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'''Lisa Graham Keegan''' is a former [[Arizona]] [[Superintendent of Public Instruction]] and the education advisor for Sen. [[John McCain]]'s 2000 and 2008 presidential campaign. <ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/0218mccain-admin0218side.html |title= A McCain team could include some Arizonans, Possibilities: Kyl, Keegan, Peters, Woods |access date=2008-02-19}}</ref> In 1996, McCain was chairman of Keegan's campaign to be state superintendent. <ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/0306keegan0306.html |title= Keegan expands role as McCain education adviser |access date=2008-03-06}}</ref> |
'''Lisa Graham Keegan''' is a former [[Arizona]] [[Superintendent of Public Instruction]] and the education advisor for Sen. [[John McCain]]'s 2000 and 2008 presidential campaign. <ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/0218mccain-admin0218side.html |title= A McCain team could include some Arizonans, Possibilities: Kyl, Keegan, Peters, Woods |access date=2008-02-19}}</ref> In 1996, McCain was chairman of Keegan's campaign to be state superintendent. <ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/0306keegan0306.html |title= Keegan expands role as McCain education adviser |access date=2008-03-06}}</ref> |
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Ms. Keegan is a national leader in the area of education reform and accountability. The Economic Policy Institute called her "a conservative flag-bearer" on education issues promoting, "publicly financed vouchers for parents to use at private schools." <ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.epi.org/content.cfm/webfeat_lessons20000216 |title= A Conservative Picks a Path Less Taken |access date=2008-02-19}}</ref> She advocates for parents to make informed decisions about their children's school, without undo interference by the government. According the [[National Review]], she “created the most effective [[charter school]] program in the country.” |
Ms. Keegan is a national leader in the area of education reform and accountability. The Economic Policy Institute called her "a conservative flag-bearer" on education issues promoting, "publicly financed vouchers for parents to use at private schools." <ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.epi.org/content.cfm/webfeat_lessons20000216 |title= A Conservative Picks a Path Less Taken |access date=2008-02-19}}</ref> She advocates for parents to make informed decisions about their children's school, without undo interference by the government. According the [[National Review]], she “created the most effective [[charter school]] program in the country.” <ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.weeklystandard.com/check.asp?idArticle=9550&r=dihym |
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|title= LISA GRAHAM KEEGAN, TOO GOOD FOR THE GOP?__ by David Brooks |access date=2008-03-06}}</ref> The [[Arizona Republic]] noted '''Lisa Keegan''' pushed “Arizona into the vanguard of school reforms in the 1990s and led national education changes favored by conservatives in recent years. <ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/0520mccainkeegan0517.html |
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Ms. Keegan is highly respected, even by her opponents, as a straightforward and honorable advocate for improving the educational system. |
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== Superintendent of Public Instruction == |
== Superintendent of Public Instruction == |
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Prior to becoming state superintendent of public instruction, she served two terms in the [[Arizona House of Representatives]] in 1991 to 1995 where she was chair of the Education Committee. For a decade as an Arizona state official, Ms. Keegan led that state's education reform movement. She was first elected as the Superintendent of Public Instruction in 1994 and reelected in 1998. This election was particularly significant because it was the first time in the history of the United States that all five of the top elected executive offices of a state were held by women: [[Jane Dee Hull]], governor; [[Betsey Bayless]], secretary of state; [[Janet Napolitano]], attorney general; Carol Springer, treasurer; and |
