http://www.educationcounsel.com/rss-feeds/rss_newsletters.aspxEducationCounsel Press Releases(c) 2008, EducationCounsel. All rights reserved.5WASHINGTON (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