http://www.educationcounsel.com/rss-feeds/rss_newsletters.aspxEducationCounsel Press Releases(c) 2008, EducationCounsel. All rights reserved.5The President of the Year Award was established by the State Board of Community Colleges in 2001. The objective of this program is to encourage, identify and reward outstanding leadership and commitment to the community college mission among the presidents of the 58 institutions of the North...http://www.educationcounsel.com/news/release/news_detail.aspx?id=21Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:16:29 GMTWATERTOWN, MA—June 7, 2011— Billions of education dollars are trapped each year. At this time of continued budget shortfalls when every dollar spent on education must yield maximum returns in student outcomes, states are frequently tying the hands of districts. A new report from Education Resource...http://www.educationcounsel.com/news/release/news_detail.aspx?id=20Tue, 07 Jun 2011 18:55:39 GMT Former U.S. Secretary of Education Richard Riley heralded as a leader in education reformWashington, D.C. –  May 12, 2011 – The Learning First Alliance (LFA), a partnership of 17 national education associations representing more than ten million parents, educators and policymakers, has bestowed its...http://www.educationcounsel.com/news/release/news_detail.aspx?id=18Thu, 12 May 2011 13:56:55 GMTWASHINGTON, DC (April 26, 2011) -- Former U.S. Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley, a partner at Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, helped launch the eight-month process Monday to reward improved student outcomes at community colleges at the Inaugural Kick-Off Event for the Aspen Prize...http://www.educationcounsel.com/news/release/news_detail.aspx?id=19Thu, 12 May 2011 14:01:59 GMTATLANTA (March 3, 2011) - EducationCounsel's Jennifer Rippner has been elected as chairperson of the Georgia Charter Schools Commission. The commission is a state-level, independent charter school authorizing entity. The commission has the power to approve or deny petitions for commission charter...http://www.educationcounsel.com/news/release/news_detail.aspx?id=15Thu, 03 Mar 2011 14:38:36 GMTChairman of Congressional Hispanic Caucus and Chairman of White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans endorse recommendations to boost Latino college completionWASHINGTON (March 9, 2011) – Former South Carolina Governor and U.S. Secretary of Education Richard Riley today...http://www.educationcounsel.com/news/release/news_detail.aspx?id=16Wed, 09 Mar 2011 15:23:54 GMTJessica Walbridge has joined EducationCounsel as senior policy advisor. Ms Walbridge will focus on both internal management and strategy and client work. Prior to joining the firm Ms. Walbridge served as the Director of Fiscal Management at the Office of the State Superintendent of Education for the...http://www.educationcounsel.com/news/release/news_detail.aspx?id=17Thu, 24 Mar 2011 19:01:31 GMTWASHINGTON, DC -- Sarah Rittling, a Capitol Hill veteran with 10 years of education experience, has joined EducationCounsel as a senior policy advisor. Ms. Rittling will provide counsel to clients on education policy matters related to early childhood education, elementary and secondary education,...http://www.educationcounsel.com/news/release/news_detail.aspx?id=14Mon, 11 Oct 2010 17:02:55 GMTWASHINGTON (April 28, 2010) --The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and The Association of American Universities (AAU) released today guidance regarding higher education efforts to achieve diversity among their students and faculty who are pursuing science, technology,...http://www.educationcounsel.com/news/release/news_detail.aspx?id=13Wed, 28 Apr 2010 13:09:26 GMTU.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and one of his predecessors, former Secretary Richard W. Riley, will discuss the past, present and future of the nation’s schools at the fifth annual Celebration of Teaching & Learning at the Hilton New York in New York City on Friday, March 5. The...http://www.educationcounsel.com/news/release/news_detail.aspx?id=12Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:21:24 GMTWashington, D.C., Feb. 9, 2010 - The Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP), an independent, nonprofit organization that is dedicated to access and success in postsecondary education around the world, recently named two new board members. The organization's nine-member board now includes...http://www.educationcounsel.com/news/release/news_detail.aspx?id=10Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:03:22 GMTWASHINGTON, D.C. – Kate Lipper has joined EducationCounsel LLC, an affiliate of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, as a policy advisor in its Boston office. A former teacher in the Atlanta public schools, Ms. Lipper earned her Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, in 2008 from Harvard Law School,...http://www.educationcounsel.com/news/release/news_detail.aspx?id=11Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:28:17 GMTJanuary 25, 2010MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – Today the official South Carolina Hall of Fame board of trustees announced the 2010 inductees, one contemporary and one deceased. Robert Smalls, a former slave and Civil War hero who later became a state representative and senator and U.S. congressman, and...http://www.educationcounsel.com/news/release/news_detail.aspx?id=9Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:11:45 GMTWASHINGTON, D.C. (Oct. 1, 2009) - A policy advisor with deep experience driving education reform from research and development to action and results has joined EducationCounsel LLC, an affiliate of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, in its Washington, DC, office. Cory Curl joins as a senior...http://www.educationcounsel.com/news/release/news_detail.aspx?id=8Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:11:49 GMTWashington, D.C. (July 24, 2009) —President Obama and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today announced proposed policies with regard to several major competitive education program supported by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), including the $4 billion "Race to the Top" fund. ...http://www.educationcounsel.com/news/release/news_detail.aspx?id=7Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:42:38 GMTCOLUMBIA (Dec. 15, 2008) – Jennifer Parrish Robinson has joined Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough's Columbia office as legislative counsel on the Firm's Government Relations Group. Ms. Robinson brings with her extensive recent experience working with the South Carolina General Assembly and a...http://www.educationcounsel.com/news/release/news_detail.aspx?id=5Mon, 15 Dec 2008 03:47:59 GMTATLANTA (Dec. 15, 2008) – Jennifer Rippner Buck has joined EducationCounsel LLC, in affiliation with Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, as a senior policy advisor in Atlanta, and brings with her extensive experience in education issues from both the school administration and state...http://www.educationcounsel.com/news/release/news_detail.aspx?id=6Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:53:05 GMTMarch 4, 2008: “Nationalize the Schools (… A Little)!” The Center for American Progress is sponsoring a discussion and Q&A session on a new paper by CAP Sen­­ior Fellow Matt Miller. The paper provides a look at the history of local control as the organizing principle of schooling and suggests...http://www.educationcounsel.com/news/release/news_detail.aspx?id=3Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:02:56 GMTWASHINGTON – A nationally known education policy team led by Art Coleman and Scott Palmer is forming a new entity to further efforts in improving student outcomes and closing achievement gaps. The new entity will be known as EducationCounsel LLC and is affiliated with Nelson Mullins Riley &...http://www.educationcounsel.com/news/release/news_detail.aspx?id=2Wed, 14 May 2008 17:35:11 GMT