Prior to becoming state superintendent of public instruction, she served two terms in the [[Arizona House of Representatives]] in 1991 to 1995 where she was chair of the Education Committee. For a decade as an Arizona state official, Ms. Keegan led that state's education reform movement. She was first elected as the Superintendent of Public Instruction in 1994 and reelected in 1998. This election was particularly significant because it was the first time in the history of the United States that all five of the top elected executive offices of a state were held by women: [[Jane Dee Hull]], governor; [[Betsey Bayless]], secretary of state; [[Janet Napolitano]], attorney general; Carol Springer, treasurer; and ''' Lisa Graham Keegan''', superintendent of public instruction. As superintendent, she was the director of the Arizona Department of Education, the [[state education agency]]. Under her leadership, Arizona implemented the most dynamic [[charter school]] program in the country. <ref>{{cite web |url= http://books.google.com/books?id=H91d0fPoj0gC&pg=PA189&lpg=PA189&dq=charter+schools+%22lisa+graham+keegan%22&source=web&ots=76L9UbfjjC&sig=CXBNr4i67oCM3Q7ZkrsX8TFqjF8#PPA238,M1 http|title= School Choice in the Real World: Lessons from Arizona Charter Schools By Robert Maranto, Scott Milliman, Frederick Hess |accessdate=2007-12-10}}</ref> |
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As a state Representative and the Superintendent of Public Instruction she advocated for rigorous academic standards, annual testing, stronger accountability, and school choice. <ref>{{cite web |url= http://www. http://www.nctq.org/nctq/about/keegan.html |title= About NCTQ Advisory Board |accessdate=2007-11-24}}</ref> She led the movement to enact the Arizona Instrument to Measure Standards, or AIMS, test. This test, designed largely by classroom educators, set academic standards for high school graduation in reading, writing, and mathematics. <ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/0520mccainkeegan0517.html |
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|title= Education crusader becomes McCain's new aide |access date=2008-05-20}}</ref> In response to public and political criticism of imposing academic standards for gradation, Ms. Keegan took all phases of the test and posted her passing scores. She continued to resist, often unsuccessfully, political pressure to delay and water-down the AIMS standards. Additionally, she championed into law the School Tuition Organization Tax Credit Bill. The bill created a tax exempt funding source for funding of scholarships at private schools or enrichment programs at publicly funded schools. <ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.edreform.com/index.cfm?fuseAction=document&documentID=1557 |
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|title= Arizona Helps Poor Children Gain More Choices, Center for Education Reform, April 4, 1997|accessdate=2008-04-24}}</ref> This law was the first time such a measure had been passed in the United States. It was vigorously opposed by union and anti-choice factions but ultimately upheld in both state and federal courts. |
|title= Arizona Helps Poor Children Gain More Choices, Center for Education Reform, April 4, 1997|accessdate=2008-04-24}}</ref> This law was the first time such a measure had been passed in the United States. It was vigorously opposed by union and anti-choice factions but ultimately upheld in both state and federal courts. |
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Lisa Keegan served on Governor [[Jeb Bush]]'s Restructuring Team for [[Florida]] [[Department of Education]] and on California Governor [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]]'s Education Policy Transition Team. On numerous occasions she provided testimony to the [[US Congress]] on current education issues, and briefed newly elected congressional members. In December 2000 she was one of only two candidates interviewed by then President-elect [[George W. Bush]] to be U.S. [[Secretary of Education]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://archives.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/12/19/bush.cabinet/index.html |title= Bush to announce 3 Cabinet appointments Wednesday |accessdate=2008-03-21}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/0218mccain-admin0218side.html |title= A McCain team could include some Arizonans, Possibilities: Kyl, Keegan, Peters, Woods. |accessdate=2008-02-19}}</ref> |
'''Lisa Keegan''' served on Governor [[Jeb Bush]]'s Restructuring Team for [[Florida]] [[Department of Education]] and on California Governor [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]]'s Education Policy Transition Team. On numerous occasions she provided testimony to the [[US Congress]] on current education issues, and briefed newly elected congressional members at the [[Harvard Kennedy School]] of Government. She was education advisor to candidate [[George W. Bush]] and a member of the administration transition team. In December 2000 she was one of only two candidates interviewed by then President-elect [[George W. Bush]] to be U.S. [[Secretary of Education]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://archives.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/12/19/bush.cabinet/index.html |title= Bush to announce 3 Cabinet appointments Wednesday |accessdate=2008-03-21}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/0218mccain-admin0218side.html |title= A McCain team could include some Arizonans, Possibilities: Kyl, Keegan, Peters, Woods. |accessdate=2008-02-19}}</ref> |
