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	Richard Riley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Richard Wilson Riley (born January 2, 1933), American politician, was the United States Secretary of Education under President Bill Clinton as well as the Governor of South Carolina, is a member of the Democratic Party.
		Riley began in politics as a member of the House of Representatives in his home state of South Carolina, serving from 1963-66.
		Riley was elected governor of South Carolina in 1979.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Richard_Riley (224 words)

	Archived: U. S. Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley Biographical Sketch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Riley’s efforts were so successful that President Clinton asked him to stay on in his second term to lead the President’s national crusade for excellence in education.
		Riley and the President agree that education must be America’s number one priority in the years ahead.
		Riley is married to the former Ann Osteen Yarborough.
	www.ed.gov /offices/OS/riley.html (344 words)

	LEXIS-NEXIS® Congressional Universe-Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		RILEY: I think our general philosophy and in my long statement, you could probably pick that up in a pretty good degree is basically one of the as we call the standards movement and that is to say that we ought to define, the states ought to define.
		RILEY: Well what I was talking with Senator Gregg about, I do not think is the federal government's role to control that, but I do think we do have role to see what's working in other states and to share that information with states and with local schools.
		RILEY: And I would point out, Senator, that you'll notice that on the math '92/'96, that nine year olds in math, in terms of the gap between the disadvantage kids and those who are not disadvantaged and minority kids, the gap has reduced 20 percent.
	lobby.la.psu.edu /063_IDEA/Congressional_Hearings/Testimony/S_HELP_Riley_020999.htm (14818 words)

	Online NewsHour: The Boomer Echo filling the schools -- August 21, 1997
		RICHARD RILEY, Secretary of Education: Well, the thrust of the report is--as we go back to school--is that this year there will be more young people in K-12 schools, public and private altogether, 52.2 million, than ever in the history of this country.
		RICHARD RILEY: Well, it is perhaps a natural thing in one sense, but when you look back at the Baby Boomers that really reached the peak in the early 70's, that was a blip.
		Riley have performed a terrific service for everybody in highlighting the needs that the nation is really going to have to face and the challenges we're going to all have to come to grips with in pointing out the enormous size and the nature and scope of enrollment increases over the next few years.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/education/july-dec97/boom_8-21.html (2518 words)

	Boston.com / News / Boston Globe / Obituaries / John William Riley, 86, Globe reporter, editor
		Riley started working as a copy boy and reporter for The Boston Globe, and after two years, he embarked on an 18-year stint as a music and drama critic there.
		Riley turned the reporting lens on himself and chronicled his lifelong battle with alcoholism under the pseudonym Morris Trask.
		Riley leaves three other sons, Kevin of Maryland, William of Weymouth, and David of Quincy; three daughters, Kathleen Lape of North Carolina, C. Susan Riley of Arizona, and Lisa Cooney of Braintree; a sister, Joanne Donovan of Connecticut; 12 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
	www.boston.com /news/globe/obituaries/articles/2005/01/16/john_william_riley_86_globe_reporter_editor (663 words)

	AllPolitics - Players - Richard Riley
		Riley was born to a career in politics and public service.
		Riley worked hard to lobby support for his Education Improvement Act, described as the most comprehensive educational reform measure in the country in a RAND Corporation study.
		Riley believes that school systems can be improved -- "but you have to really believe in the importance of education, be willing to hurt for it," he says.
	www.cnn.com /ALLPOLITICS/1997/gen/resources/players/riley (558 words)

	CNN NEWSROOM On the Road - Richard W. Riley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		President Clinton chose Dick Riley to be Secretary in December 1992 after Riley won recognition for his highly successful effort to improve education in South Carolina.
		During the President's first term, Riley helped launch historic initiatives to raise academic standards; to improve instruction for the poor and disadvantaged; to expand federal grants and loan programs to help more Americans go to college; to prepare young people for the world of work; and to improve teaching.
		Dick Riley was born in Greenville County, SC, on Jan. 2, 1933.
	learning.turner.com /newsroom/ontheroad/riley.html (413 words)

	Online NewsHour: Richard Riley -- January 17, 2001
		RAY SUAREZ: Richard Riley was the Governor of South Carolina for two terms before joining the Clinton administration as Secretary of Education.
		RICHARD RILEY: Well, and that's reflective of this fact that the American people have gotten so into education, and that causes these stimulating ideas, and I love that.
		RICHARD RILEY: Well, and Rod Paige is a friend of mine and a good person – and he and I have worked together on education, and I’ve involved him in a commission and on things, programs with me, and I visited with him in Houston several times.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/white_house/jan-june01/riley_1-17.html (1286 words)

	Richard Riley's Syosset Address
		Riley said the award was particularly meaningful because, in the next century, education will play a "critical role...in the lives of every young person." He said that all Americans must understand just how vital a good education will be in the future.
		Riley said that as the American economy becomes increasingly idea-driven, fueled by intellectual and human resources more so than manual labor, higher standards of education must be implemented.
		Riley also said that schools should act as "centers of communities" and offer a variety of enriching, diverse and productive after-school activities.
	www.antonnews.com /syossetjerichotribune/1999/10/01/news/speech.html (349 words)

