Sentences with phrase «former education department official»

«You would expect that you would have leadership in the organization at some level that really is representative and used to interacting with the higher education system,» said one former Education Department official, adding that neither Mitchell nor Miller does.

Michael J. Petrilli, the vice president for national programs and policy at the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation and a former education department official under Spellings, takes this view: «Nothing was happening on the Highly Qualified Teacher provision years ago and she's finally enforcing it, so she's built up credibility with people who care about that provision.

Teachers unions «are some of the largest players in politics,» said Lara Brown, director of the Graduate School of Political Management at the George Washington University and a former Education Department official during the Clinton administration.

Not exact matches

A former Spanish translator at the NYC Department of Education has been slapped with a $ 20,000 fine for what officials described as one of the biggest time thefts ever prosecuted by the city's ethics board.

«He's someone that I think really wants to stay,» said a former Department of Education official, noting Polakow - Suransky's role in implementing the new federally - imposed Common Core testing requirements.

City officials and advocates eagerly note that even John King, former State Education Department commissioner and now U.S. Education Secretary, has questioned VADIR's reliability.

The UFT on March 5 issued a subpoena and notices of deposition to compel the testimony of former New York City Schools Chancellor Joel Klein, along with 11 Department of Education officials, in a continuing lawsuit over the DOE's plans to close a group of city schools.

Mr. Smith, a former top official in the California education department, oversaw the development of the board's assessments for evaluating teachers.

In a forum released today on the website, www.educationnext.org, former U.S. Department of Education official Ze'ev Wurman and Johns Hopkins University professor of mathematics W. Stephen Wilson offer differing opinions about the standards.

Joanne Weiss, the former chief of staff at the U.S. Department of Education under Secretary Arne Duncan, has brought education officials from more than a dozen states to Louisiana in her capacity as a consultant to the Council of Chief State School OfficersEducation under Secretary Arne Duncan, has brought education officials from more than a dozen states to Louisiana in her capacity as a consultant to the Council of Chief State School Officerseducation officials from more than a dozen states to Louisiana in her capacity as a consultant to the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO).

Ravitch, a much - published education historian and former top official at the U.S. Department of Education, now firmly rejects her previously ardent support for standards, testing, and business principles applied to eeducation historian and former top official at the U.S. Department of Education, now firmly rejects her previously ardent support for standards, testing, and business principles applied to eEducation, now firmly rejects her previously ardent support for standards, testing, and business principles applied to educationeducation.

The Justice and Education departments still have not determined how to address existing desegregation cases — and whether or where to bring new ones — and have received little guidance from the White House in crafting civil - rights policy, the Citizens» Commission on Civil Rights, a bipartisan panel of former federal civil - rights officials and other advocates, says in a report released last week.

A former Department of Education official who pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of unlawful conflict of interest was sentenced July 29.

When asked after the hearing if she would ask for the resignation of Edward J. Kame'enui, a high - level official at the Department of Education and one of the former consultants targeted in the ongoing review of the program, she answered, «I don't...

Author Bio: Randall Greenway is head of school of the Arkansas Virtual School and a former state department of education official, high - school principal, and teacher.

Digger Phelps, the former basketball coach at the University of Notre Dame, apparently was seeking a job in the Education Department last year, and officials confirmed he was being considered for an advisory post.

I will work to restore the federal role in education to one that respects the constitutional and statutory role of the U.S. Department of Education, and I won't be deterred by the sniping of self - impressed pundits, advocates, and former federal oeducation to one that respects the constitutional and statutory role of the U.S. Department of Education, and I won't be deterred by the sniping of self - impressed pundits, advocates, and former federal oEducation, and I won't be deterred by the sniping of self - impressed pundits, advocates, and former federal officials.

Former Edina teacher Debbie York and former St. Paul teacher John Ekblad were among a group of Minnesota teachers and parents who met with officials from the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights and other departments, according to Thomas B. Fordham Institute president Michael PetFormer Edina teacher Debbie York and former St. Paul teacher John Ekblad were among a group of Minnesota teachers and parents who met with officials from the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights and other departments, according to Thomas B. Fordham Institute president Michael Petformer St. Paul teacher John Ekblad were among a group of Minnesota teachers and parents who met with officials from the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights and other departments, according to Thomas B. Fordham Institute president Michael Petrilli.