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== Education Leaders Council == |
== Education Leaders Council == |
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In 2001, Keegan resigned as superintendent to accept the position of Chief Executive Officer of the Education Leaders Council (ELC), a non-profit, education reform organization Keegan and a number of other state school chiefs had founded in 1995. ELC is an alternative to Council of Chief State School Officials (CCSSO), a more union-centric school organization, with close ties to organizations like the [[National Education Association]] (NEA) and the [[American Federation of Teachers]] (AFT). <ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.edreform.com/index.cfm?fuseAction=section&pSectionID=5&CFID=10188890&CFTOKEN=43244560 |title= State School Officials Form Unprecedented Education Leaders Council, Center for Education Reform, September 26, 1995 |accessdate=2008-04-24}}</ref> Under Keegan’s leadership, it appeared at first that ELC would indeed rival the older, more established CCSSO, as ELC quickly secured federal funding for its reform-oriented project, Following the Leaders, to implement the policies of the [[No Child Left Behind]] education law. |
In 2001, Keegan resigned as superintendent to accept the position of Chief Executive Officer of the Education Leaders Council (ELC), a non-profit, education reform organization Keegan and a number of other state school chiefs had founded in 1995. <ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/0520mccainkeegan0517.html |
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ELC is an alternative to Council of Chief State School Officials (CCSSO), a more union-centric school organization, with close ties to organizations like the [[National Education Association]] (NEA) and the [[American Federation of Teachers]] (AFT). <ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.edreform.com/index.cfm?fuseAction=section&pSectionID=5&CFID=10188890&CFTOKEN=43244560 |title= State School Officials Form Unprecedented Education Leaders Council, Center for Education Reform, September 26, 1995 |accessdate=2008-04-24}}</ref> Under Keegan’s leadership, it appeared at first that ELC would indeed rival the older, more established CCSSO, as ELC quickly secured federal funding for its reform-oriented project, Following the Leaders, to implement the policies of the [[No Child Left Behind]] education law. |
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| ⚫ | In late 2003 and early 2004 a series of spurious articles in the Washington media led to the resignations of several of ELC’s directors. The allegations were of such a nature that ELC took legal action to stop further libelous reporting. <ref> Webster, Chamberlain & Bean |
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| ⚫ | In late 2003 and early 2004 a series of spurious articles in the Washington media led to the resignations of several of ELC’s directors. The allegations were of such a nature that ELC took legal action to stop further libelous reporting. <ref> Webster, Chamberlain & Bean correspondence with Washington Times managing editor and national editor dated April 8, 2004 </ref> A subsequent investigation by the U.S. Department of Education initially found that ELC did not fully comply with federal regulations for the funds it was expending ,<ref> {{cite web |url= http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oig/auditreports/a03f0010.pdf |title= ''The Education Leaders Council’s Drawdown and Expenditure of Federal Funds'', U.S. Department of Education, Office of the Inspector General, January 2006. | access date=2008-02-26}} </ref> and federal procurement standards. <ref> {{cite web |url= http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oig/auditreports/a03f0003.doc |title= ''Education Leaders Council’s Subcontracting Activities'', U.S. Department of Education, Office of the Inspector General, July 28, 2006. | access date=2008-02-26}} </ref> A final audit, however, showed that ELC’s financial and administrative management had actually under charged the Department of Education and outstanding grant funding was ultimately paid to the ELC’s spin-off organization, Following the Leaders. <ref> U.S. Department of Education, grant funding ledger entries for Fiscal Year 2006 and 2007. </ref> <ref>{{cite web |url= http://dynamodata.fdncenter.org/990_pdf_archive/521/521988780/521988780_200612_990.pdfl|title= Following the Leaders IRS Form 990, Fiscal year 2006 |accessdate=2008-05-13}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/0520mccainkeegan0517.html |
