President Barack Obama's first major speech on education called for linking teachers' pay to student performance (merit pay), and expanding charter schools. Teachers and teacher unions are generally against both. However, their response to Obama's speech was mixed with some union leaders welcoming it because they feel he is willing to include them in his decisions, George W. Bush never did. "We finally have an education president," proclaimed the head of American Federation of Teacher; the president of the National Education Association chimed in, "...Obama will do it with educators, not to them. From Obama's speech, "The future belongs to the nation that best educates its citizens, (and) ...Despite resources that are unmatched anywhere in the world, we have let our grades slip, our sc...
Senate hopeful Robin Carnahan already had left the meeting when Charles Smith, vice president of the Missouri National Education Association, asked the question that made fellow teachers gasp. NEA worked to elect Obama," Smith said before citing concerns about the president's education agenda. "Did we make a mistake?
On March 2, Obama was a guest at the National Education Association's (NEA) 13th Annual, "Read Across America" day event held at the Library of Congress. The event celebrated the 106th birthday of Dr. Seuss and began a national reading campaign. The President of the United States reads all the time," declared Mrs. Obama. "We make sure our girls read every day. They can stay up an extra 30 minutes if they are reading, so you know everyone in our house reads every night. First Lady, Michelle Obama who, like the President, is also making strides and influencing change as she addresses important issues within our country As First Lady, Obama has become involved with many public services.
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being released by the Association for Career and Technical Education: WHAT: Recently, groups such as the Obama Administration, National Governors Association (NGA), Council of Chief State School Officers (CSSO) and other national and state policymakers have discussed the importance of high schools preparing students to be "college- and career-ready." However, most the discussion has centered on college readiness, with little focus on actual career readiness. The question remains, "What does it mean to be career-ready?
WASHINGTON - First lady Michelle Obama celebrated Dr. Seuss' birthday Tuesday by reading "The Cat in the Hat" to a group of children wearing red-and-white-striped stovepipe hats like the book's main character. Mrs. Obama helped kick off the National Education Association's 13th annual "Read Across America" celebration at the Library of Congress.
[Joe Biden] also noted that [Barack Obama] is an African-American and implicit in that is that might make him a tough sell to many voters. While race is a big X factor in Obama's bid for the top spot, it's hardly the only factor. The other crucial factor is his record and views on the issues and how they will play to voting blocs in the Western and Border States, and especially the South. When Obama's record and views are separated from the myth-making and rock star rapture he's wrapped in, the problem of his electability looms large. Obama got a perfect 100 rating from the NAACP, National Organization for Women, National Education Association, the Children's Defense Fund, the American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees, and the Illinois Environmental Council (during ...
Sen. Barack Obama opposes vouchers for use at private schools because he believes they would undermine public schools. So, while inner-city schools are failing abysmally and the union system at the heart of the problem allows it to happen, Mr. Obama is basically supporting the unions that have a stranglehold on public schools. School choice is the only chance inner-city children have. It is also the only way to change the public-school system. In his July 2007 address to the National Education Association, Mr. Obama supported merit pay for teachers, to be based on standards to be developed with teachers.
The Obama administration's crony green subsidy scandal is erupting like a solar flare in Washington. But do you know what your kids are learning in their environmental education classes about this red-hot taxpayer eco-scam? Chances are: not much. Instead, the U.S. Department of Energy and the Democratic apparatchiks at the National Education Association are disseminating solar power propaganda masquerading as math and science curricula.
WASHINGTON - First lady Michelle Obama celebrated Dr. Seuss' birthday Tuesday by reading "The Cat in the Hat" to a group of children wearing red-and-white-striped stovepipe hats like the book's main character. Mrs. Obama helped kick off the National Education Association's 13th annual "Read Across America" celebration at the Library of Congress. The event marked the day that Dr. Seuss, or Theodor Seuss Geisel, would have turned 106.
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