Raymond Simon

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Raymond Simon is an American educator and the current United States Deputy Secretary of Education. Simon leads the Office of the Deputy Secretary (ODS) which serves the administration of Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings. Simon was nominated by U.S. President George W. Bush and confirmed by the Senate on May 26, 2005. He is primarily focused on the 2001 No Child Left Behind Act that aims at reforming primary and secondary education. Simon had previously served as the Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education, which serves as the top official within the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education.

Simon was the Chief State School Officer for Arkansas for six years—a position he held until his initial appointment by President G.W. Bush. He also served as superintendent of the Conway (Arkansas) School District from 1991 to 1997.

A native of Conway, Arkansas, Simon has been involved in Arkansas education since 1966, when he began his career as a mathematics teacher at North Little Rock High School. While at North Little Rock, he was also Director of School Food Services and Director of Computer Services until moving back to Conway to serve as Assistant Superintendent for Finance. In addition, he has been an adjunct professor for both educational technology and school finance at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

He received a bachelor's and master's degree in mathematics from the University of Central Arkansas, and holds an educational specialist degree in school administration from the University of Arkansas.

Simon and his wife, Phyllis, have one married daughter and two grandchildren, Alex and Ana.

Sources

http://www.ed.gov/news/staff/bios/simon.html

Agencies under the United States Department of Education

Secretary of Education Office for Civil Rights • Institute of Education Sciences Deputy Secretary of Education Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools • Office of Innovation and Improvement • Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services • Office of English Language Acquisition • Office of Elementary and Secondary Education Under Secretary of Education Office of Federal Student Aid • Office of Vocational and Adult Education • Office of Postsecondary Education Programs National Center for Education Statistics • National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research • Office of Migrant Education • Education Resources Information Center • National Assessment of Educational Progress Independent Organizations Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance • National Institute for Literacy • National Assessment Governing Board • National Board for Education Sciences • White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities • White House Initiative on Tribal Colleges and Universities • White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans

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