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| ⚫ | From 2001 to 2004, Ms. Keegan consulted with President George Bush, his domestic policy staff and Secretary [[Rod Paige]] on matters of education policy, as well as with the |
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| ⚫ | From 2001 to 2004, Ms. Keegan consulted with President George Bush, his domestic policy staff and Secretary [[Rod Paige]] on matters of education policy, as well as with the education leadership of 38 states. Significant policies and programs she helped implement during this time include [[No Child Left Behind Act]], Following the Leaders School Implementation Program, [[American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence]], <ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/0520mccainkeegan0517.html |
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| ⚫ | In 2006, Keegan became a consultant to [[Maricopa County]], [[Arizona]] and quickly became assistant county manager for community solutions and innovation. <ref>{{cite web |url= http://www. bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2007/11/19/daily39.html?surround=lfn |title= Keegan, Harris join Maricopa County staff |accessdate=2007-11-24}}</ref> In this role she improved both internal and external communications in the fifth largest county government in the U.S., and helped frame public policy issues for local government issues. She left Maricopa County in May 2008 to be able to join the McCain presidential campaign as education policy advisor. <ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/0520mccainkeegan0517.html |
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== Personal Background == |
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| ⚫ | Born July 20, 1959, she has a bachelor's degree in linguistics from [[Stanford University]] (1981) and a master's degree in communication disorders from [[Arizona State University]] (1983). In 1998 she received the [[Milton Friedman]] Foundation Award for free enterprise innovation in education. She received the [[Athena Award]] from [[Athena International]] and was named Education Leader of the Year by the [[National Republican Party]] in 1999. The [[Adam Smith Award]] for Economics Education was presented to her in 2000. |
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Ms. Keegan is on the board of the [[Century Council]] in Washington, D.C. Previously she served on Secretary's Commission on Opportunity in Athletics, [[Empower America]], [[Foundation for Teaching Economics]], GreatSchools.net,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/0520mccainkeegan0517.html |
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|title= Education crusader becomes McCain's new aide |access date=2008-05-20}}</ref> Alliance for School Choice, and Children First America. |
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She has authored numerous articles for [[Education Next]] published by the [[Hoover Institute]], the [[Manhattan Institute]] of New York, the [[Pioneer Institute]] of Massachusetts, as well as the[[New York Times]], [[Arizona Republic]] and other periodicals. |
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In 1977 she won the title National Champion Horsewoman. |
In 1977 she won the title National Champion Horsewoman. |
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Lisa Keegan is mother of five and is married to [[John Keegan (judge)|John Keegan]], a [[justice of the peace]]. |
'''Lisa Keegan''' is mother of five and is married to [[John Keegan (judge)|John Keegan]], a [[justice of the peace]]. |
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Lisa Graham Keegan is a former Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction and the education advisor for Sen. John McCain's 2000 and 2008 presidential campaign. [1] In 1996, McCain was chairman of Keegan's campaign to be state superintendent. [2]
Ms. Keegan is a national leader in the area of education reform and accountability. The Economic Policy Institute called her "a conservative flag-bearer" on education issues promoting, "publicly financed vouchers for parents to use at private schools." [3] She advocates for parents to make informed decisions about their children's school, without undo interference by the government. According the National Review, she “created the most effective charter school program in the country.” [4] The Arizona Republic noted Lisa Keegan pushed “Arizona into the vanguard of school reforms in the 1990s and led national education changes favored by conservatives in recent years. [5]
Ms. Keegan is highly respected, even by her opponents, as a straightforward and honorable advocate for improving the educational system.
