And Conservative former education minister Tim Loughton says it was the "wrong time" to introduce such legislation.
David Mabuza, a former education minister, has also failed to shine: education officials last year fiddled exam results.
Former education secretary Lord Baker is chairman of the Baker Dearing Educational Trust which promotes the introduction of UTCs.
"It's an embarrassment, " says Mayumi Moriyama, a member of the lower house of parliament and a former education minister.
Under former Education Secretary David Blunkett, the government ordered schools to reduce the number of expulsions by a third by September 2002.
Former education secretary Lord Baker, engineering employers, 43 Wessex Brigade and the University of Southampton have all backed the plans.
But Senator Christovan Buarque, Lula's former education minister, says that economic orthodoxy has come at the expense of human development.
The law is being tightened to help protect vulnerable children after a campaign by the former education secretary Gillian Shephard.
We'll be talking to, amongst others, the former Education Secretary, Estelle Morris, who is very uneasy about the schools reform plans.
"This is a man with a lot of trials in his life, " said former Education Secretary William Bennett, a CNN contributor.
It is true that Catholic politicians face hard questioning: Ruth Kelly, a former education secretary, was criticised for her Roman leanings.
The idea of a Tech Bacc has also been supported by former education ministers Labour's Lord Adonis and the Conservatives' Lord Baker.
Absurd, retorted the lecturer, Luc Ferry, a philosopher and former education minister.
In June, the Isle of Man's former education minister, Peter Karran, was sacked after opposing proposals for the link-up with Pinewood Studios.
In Tennessee, a new poll finds former education secretary and state governor Lamar Alexander leading U.S. Rep. Ed Bryant in the GOP Senate primary.
More than 100 students protested outside Tynwald on Tuesday and former education minister Peter Karran handed over a 2, 500 signature petition on their behalf.
Former education minister Martin McGuinness had moved to abolish the current secondary level education selection system hours before he left office in October last year.
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But Lib Dem peer and former education spokesman, Lord Willis, said the expansion of free schools would depend on allowing providers to make a profit.
However, Mr Obama and Ms Gillard, a former education minister, also took time to visit a Washington area school where they took questions from history students.
The education secretary was also challenged over the source of briefings against former education minister Tim Loughton, but he said that his advisers had denied involvement.
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The city's former education officer Brett Pugh has been appointed head of standards and delivery at the Welsh government, a job he was previously doing on secondment.
He ruffled feathers when he insulted former Education Minister Naledi Pandor, who is respected in ANC circles, during an address to protesting students at a university in Pretoria.
Former education minister Peter Karran, opposes the introduction of fees.
Carwyn Jones said that, if the LCO was passed, the Assembly would aim to build on the former Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills Committee's review of special educational needs.
Former Education Secretary David Blunkett said it was "entirely wrong" if schools were deliberately seeking to skew league tables but warned the tone of reforms risked discrediting important vocational qualifications.
David Blunkett, former education secretary who in 2000 introduced Labour's proposals for increasing the value of vocational education and qualifications, said he disapproved of the whole climate being created around vocational subjects.
The group was founded by former Education Secretary William Bennett, who took part in Wednesday's event along with Paul Bremer, a U.S. ambassador during the Reagan administration and the former chairman of the National Commission on Terrorism.
In his pitch for presiding officer, Mr Henry, a former education and deputy justice minister, said he would not stand in the way of an independence referendum, which the SNP is staging in the second half of the parliamentary term.
" And the former education secretaries Bill Bennett and Rod Paige pointed out in a recent article in The Washington Post that "most states have deployed mediocre standards, and there's increasing evidence that some are playing games with their tests and accountability systems.
Mrs Miller said marriage provided the basis for people to "commit to stay together for life" but former education minister Tim Loughton, now a backbench MP, asked why civil partnerships - which have been in place since 2005 - did not provide the same foundation.
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