Obama budget threatens popular STEM education initiatives
Ayah Idris, 14, spent two weeks of her summer isolating strawberry DNA at a Seattle cancer research center, watching heart cells pulse in a dish and learning about…
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Obama’s big second-term education problem
President Obama has a big problem in his second term in terms of education policy: his first term, the Washington Post reports.
Obama education agenda is racist, civil rights leaders say
The standards-based education reform movement calls school change "the civil rights issue of our time," the Huffington Post reports.
Loose ends to drive second term education agenda
Loose ends and thorny partisan issues that have long dogged attempts to move forward on education await the next Congress as President Barack Obama's second term begins.
Obama meets ATT, Time Warner Cable CEOs on education
President Barack Obama held a roundtable discussion with business leaders including Time Warner Cable Inc. Chief Executive Officer Glenn Britt, AT&T Inc. CEO Randall Stephenson, and AOL Inc.…
No education agenda left behind becomes Obama hurdle as congress deadlocks
When Barack Obama ran for president in 2008, he pledged to “fix” the No Child Left Behind federal education law and to promote rigorous standards, merit pay and…
Obama says too much testing makes education boring
President Barack Obama said Monday that students should take fewer standardized tests and school performance should be measured in other ways than just exam results. Too much testing…
Obama to GOP: Don’t cut education spending
Placing a limit on his own willingness to slice spending, President Barack Obama issued a not-too-veiled warning at Republican budget cutters Tuesday and characterized any reductions in money…
Trouble lurking ahead for Obama’s education focus
Signs of trouble are arising for President Barack Obama's plan to put education overhaul at the forefront of his agenda as he adjusts to the new reality of…
New challenges for Obama’s education agenda in the face of a G.O.P.-led House
With Republican deficit hawks taking control of the House next month, Education Secretary Arne Duncan will no longer have billions of dollars to use at his discretion, reports…
With divided Congress, school reform faces a tough road ahead
The Obama administration has pushed an ambitious education agenda in the last two years, sending $100 billion to states thorough the stimulus package and spurring reform in many…
Obama to defend education policies to critics
President Barack Obama is defending his administration's education policies, responding to criticism that so far they have not substantially helped minority students, reports the Associated Press.
Education groups rally support for EETT
Alarmed at what they see as a potential setback in federal support for education technology, several dozen state and national ... Read more
Obama administration seeks converts to education plan
Facing intense resistance from teachers’ unions, the Obama administration has begun trying to persuade union leaders, teachers, and the public that its proposals for overhauling federal education policies…
Critics: Obama’s ed policies no better than Bush’s
When it comes to education policy, President Obama is repeating the most grievous errors of his predecessor, charge a trio of venerable education policy analysts, including one—Diane Ravitch—best…