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I remember a Good Friday when Bob Brown and Daniel Berrigan led a day of prayer and education concerning U.S. involvement in the nuclear arms race.

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As a result of the testimony given, the report recommends the state Department of Education immediately address several concerns, such as expediting waivers from the U.S. Department of Education «to relax onerous and rigid testing restrictions placed on certain students,» especially with English as a Second Language students and students with disabilities; producing all missing or incomplete curriculum modules; aligning assessments proportionally to curriculum actually implemented; and increasing funding for the professional development of teachers.

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Louise Slaughter [March 16, 2018] AAAS CEO Urges U.S. President and Congress to Lift Funding Restrictions on Gun Violence Research [March 13, 2018] AAAS Statements on Elections and Paper Ballots [March 9, 2018] AAAS Statement on President's 2019 Budget Plan [February 12, 2018] AAAS Statement on FY 2018 Budget Deal and Continuing Resolution [February 9, 2018] AAAS Statement on President Trump's State of the Union Address [January 30, 2018] AAAS Statement on Continuing Resolution Urges FY 2018 Final Omnibus Bill [January 22, 2018] AAAS Statement on U.S. Government Shutdown [January 20, 2018] Community Statement to OMB on Science and Government [December 19, 2017] AAAS CEO Response to Media Report on Use of «Science - Based» at CDC [December 15, 2017] Letter from AAAS and the American Physical Society to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani Regarding Scientist Ahmadreza Djalali [December 15, 2017] Multisociety Letter Conference Graduate Student Tax Provisions [December 7, 2017] Multisociety Letter Presses Senate to Preserve Higher Education Tax Benefits [November 29, 2017] AAAS Multisociety Letter on Tax Reform [November 15, 2017] AAAS Letter to U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee on Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (H.R. 1)[November 7, 2017] AAAS Statement on Release of National Climate Assessment Report [November 3, 2017] AAAS Statement on EPA Science Adviser Boards [October 31, 2017] AAAS Statement on EPA Restricting Scientist Communication of Research Results [October 25, 2017] Statement of the Board of Directors of the American Association for the Advancement of Science on Scientific Freedom and Responsibility [October 18, 2017] Scientific Societies» Letter on President Trump's Visa and Immigration Proclamation [October 17, 2017] AAAS Statement on U.S. Withdrawal from UNESCO [October 12, 2017] AAAS Statement on White House Proclamation on Immigration and Visas [September 25, 2017] AAAS Statement from CEO Rush Holt on ARPA - E Reauthorization Act [September 8, 2017] AAAS Speaks Out Against Trump Administration Halt of Young Immigrant Program [September 6, 2017] AAAS Statement on Trump Administration Disbanding National Climate Assessment Advisory Committee [August 22, 2017] AAAS CEO Rush Holt Issues Statement On Death of Former Rep. Vern Ehlers [August 17, 2017] AAAS CEO Rush Holt and 15 Other Science Society Leaders Request Climate Science Meeting with EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt [July 31, 2017] AAAS Encourages Congressional Appropriators to Invest in Research and Innovation [July 25, 2017] AAAS CEO Urges Secretary of State to Fill Post of Science and Technology Adviser [July 13, 2017] AAAS and ESA Urge Trump Administration to Protect Monuments [July 7, 2017] AAAS Statement on House Appropriations Bill for the Department of Energy [June 28, 2017] Scientific Organizations Statement on Science and Government [June 27, 2017] AAAS Statement on White House Executive Order on Cuba Relations [June 16, 2017] AAAS Statement on Paris Agreement on Climate Change [June 1, 2017] AAAS Statement from CEO Rush Holt on Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Proposal [May 23, 2017] AAAS thanks the Congress for prioritizing research and development funding in the FY 2017 omnibus appropriations [May 9, 2017] AAAS Statement on Dismissal of Scientists on EPA Scientific Advisory Board [May 8, 2017] AAAS CEO Rush Holt Statement on FY 2017 Appropriations [May 1, 2017] AAAS CEO Statement on Executive Order on Climate Change [March 28, 2017] AAAS leads an intersociety letter on the HONEST Act [March 28, 2017] President's Budget Plan Would Cripple Science and Technology, AAAS Says [March 16, 2017] AAAS Responds to New Immigration Executive Order [March 6, 2017] AAAS CEO Responds