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Billie J. Orr, Ed.D. is an American advocate for political and education reform. She is the former president of the Education Leaders Council, and former deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction for the state of Arizona . She was the principal of Kiva School in Scottsdale, Arizona from 1994 to 1997.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Kiva Elementary School )〕 She lives in Prescott, Arizona and has been active in the Tea Party movement〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Montana Tea Party Protest of Obama )〕 in both Prescott and Bozeman, Montana. In January 2015 she became a candidate for the Prescott city council.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=BILLIE ORR TO RUN FOR PRESCOTT CITY COUNCIL )〕 ==Professional background== Billie Orr has been active in Tea Party〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Montana Tea Party Protest of Obama )〕 and Republican Party issues for several years,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=BILLIE ORR TO RUN FOR PRESCOTT CITY COUNCIL )〕 specifically advocating limited government and repealing common core education standards. 〔http://www.prescottenews.com/index.php/news/current-news/item/24792-league-of-women-voters-discusses-common-core-part-2〕 Dr. Orr was active in public education for over twenty years in Arizona, and became the deputy Superintendent of Public Education.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Education Week, May 9, 2001 )〕 With her leadership, Arizona implemented the most vigorous charter school program in the country. She left the Arizona Department of Education in 2001 to become the president of the Education Leaders Council in Washington, D.C. Education Leaders Council is a non-profit, conservative education reform organization founded by a number of state school officials in 1995. It was an alternative to Council of Chief State School Officers, a more liberal oriented organization with close ties to the teacher unions such as National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= State School Officials Form Unprecedented Education Leaders Council, Center for Education Reform, September 26, 1995 )〕 In that role she actively promoted increased standards in education and teacher preparation.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= The Christian Science Monitor, August 26, 2002 )〕 ELC gained federal funding for its project, Following the Leaders, to implement the reform policies of the new federal education law. However, an investigation by the U.S. Department of Education initially suggested that ELC did not comply with federal regulations for the funds it was expending,〔(【引用サイトリンク】format=PDF )〕 and federal procurement standards.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= ''Education Leaders Council’s Subcontracting Activities'', U.S. Department of Education, Office of the Inspector General, July 28, 2006. )〕 A final audit, however, showed that ELC’s financial and administrative management had actually undercharged the Department of Education and outstanding grant funding was ultimately paid to the ELC and its spin-off organization, Following the Leaders by the Department of Education.〔U.S. Department of Education, grant funding ledger entries for Fiscal Year 2006 and 2007.〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Following the Leaders IRS Form 990, Fiscal year 2006 )〕 Orr’s original contract was extended to 2004. She has consistently promoted school choice and advocated at the local, state, and national levels for increased standards for students and teacher preparation, emphasizing equality for all students from the gifted, to special needs children, to the disadvantaged. In this effort she worked closely with local, state and federal officials.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= National Governor’s Association Center for Best Practices )〕 She serves as the director of Willow Hills Baptist Church adult bible studies and is a volunteer serving brain-injured individuals and Special Olympics.〔>(【引用サイトリンク】title=BILLIE ORR TO RUN FOR PRESCOTT CITY COUNCIL )〕 Previously she was director of advancement at the Montana Bible College.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Bozeman Daily Chronicle, November 23, 2008 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Billie Orr」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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