Fw: [LiteracyForAll] Fwd: " Keegan expands role as McCain education adviser "

["GERALD BRACEY" <gbracey1@verizon.net>]

Don't know who's advising Dems, but here's an insight into McCain.

JB

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Carole Edelsky 
To: LiteracyForAll@yahoogroups.com ; celt-l@coe.missouri.edu ; Azlte@listserv.arizona.edu 
Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 4:47 PM
Subject: [LiteracyForAll] Fwd: " Keegan expands role as McCain education adviser "


oy gevalt! !que barbaridad!

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Wayne Wright <Wayne.Wright@UTSA.EDU>
> Date: March 7, 2008 12:25:07 PM MST
> To: ELLADVOC@ASU.EDU
> Subject: FW: " Keegan expands role as McCain education adviser "
> Reply-To: Wayne Wright <Wayne.Wright@UTSA.EDU>
>
> Keegan expands role as McCain education adviser
> Yvonne Wingett
> The Arizona Republic
> Mar. 6, 2008 12:00 AM
> Lisa Graham Keegan will scale back on her job as an assistant Maricopa 
> County manager to spend more time working on John McCain's 
> presidential campaign as an education-policy adviser.
>
> She has worked for the county since last year, first as a contract 
> consultant, then as one of its top - and best-paid - administrators, 
> at a $175,000-a-year-salary. Keegan will scale back her role no later 
> than May 1, and will continue to work with the county and bill by the 
> hour.
>
> Keegan is part of an unpaid crew of five from across the nation that 
> will advise McCain on education policies, speak at events and travel 
> with him, she said.
>

----------

>  
----------

>

----------

>
>
> "We write for him, but because it (education) hasn't been a really 
> active issue, none of us have had to spend very much time with him on 
> this issue yet," said Keegan, a Republican from Peoria.
>
> Keegan is a former Arizona superintendent of public instruction, and 
> was the architect of controversial education reforms of the 1990s.
>
> She is best known for opening the door to charter schools, enacting 
> new state curriculum standards and fighting a bitter political battle 
> to impose the state's high-stakes AIMS graduation test.
>
> Keegan and McCain go way back, to the 1980s, when he first took 
> office. He later served as chairman of her campaign for superintendent 
> of public instruction, and prepped her when she was on President 
> Bush's short list for Education secretary in late 2000.
>
> Keegan has no interest in joining McCain's team as a full-time, paid 
> staffer, she said.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Post a Comment
> This is a public comment zone. Readers are solely responsible for the 
> content of their posts and must comply with our Terms of Service and 
> Rules of Engagement. Report offensive content by clicking on the 
> "Report abuse" link.
>
>
>
> azcentral.com login required
> . sign in to post a comment »
> . click here to register for a free account »
>
>
> Helping your favorite cause is as easy as instant messaging. You IM, 
> we give. Learn more. 

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]



__._,_.___ 
Messages in this topic (1) Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic 
Messages | Links | Database | Polls | Members | Calendar 
 
Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) 
Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch format to Traditional 
Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe Visit Your Group 
Yahoo! Kickstart
Sign up today!

Find great recruits

for your company.

New business?
Get new customers.

List your web site

in Yahoo! Search.

Special K Group
on Yahoo! Groups

Join the challenge

and lose weight.
. 
__,_._,___