Sentences with phrase «said assistant secretary of education»

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Catherine Lhamon, the Department of Education's assistant secretary for civil rights, said in a statement that the government would «vigorously enforce Title IX's prohibition against discrimination on the basis of sex, including gender identity, in every applicable school.»

«We've lost public trust on why we test, and so we need to make sure we can tell the public why,» said Johnson, a former acting assistant secretary of education in the administration of President Bill Clinton.

Today «it's the right - wing reformers who are lowering standards,» says Diane Ravitch, a former assistant secretary of education and leading critic of the corporate education - reform movement, noting that Tony Bennett's final act after losing his re-election bid, last November, as Indiana superintendent of public instruction — he was recently appointed education commissioner in Florida — was to weaken the state's requirements for new teachers.

A spokesman said the department had sent names of proposed nominees to the White House for every position but that of assistant secretary for elementary and secondary education, and officials are anxiously awaiting further action.

«I think this is the first attempt to have a common research agenda that can be broadly communicated to the field,» Francie M. Alexander, a deputy assistant secretary in the Education Department's office of educational research and improvement, said in an interview.

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Chester E. Finn Jr., who served as an assistant secretary in the U.S. Department of Education under President Reagan and is now a scholar at the conservative think tank, has also taken the helm of a little - known foundation he says will focus almost exclusively on K - 12 reform issues.

With a rising immigrant population, a well - documented achievement gap between white students and students of color, and broadening gaps in wealth of Americans, Deb Delisle, the assistant secretary for elementary and secondary education for the U.S. Department of Education, said that the odds that are against these children were are really related to a gap in «educational opportuniteducation for the U.S. Department of Education, said that the odds that are against these children were are really related to a gap in «educational opportunitEducation, said that the odds that are against these children were are really related to a gap in «educational opportunity.»

The White House said President Bush plans to designate James F. Manning as the Department of Education's acting assistant secretary for postsecondary eEducation's acting assistant secretary for postsecondary educationeducation.

«To move from being an assistant principal to administering a $ 5 - billion program is a huge jump,» said Senator Paul Simon, Democrat of Illinois, during a confirmation hearing on three recent nominations, including that of Ms. Dorsett, to be assistant secretaries of education.

And though Hacker and Dreifus, a former Queens College political science professor (and frequent contributor to the New York Review of Books) and a veteran science reporter and editor, respectively, turn in what appears to be a useful essay about the challenges ahead for the CCSS, Peter Cunningham, a former assistant secretary of education, says that Hacker and Dreifus themselves «contribute greatly to the confusion and misinformation surrounding the issue of learning standards.»

But they also said the policy, which has been rescinded by Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander, was under development before they arrived at the agency and was not initiated by the assistant secretary for civil rights, Michael L. Williams, who has been sharply criticizeSecretary of Education Lamar Alexander, was under development before they arrived at the agency and was not initiated by the assistant secretary for civil rights, Michael L. Williams, who has been sharply criticizesecretary for civil rights, Michael L. Williams, who has been sharply criticized for it.

«Our feeling is that charter schools can really engage parents in their children's learning, because parents make an active choice - especially when there aren't that many good choices available,» said Jim Shelton, an assistant secretary of education, in a recent phone interview.

Career and technical education groups said they are pleased to have one of their own nominated for assistant secretary for career, technical and adult education — the top job dealing with work - force issues at the Department of Eeducation groups said they are pleased to have one of their own nominated for assistant secretary for career, technical and adult education — the top job dealing with work - force issues at the Department of Eeducation — the top job dealing with work - force issues at the Department of EducationEducation.

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.

«For far too long, these schools have continued to deny students an equal - education opportunity and have been struggling, and we need to take more dramatic steps to turn them around,» said Jason Snyder, deputy assistant secretary at the U.S. Department of Eeducation opportunity and have been struggling, and we need to take more dramatic steps to turn them around,» said Jason Snyder, deputy assistant secretary at the U.S. Department of EducationEducation.

The 25 - year experiment with charter schools has been a failure, former Assistant Secretary of Education Diane Ravitch said this week at the annual conference of the Network for Public Education.

In order to have this condition removed, IDOE most address all «next steps» in the monitoring report and submit evidence that it has done so as part of its extension request,» U.S. Department of Education Assistant Secretary Deborah Delisle said in a letter to State Superintendent Glenda Ritz.

Nansi Ellis, assistant general secretary of education policy and research at the National Education Union, said: «The Department for Education's report shows just how much work college teachers education policy and research at the National Education Union, said: «The Department for Education's report shows just how much work college teachers Education Union, said: «The Department for Education's report shows just how much work college teachers Education's report shows just how much work college teachers and le...

