Sentences with phrase «next education secretary»

Warren also criticized what she said was DeVos» «paper - thin record on higher education and student debt,» pointing out that the next education secretary must continue to help those struggling with student debt and protect them from for - profit colleges offering worthless degrees.

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a student borrower champion and federal student loan refinancing (as an alternative to private student loan refinancing) advocate, is not holding back in her criticism of Betsy DeVos, Donald Trump's choice to be the next education secretary.

While the Trump administration hasn't spoken much about the direction it intends to take the nation's educational system, here are three things to know about the next Education Secretary.

Weeks» long resistance followed by two high - profile Republican senators who announced their opposition to DeVos almost sank her chances of becoming the next education secretary.

The nation's next education secretary is a man driven by what might have been had he not found refuge in public schools.

Much of this conversation has centered around Devos» controversial past as a supporter, lobbyist and financial donor to causes that directly support school choice and school vouchers, and how she might further this cause as the next education secretary.

Not exact matches

Education Secretary Nicky Morgan, Home Secretary Theresa May and Lord Chancellor Michael Gove, all Christians, as well as former London Mayor Boris Johnson are all thought to be favourites to become the next Prime Minister.

Michael Gove, the Education Secretary, has used Mr Canada's achievements in Harlem, one of New York's bleakest neighbourhoods, as a blueprint for the «free» schools initiative being launched in England next year.

Trump's new executive order to review federal regulations on K - 12 schools doesn't give his education secretary powers she didn't already have, but it could set the stage for a set of proposed changes next year.

And next week there may be some very awkward questions for the Education Secretary when those reports are published into alleged Islamification in some Birmingham schools.

In an article in the Evening Standard defending her decision to vote against the government last night, the Conservative former education secretary Nicky Morgan says the government should drop the amendment to the EU withdrawal bill fixing 29 March 2019 as Brexit day before it gets debated next week.

400,000 university students will be freed from an average of around # 27,000 debt this autumn if Labour is elected next month, Leader of the Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, and Shadow Education Secretary, Angela Rayner, will announce today.

Former education secretary Nicky Morgan told the BBC's HARDtalk programme: «I think it's going to be difficult for Theresa May to lead us into the next general election... We have got to think about how we renew our franchise.»

Turning towards Scotland, the former shadow education secretary said that Corbyn's approach would be put to the test next year:

I'd say, for example, that there is a good chance that whoever is shadow education secretary next time Michael Gove faces his Labour opposite number, will be asked: Is what you are saying party policy on academies or what Andy Burnham has said?

A Labour MP has announced she is standing down as an MP at the next election - just 24 hours after Jeremy Corbyn made her his Shadow Education Secretary.

Labour MP Pat Glass - who was appointed shadow education secretary less than 24 hours ago - has said she will be stepping down as an MP at the next election.

And he said the shadow education secretary was taking the fight to the Conservatives as the Office for Budget Responsibility prepares to unveil the growth and borrowing figures that will provide the statistical justification for tax rises and spending cuts in next week's Budget.

Should they form part of the next coalition, the Liberal Democrats have already stated their intention to fight for a Lib Dem education secretary and to get rid of unelected school commissioners who are in charge of overseeing academies — moves that will be bitterly disputed should they enter into another coalition with the Conservatives.

He was elected to Parliament in 1992 and served as a junior minister for education and schools before moving to his next position, chief secretary to the Treasury.

The news comes after a survey conducted by the NUT found more than 5,200 primary teachers in England believe Education Secretary Nicky Morgan should cancel the national tests, which are due to be taken next term.

Hurrah for Houston Congratulations to Education Next for its trio of articles on the positive reforms in the Houston Independent School District, carried out in large part by Secretary of Education Rod Paige while he was the district's superintendent (see «Houston Takes Off,» Feature, Fall 2001).

In her speech at Bett this year, Education Secretary Nicky Morgan said: «I want our next generation to have the skills to compete in the global jobs market.

Education Secretary Nicky Morgan told the STRB that it should «ensure that its proposals reflect» the pay restraint policy for teachers» pay next year.

