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...people would question whether former University President Lawrence H. Summers has the brains to be President-elect Barack Obama’s Treasury Secretary??€”after all, he held the same position in the Clinton administration.But when post-election rumors that Obama would tap Summers for the post began to fly, it reopened wounds dating back to his turbulent tenure as Harvard’s president.The National Organization for Women and other women’s groups have issued sharply-worded statements opposing Summers’ potential appointment that may have succeeded in knocking him off Obama?...
...cited the federal law as a major reason for improved test scores and reduced achievement gaps. The law mandates that schools must aim for all students to reach grade-level proficiency in reading and math by 2014. In a question-and-answer session following the secretary??€™s speech, one teacher expressed doubt about the merits of the controversial reform program. Spellings responded by saying that the act created an accountability system and pushed for nationwide improvements in education. “Only when we have information, do we have something to act on and pinpoint our problems...
...United States in the 1960s, when he learned English from a Miami bellhop. Taking a job with Kellogg’s in 1975, he rose to the top of the company as CEO in 1999. In 2005, he was appointed to George W. Bush’s cabinet. The secretary??€™s visit to the IOP gave fellow Cuban-Americans an opportunity to speak with not only a government official but a fellow countryman about the continuing American embargo against Cuba and stringent regulation of travel between the two countries. “How can we show the Cuban...
...With the 2008 presidential election approaching, Summers—a former Treasury Secretary??€”has also dipped his feet back into the political waters he once inhabited. Colleagues say he has been giving advice to multiple presidential candidates...
...search for Harvard’s 28th leader opened on Feb. 21, 2006, when Lawrence H. Summers was forced to resign after a drawn-out battle with professors in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. When Summers was named president in 2001, many believed the former Treasury secretary??€™s energy and reputation as an agent of change would make him one of Harvard’s greatest presidents. Instead, he left office after the shortest term of any Harvard president since the Civil...