Sentences with phrase «past education secretary»

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The Education Secretary has been reported as being «undecided» about whether or not to support replacing first - past - the - post with AV.

Ruth Kelly, the Secretary of State for Education, admitted the facts on social mobility were «depressing» and cited studies showing that, for people in their thirties, the social class of their parents mattered even more than it did in the past.

Education groups, dismayed by the federal education secretary's threat to punish schools in New York with high opt - out rates for standardized tests, say he's re-igniting controversy that state education officials have been trying to calm for the pEducation groups, dismayed by the federal education secretary's threat to punish schools in New York with high opt - out rates for standardized tests, say he's re-igniting controversy that state education officials have been trying to calm for the peducation secretary's threat to punish schools in New York with high opt - out rates for standardized tests, say he's re-igniting controversy that state education officials have been trying to calm for the peducation officials have been trying to calm for the past year.

«In the past, time abroad showed initiative, but in the current climate, promotion is more likely to be based on publications, the topic of specialisation... and excellent references,» says Tracy Hussell, education secretary of the British Society of Immunology.

In «Notes From the Revolution,» (Commentary, July 27, 2005), Eugene W. Hickok, who was then - U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige's deputy in President Bush's first term, offers a delightful fiction about the «revolutionary» impact of the Education Leaders Council on American schooling during the past decade.

The Labour government, led by Tony Blair, introduced the law in 1998 that banned the opening of new grammar schools in England, but new Education Secretary Justine Greening said that the government should be «open minded» about repealing the ban, citing that the education landscape had changed dramatically over the past fEducation Secretary Justine Greening said that the government should be «open minded» about repealing the ban, citing that the education landscape had changed dramatically over the past feducation landscape had changed dramatically over the past few years.

Over the past year, Education Secretary Justine Greening has suggested discussions about reforming SRE guidance, which currently allows free schools and academies to opt out of teaching the subject in class.

It's remarkable that even [former U.S. Secretary of Education] Arne Duncan, who arguably did as much as any one person during the past decade to increase the pressure on educators to raise test scores, conceded that «testing issues today are sucking the oxygen out of the room in a lot of schools.»

Earlier today, writing on behalf of the reform - minded «Chiefs for Change» group (seven current and six past state superintendents), New Mexico education secretary Hanna Skandera politely disagreed.

Reville is a leading education reformer who served as Governor Deval Patrick's top adviser on education for the past five years, and was chair of the State Board of Education for a year prior to his service as seducation reformer who served as Governor Deval Patrick's top adviser on education for the past five years, and was chair of the State Board of Education for a year prior to his service as seducation for the past five years, and was chair of the State Board of Education for a year prior to his service as sEducation for a year prior to his service as secretary.

Abstract: Within the past years Ban Ki Moon (Secretary - General of the United Nations) has been stressing many times the role of education as the most powerful weapon in building peace across nations.

Christine Blower, general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, said: «The fact that government has missed its recruitment figures for the past four years is a sad indictment of the effect their education policies are having on the profession.

Past winners have included Harlem Childrens» Zone founder Geoffrey Canada, former Deputy Secretary of Education Marshall «Mike» Smith, and Children's Defense Fund Founder Marian Wright Edelman.

Over the past year, President Bush and Secretary of Education Lauro F. Cavazos have quietly assembled a team of top - level education officials that differs markedly from those appointed under the Reagan AdminiEducation Lauro F. Cavazos have quietly assembled a team of top - level education officials that differs markedly from those appointed under the Reagan Adminieducation officials that differs markedly from those appointed under the Reagan Administration.

This past Monday was the early deadline for states to submit their Every Student Succeeds Act plans to U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos for approval.

Senior Lecturer Paul Reville, secretary of education for Massachusetts, held various roles over the past two decades that placed him in the middle of the discussion of measuring progress and setting education goals.

And in the past few years, as debates about merit pay for school teachers have come up, major public figures such as Bill Gates and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan have questioned the wisdom of rewarding teachers for degrees.

Sally Hunt, general secretary of the University and College Union, said: «Over the past five years, in England alone, over # 1bn has been spent on measures to improve student retention in higher education.

Still, the president spent mounds of political capital pushing policies designed to pressure schools to help minority youth, and «it puts him in a difficult position to be signing onto something that clearly empowers states to be less aggressive in addressing inequity,» said Peter Cunningham, former assistant secretary at the Education Department and a past adviser to Secretary Arnsecretary at the Education Department and a past adviser to Secretary ArnSecretary Arne Duncan.

«Given the accessible and yet sophisticated way that Darling - Hammond analyzes past educational reform efforts and provides policy direction for the future, it is no surprise that many in the field of education had hoped that she would become the Secretary of Education under President Obameducation had hoped that she would become the Secretary of Education under President ObamEducation under President Obama.»

Promising better interagency coordination, Secretary of Education Rod Paige pledged at a White House summit on early learning this past summer that, together,...

Seated among the HAA audience during Spence's speech was Kevin Jennings, assistant deputy secretary at the Department of Education and a 1985 graduate of Harvard College, who told an anecdote of his 10th Harvard reunion when he encountered a classmate who had achieved success in the corporate world but was dismayed that Jennings, a fellow Ivy League graduate, had spent the past decade as a teacher.

In response, education secretary Nicky Morgan said: «The landscape of English education has been transformed over the past five years through raising both standards and expectations.