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Superintendent of Public Instruction
Prior to becoming state superintendent of public instruction, she served two terms in the Arizona House of Representatives in 1991 to 1995 where she was chair of the Education Committee. For a decade as an Arizona state official, Ms. Keegan led that state's education reform movement. She was first elected as the Superintendent of Public Instruction in 1994 and reelected in 1998. This election was particularly significant because it was the first time in the history of the United States that all five of the top elected executive offices of a state were held by women: Jane Dee Hull, governor; Betsey Bayless, secretary of state; Janet Napolitano, attorney general; Carol Springer, treasurer; and Lisa Graham Keegan, superintendent of public instruction. As superintendent, she was the director of the Arizona Department of Education, the state education agency. Under her leadership, Arizona implemented the most dynamic charter school program in the country. [7]
As a state Representative and the Superintendent of Public Instruction she advocated for rigorous academic standards, annual testing, stronger accountability, and school choice. [8] She led the movement to enact the Arizona Instrument to Measure Standards, or AIMS, test. This test, designed largely by classroom educators, set academic standards for high school graduation in reading, writing, and mathematics. [9] In response to public and political criticism of imposing academic standards for gradation, Ms. Keegan took all phases of the test and posted her passing scores. She continued to resist, often unsuccessfully, political pressure to delay and water-down the AIMS standards. Additionally, she championed into law the School Tuition Organization Tax Credit Bill. The bill created a tax exempt funding source for funding of scholarships at private schools or enrichment programs at publicly funded schools. [10] This law was the first time such a measure had been passed in the United States. It was vigorously opposed by union and anti-choice factions but ultimately upheld in both state and federal courts.
Lisa Keegan served on Governor Jeb Bush's Restructuring Team for Florida Department of Education and on California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's Education Policy Transition Team. On numerous occasions she provided testimony to the US Congress on current education issues, and briefed newly elected congressional members at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. She was education advisor to candidate George W. Bush and a member of the administration transition team. In December 2000 she was one of only two candidates interviewed by then President-elect George W. Bush to be U.S. Secretary of Education.[11] [12]
Education Leaders Council
In 2001, Keegan resigned as superintendent to accept the position of Chief Executive Officer of the Education Leaders Council (ELC), a non-profit, education reform organization Keegan and a number of other state school chiefs had founded in 1995. [13] ELC is an alternative to Council of Chief State School Officials (CCSSO), a more union-centric school organization, with close ties to organizations like the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT). [14] Under Keegan’s leadership, it appeared at first that ELC would indeed rival the older, more established CCSSO, as ELC quickly secured federal funding for its reform-oriented project, Following the Leaders, to implement the policies of the No Child Left Behind education law.
In late 2003 and early 2004 a series of spurious articles in the Washington media led to the resignations of several of ELC’s directors. The allegations were of such a nature that ELC took legal action to stop further libelous reporting. [15] A subsequent investigation by the U.S. Department of Education initially found that ELC did not fully comply with federal regulations for the funds it was expending ,[16] and federal procurement standards. [17] A final audit, however, showed that ELC’s financial and administrative management had actually under charged the Department of Education and outstanding grant funding was ultimately paid to the ELC’s spin-off organization, Following the Leaders. [18] [19] [20]
From 2001 to 2004, Ms. Keegan consulted with President George Bush, his domestic policy staff and Secretary Rod Paige on matters of education policy, as well as with the education leadership of 38 states. Significant policies and programs she helped implement during this time include No Child Left Behind Act, Following the Leaders School Implementation Program, American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence, [21] Washington DC School Choice Program. In 2003 she was a member of Education Secretary Rod Page's Title IX Commission.[22]
Keegan’s original three year contract was extended to September 2004, after which she became an independent education and public policy consultant.
