[NLA] Info: New Institute of Education Sciences, Director Appointed

[Jon Randall]

News Release from U.S. Dept of Education ...

U.S. Department of Education
Office of Public Affairs, News Branch
400 Maryland Ave., S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20202

FOR RELEASE
November 26, 2002
Contact: David Thomas
(202) 401-1576

BUSH APPOINTS GROVER "RUSS" WHITEHURST AS DIRECTOR, INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION
SCIENCES

President Bush has appointed Grover "Russ" Whitehurst of New York to serve a
six-year term as director of the Institute of Education Sciences at the
Department of Education. Whitehurst has served since July 2001 as the
department's assistant secretary for the Office of Educational Research and
Improvement, which is being replaced by the new institute.

Before joining the administration, he was leading professor of psychology
and pediatrics and chair of the department of psychology at the State
University of New York at Stony Brook. He completed his bachelor's degree at
East Carolina University and earned a master's degree and Ph.D. at the
University of Illinois.

"The department is very fortunate to have Russ at the helm of our
educational research efforts," said U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige.
"He brings to the department more than 30 years of experience in education
research and has been able to make major changes in the way that research is
conducted in the field and used in the department during the year-and-a-half
that he has served as assistant secretary. I expect him to have even more
impact as director of the institute, as we continue to figure out ways to
help students learn better by determining what works and what doesn't in
educational programs and practices."

The new Institute of Education Sciences was formally established as a result
of the president signing the Education Sciences Reform Act 2002 on Nov. 5.
The institute will include national education centers focused on research,
statistics, and evaluation and will allow the department to move forward
aggressively to support the high-quality research, evaluation, and
statistical activities needed to improve education policy and practice.

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Jon Randall
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