Tag: Obama and education
Tough-minded approach needed for Obama’s pre-K expansion
I am more politically incorrect than your average guy, so when I heard President Obama call for universal pre-K for 4-year olds in the State of the Union, I cringed. With all the raucous enthusiasm ringing around this issue since the speech, adapting Warren Buffet’s investment approach to public policy... READ MORENot your daddy’s vo-tech: Florida lawmakers to consider career ed changes
Florida state Sen. John Legg has a slogan ready for...
READ MOREIn Obama’s Term 2, a historic opportunity to expand parental school choice
President Obama has often called on us to be true...
READ MOREFlorida roundup: The impact of Florida reforms, teachers union rankings & more
Florida reforms make an impression. They’re a model for other...
READ MOREFlorida roundup: Rick Scott’s education agenda, more charter school payout
Rick Scott’s education plans. The Orlando Sentinel leads with Scott’s...
READ MOREredefinED roundup: Ed reform tension at the DNC, charter school expansion in North Carolina & more
DNC: President Obama suggests Mitt Romney would gut education spending,...
READ MOREObama: Together ‘we can out-educate and out-compete any country on Earth’
Here are education-related excerpts from President Obama’s speech tonight, according to...
READ MOREArne Duncan: Romney will cut education to help millionaires, billionaires
From U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan’s prepared remarks at the...
READ MOREDeval Patrick: With Obama, students ‘have a champion in the White House’
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick made the most extensive remarks about...
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