Sentences with phrase «many of the education secretary»

In August 2015, USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack and U.S. Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan sent a joint letter to the School Superintendents Association announcing that the CEP is expanding to allow all high - poverty school districts to offer free lunch and breakfast to students without requiring their families to submit applications.

Nowhere is that chasm more clearly demonstrated than in the case of education secretary Michael Gove.

Strengthening adult authority is another of the education secretary's priorities, which he appeared to link to this summer's rioting.

The debate was a result of education secretary Michael Gove's announcement that he wanted to make «our island story» a fundamental part of the national curriculum.

In January 2013 Loughton was involved in a political dispute involving his earlier work as a minister in the Department of Education when he compared the role of Education Secretary Michael Gove to «Young Mr Grace» from the British sitcom Are You Being Served?

We have always said we would support the Government when they do the right thing so can I join thousands of parents across the country in congratulating him [David Cameron] on getting rid of the Education Secretary.

Her about - turn will bring to mind the actions of education secretary Nicky Morgan, who also voted against equal marriage and then indicated she had changed her mind after being given the equalities portfolio last year.

Democrats had previously sought to scuttle the nomination of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to no avail.

Success Academy CEO Eva Moskowitz, one of the nation's most influential charter school leaders who has been a vocal supporter of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and defender of President Donald Trump, recently told a group of faculty members concerned about her alliances to the new administration that she is limited in how much she can advocate politically.

The Democratic moves, including boycotting committee room votes on nominees last week and a round - the - clock debate Monday night before Tuesday's confirmation of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, reached a boiling point during the debate over Sessions — which Democrats continued overnight.

Puerto Rico Department of Education Secretary Dr. Julia Keleher requested that Commissioner Stewart visit the island.

Katrina Stiff's crocheted figures of the education secretary are proving popular not only with teachers.

But it became evident later in the day that there are barriers in the way of the Education Secretary's latest plan, and that more have been put in his way for some time: the extraordinary sense of forward momentum which the Education Secretary generates has not been achieved without opposition.

So, could he join «thousands of parents across the country», in congratulating Cameron on getting rid of the education secretary?

Former U.S. Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan with ex-President Barack Obama.

Betsy DeVos, the (Relatively Mainstream) Reformer A long record refutes the radical image of the education secretary By Michael Q. McShane

Important details would still need to be worked out (e.g., the role of the education secretary in approving state plans, the consequences for a state's failure to improve results).

All Aboard the Success Express: On the Road With the Secretary of Education Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley is traveling this week on the Success Express — and Education World is going along for the ride!

This has since been dropped as a result of education secretary, Justine Greening's capital scheme and the cash will now be spend on buildings.

«He will be the kind of education secretary who will benefit a lot of kids.

[7] At his confirmation hearing in 2016, U.S. Department of Education Secretary John King said the «locus of decision making... is rightly shifting back to states and districts,» an idea that policymakers of all stripes have reiterated since.

In an article for Education Next that was published early in his tenure as secretary, Richard Lee Colvin wrote about what kind of education secretary Arne Duncan was expected to be.

February 6: U.S. Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan.

At $ 4.35 billion, RTTT is petite compared to other ARRA programs, but as a competitive grant program, it represents by far the largest amount ever at the discretion of an education secretary (see Figure 1).

In his remarks at the launch of the National Education Technology Plan, former Department of Education Secretary Rod Paige, noted of today's students, «They have grown up with the World Wide Web at their fingertips.

With Betsy DeVos's confirmation hearing rescheduled for January 17, EdNext's Marty West talks with Mike McShane, the author of a new profile of the Education secretary designee, about what to expect.

Highlights this spring will include U.S. Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan, New York Times Columnist David Brooks, Teach For America Founder Wendy Kopp, and speakers focused on anti-bullying efforts and effective teaching.

President - elect Donald Trump doesn't have a track record on education, which means that his choice of education secretary will send a really important signal on where he wants to go in terms of policy on the Every Student Succeeds Act, higher education, and more.

The National Education Association, though a long - time Democratic sidecar, recently issued a 26 - page single - spaced denunciation of Education Secretary Arne Duncan's Race to the Top funding criteria — alleging that they place far too much emphasis on charter schools and insult teachers by suggesting that their performance should be gauged by their pupils» achievement.