Education secretary Nicky Morgan claimed the landscape of English education had been «transformed» over the past five years and that initiatives such as funding academy chains in the north of England and «creating a National Teaching Service» were extending opportunities to every sinEducation secretary Nicky Morgan claimed the landscape of English education had been «transformed» over the past five years and that initiatives such as funding academy chains in the north of England and «creating a National Teaching Service» were extending opportunities to every sineducation had been «transformed» over the past five years and that initiatives such as funding academy chains in the north of England and «creating a National Teaching Service» were extending opportunities to every single child

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.

CCSR also found that the achievement gap between white and African - American students has actually widened during the past 20 years of school reform in Chicago, and most markedly while Education Secretary Arne Duncan was CPS CEO.

My imaginary Secretary of Education this week is former U.S. Secretary of Education and past Governor of South Carolina, Richard Wilson Riley.

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos released the following statement: «Watching brave men and women rush into danger to help in the wake of devastating natural disasters over the past days and weeks, one can't help but be reminded of the heroes who rushed in to help in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania 16 years ago today.

But if past is prologue, this will be a top priority for newly confirmed Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.

Cole - Gutiérrez joins on the NACSA Board Chair James Peyser, partner at NewSchools Venture Fund; Vice Chair Lisa Graham Keegan, founder and president of the Education Breakthrough Network; Treasurer Josephine Baker, past executive director of the D.C. Public Charter School Board; Secretary Alan Coverstone, executive director of Metro Nashville Public Schools; Steve Canavero, Ph.D., director of the Public Charter School Authority of Nevada; Frederick Hess, resident scholar and director of Education Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute; Karega Rausch, Equity Project coordinator at Indiana University; and Hanna Skandera, Secretary - Designate, New Mexico Secretary of Education.

In human terms, former U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan has noted, over the past decade «nearly 2 million additional young people have high school diplomas, giving them a chance at a more promising future.»

For one, there remains a core group of influential reformers — including former U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, congressmen on both sides of the aisle, and reform - minded governors, who know that AYP has done more to focus the nation on dealing with the widespread problems within American public education than any other policy decision in the past fiveEducation Margaret Spellings, congressmen on both sides of the aisle, and reform - minded governors, who know that AYP has done more to focus the nation on dealing with the widespread problems within American public education than any other policy decision in the past fiveeducation than any other policy decision in the past five decades.

One of Dropout Nation «s constant bits of advice to President Barack Obama and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan over the past two years has been to open up the Race to the Top school reform initiative to participation by school districts, charter schools, and community groups.

Etcetera: For the past two years, Dropout Nation has argued that President Barack Obama and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan should structure future Race to the Top grant competitions to include reform - minded traditional districts, along with charter school operators, and even community groups.

A handful of meetings were held this past summer between Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Kline and George Miller (the departing Democratic chairman) to sketch out initial proposals and begin to map out how the process might play out.

The education secretary said: «The truth about free schools is that they help children in areas where they've been let down in the past.»

«Over the past three and a half years, we have been focused on ensuring public education is relevant for the 21st century,» Secretary of Education Dietra Treducation is relevant for the 21st century,» Secretary of Education Dietra TrEducation Dietra Trent said.

It's another to rally against his policies, which we assume will be what his nominee for Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has endorsed in the past.

Diane Ravitch, a former assistant secretary of education, has in the past supported standardized testing, as well as charter schools.

It's even a legitimate fear about the U.S. public education system — one that the past 24 hours has done little to quell, particularly since President Trump's Education Secretary choice, billionaire Betsy DeVos, was approved 12 - 11 Tuesday by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committeeducation system — one that the past 24 hours has done little to quell, particularly since President Trump's Education Secretary choice, billionaire Betsy DeVos, was approved 12 - 11 Tuesday by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions CommitteEducation Secretary choice, billionaire Betsy DeVos, was approved 12 - 11 Tuesday by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions CommitteEducation, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP).

The CCSSO board of directors includes Evers; South Dakota Secretary of Education Melody Schopp as president - elect; North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction June Atkinson as past president; New Hampshire Commissioner of Education Virginia Barry; Alabama Superintendent of Education Tommy Bice; Minnesota Education Commissioner Brenda Cassellius; Washington Superintendent of Public Instruction Randy Dorn; West Virginia Superintendent of Schools Mike Martirano; and New Mexico Secretary of Education Hanna Skandera.

A query, for example, about why the secretary declined to address the Education Writers Association annual conference as past secretaries had done went unanswered.

«I would distinguish between the role that high - performing public charters can play in a strong public education system as opposed to vouchers and for - profit charters,» John King, the former secretary of education under Obama told Chalkbeat this past summer.

But it is also important to remember the education secretaries of the past and how they have led us to where we are -LSB-...]

This past June, Education Secretary John King went to the National Charter Schools Conference in Nashville to urge charter school leaders to «rethink» their discipline policies.

The new shadow education secretary has told The Guardian that the Conservatives will «drag England's schools into the past» by reviving grammar schools, «demoralising teachers and cutting resources».

Had he picked Linda Darling Hammond as his Ed Secretary, the story might have been different, but I think Arnie was a slam dunk in part because they shoot hoops.Considering Obma's lack of administrative experience when he assumed office, I think he's done well, but the number of decisions facing him from the past administration was enormous, and I think education got short shrift.

Under the direction of newly installed Secretary of Education John King Jr., the U.S. Department of Education (USDE) has begun the process of developing a path for states to follow in implementing the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) enacted this past fall.

Education Secretary Nicky Morgan said: «We have witnessed a revolution in school standards over the past four years, with more young people being taught in good or outstanding schools today than ever before.