Maricopa County Manager
In 2006, Keegan became a consultant to Maricopa County, Arizona and quickly became assistant county manager for community solutions and innovation. [23] In this role she improved both internal and external communications in the fifth largest county government in the U.S., and helped frame public policy issues for local government issues. She left Maricopa County in May 2008 to be able to join the McCain presidential campaign as education policy advisor. [24]
Personal Background
Born July 20, 1959, she has a bachelor's degree in linguistics from Stanford University (1981) and a master's degree in communication disorders from Arizona State University (1983). In 1998 she received the Milton Friedman Foundation Award for free enterprise innovation in education. She received the Athena Award from Athena International and was named Education Leader of the Year by the National Republican Party in 1999. The Adam Smith Award for Economics Education was presented to her in 2000.
Ms. Keegan is on the board of the Century Council in Washington, D.C. Previously she served on Secretary's Commission on Opportunity in Athletics, Empower America, Foundation for Teaching Economics, GreatSchools.net,[25] Alliance for School Choice, and Children First America.
She has authored numerous articles for Education Next published by the Hoover Institute, the Manhattan Institute of New York, the Pioneer Institute of Massachusetts, as well as theNew York Times, Arizona Republic and other periodicals.
In 1977 she won the title National Champion Horsewoman.
Lisa Keegan is mother of five and is married to John Keegan, a justice of the peace.
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References
- ^ "A McCain team could include some Arizonans, Possibilities: Kyl, Keegan, Peters, Woods".
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|access date=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ "Keegan expands role as McCain education adviser".
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|access date=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ "A Conservative Picks a Path Less Taken".
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|access date=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ "LISA GRAHAM KEEGAN, TOO GOOD FOR THE GOP?__ by David Brooks".
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|access date=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ "Education crusader becomes McCain's new aide".
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|access date=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ "Education crusader becomes McCain's new aide".
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|access date=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ http "School Choice in the Real World: Lessons from Arizona Charter Schools By Robert Maranto, Scott Milliman, Frederick Hess". Retrieved 2007-12-10.
{{cite web}}: Check|url=value (help) - ^ http://www.nctq.org/nctq/about/keegan.html "About NCTQ Advisory Board". Retrieved 2007-11-24.
{{cite web}}: Check|url=value (help) - ^ "Education crusader becomes McCain's new aide".
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|access date=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ "Arizona Helps Poor Children Gain More Choices, Center for Education Reform, April 4, 1997". Retrieved 2008-04-24.
- ^ "Bush to announce 3 Cabinet appointments Wednesday". Retrieved 2008-03-21.
- ^ "A McCain team could include some Arizonans, Possibilities: Kyl, Keegan, Peters, Woods". Retrieved 2008-02-19.
- ^ "Education crusader becomes McCain's new aide".
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|access date=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ "State School Officials Form Unprecedented Education Leaders Council, Center for Education Reform, September 26, 1995". Retrieved 2008-04-24.
- ^ Webster, Chamberlain & Bean correspondence with Washington Times managing editor and national editor dated April 8, 2004
- ^ "The Education Leaders Council's Drawdown and Expenditure of Federal Funds, U.S. Department of Education, Office of the Inspector General, January 2006" (PDF).
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|access date=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ "Education Leaders Council's Subcontracting Activities, U.S. Department of Education, Office of the Inspector General, July 28, 2006".
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|access date=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ U.S. Department of Education, grant funding ledger entries for Fiscal Year 2006 and 2007.
- ^ "Following the Leaders IRS Form 990, Fiscal year 2006". Retrieved 2008-05-13.
- ^ "Education crusader becomes McCain's new aide".
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|access date=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ "Education crusader becomes McCain's new aide".
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|access date=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ "Title IX Panel Acts Moderately". Retrieved 2008-03-21.
- ^ bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2007/11/19/daily39.html?surround=lfn "Keegan, Harris join Maricopa County staff". Retrieved 2007-11-24.
{{cite web}}: Check|url=value (help) - ^ "Education crusader becomes McCain's new aide".
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|access date=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ "Education crusader becomes McCain's new aide".
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|access date=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ "LESSONS; A Conservative Picks a Path Less Taken". Retrieved 2007-11-24.