to Trump Immigration and Visa Order [January 28, 2017] AAAS CEO Rush Holt Statement on Federal Scientists and Public Communication [January 24, 2017] AAAS thanks leaders of the American Innovation and Competitiveness Act [December 21, 2016] AAAS CEO Rush Holt raises concern over President - Elect Donald Trump's EPA Director Selection [December 15, 2016] AAAS CEO Rush Holt Statement Following the House Passage of 21st Century Cures Act [December 2, 2016] Letter from U.S. scientific, engineering, and higher education community leaders to President - elect Trump's transition team [November 23, 2016] Letter from AAAS CEO Rush Holt to Senate Leaders and Letter to House Leaders to pass a FY 2017 Omnibus Spending Bill [November 15, 2016] AAAS reaffirms the reality of human - caused climate change [June Education Tax Benefits [November 29, 2017] AAAS Multisociety Letter on Tax Reform [November 15, 2017] AAAS Letter to U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee on Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (H.R. 1)[November 7, 2017] AAAS Statement on Release of National Climate Assessment Report [November 3, 2017] AAAS Statement on EPA Science Adviser Boards [October 31, 2017] AAAS Statement on EPA Restricting Scientist Communication of Research Results [October 25, 2017] Statement of the Board of Directors of the American Association for the Advancement of Science on Scientific Freedom and Responsibility [October 18, 2017] Scientific Societies» Letter on President Trump's Visa and Immigration Proclamation [October 17, 2017] AAAS Statement on U.S. Withdrawal from UNESCO [October 12, 2017] AAAS Statement on White House Proclamation on Immigration and Visas [September 25, 2017] AAAS Statement from CEO Rush Holt on ARPA - E Reauthorization Act [September 8, 2017] AAAS Speaks Out Against Trump Administration Halt of Young Immigrant Program [September 6, 2017] AAAS Statement on Trump Administration Disbanding National Climate Assessment Advisory Committee [August 22, 2017] AAAS CEO Rush Holt Issues Statement On Death of Former Rep. Vern Ehlers [August 17, 2017] AAAS CEO Rush Holt and 15 Other Science Society Leaders Request Climate Science Meeting with EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt [July 31, 2017] AAAS Encourages Congressional Appropriators to Invest in Research and Innovation [July 25, 2017] AAAS CEO Urges Secretary of State to Fill Post of Science and Technology Adviser [July 13, 2017] AAAS and ESA Urge Trump Administration to Protect Monuments [July 7, 2017] AAAS Statement on House Appropriations Bill for the Department of Energy [June 28, 2017] Scientific Organizations Statement on Science and Government [June 27, 2017] AAAS Statement on White House Executive Order on Cuba Relations [June 16, 2017] AAAS Statement on Paris Agreement on Climate Change [June 1, 2017] AAAS Statement from CEO Rush Holt on Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Proposal [May 23, 2017] AAAS thanks the Congress for prioritizing research and development funding in the FY 2017 omnibus appropriations [May 9, 2017] AAAS Statement on Dismissal of Scientists on EPA Scientific Advisory Board [May 8, 2017] AAAS CEO Rush Holt Statement on FY 2017 Appropriations [May 1, 2017] AAAS CEO Statement on Executive Order on Climate Change [March 28, 2017] AAAS leads an intersociety letter on the HONEST Act [March 28, 2017] President's Budget Plan Would Cripple Science and Technology, AAAS Says [March 16, 2017] AAAS Responds to New Immigration Executive Order [March 6, 2017] AAAS CEO Responds to Trump Immigration and Visa Order [January 28, 2017] AAAS CEO Rush Holt Statement on Federal Scientists and Public Communication [January 24, 2017] AAAS thanks leaders of the American Innovation and Competitiveness Act [December 21, 2016] AAAS CEO Rush Holt raises concern over President - Elect Donald Trump's EPA Director Selection [December 15, 2016] AAAS CEO Rush Holt Statement Following the House Passage of 21st Century Cures Act [December 2, 2016] Letter from U.S. scientific, engineering, and higher education community leaders to President - elect Trump's transition team [November 23, 2016] Letter from AAAS CEO Rush Holt to Senate Leaders and Letter to House Leaders to pass a FY 2017 Omnibus Spending Bill [November 15, 2016] AAAS reaffirms the reality of human - caused climate change [June education community leaders to President - elect Trump's transition team [November 23, 2016] Letter from AAAS CEO Rush Holt to Senate Leaders and Letter to House Leaders to pass a FY 2017 Omnibus Spending Bill [November 15, 2016] AAAS reaffirms the reality of human - caused climate change [June 28, 2016]

