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President Thomas Jefferson, for instance, thought public education was key to creating a strong country. Here’s a look at nine recent presidents and how they made a difference in education—differences that continue to have an impact on students with learning and thinking differences.
- Bill Gates. Bill Gates may not be an educator himself, but through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, he’s having a pretty big impact on schools around the nation.
- E. D. Hirsch, Jr. One of the biggest talking points in education reform over the past few years has been the Common Core curriculum that will be adopted by most U.S. states by 2015.
- Diane Ravitch. Diane Ravitch has held key positions in education under two U.S. presidents, helping build a decade’s worth of educational policy and assessments.
- Cami Anderson. Cami Anderson become superintendent of the Newark school system in 2011, which despite spending an astronomical $25,000 per student is largely failing due to poor graduation rates and test scores.
Dec 10, 2018 · Proposals set forth by the forty-first president have influenced decades of K–12 education policy. “I want to be the education president. I want to lead a renaissance of quality in our schools.” George H.W. Bush made that declaration in January 1988, at a high school in Manchester, New Hampshire.
May 27, 2016 · With the presidential election of a lifetime in our sights, it’s time for voters to decide on the policies that best align with their values. Some of the most important policies that are...
Jun 7, 2022 · Republican President George H.W. Bush convened the first national education summit and helped launched the Goals 2000 initiative, which catalyzed a decadeslong movement toward...
The role of the President of the United States in education policy has changed. Early in our republic, the president did virtually nothing in this area. As the country evolved and expanded, education eventually became a prominent aspect of a president’s domestic policy concerns.
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Oct 25, 2023 · In 2006, Darling-Hammond was named one of the nation’s ten most influential people affecting educational policy. In 2008, she directed President Barack Obama's Education Policy Transition Team. She is currently President of the California State Board of Education.
