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The Houston Club has again invited 8 students, faculty and staff to the Dis=
tinguished Speaker Lunch Series on December 13. If you are interested in t= he below event, please RSVP by sending an email to Maria Sanchez (sanchezm@= rice.edu). This is a first come, first serve basis: The Houston Club and the Houston Forum=20 Are Proud to Present Distinguished Speaker Rod Paige U.S. Secretary of Education Thursday, December 13, 2001 Noon - 1:30 PM (at the Houston Club) "Education in America - No Child Left Behind" 11:30 AM - Noon - Registration and Reception with Speaker Please join us in welcoming home U.S. Education Secretary Rod Paige. The U= nited States Senate confirmed Secretary Paige as the 7th Secretary of Educa= tion on January 20, 2001, following inauguration of President George W. Bus= h. Born in Monticello, Mississippi, Secretary Paige is the son of public schoo= l educators. He earned a bachelor's degree from Jackson State University i= n Mississippi and a Master's degree and a doctorate from Indiana University= . Although Secretary Paige first distinguished himself coaching college-le= vel athletics, he has always been committed to public education and the pre= paration of teachers to excel in their profession. He served for a decade = as Dean of the College of Education at Texas Southern University. He also = established the university's Center for Excellence in Urban Education, a re= search facility that concentrates on issues related to instruction and mana= gement in urban school systems. As a trustee and an officer of the Board of Education of the Houston Indepe= ndent School District (HISD) from 1989 to 1994, Secretary Paige coauthored = the board's A Declaration of Beliefs and Visions, a statement of purpose an= d goals for the school district that called for fundamental reform through = decentralization, a focus on instruction, accountability at all levels, and= development of a core curriculum. A Declaration of Beliefs and Visions wa= s the catalyst that launched an ongoing, comprehensive restructuring of HIS= D. Secretary Paige became the superintendent of schools of HISD in 1994. As s= uperintendent, Secretary Paige created the Peer Examination, Evaluation, an= d Redesign (PEER) program, which solicits recommendations from business and= community professionals for strengthening school support services and prog= rams. He launched a system of charter schools that have broad authority in= decisions regarding staffing, textbooks, and materials. He saw to it that= HISD paid teachers salaries competitive with those offered by other large = Texas school districts. Secretary Paige made HISD the first school distric= t in the state to institute performance contracts modeled on those in the p= rivate sector, whereby senior staff members continued employment with HISD = based on their performance. He also introduced teacher incentive pay, whic= h rewards teachers for outstanding performance and creative solutions to ed= ucational problems. If Secretary Paige's past is any indication, the best = is yet to come. We invite you and your colleagues to hear Dr. Paige, a ded= icated Houstonian, to The Houston Club on December 13. Maria Sanchez Recruiting Coordinator, Career Planning Center Jesse H. Jones School of Management Phone: (713) 348-5246 Fax: (713) 348-5838 sanchezm@rice.edu
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