As representatives of U.S. science, engineering, and higher education organizations, we write to you to express our deep concern regarding amendments that were passed in the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act (DATA Act, H.R. 2146) in the House and the 21st Century Postal Service Act (S. 1789) in the Senate, which would place severe restrictions on government employees» abilities to attend meetings and conferences.

As concern over America's competitiveness abroad intensifies, education officials in the U.S. are beginning to consider using individual states and districts — not just the nation as a whole — as the units against which to measure their international peers.

The low level of personal savings and high level of debt among Americans has raised concerns among national leaders about the need for more financial education, and the U.S. Congress has designated April Financial Literacy Month.

Nina S. Rees, former head of the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Innovation and Improvement, says it's no secret that other issues are of greater concern to Spellings: «I really think her heart is in the testing and accountability realm and I don't think that has changed.»

We are concerned that if the first path becomes the norm, the Common Core will represent a missed opportunity in U.S. education that will set us back decades.

It provides «political cover» which pushes state officials to miscalculate, pursue change on a political timeline favored by the U.S. Department of Education, and ignore in - state concerns.

The annual report from the American Council on Education focuses this year on the special concerns of Asian Pacific Americans, who make up about 3 percent of the U.S. population.

First, as Catherine Gewertz noted last week, Achieve's Mike Cohen (a key player in the Common Core effort and someone for whom I have immense respect) has pooh - poohed concerns that the consortia are moving into curricular development (with federal funds) in violation of the statutory prohibition on the U.S. Department of Education developing curricula.

The governor and legislators missed the Jan. 24 deadline set by U.S. District Judge Raner C. Collins in a December 16 ruling on a 14 - year - old lawsuit, Flores v. Arizona, concerning the education of Arizona's 160,000 English - learners.

Rather than wait for the regulators to have their say — and, as former deputy secretary at the U.S. Department of Education Jim Shelton has observed, when regulators weigh in, they almost always do so in a way that overreacts and far overshoots their mandate — those bootcamps that were concerned about maintaining high quality and not conning students, got together to ensure that bootcamps would keep a good name and a positive image by, in essence, self - regulating.

For all of the concerns about anti-American sentiment in schools of education, just 1 % of teachers want students to learn «that the U.S. is a fundamentally flawed country.»

With such concerns in mind, Coleman jumped at the opportunity when the U.S. Department of Education in 1979 asked him to lead another national survey of American students, known as «High School and Beyond,» that would follow young people as they progressed from 10th to 12th grade and on into college.

Although the strengths of the U.S. economy and its higher - education system offer some hope for the future, the situation at the K — 12 level should spark concerns about the long - term outlook for the U.S. economy, which could eventually have an impact on the higher - education system as well.

Many private schools do not want to be considered «recipients of federal financial assistance» out of concern that such a designation would make them subject to the onerous federal regulations and enforcement actions (such as those that fall under Title IX) of the federal civil rights agencies, including the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR).

And both national polls released this month show that adults have mixed feelings — and perceptions — concerning the federal government's role in the financial affairs of local schools, which provides just about one - tenth of U.S. public K - 12 education funding.

First concerns about U.S. students» middling performance on international assessments came to the forefront in the debate over education policy, with specific emphasis placed on the lean, focused standards in place in top - performing countries.

Bolgen Vargas says he's sharing his concerns with U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan as part of a nationwide conference call.

Just one day after the U.S. Supreme Court cleared George W. Bush's path to the presidency — effectively ensuring Rick Perry's promotion to governor of Texas — the then - lieutenant governor was in Dallas naming education as his «premier» concern.

The U.S. Department of Education's recent regulations setting a standard calculation for high school graduation rates appear to have pleased disability - group advocates, who were concerned that a loose standard could mean fewer opportunities for students with disabilities to earn a regular diploma.

There is no national standard for a «high quality» charter school, but U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan wants one because recent studies have raised concerns that dozens of charter schools fall short of academic standards and are financially troubled.

The U.S. Department of Education took issue with his ruling, saying it was concerned with those portions that «suggest that a school district need not provide programming or services to all [special education]- eligible children in all areas of neeEducation took issue with his ruling, saying it was concerned with those portions that «suggest that a school district need not provide programming or services to all [special education]- eligible children in all areas of neeeducation]- eligible children in all areas of need.»

We need a strong leader in the U.S. Department of Education that has experience in the public school system and is aware of the concerns of parents, teachers, and students within the system.

«Since awarding the grant to ODE, the department has received additional information that raises continuing concerns regarding ODE's ability to administer its... grant properly, particularly in the areas of oversight and accountability with respect to Ohio's charter schools,» wrote Stefan Huh, director of charter schools program for the U.S. Department of Education.

ASCD sends an open letter (PDF) to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan that raises deep concerns about federal involvement with the standards.

In effect, the NDSG has been a kind of informed democratic conscience of U.S. education, constantly reminding the mainstream of alternatives and possibilities, and offering a criticism of educational reform and practice in the light of its enduring concerns with democracy and the estate of childhood.

