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6 ways school bus wi-fi could benefit your district

January 21, 2020March 15, 2018 by Laura Ascione
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Gaps in internet access are an all-too-familiar struggle for many schools, particularly those in rural or low-income districts where coverage is spotty or too expensive. In 2015, President…
News

DeVos undoes Obama student loan protections

April 24, 2017 by Shahien Nasiripour, Bloomberg News
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Betsy DeVos: She’ll be a breath of fresh air for parents, students alike

January 12, 2017January 11, 2017 by Lindsey M. Burke, Tribune News Service
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District Management

What is Obama’s K-12 education legacy?

November 21, 2016November 21, 2016 by Laura Ascione Devaney and Meris Stansbury
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Common Core, Race to the Top, and the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)—just a few top-down, often-controversial, metrics-heavy K-12 reform initiatives favored by the Obama Administration that seemed…
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This project uses open data to help plug opportunity gaps

January 25, 2023October 28, 2016 by Laura Devaney, Director of News, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_laura' target='_blank'>@eSN_Laura</a>
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An expanded federal initiative aims to use open data to improve opportunities, including educational opportunities, for Americans. Originally launched by President Obama in March 2016, the Opportunity Project…
Teaching Trends

President Commends CVUSD and Dr. Adams

December 22, 2015September 29, 2015 by Jeff Festa
At "ConnectEd to the Future," President Barack Obama celebrated the work of the 100 most innovative school leaders in the US. Watch as Dr. Adams receives special mention.…
District Management

Report: Race to the Top isn’t delivering big results

September 12, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports
The Obama administration’s signature education initiative, Race to the Top, can’t deliver much educational improvement in America’s public schools because there is a huge mismatch in its mandates…
Teaching & Learning

Obama: $900 million to turn around the ‘dropout crisis’

March 1, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports
President Obama proposed $900 million in school grants today designed to improve low-performing schools, particularly those with high dropout rates, USA Today reports.
District Management

Obama urges states to raise academic standards

October 29, 2010February 22, 2010 by From staff and wire reports
Saying America’s “primacy in the world” is at stake, President Barack Obama on Feb. 22 prodded states to raise their academic standards by using the best leverage he…
District Management

Obama to propose new rules for reading and math standards

February 22, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports
In a proposed change to the No Child Left Behind law, the Obama administration would require states to adopt new academic standards to qualify for federal money from…
District Management

A federal effort to push junk food out of schools

February 8, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports
The Obama administration will begin a drive this week to expel Pepsi, French fries, and Snickers bars from the nation’s schools in hopes of reducing the number of…
IT Management

Good night moon, hello new rocket technology

November 5, 2013February 2, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports
President Barack Obama is redirecting America's space program, killing NASA's $100 billion plans to return astronauts to the moon and using much of that money for new rocket…
District Management

Obama to seek sweeping change in NCLB rewrite

February 1, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports
The Obama administration is proposing a sweeping overhaul of President Bush’s signature education law, No Child Left Behind, and will call for broad changes in how schools are…
Teaching Trends

Remarks of President-Elect Barack Obama as prepared for delivery (Jan. 8, 2009)

March 10, 2025January 9, 2009 by ESchool News
Throughout America’s history, there have been some years that simply rolled into the next without much notice or fanfare. Then ... Read more

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