In a new article for Education Next, Susan Payne Carter of the United States Military Academy, Major Kyle Greenberg of the Army's Human Resources Command, and Major Michael S. Walker of the Office of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation within the Office of the Secretary of Defense report that allowing computer use in the classroom, even with strict limitations, significantly reduces students» average final - exam performance.

The assembled crowd of educators, who have just greeted their local hero with loud cheers and a standing ovation, know what to expect next from this U.S. secretary of education, inveterate storyteller, and consummate grandfather.

Henry L. Johnson, Mississippi's state schools chief, is President Bush's pick to be next assistant secretary for elementary and secondary education.

Education Next's Paul Peterson and Chester E. Finn, Jr. talk this week (October 8) about Education Secretary Arne Duncan's recent speech, the future of federal education spending, and making NCLB's successor tighter about ends and looser aboEducation Next's Paul Peterson and Chester E. Finn, Jr. talk this week (October 8) about Education Secretary Arne Duncan's recent speech, the future of federal education spending, and making NCLB's successor tighter about ends and looser aboEducation Secretary Arne Duncan's recent speech, the future of federal education spending, and making NCLB's successor tighter about ends and looser aboeducation spending, and making NCLB's successor tighter about ends and looser about means.

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We asked, «If you were U.S. Secretary of Education, what would be your priorities for the next four years?»

As many as 50,000 teachers and instructional aides could lose their jobs next fall if current Title I funding levels are extended through the rest of the fiscal year, Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley said last week.

Education secretary Justine Greening announced yesterday, 17 July, that there will be an additional # 1.3 billion poured into schools over the next couple of years.

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With the nomination of Betsy DeVos — the soon - to - be former chair of the American Federation for Children and a lifelong school - choice advocate — as the next secretary of education, many folks are now trying to understand for the very first time the role vouchers and private school choice play in the reform universe.

Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has said that much of the criticism about testing «is merited,» and he has agreed to wait until 2017 before using test information to evaluate teachers, putting accountability on hold until the next administration comes into office.

Education secretary Kirsty Williams said: «Developing a teaching workforce to teach Welsh and deliver education through the medium of Welsh is essential in creating more Welsh speakers and will be a priority over the next fiEducation secretary Kirsty Williams said: «Developing a teaching workforce to teach Welsh and deliver education through the medium of Welsh is essential in creating more Welsh speakers and will be a priority over the next fieducation through the medium of Welsh is essential in creating more Welsh speakers and will be a priority over the next five years.

Jonathan Slater, the Department for Education's permanent secretary, has said the teaching apprenticeship should be available to schools within the next two years.

Education secretary Justine Greening has announced that Professor Julius Weinburg will be the next chair for schools regulator Ofsted.

The next day at 2 p.m. EDT, just over a month since terrorism left more than 5,000 dead in three states, Mr. Bush joined Secretary of Education Rod Paige and children across the country in what organizers hoped would be a...

Spellings, who was U.S. Secretary of Education from 2005 to 2009, defends the role of accountability and testing in the Winter 2014 issue of Education Next.

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Despite concerns of a school recruitment crisis, the education secretary has made the case for keeping teachers» pay rises capped at an average of 1 per cent next year.

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«Enacting Pell Grants for Kids should be the next central thrust of federal efforts to improve the nation's schools,» writes Senator Alexander, who served as secretary of education in the George H.W. Bush administration.

In this Education Next article, I wrote, «When state (RTT) proposals hit Arne Duncan's desk, the secretary must become the toughest schoolmarm in America.»

Or as Buttenwieser says, summing up what he thinks the degree is for: «It's training the next Arne Duncan,» referring to the U.S. secretary of education, who Buttenwieser says created many successful reforms in Chicago, where he served as CEO of the public school system before joining the Obama administration.

Shadow Education Secretary Lucy Powell said: «This survey is yet more evidence that David Cameron's education policy is seriously limiting opportunities for the next geEducation Secretary Lucy Powell said: «This survey is yet more evidence that David Cameron's education policy is seriously limiting opportunities for the next geeducation policy is seriously limiting opportunities for the next generation.

A new president will take the oath of office early next year and will likely appoint a new secretary of education (though the current man with the job, John King Jr., could be tapped).

As surreal as it was, the recent confirmation hearing for Betsy DeVos, the likely next secretary of education, raised a...