Sentences with phrase «secretary of education in»

Teachers nationwide are being targeted in a campaign to spread bogus information about climate change, four US senators warned the secretary of education in a letter sent on Wednesday and shared with BuzzFeed News.

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.

Before Betsy DeVos assumed the role as the Secretary of Education in a tie - breaking vote by Vice President Mike Pence, she called «public education a «dead end.

Parent triggers are presented as a grassroots way to give parents control — and have been romanticized in the film Won't Back Down — but Diane Ravitch, an education historian and former U.S. assistant secretary of education in the first Bush Administration, characterizes parent trigger laws as a «clever way to trick parents into seizing control of their schools and handing them over to private corporations.»

She has been a classroom teacher, an administrator, and served as the Secretary of Education in Delaware before her appointment as Maryland's top school executive in 2012.

Texas» request will not be for the same type of waiver with strings attached that other states have received, but rather a waiver under the general waiver authority given the U.S. secretary of education in the NCLB Act.

One of the principal authors of NCLB was Margaret Spellings, who was nominated to Secretary of Education in late 2004.

Debate of the Century: One of the Biggest Threats to Education Today is School Segregation (Sonia Park) Moderated by former secretary of education in the Obama administration, John B. King, Jr, Professor Sheryll Cashin of Georgetown University and Dr. Howard Fuller of Marquette University debated the question of how to prioritize the challenges of equity and opportunity in education policy.

Dr. Lowery served for three years as the Secretary of Education in Delaware and then she became Maryland's top school executive in 2012.

When Paul Reville ended his five - year tenure as the Massachusetts Secretary of Education in 2013, the state was widely acknowledged as a nationwide leader in K - 12 education.

U.S. News & World Report is the latest media outlet to echo negative characterizations of Betsy DeVos as the U.S. secretary of education in its news coverage.

In short, Parent Trigger laws are a «clever way to trick parents into seizing control of their schools and handing it over to private corporations,» according to Diane Ravitch, an education historian and former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education in the first Bush Administration.

Chester Finn, Jr., President Emeritus at the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation, a conservative think tank, and a former Assistant Secretary of Education in the Reagan Administration, understands why many districts stick with the testing model but thinks policies need to be flexible.

And with a soon - to - be US Secretary of Education in our corner, doors of opportunity are opening everywhere.

In the case of Diane Ravitch, who started her career as an Assistant Secretary of Education in George H.W. Bush's administration and is finishing it up as a dyed - in - the - wool teachers union shill, the American Federation of Teachers and Ravitch have an unsurprising love -LSB-...]

«Our goal is to turn around the 5,000 lowest - performing schools over the next five years, as part of our overall strategy for dramatically reducing the dropout rate, improving high school graduation rates and increasing the number of students who graduate prepared for success in college and the workplace,» said Arne Duncan, the administration's new secretary of education in August of that year.

Education Secretary Confirmation Hearing Betsy DeVos testified before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on her nomination for secretary of education in the Trump administration.

Louis and as a Senior Fellow for the American Institutes for Research (AIR) in Washington, D.C. Previously, he was the Superintendent of Schools in Cincinnati and the Associate Secretary of Education in Delaware where he was successful in raising student achievement through system reform.

His appointment as deputy secretary of education in Colombia is recognition of his many leadership qualities,» said Professor Fernando Reimers, Ed.M.»

«We don't do well mandating top - down course - taking in the Commonwealth,» said Reville, a former secretary of education in Massachusetts.»

A university president and former deputy U.S. secretary of education in the Bush administration has been named the president of the Education Commission of the States, organization officials announced during a meeting here last week.

Kearns, who had previously served as deputy secretary of education in the Bush administration and as CEO of Xerox, was widely respected in political, education, and business circles.

A funny thing has happened since William J. Bennett became Secretary of Education in 1985: The head of a small agency President Reagan had marked for extinction has become one of his most visible Cabinet members.

(Christian Science Monitor) Betsy DeVos Was Just Confirmed as Education Secretary — Here's what she will control (Business Insider) Professor Paul Reville elucidates the role of the Secretary of Education in the Current Federal Landscape.

Christopher Ruszkowski was named Secretary of Education in New Mexico in July 2017.

The first of these models was advanced by Chester «Checker» Finn Jr., a former Assistant Secretary of Education in the Reagan Administration.

The leader of this rear - guard action is Diane Ravitch, a professor at New York University who was an assistant secretary of education in the administration of George H.W. Bush.

The project was spearheaded by Paul Reville, the former secretary of education in Massachusetts who now runs the Education Redesign Lab at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Bush reached out first to Tony Bennett, education chief in Indiana; Eric Smith, former education commissioner of Florida; and Gerard Robinson, then secretary of education in Virginia.

«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.

Cross, president of the Council for Basic Education and a former assistant U.S. secretary of education in the Bush administration, added that waiving the cap on retirement earnings for teachers would allow retirees to get back into the classroom and still collect Social Security.

Eugene Hickok, Under Secretary of Education in the U.S. Department of Education, called the idea of having «to triple or quadruple their budget... just ludicrous.»

Improving Schools for Every Student Huffington Post, 10/28/15» [Professor] Paul Reville, who served as secretary of education in Massachusetts, is quick to defend the standards movement as crucial to establishing higher expectations for all students and maintaining public confidence in schools.

Paul Reville, former Secretary of Education in Massachusetts, offers suggestions, as does Paul Hill from the Center on Reinventing Public Education.

Susan Neuman is a former assistant U.S. secretary of education in the Bush administration who has enjoyed a bit of fame (and in some circles, infamy) for recanting her support for No Child Left Behind.

His appointment as deputy secretary of education in Colombia is recognition of his many...

Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, the keynote speaker on Tuesday and Reville's former boss when Reville served as secretary of education in the Commonwealth, said an initiative like By All Means is critically needed, now more than ever.

WASHINGTON — Some observers see irony in the fact that a former Governor, as Secretary of Education in the Administration of another former Governor, is presiding over an effort to significantly expand the federal government's involvement in an area that has traditionally been a state responsibility.

Paul Reville, Francis Keppel Professor of Practice of Educational Policy and Administration at Harvard Graduate School of Education, served as secretary of education in Massachusetts from 2008 through 2012.

But in a recent visit to HGSE, Reyes Tamez Guerra, the secretary of education in Mexico, argued that the country offers a lot more to its students than one would think.

And the Chicago schools, while improving, are still recovering from the day in 1988 when William J. Bennett, secretary of education in the Reagan administration, pronounced them the «worst in the nation.»

Reville serves as secretary of education in Massachusetts and has pushed for additional funding to cover more schools in the state.

She previously served as senior research associate of the National Literacy Panel on Language Minority Youth and as a member of the Reading First Advisory Committee for the Secretary of Education in the U.S. Department of Education.

Controversial New York City Schools chancellor Joel Klein has been mentioned as a possible secretary of Education in an Obama administration, which is why more than 1,000 locals have signed an online petition imploring Team Obama not to choose him.

«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.

«We now have the most famous secretary of education in history,» he said.

She was the Director of Housing and the Secretary of Education in Victoria, and most recently was the Director - General of the New South Wales Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources.

Not exact matches

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.»

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos faced student criticism and then abruptly walked out of her own press conference during a visit on Wednesday to the Parkland, Fla. high school where 17 died in a mass shooting last month.

Why not go out of your way to gift books to underfunded and underprivileged communities that continue to be marginalized and maligned by policies put in place by Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos?»