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The U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings has named Morgan Brown as Assistant Deputy Secretary for the Office of Innovation and Improvement at the U.S. Department of Education (ED). The Assistant Deputy Secretary coordinates the implementation of the public school choice and supplemental services provisions of the president's No Child Left Behind Act. The Office of Innovation and Improvement (OII) oversees the administration of approximately 28 grant programs, supports education innovation, and helps to make strategic investments in promising educational practices. It also provides leadership for efforts in the areas of parental options, information, and rights.
Brown comes from the Minnesota Department of Education, where he served as Director of the Division of School Choice and Innovation since 2003 and oversaw the administration of 25 programs in the area of school choice, non-public school options, voluntary integration, American Indian Education, supplemental education services, and post-secondary scholarships. Prior to his work at the Minnesota Department of Education, Brown was a Senior Fellow for Education Policy for the Center of the American Experiment. For more information visit ED's web site at http://www.ed.gov/news/pressreleases/2006/07/07062006.html or contact Catherine D. Clarke, ASHA's Director of Education and Regulatory Advocacy, via e-mail at cclarke@asha.org or by phone at 800-498-2071, ext. 4159.
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