«The depth of discouragement among educators in the trenches is at an all - time high and can not be overstated,» said former Assistant Secretary of Education Diane Ravitch in a recent BAM Radio interview.

But critics, including education historian Diane Ravitch, a New York University professor and former assistant U.S. secretary of education who is speaking at UW - Madison on Tuesday, say choice programs have drained resources from the traditional public school system without producing conclusive evidence that they are any better at educating students, particularly low - income ones.

«This is not an issue that we see in high - income communities,» said Catherine E. Lhamon, assistant secretary for civil rights at the U.S. Department of Education.

said Diane Ravitch, a professor of education at New York University who was assistant education secretary under President George H. W. Bush.

«While this is a good study, it only looked at the narrow question of whether more pay motivates teachers to try harder,» said Peter Cunningham, assistant U.S. education secretary for communications and outreach.

«We've been identifying challenges and moving forward to improve the program,» said Michael Yudin, formerly the principal deputy assistant secretary for the office of elementary and secondary education, who recently became the acting assistant secretary in the office of special education.

Gail Cartmail, Assistant General Secretary at Unite, said: «The education and wellbeing of future generations is being harmed by cuts to school budgets.

Commenting on the Reception Baseline Comparability Study, published by the Department for Education (DfE) today (Thursday 7 April), Nansi Ellis, assistant general secretary (policy) of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:

Nansi Ellis, an assistant general secretary of the National Education Union, said Troops to Teachers had «got almost nowhere», and warned such «one - off, small - scale» initiatives are «not the solution to the deep problems faced by schools».

At the same time, we need to continue to build a broad and deep portfolio of solutions that address persistent challenges in education, particularly for disadvantaged students,» said U.S. Assistant Deputy Secretary for Innovation and Improvement Jim Shelton.

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By third grade, it's frankly too late» to help students who have fallen way behind, said Peter Cunningham, an assistant secretary at the U.S. Department of Education.

«If it encourages other locals to strike,» former assistant secretary of education Diane Ravitch said over e-mail, «it could have a huge impact.»

«The department makes sure that money goes through those programs to get through to the places that need it, and without the department there's no way to actually administer the hundreds of programs that are funded through the department,» said Scott Sargrad, director of standards and accountability for education policy at the Center for American Progress and former deputy assistant secretary for policy and strategic initiatives in the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education at the U.S. Department of Eeducation policy at the Center for American Progress and former deputy assistant secretary for policy and strategic initiatives in the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education at the U.S. Department of EEducation at the U.S. Department of EducationEducation.

«What happens in New York always has repercussions elsewhere,» said Diane Ravitch, a New York University education historian and former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education who has since become a critic of what she sees as the corporatization of educatioeducation historian and former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education who has since become a critic of what she sees as the corporatization of educatioEducation who has since become a critic of what she sees as the corporatization of educationeducation policy.

Former United States Assistant Secretary of Education Diane Ravitch weighed in on Cathie Black's resignation as chancellor of the New York City schools, saying the turmoil in New York should serve as an example for education reformers eEducation Diane Ravitch weighed in on Cathie Black's resignation as chancellor of the New York City schools, saying the turmoil in New York should serve as an example for education reformers eeducation reformers elsewhere.

The government is aware of these concerns, said Michael Yudin, acting assistant secretary for special education and rehabilitative services, in an interview.

Education historian and former United States Assistant Secretary of Education Diane Ravitch said she opposed New York's Race to the Top application because of the increased focus on testing it brought in.

Gail Cartmail, Unite assistant general secretary said: «We need to strongly build the case that the government's recent funding announcement is woefully inadequate and that a generous tranche of «new» money is needed to ensure that our children have the education that they deserve so that they can lead fulfilling lives and contribute to the future economic welfare of the country.

From a conservative perspective, Obama's very public pronouncements in favor of the standards probably hasn't helped, says Michael Petrilli, executive director of the Thomas B. Fordham institute and assistant education secretary during the George W. Bush administration, even though a healthy coalition of conservatives, including individuals like Petrilli, supports Common Core.

Finn, a former assistant secretary of education in the Reagan administration, said the quality of charter schools across the country varies widely, and he predicted that the results would make those overseeing charters demand more in the way of performance.

«I've never seen so many cheating scandals as there have been in the last few years,» said Diane Ravitch, a New York University education historian and former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education under Presidents George H.W. Bush and Billeducation historian and former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education under Presidents George H.W. Bush and BillEducation under Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton.

For starters, only 40 percent to 55 percent of American children attend quality pre-kindergarten programs, said Libby Doggett, deputy assistant secretary of policy and early learning for the U.S. Department of Education.