Sentences with phrase «education chairman drew»

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In the last couple of days it has drawn in Duncan himself as well as House education chairman John Kline.

that drew 45 of the nation's governors as well as a hefty sample of the nation's education policy elite, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates issued a jeremiad on the state of the American high school, arguing that this venerable institution is obsolete and a threat to the nation's economic and political well - being.

Last February, in a speech in Washington, D.C. that drew 45 of the nation's governors as well as a hefty sample of the nation's education policy elite, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates issued a jeremiad on the state of the American high school, arguing that this venerable institution is obsolete and a threat to the nation's economic and political well - being.

Stephen Willoughby, who is also chairman of New York University's department of mathematics education and a longtime leader in the field, urged the nctm to take steps to see that standards are maintained and said members should approach their congressmen and their state and local officials to draw attention to the problem of poor teacher - training.

Rep. John Kline, education chairman in the House, also spoke with Ryan about the merits of the bill — which had drawn major opposition from the same conservatives who had pushed Boehner to resign.