[6] Governor Rick Perry, letter to Secretary of Education Secretary Arne Duncan, January 13, 2010, at http://governor.state.tx.us/files/press-office/O-DuncanArne201001130344.pdf (February 17, 2011).

As usual, he offers a thoughtful assessment of the pros and cons of Education Secretary Arne Duncan's decision to keep secret the identities of the judges in the $ 4.35 billion grant competition until after winners are announced and Duncan's decision to release minimal detail about how the reviewers were chosen or the substance of the instructions they have received.

Despite a factually inaccurate defense of Education Secretary nominee Betsy DeVos from Senator Lamar Alexander, parents and teachers from Knox County spoke out in opposition to DeVos yesterday.

Alexandria, Va. (Nov. 23, 2016) Statement by Thomas J. Gentzel, Executive Director and CEO, National School Boards Association on the Appointment of Betsy DeVos, U.S. Department of Education Secretary Nominee

Meeting the need for high quality teachers: e-Learning solutions [White paper written for the U.S. Department of Education Secretary's No Child Left Behind Leadership Summit.]

U.S. Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos addressed a standing - room only crowd on Tuesday, expressing her support of the charter movement as well as other forms of school choice including traditional public education, private schools, and vouchers.

An interesting thing happened while I was reading through a HuffPost article about the 50 Teachers of the Year that held audience with Department of Education Secretary, Betsy DeVos (who I have dubbed Betsy DeVille) recently in Washington, D.C.

President Barack Obama and Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced today the approval of ten states» plans to make substantial school reforms in return for temporary regulatory relief from some of No Child Left Behind's mandates.

On the campaign trail this week, Mr Clegg said he would like to see a Liberal Democrat holding the post of education secretary in a future coalition, but the Conservatives have criticised the party for trying to distance itself from education policies they supported in government.

The critics of modern school reform that I know are people who see enormous trouble in the public education system, but don't think it will be fixed by spending billions of dollars on questionable teacher assessment systems linked to standardized test scores, or expanding charter schools that are hardly the panacea their early supporters claimed they would be, or handing out federal education dollars based on promises to change schools according to the likes and dislikes of Education Secretary Arne Duncan, whose record as superintendent of Chicago public schools was hardly distinguished.

07-11-16 Beyond Testing: Alternative Assessments with U.S. Department of Education Secretary @JohnKingatEd

March 10, 2016 Letter to Department of Education Secretary John B. King, Jr., expressing concerns about implementation of the Every Student Succeeds At without significant guidance from the Department of Education, particularly around nonacademic indicators like social - emotional learning.

Writing last week, Chicago public school teacher and Chicago Teachers Union member Erika Wozniak said she finds the prospect of Education Secretary DeVos «nothing short of horrifying.»

In an exit interview with Education Week, Dept. of Education Secretary John B. King, Jr. discussed ESSA and equity opportunities.

Dr. Ford references a «clarion call» from Dept. of Education Secretary John King on «equity in education,» and says that «the condition of school buildings and classrooms are very inequitable.»

WASHINGTON — U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan, and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate announced today the final agreement for the obligation of $ 1.84 billion dollars in funding for the state of Louisiana's Recovery School District (RSD) and Orleans Parish School Board (OPSB

WASHINGTON — U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan, and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate announced today the final agreement for the obligation of $ 1.84 billion dollars in funding for the state of Louisiana's Recovery School District (RSD) and Orleans Parish School Board (OPSB) for the repair and replacement of public schools in Orleans Parish, including the City of New Orleans, damaged by Hurricane Katrina.

The Independent on Sunday claims Mr Gove is still regularly getting copies of the education secretary's paperwork.

U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan got a taste of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos's evasive maneuvers Wednesday in a testy exchange over the Trump administration's education budget proposals.

A Cabinet Office spokeswoman also rejected the Independent on Sunday's story, calling it «totally untrue... the chief whip's office has not received, handled or put into the red box any of the education secretary's paperwork.»

The new law significantly reduces the legal authority of the education secretary, who is now legally barred from influencing state decisions about academic benchmarks, such as the Common Core State Standards, teacher evaluations and other policies.