Sentences with phrase «state education secretary»

NPR, 4/25/16» «When you look at Massachusetts» overall performance nationally, we have gone from the middle of the pack to the top of the pack,» says Paul Reville, a former state education secretary who now teaches at Harvard's Graduate School of Education.»

«When you look at Massachusetts» overall performance nationally, we have gone from the middle of the pack to the top of the pack,» says Paul Reville, a former state education secretary who now teaches at Harvard's Graduate School of Education.

Former United States Education Secretary and former Chief Executive Officer of the Chicago Public Schools Arne Duncan thanked the teachers for their recommendations, saying, «We know that a lot of our children live with trauma and it affects their ability to learn.

High Praise for Reville Worcester Telegram, December 13, 2012 «State Education Secretary [Professor] Paul Reville, whom the governor said was known as «the father of Massachusetts education reform» even before he became the state's top education official in 2008, plans to return to the faculty at Harvard University when he leaves the governor's Cabinet in January.»

McDonnell «came into office really wanting to provide options and innovation to Virginia schoolchildren,» state Education Secretary Laura Fornash said.

That program has essentially failed, according to former state education secretary Hart, who was its architect.

Both Gov. Corbett and acting state Education Secretary Carolyn Dumaresq said the action means Philadelphia teachers will now join most teachers in the state in contributing to their health care.

The ruling stays the use of the New Mexico value - added system and should be a wake - up call to Gov. Susana Martinez and state Education Secretary Hanna Skandera who promoted this system, despite warnings from major educational research organizations and others about using value - added measures for high - stakes decisions.

As schools debate ways to most effectively use the funds, the United States Education Secretary, Arne Duncan, asserts that school leaders should strive to think in new, different, and creative ways.

Even Paul Reville, the former state education secretary and architect of the innovation school model, questions their inclusion in the count, saying districts have been timid in their use of the freedom to innovate under the innovation school option introduced six years ago.

If district leaders and their union counterparts either disagree on how to overhaul a particular school or submit a proposal for turnaround that the state education secretary deems as too weak, the secretary can override it.

Paul Reville, a former state education secretary, expressed optimism that charters would rebound and noted that traditional schools also deal periodically with controversies.

Charles Zogby, the state education secretary, says the goal is «to introduce a more market - based reform into public education... where you have a diverse set of providers... but everybody is under the same accountability measures.»