Sentences with phrase «major education speech»

Apparently his remarks were supposed to appease teachers who might still be upset that in Malloy's major education speech in 2012, he called for doing away with tenure while saying, «In today's (public education) system, basically the only thing you have to do is show up for four years.

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In his 2015 speech, Cuomo set a harsh tone by saying he wouldn't move forward with major increases in education aid unless lawmakers approve a controversial teacher evaluation plan.

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.

Higher education today gives analysts, policymakers, and critics so much to fret about — cost, free speech, leftward lurching faculty, politically trendy majors — that we haven't been paying nearly enough heed to the quality and value of the product itself.

Secretary of Education William J. Bennett stepped up his crusade against the National Education Association in a major speech here last week, challenging Presidential candidates to «stand firm» against the union and support accountability in the schools.

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.»

«I wasn't born with a lot of advantages, but I was given love and support, and an education that put me on a pathway to success,» Obama said during a major campaign speech on education last September in Dayton, Ohio.

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.

A prolific writer and inspirational speaker, Mr. Chavous» opinion editorials have appeared in many major newspapers, and he has given education reform speeches in nearly every state.

Gov. Michael S. Dukakis of Massachusetts last week made a Presidential campaign swing through California speaking on education issues, but in his major speech generally avoided committing himself to any specific proposals for improving schools.

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

In the second of four major policy speeches on the priorities for the «Race to the Top» Fund, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced last night that the Department of Education will commit up to $ 350 million of the $ 4.35 billion Race to the Top Fund to support states in the creation of rigorous assessments linked to the internationally benchmarked common standards being developed by states.

School leaders have welcomed the omission of major new education policies from the Queen's speech, which they say mean schools can now focus on «getting the basics right».

Following a speech last October in which Bill Gates announced a major shift in the education priorities and strategy of his foundation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is moving to implement its plan to invest the biggest share of its education philanthropy dollars in education networks that come up with their own «locally driven solutions» to improve student achievement.

The education secretary Justine Greening will today defend grammar schools in a major speech, claiming that selective schools already benefit young people from «ordinary working class backgrounds».

Grammar schools will be one of the major issues discussed at conference, which runs until Wednesday, and will feature in the keynote speeches of shadow education secretary Angela Rayner and Corbyn himself.

Hours before the speech, Republicans on the Senate education committee released their own prescription for boosting equity in the nation's schools: major expansion of school choice.

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

The numbers, distributed at recent speeches by Mecklenburg County attorney Richard Vinroot, a former Charlotte mayor and GOP gubernatorial candidate who's a major figure in North Carolina's school choice movement, claim that the state's charters serve a greater percentage of students who qualify for free and reduced lunch as well as special education classes than do traditional public schools.