Darling-Hammond, 63, has studied many of the hot-button issues in education—including teacher training and professional development, curriculum reform, and restructuring educational systems during a 25-year academic career at Columbia and Stanford universities.
About 10% of honours are for work in education, including 26 headteachers.
The Bush administration has earmarked $297 million each year for "innovative programs" in education, including single-sex schools.
Yes, we also need improvements in education (including early childhood education and child care), health care, surface transportation and technology for state and local governments.
Google, Apple and other technology companies are very interested in education, including getting their hardware and software into schools around the world.
As for other aspects of children's welfare, Mr. Annan's report noted some advances in education, including the rehabilitation of schools.
The governor made potentially dramatic proposals in education, including a pitch for mayoral control of schools and a plan to revamp the state's school aid formula.
But the possibility of migration creates incentives for people in emerging markets to invest in education, including among those who opt to stay put.
Mr. Modhwadia said that the state had performed badly on several measures in education, including "literacy rate, budgetary allocation and school dropout ratio," compared to other Indian states.
They include the 325,000 jobs in education, including teachers, administrators and support staff, as well as many of the 73,000 other jobs paid for with education grants, many of which were in public safety.