	RIT - News & Events: Richard Riley and Norman Jewison to address RIT
		The Christian Science Monitor says that many Americans regard Richard Riley, U.S. Secretary of Education, as "one of the great statesmen of education in this century." When he was governor of South Carolina, Riley was so popular that the people amended their constitution to enable him to run for a second term.
		Riley and Clinton agree that education must be America's number one priority in the years ahead.
		Riley also is working hard for Clinton's historic higher education package that would help needy and middle-income families afford the cost of college and provide lifelong learning opportunities to Americans of all ages.
	www.rit.edu /~930www/NewsEvents/2000/May02/convocation.html (1060 words)

	Washingtonpost.com: Live Online -- OnPolitics "Free Media"
		Richard W. Riley: First of all, the most important thing about a vice presidential candidate is whether they'd be a good president if they ended up in that position.
		Richard W. Riley: The view of our administration is that education is a state responsibility and a local function.
		Richard W. Riley: I think one of the big differences would be vouchers.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/liveonline/00/politics/freemedia081400_riley.htm (1150 words)

	UMSM Microbiology and Immunology
		Wilson, E.L., Sherwood, E.M., King, A.M., and Riley, R.L. A phenotypically distinct subset of bone marrow immature B cells exhibits partial activation, increased survival, and preferential expression of VhS107.
		Riley, R.L., Knowles, J., and King, A.M. Levels of E2A protein expression in B cell precursors are stage-dependent and inhibited by stem cell factor (c-kit ligand).
		Sherwood, E.M., Xu, W., King, A.M., Blomberg, B.B., and Riley, R.L. The reduced expression of surrogate light chains in B cell precursors from senescent BALB/c mice is associated with decreased E2A proteins.
	www.biomed.miami.edu /micro/faculty_riley.html (1220 words)

	Online NewsHour:Riley & Bennett on Education Platforms -- July 23, 1996
		RICHARD RILEY, Secretary of Education: Well, of course, President Clinton is strong for choice within the public system--charter schools, public school choice, magnet schools, all of those things, within the public school system.
		Riley continues to let principals know that parents know what they can do, what is--what you are allowed to do, what the law provides.
		Riley has--my wife works in the D.C. schools--and you’ll see many of them--every door is chained once the student get in there, chained from the outside world.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/education/education_debate_7-23.html (2196 words)

	Richard W. Riley
		President Clinton chose Richard Riley to be Secretary in December 1992 after Riley won national recognition for his highly successful effort to improve education in South Carolina.
		Secretary Riley’s efforts were so successful that President Clinton asked him to stay on in his second term to lead the President’s national crusade for excellence in education.
		Secretary Riley’s goals now include helping all children to master the basics of reading and math, making schools safer, reducing class sizes, modernizing and building new schools, helping students learn to use computers and expanding after-school programs.
	clinton5.nara.gov /WH/EOP/First_Lady/html/teens/riley.html (291 words)

	Printable Page with Information on Richard Riley. Contact Grabow to book Richard Riley for Event, Meeting or Gala
		After winning national recognition for his successful education improvements in South Carolina during the 1980s, Riley was chosen by President Clinton in December 1992 to serve in his Cabinet as the nation's chief education officer.
		During the President's first term, Secretary Riley helped launch historic initiatives to raise academic standards; improve instruction for the poor and disadvantaged; expand grant and loan programs to help more Americans go to college; prepare young people for the world of work; and improve teaching.
		Riley was so successful that, after the 1996 election, President Clinton asked him to continue leading his national crusade for excellence in education.
	www.grabow.biz /printable_pages/RichardRiley.htm (275 words)

	Encyclopedia: Richard Riley
		Since retiring as Secretary of Education, he has served as a Partner in the prominent law firm of Nelson, Mullins, Riley, and Scarborough.
		The South Carolina House of Representatives is the lower house of the South Carolina General Assembly.
		Lamar Andrew Alexander (born July 3, 1940) is the junior United States Senator from Tennessee and a member of the Republican Party.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Richard-Riley (677 words)

	Washingtonpost.com: Politics -- The Administration, Richard W. Riley
		When he took over the Department of Education in 1993, Richard Riley found himself at the helm of an embattled agency that some members of Congress and Republican presidential candidates had called to abolish.
		Under Riley's stewardship, programs were put in place promoting higher national education standards and expanding federal grants and loan programs.
		Riley sponsored legislation in 1984 to spend $240 million to improve the state's public schools, paid for by a 1-cent sales tax known as the "penny-for-education" idea.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/politics/govt/admin/riley.htm (256 words)

