Sentences with phrase «so by education secretary»

However, the the schools watchdog has declared that inspections will be delayed until the third year of opening, unless there are «concerns» or it is directed to do so by Education Secretary Nicky Morgan.

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Similarly, an attempt by John Swinney, the dry - as - dust education secretary, to rebut recent internal criticism that the Scottish government lacks a radical edge amounted to little more than claiming the SNP sat «firmly astride Scotland's social democratic centre», while elsewhere he said the currency proposition won't «necessarily» have to be any different from that offered up in 2014, a so - called «currency union».

President Bill Clinton was so impressed by Riley's accomplishments in South Carolina that he called on Riley twice to serve as secretary of education.

In March 2010, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan accused educators of having «lowered the bar» so they could meet the requirements set by the federal education law, No Child Left Behind (NCLB), which requires that all students be proficient in reading and math by the yEducation Arne Duncan accused educators of having «lowered the bar» so they could meet the requirements set by the federal education law, No Child Left Behind (NCLB), which requires that all students be proficient in reading and math by the yeducation law, No Child Left Behind (NCLB), which requires that all students be proficient in reading and math by the year 2014.

Rather than wait for the regulators to have their say — and, as former deputy secretary at the U.S. Department of Education Jim Shelton has observed, when regulators weigh in, they almost always do so in a way that overreacts and far overshoots their mandate — those bootcamps that were concerned about maintaining high quality and not conning students, got together to ensure that bootcamps would keep a good name and a positive image by, in essence, self - regulating.

Numerous studies have confirmed the so - called Bennett Hypothesis, put forward in 1987 by then — U.S. Secretary of Education William J. Bennett, which asserted that federal student aid policies were helping to fuel college tuition inflation.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has gone so far as to accuse states like Alabama of «lying to children and parents» by setting low expectations for student performance.

Who better to do so that PISA Myth - Buster (and Director for Education and Skills and Special Advisor on Education Policy to the Secretary - General for the OECD) Andreas Schleicher, who stopped by the Alliance recently to give a sneak preview of the 2015 PISA.

So students as young as 9 years of age will need to sit for longer hours and complete extra questions for all the political purposes designed by Education Secretary Arne Duncan, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, and other test - obsessed lawmakers and so - called reformerSo students as young as 9 years of age will need to sit for longer hours and complete extra questions for all the political purposes designed by Education Secretary Arne Duncan, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, and other test - obsessed lawmakers and so - called reformerso - called reformers.

Perhaps she is the one person who can't be ignored by Education Secretary Arne Duncan and others in the Obama administration who are so far insisting on carrying forward with some of the most insidious aspects of NCLB.

Obama's «Race to the Top» policy — the brainchild of Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, the former «CEO» of Chicago Public Schools — further codifies high - stakes testing by allocating scarce federal resources to those states most aggressively implementing these so - called accountability measures.

Never has an education secretary been given so much money by Congress with such open - ended authority, according to current and former federal education officials.

Damian Hinds, the education secretary, said the new support «will help parents with early language learning at home by giving them practical advice on activities like reading and learning the alphabet which are so important in making no child is left behind».

So Republicans say «you shouldn't have» and take credit politically for the expansion of charter schools stimulated largely by U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan's Race to the Top and I3 Grants.

Education Secretary Michael Gove wants children to be taught to read using phonics and before the election had said they should be able to do so by the age of six.

In an AP article, US Education Chief Urges Calif. to Enact Reforms, it was reported that, «The Republican governor said he needs the education measures on his desk by early October so we can be totally in sync with the Obama administration and with the vision of our secretary of educatioEducation Chief Urges Calif. to Enact Reforms, it was reported that, «The Republican governor said he needs the education measures on his desk by early October so we can be totally in sync with the Obama administration and with the vision of our secretary of educatioeducation measures on his desk by early October so we can be totally in sync with the Obama administration and with the vision of our secretary of educationeducation.»

The passage of the voucher bills and tax write - offs were hailed then by Betsy DeVos, then a school choice advocate and now U.S. education secretary, who said, «We thank Governor Daniels and the Indiana Legislature for working so hard to make widespread school choice a reality across the state.»

Arne Duncan, when he was Secretary of Education, spoke about the achievement of South Korean students, as measured by standardized tests, and advocated that the United States follow the South Korean approach to education so that our students can achieve as the South Korean students do on those standardizEducation, spoke about the achievement of South Korean students, as measured by standardized tests, and advocated that the United States follow the South Korean approach to education so that our students can achieve as the South Korean students do on those standardizeducation so that our students can achieve as the South Korean students do on those standardized tests.

In 2007, Anthony was singled out by then Education Secretary Alan Johnson as the not - so - secret weapon to get boys reading.

Our Illinois adult drivers education course is approved by the Illinois Secretary of State so new drivers over 18 and under 21 years old can complete their drivers education requirement entirely online.