While the ever - expanding role of the U.S. Department of Education in state and local level matters remains a concern, the National School Boards Association (NSBA) acknowledges benefits of the proposed revisions to the School Improvement Grants (SIG) program, extending the grant period from three to five years, and allowing local education agencies to use SIG funds to implement, in one or more SIG eligible schools, a state - determined interventiEducation in state and local level matters remains a concern, the National School Boards Association (NSBA) acknowledges benefits of the proposed revisions to the School Improvement Grants (SIG) program, extending the grant period from three to five years, and allowing local education agencies to use SIG funds to implement, in one or more SIG eligible schools, a state - determined interventieducation agencies to use SIG funds to implement, in one or more SIG eligible schools, a state - determined intervention model.

Knowing this, it concerns me that you don't list education as a top priority or issue for your work in the U.S. Senate.

While K - 12 education has been a perennial concern in the U.S., the pressures of providing equitable education to all of our citizens while keeping pace with the rest of the world are rising to alarming levels.

In recent years, as concern over U.S. educational performance has increased, Read more about Want to Fix Education?

Sen. Patty Murray, D - WA, and Rep. Bobby Scott, D - VA, expressed concern about the U.S. Dept. of Education's new approach to reviewing state ESSA plans.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan spoke at an on - the - record breakfast with reporters Monday morning to further detail his concerns with the bill, which would rewrite No Child Left Behind, the current version of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA).

In a report, the U.S. Department of Education raises concerns about the state's RTT progress.

On October 20, a coalition of higher education, PK - 12, and state - level organizations released a statement citing concerns about the final teacher preparation program regulations released last week by the U.S. Department of Eeducation, PK - 12, and state - level organizations released a statement citing concerns about the final teacher preparation program regulations released last week by the U.S. Department of EducationEducation.

John B. King, the former U.S. education Secretary and incoming president of the Education Trust, a nonprofit advocacy group, has expressed a range of concerns about DeVos and her commitment to public education, but said he's also keeping an oeducation Secretary and incoming president of the Education Trust, a nonprofit advocacy group, has expressed a range of concerns about DeVos and her commitment to public education, but said he's also keeping an oEducation Trust, a nonprofit advocacy group, has expressed a range of concerns about DeVos and her commitment to public education, but said he's also keeping an oeducation, but said he's also keeping an open mind.

As you may know, embedded in the teacher preparation program regulations proposed by the U.S. Department of Education is a request for feedback from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) concerning the cost estimates and burden estimates of the proposed information collection.

Duncan and other U.S. Department of Education officials ignored concerns raised by the peer review panel charged by the administration with vetting the waiver proposals.

The U.S. Department of Education has become increasingly concerned that that the private companies being hired by school districts to provide «tutoring services» aren't actually delivering on what they are being contracted for.

Reporting in 2010 on the lack of charter - school oversight in states throughout the country, the Office of the Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Education raised concerns that state - level education departments were failing «to provide adequate oversight needed to ensure that Federal funds [were] properly used and accounted foEducation raised concerns that state - level education departments were failing «to provide adequate oversight needed to ensure that Federal funds [were] properly used and accounted foeducation departments were failing «to provide adequate oversight needed to ensure that Federal funds [were] properly used and accounted for.»

The ranking Republican on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee, Minnesota's Rep. John Kline, is one of a number of lawmakers who have voiced concerns that tying adoption of the standards to federal funding is coercive.

But officials with the U.S. Department of Education said they were concerned about the state agency's rigging of charter - school evaluations and wanted assurances that the grant money would be spent properly.

Members were moved to weigh in, she said, out of concern that U.S. schools have fallen behind even as the federal role in education has expanded.

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos is contemplating abolishing softer disciplinary actions imposed during the Barack Obama administration, leaving some concerned.

We are writing to express our concern that the U.S. Department of Education is discouraging states from including student performance in science as a priority within their accountability frameworks — something that is clearly permitted under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).

In response to such concerns, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said, «We will never ask three - year - olds to take bubble tests... that would just be ludicrous.»

As the number of ELLs continues to grow in U.S. schools, such concerns will increase, especially with the parallel growth in the number of students who have limited or interrupted formal education (SLIFE).

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan faced many questions from members of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on education, where concerns about spending were heightened by the prolonged negotiations over the debtEducation Arne Duncan faced many questions from members of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on education, where concerns about spending were heightened by the prolonged negotiations over the debteducation, where concerns about spending were heightened by the prolonged negotiations over the debt ceiling.

These concerns have been heightened by two major developments: the U.S. Department of Education's relaxation of regulations under FERPA, the federal law governing student privacy; and the creation of massive databases by state education departments, in conjunction with the likes of Rupert Murdoch and BiEducation's relaxation of regulations under FERPA, the federal law governing student privacy; and the creation of massive databases by state education departments, in conjunction with the likes of Rupert Murdoch and Bieducation departments, in conjunction with the likes of Rupert Murdoch and Bill Gates.