	Business Wire: Small Business Veteran Richard T. Riley Joins V... @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Riley, the former President and CEO of New England Business Service, a $720 million public company servicing the small business market, brings his vast industry expertise to VistaPrint to help the company achieve continued success.
		Richard T. Riley is currently President and COO of LoJack Corporation (NASDAQ:LOJN), the publicly traded global leader in stolen vehicle recovery technology.
		Riley also held the title of President with several other companies within the New England Business Service Corporate Group including Rapidforms, which was acquired by New England Business Services in 1997, McBee and Safeguard, all of which operated in the small business market.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:128326523&refid=holomed_1 (631 words)

	WashingtonPost.com: Inauguration '97
		Riley has won high marks during Clinton's first term from many education groups and even some Republicans in Congress for his tempered political style and the priorities he set for a department long criticized as inefficient.
		For most of the last two years, Riley has been fighting to save the department from being abolished and to protect its budget from GOP proposed cuts.
		In the second term it will be Riley's job to help enact one of the central promises of Clinton's campaign: a $1,500 tax credit for the first two years of college to students who have at least a B average.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/national/longterm/inaug/players/others.htm (1501 words)

	TNA Mar 11, 1996 RICHARD Riley is new resident manager of Portman ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		RICHARD Riley is new resident manager of Portman...
		RICHARD Riley is new resident manager of Portman Shangri-La, Shanghai.
		Riley was general manager of the five-star Berjaya Le Morne Beach Resort and Casino in Mauritius.
	www.cargonewsasia.com /timesnet/data/tna/docs/tna2879.html (46 words)

	Richard Riley Becomes Sylvan Director (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Riley's nomination is part of a slate of recommended directors subject to shareholder approval during the company's annual meeting next month.
		Secretary Riley also agreed to serve on the board of directors of Sylvan International Universities, the company's subsidiary that has developed a network of private universities, with more than 55,000 students in four countries.
		Prior to becoming US Education Secretary, Riley was a two-term governor in South Carolina, where he also served as a state representative and state senator.
	dc.internet.com /news/print.php/759781 (415 words)

	Duke Magazine-The State of Public Education-May/Jun 2002
		While the secretaries brought various experiences and ideologies to the table, the meeting was notable as much for its point of agreement--public education needs fixing--as for the civil disagreements about accountability and testing.
		Riley, secretary of education during all eight years of the Clinton administration, became the lone Democrat at the summit when Shirley Hufstedler, President Carter's appointee, was forced to cancel her appearance at the last minute.
		Responding to the Bush agenda, Riley called for caution and the establishment of clear, across-the-board standards by which to judge accountability.
	dukemagazine.duke.edu /dukemag/issues/050602/state.html (534 words)

	William J. Clinton Foundation "Press Briefing by Richard Riley and Bruce Reed"
		SECRETARY RILEY: It's not dead, it's now out of our control in terms of the Department of Education has been moved under the National Assessment Governing Board -- NAGB -- and they continue to develop items which is a very lengthy, difficult process.
		SECRETARY RILEY: Well, we're not hunting for blame as much as we are a process to correct it.
		SECRETARY RILEY: I'm saying if you've got a state that has very good accountability features, has high standards and they're driving for high standards and working in a way that has all the process working together, virtually none of these accountability features would fall on them.
	www.clintonfoundation.org /legacy/011899-press-briefing-by-richard-riley-and-bruce-reed.htm (3596 words)

	Prosthetic Consulting Technologies \| Richard Riley, Board Certified Prosthetist
		Rick Riley's new book is now available for purchase.
		Often, a judge or jury without the guidance of someone with experience and knowledge in prosthetic life is forced to make that decision.
		For 20 years, Rick Riley has brought the professionalism and perspective of prosthetic design, engineering and maintenance to federal and state courts as an expert witness or consultant.
	www.prostheticconsulting.com (145 words)

	Faculty & Staff Directory - Richard A. Riley, Jr. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Dr. Riley's research focuses in the areas of the value of accounting and other information, auditor independence and the effectiveness of compensation schemes.
		Riley is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the American Accounting Association.
		Riley has been published in the Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, Advances in Accounting, National Public Accountant, and the CPA Journal.
	www.be.wvu.edu /alumni/faculty/rariley.htm (160 words)

	U.S. Society & Values, December 1997 -- Richard Riley, Foundation of a Nation -- Strong and Effective Schools
		When the United States was created more than two centuries ago, one of the core concepts on which the hopes for the new democracy were pinned was the ideal that its citizens would be enlightened individuals with clearly articulated rights and the opportunity for individual achievement and education.
		By working to ensure that our nation's historic emphasis on education not only continues, but also is enhanced, we can help to ensure that our nation and every person in it has a brighter future.
		Richard W. Riley is a life-long resident of South Carolina, and served as an elected official and governor of that state before being selected by President Clinton as Secretary of Education in 1992.
	www.usinfo.org /facts/edu/riley.htm (1967 words)

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