But his boss, education secretary Nicky Morgan, is adamant that forcing all schools to become academies will cut central interference – which ought to mean Slater will need even fewer civil servants.
But she and her boss, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, need to challenge the faculty and guidance-counselor unions just as they have teachers' unions in elementary and secondary education.
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Charles Schwab, the brokerage's eponymous boss, offered education grants of up to $20,000 from his charitable foundation.
In the event, Jenkins's attempt to democratise the Arts Council was blocked by his boss, the education secretary Fred Mulley.
Universities already have individual targets (called "benchmarks"); nevertheless, Ms Hodge was swiftly slapped down by her boss, the education secretary, for this is a sensitive issue.
Clarke, who was her boss as education secretary and who worked with her in his time as home secretary when she was a minister in the old Department for Constitutional Affairs, is full of praise.
Meanwhile, his equally blunt boss, the education secretary Michael Gove, followed him at last week's conference at Brighton College with a soliloquy on the "sheer scale, the breadth and the depth, of private school dominance of our society".
Education Secretary Mike Russell has told education bosses to decide as early as possible if they are going to shut down all schools in their area because of wintry weather.
Hampshire's education boss, Conservative councillor Peter Edgar, is also appalled.
During the hearing, senators managed to avoid asking him any direct questions about his difficult tenure as New York's education boss.