Recently, the expert who conducted the audit, Thomas Hehir, a Harvard University professor and former U.S. Department of Education official, acknowledged in an interview that high - poverty school districts «should probably have higher special ed rates.»

That's the deal, says Michael Petrilli, executive vice president at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, a conservative education think tank and former official with the U.S. Department of Education during the George W. Bush adminieducation think tank and former official with the U.S. Department of Education during the George W. Bush adminiEducation during the George W. Bush administration.

Former Department of Education official Anne Hyslop writes about how state ESSA plans, now «on the brink of implementation,» are both «underwhelming and uneven» — which means progress for children will be as well, unless we can find ways to help states take advantage of...

While President Bush met with congressional leaders this week about the upcoming reauthorization, there was some rumbling in education circles about an article written by Michael Petrilli, a former U.S. Department of Education official who helped promeducation circles about an article written by Michael Petrilli, a former U.S. Department of Education official who helped promEducation official who helped promote NCLB.

Before the housing was approved, former West Tallahatchie Superintendent Reggie Barnes, an outspoken advocate for the state's most impoverished schools, told Mississippi Department of Education officials that districts like his struggled to help teachers find housing.

Ritz told the State Board of Education she won't release this year's school grades until Department of Education officials and state lawmakers complete their separate investigations into how former state superintendent Tony Bennett and his staff calculated last year's school grades.

«My hope is that she has a very open mind... and doesn't think the Michigan approach is the right one,» said Peter Cunningham, a former Obama Education Department official who is now executive director of the Education Post, a nonprofit group that supports charter schools.

«If you create a system that doesn't have maximum teacher input, it doesn't matter how technically sound it is,» said Dan Cruce, a former official in the Delaware Department of Education who now works for the nonprofit policy organization Hope Street Group.

However, Commissioner Pryor's official biography (posted on the State Department of Education website) reads, «In recent years, Pryor has collaborated with Paul Vallas (the former school superintendent of Chicago, Philadelphia, and the New Orleans Recovery School District) regarding plans for school rebuilding and reform in post-disaster Haiti.

Officials from the state's department of education declined to comment on the takeover, citing a lawsuit from former board members and unnamed parents directed at Arkansas Education Commissioner Johnny Key, the state's board of education and a former superieducation declined to comment on the takeover, citing a lawsuit from former board members and unnamed parents directed at Arkansas Education Commissioner Johnny Key, the state's board of education and a former superiEducation Commissioner Johnny Key, the state's board of education and a former superieducation and a former superintendent.

Instead, as Peter Cunningham, a former official in the U.S. Department of Education points out, «the new law that the senator from Tennessee is so proud of, the Every Student Succeeds Act, now mandates the very thing he rails against.

The general election pits Douglas, a social conservative and a former school board member in the Phoenix area whose campaign focuses on her opposition to the Common Core, against David Garcia, a former state department of education official and current faculty member at Arizona State University who supports the Common Core.

City officials and advocates eagerly note that even John King, former State Education Department commissioner and now U.S. Education Secretary, has questioned VADIR's reliability.

That Polis considers himself a fellow - traveler of Rhee explains why he called Ravitch, a plain - spoken grandma, education historian and former senior official at the Department of Education under two presidents, is an «evil womaeducation historian and former senior official at the Department of Education under two presidents, is an «evil womaEducation under two presidents, is an «evil woman.»

Common Core - backer Bill Gates and former federal education department official Joanne Weiss have promoted national standards and tests by touting that they «will unleash powerful market forces» and create a national market for vendors.

Nina Reese, president and executive director of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools recently wrote in a US News and World Report column, «As a former official at the U.S. Department of Education, I applaud the administration for leveraging the power of its bully pulpit to attract the ingredient most important in a child's success: a high quality teacher.»

Prior to that, he served as a public official within the Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) where he served as a special assistant and policy advisor to former Education Commissioner Peter McWalters.

As former U.S. Department of Education official John Bailey pointed out when the first round of Investing in Innovation (i3) grantees was announced, «Innovation investments, while needed, are insufficient by themselves.

As it happened, officials at the Oregon Department of Education were looking to help local schools cut their email costs, said Steve Nelson, a former departmentDepartment of Education were looking to help local schools cut their email costs, said Steve Nelson, a former departmentdepartment official.