federal officials and consultants.

(Christian Science Monitor) Betsy DeVos Was Just Confirmed as Education Secretary — Here's what she will control (Business Insider) Professor Paul Reville elucidates the role of the Secretary of Education in the Current Federal Landscape.

Never has an education secretary been given so much money by Congress with such open - ended authority, according to current and former federal education officials.

It's hard to believe any future federal secretary of education will have the opportunity to abuse his power in the way the current one has; and better solutions may arise locally, particularly if legislators are willing to learn about practices already proved effective overseas, rather than experimenting ceaselessly on the unsuspecting children trapped in California's declining state schools.

Given the lack of Congressional action and recognizing the promising policies states were pursuing on their own, in 2011, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan began granting waivers to provide states relief from some of the federal requirements that were most at odds with current knowledge and practice.47

We also applaud the Secretary of Education's intent to pull back from the unrealistic timelines and the punishments invoked on schools in current federal policy.

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.