Sentences with phrase «first education speech»

In his first education speech as president, in 2009, Barack Obama lamented the fact that «despite resources that are unmatched anywhere in the world, we've let our grades slip, our schools crumble, our teacher quality fall short, and other nations outpace us.»

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Having been denied the male education in Chinese, they wrote down their own speech in syllabic units and went on to become the first novelists; included among their works is the acknowledged masterpiece of Japanese literature, The Tales of Genji.

Paul will discuss Helping Children Succeed in a keynote speech at the first Trauma in Our Community conference, sponsored by the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee's School of Continuing Education and held at the Hilton Milwaukee City Center.

Back in January, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos opened a speech by proudly telling her audience that she was «perhaps the first person to tell Bernie Sanders to his face that there's no such thing as a free lunch.»

New Education Secretary Ruth Kelly is preparing for her first speech since taking over at the Department for Education and Skills (DfES).

And as he prepares for the first big policy speech of his second term, voters want to see him focus on education and jobs.

He has since apologized for making the comments but insisted his First Amendment rights protected the speech, even as a board of education member.

In his speech, Mr Crabb recalls his own education — like mine and the First Minister's - in a Welsh Comprehensive, but the prescription he hints at - for the failings he falsely describes - is for Wales to go down the route of scrapping comprehensive education and creating instead autonomous academies, as in England.

If Paladino does not step down, as expected, the board will appeal to state Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia to remove him, forcing her to weigh his opponents» arguments of racism against his First Amendment right to free speech.

The other board members seized on Paladino's comments as an opportunity to remove him from the Board of Education, despite protection under the First Amendment and his right to free speech, the lawsuit alleges.

In his first major speech on education since taking office, Gordon Brown warned the teaching profession it would be held more accountable in a bid to ensure no child is left behind.

In his State of the State speech on Jan. 9, Gov. Cuomo announced an ambitious education agenda for 2013 that includes full - day pre-kindergarten in the poorest areas, community schools such as those being piloted by the UFT this year, and a «bar - like exam» to qualify future teachers that was first proposed by the AFT.

He was the first president since John F. Kennedy to do that, and if you read that speech, which is still on the web I believe — both at the Academy web site and my friend Ralph Cicerone, president of the National Academy of Sciences, is in the front row — and it's also on the White House web site — what you will find is although the president was clear about the practical applications of science and technology to our great challenges as I've mentioned, he probably spent two thirds of that talk talking about the importance of basic science; the importance of fundamental research in science and technology to our national well - being; and the importance of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education.

First lady Michelle Obama introduced a new campaign focusing on education for girls, Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai earned loud applause for her striking speech and Beyonce was energetic during her live performance at the 2015 Global Citizen...

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The first - term Democrat cited tougher graduation requirements, increases in school funding, and an expansion of early - childhood education as accomplishments, in his speech to Illinois lawmakers.

The new governor, Andrew Cuomo, in his first major postinaugural speech, complained, «We spend more money on education than any state in the nation, and we are number 34 in terms of results.»

, has delivered what might be seen as the first education policy speech of the 2004 presidential campaign.

The idea for the National Board, first articulated in a speech in 1985 by American Federation of Teachers president Albert Shanker, was a centerpiece of the 1986 report of the Carnegie Forum on Education and the Economy's Task Force on Teaching as a Profession, titled «A Nation Prepared: Teachers for the 21st Century.»

The first sentence of U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan's July 22 speech was: «Today, I want to focus on the challenge of turning around our chronically low - achieving schools.»

It will include what the foundation is describing as Bill Gates «first major retrospective speech on education issues in almost eight years,» as well as a Bill & Melinda interview with the PBS NewsHour's Gwen Ifill.

Responding to the Education Secretary's speech on «ordinary working families», Brett Wigdortz OBE — Founder and Chief Executive of education charity Teach FirEducation Secretary's speech on «ordinary working families», Brett Wigdortz OBE — Founder and Chief Executive of education charity Teach Fireducation charity Teach First, said:

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In July, DeVos gave her first major speech on special education for students with disabilities.

Education Scholarship Account Provides A Solid Foundation April 6, 2016 by Brett Kittredge When Bella Rose Douglas was in first grade, her parents, Tim and Nancy, noticed she was struggling with reading and her speech was delayed.

Greening, who was re-appointed as education secretary earlier this month after narrowly keeping her seat in the general election, faced pressure from MPs on both sides over school funding details as she made her first speech in this parliament.

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos kicked off her first public speech Wednesday by casting the protestors who sought to block her from visiting a Washington, D.C., middle school last week as part of a divisive opposition that's resistant to fresh ideas... And DeVos, who didn't face protestors Wednesday, praised magnet schools, which are public schools organized around a particular subject area such as arts or technology, as «the original school choice option.»

In her first conference speech as education secretary, Mrs Morgan struck a conciliatory tone, in contrast to the often strained relations between the teaching profession and her predecessor Michael Gove.

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos's commencement speech at Bethune - Cookman University, a historically black institution in Daytona Beach, Florida, should've been a generally unremarkable affair, given little notice besides its mark as her first graduation address.

Since Governor Malloy announced that 2012 was the year of education reform and Achievement First and ConnCAN (both founded by Jonathan Sackler) are some of the most important advocates for reform, reporters could have taken note that Governor Malloy's speech was at an event honoring Sackler and decided whether to pursue or not pursue any possible connection between the event and Malloy's education reform plans.

She made a plea for unity on Wednesday, her first full day in office, saying in a speech to Education Department employees that «while we may have disagreements, we can - and must - come together, find common ground and put the needs of our students first.»

The longest and most enthusiastic applause during Nicky Morgan's first conference speech as secretary of state for education was for her predecessor Michael Gove.

In other news, acting U.S. Secretary of Education John King delivered his first big speech in his new role and used the opportunity to emphasize the need for equity in eEducation John King delivered his first big speech in his new role and used the opportunity to emphasize the need for equity in educationeducation.

Interestingly, considering how much attention public education issues received during the recent gubernatorial campaign, this vital topic did not get much play in Malloy's speech, although the governor — who once said that he didn't mind schools teach to the test, «as long as test scores went up,» — did proudly proclaim that his first term accomplishments include that fact that his administration had «raised test scores» in Connecticut.

Alonso's speech marked the first public acknowledgment that the city hopes to model its construction funding plan on a groundbreaking schools project in Greenville, S.C. Transform Baltimore, a coalition of education advocates led by the American Civil Liberties Union, has been lobbying city leaders to carry out Greenville's plan, which would require a nonprofit or other entity to float the bonds on behalf of the school system.

Obama cited the district in his first major speech on education.

As with his first two back - to - school speeches, the president avoided wonkish details about policies and politics, and instead called on students to do their personal best and set a goal to continue their education after high school.