Previously, he served as Assistant Deputy Secretary of the United States Department of Education, overseeing the Office of Innovation and Improvement, managing a portfolio that included most of the Department's competitive programs, such as the Investing in Innovation Fund (i3), Promise Neighborhoods, and others focused on teacher and leader quality, school choice, and learning technology.[4]
Shelton served as Deputy Secretary of Education from 2013 to 2014. In 2015, he joined a company called 2U. 2U sells technology to public and nonprofit colleges. The technology helps the colleges offer online degrees.[5]
When Shelton worked at the Department of Education, the department pursued a regulation called the "gainful-employment rule." The rule withholds student loans from students at for-profit colleges that don't show a government-chosen level of "post-graduation success."[5]
A loophole exists in the gainful-employment rule: public and non-profit colleges are exempt. These colleges are now Shelton's customers at his job at 2U.[5]
Earlier careeredit
Earlier in his career, Shelton served as program director for education at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, where he managed portfolios ranging from $2 to $3 billion in non-profit investments targeting increased high school and college graduation rates. Shelton has served as the East Coast lead for NewSchools Venture Fund, and also co-founded LearnNow, a school management company that later was acquired by Edison Schools.[6] After four years in Atlanta with McKinsey & Company advising CEOs and other executives on issues related to strategy, business development, and organizational design and effectiveness, he left as a senior manager to join Knowledge Universe, Inc. There he launched, acquired, and operated education-related businesses.[7]
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Shelton holds a bachelor's degree in computer science from Morehouse College as well as master's degrees in business administration and education from Stanford University. Shelton currently resides in his hometown, Washington, D.C., with his wife Sonia and their two sons.[8]
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shelton, this, biography, living, person, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, adding, reliable, sources, contentious, material, about, living, persons, that, unsourced, poorly, sourced, must, removed, immediately, from, article, talk, pag. This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources Jim Shelton news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2013 Learn how and when to remove this message James H Shelton III was most recently 1 the head of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative s Education division 2 He was formerly the Deputy Secretary of the United States Department of Education 3 In this role he oversaw a broad range of management policy and program functions Jim SheltonUnited States Deputy Secretary of EducationIn office May 2013 January 4 2015PresidentBarack ObamaPreceded byAnthony W MillerSucceeded byMick ZaisPersonal detailsPolitical partyDemocraticEducationMorehouse College BS Stanford University MEd MBA Previously he served as Assistant Deputy Secretary of the United States Department of Education overseeing the Office of Innovation and Improvement managing a portfolio that included most of the Department s competitive programs such as the Investing in Innovation Fund i3 Promise Neighborhoods and others focused on teacher and leader quality school choice and learning technology 4 Contents 1 2U 2 Earlier career 3 Education and personal 4 References2U editShelton served as Deputy Secretary of Education from 2013 to 2014 In 2015 he joined a company called 2U 2U sells technology to public and nonprofit colleges The technology helps the colleges offer online degrees 5 When Shelton worked at the Department of Education the department pursued a regulation called the gainful employment rule The rule withholds student loans from students at for profit colleges that don t show a government chosen level of post graduation success 5 A loophole exists in the gainful employment rule public and non profit colleges are exempt These colleges are now Shelton s customers at his job at 2U 5 Earlier career editEarlier in his career Shelton served as program director for education at the Bill amp Melinda Gates Foundation where he managed portfolios ranging from 2 to 3 billion in non profit investments targeting increased high school and college graduation rates Shelton has served as the East Coast lead for NewSchools Venture Fund and also co founded LearnNow a school management company that later was acquired by Edison Schools 6 After four years in Atlanta with McKinsey amp Company advising CEOs and other executives on issues related to strategy business development and organizational design and effectiveness he left as a senior manager to join Knowledge Universe Inc There he launched acquired and operated education related businesses 7 Education and personal editShelton holds a bachelor s degree in computer science from Morehouse College as well as master s degrees in business administration and education from Stanford University Shelton currently resides in his hometown Washington D C with his wife Sonia and their two sons 8 References edit Jim Shelton to Leave Chan Zuckerberg Initiative EdSurge 2018 07 11 Retrieved 2018 07 11 Mark Zuckergberg s Foundation Has a New Chief On The Education Front Fortune 2016 05 04 Retrieved 2016 11 15 Jim Shelton Leaving Department of Education EdSurge News EdSurge Retrieved 2016 11 15 Speaker Jim Shelton Gov 2 0 Summit 2010 Co produced by UBM TechWeb amp O Reilly Conferences September 07 08 2010 Washington DC www gov2summit com Retrieved 2016 11 15 a b c The Obama Education Profit Seekers The Wall Street Journal 25 March 2016 Retrieved 5 April 2016 No 2 U S education official heads for exit Washington Post Retrieved 2017 03 23 Newton Edmund The Root 100 Close Up James Shelton The Root Retrieved 2017 03 23 James H Shelton III Deputy Secretary Biography www2 ed gov 15 January 2015 Appearances on C SPAN Government offices Preceded byAnthony W Miller United States Deputy Secretary of Education2013 2015 Succeeded byMick Zais nbsp This biography of a person who has held a non elected position in the federal government of the United States is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jim Shelton amp oldid 1214602538, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
