Sentences with phrase «under secretary paige»

The Department of Education, especially under Secretary Paige, was firmly committed to the success of these provisions.

Kate Walsh, president of the National Council on Teacher Quality, says while Spellings did make attempts to clarify the highly qualified teacher process, significantly more than was done under Secretary Paige, «it was not a priority for her.»

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While the secretary has granted a number of states increased regulatory flexibility under the law, it is the first time that either Ms. Spellings or her predecessor, Rod Paige,...

Education officials under then - secretary of education, Rod Paige, became known as rigid and inflexible, angering some states, says Eugene W. Hickok, who served as deputy education secretary under Paige.

In a May 20 letter, Secretary of Education Rod Paige said the action was driven by Georgia's decision to delay starting high school end - of - course testing under the 1994 version of the ESEA.

To step back for a moment: Under the leadership of Secretary of Education Richard Riley in the 1990s and his successors, Rod Paige, Margaret Spellings, and Arne Duncan, a bipartisan drive for better and more equitable student outcomes prevailed.

It then moved to the White House as the basis of the No Child Left Behind law when Rod Paige, the superintendent of the Houston schools, became the education secretary under George W. Bush.

She also was the U.S. Department of Education's regional representative in Texas for Education Secretary Margaret Spellings, and she served as Special Assistant in the Office of Legislation and Congressional Affairs under Secretary Rod Paige.

Houston was awarded the first ever Broad Prize in 2002 under the direction of superintendent Rod Paige, who later became President George W. Bush's secretary of education.

And Houston, under the former leadership of Bush's Secretary of Education Rod Paige and an enlightened board of trustees, has been a beacon for urban school reform, having achieved well - deserved recognition as the best urban school district in America.

In a district filled with low - income and at - risk students, the turnaround was hailed as a model for the rest of the country, and the superintendent, Rod Paige, went on to become U.S. secretary of education under George W. Bush.