Education Secretary
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3.9
- noun
- Formal
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secretario de educación (EE. UU.)
- In January, the Education Secretary promised that no school would see a cut in its funding.
- Education Secretary William Bennett
- Education Secretary Arne Duncan
- former Education Secretary
She also goes after education secretary and spokesperson for Daytime Wine, Betsy DeVos.
- She also goes after education secretary and spokesperson for Daytime Wine, Betsy DeVos.
Examples
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A major plan to revitalize our nation's schools and reform education in the United States, America 2000: An Education Strategy, introduced by President Bush and Education Secretary Alexander on April 18, 1991, contains a 15-point accountability package that encourages the rewarding of educational excellence and demands change when schools fall short.
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Like several past education secretaries, she has neither taught at nor led an educational institution.
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To start, the new legislation will require the U.S. Education Secretary.
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Here are five key things to keep in mind about the nominee for education secretary.
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That's not unusual for education secretaries.
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Ever since the job ascended to cabinet-level status in 1979, every education secretary has come from the world of K-12.
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In August, U.S. Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan called on America's youth to take the Stop Bullying Video Challenge.
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In the aftermath of ITT Tech's closure on September 6, Education Secretary Ted Mitchell said that ED has received thousands of emails and calls from students seeking guidance on how to move forward with their education.
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The end goal of the CCSS is best expressed by Education Secretary Arne Duncan's description of the Holy Grail of K-12 education: to graduate all of our students and make sure that they are "college- and career-ready."
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The Education Secretary announced a new initiative to improve literacy in schools.
Synonyms
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4.1
The head of the United States Department of Education who oversees national education policy
How Senior
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is compositionally built: 'Education' specifies the domain and 'secretary' denotes an official in charge, so the literal reading 'the secretary responsible for education' follows from the parts. However, many B1 learners know 'secretary' only as an office assistant and in other languages the cabinet role is called 'minister', so the institutional/political sense may not be reliably inferred without exposure.
Etymology
Education Secretary comes from joining education, meaning 'schools and learning', and secretary, meaning 'a person who manages important papers'. Imagine someone in an office with stacks of school plans and rules, and you see why the term means 'the government minister who runs education'.