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The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is trying to close the deal in the House on his health care overhaul, facing a make-or-break vote that's certain to be seen as a test of his presidency. Obama scheduled a visit late Saturday morning to meet with House Democrats, who planned a rare weekend session. The legislation is intended to remake the health care system by extending coverage to tens of...
Department of Education (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Eight school principals who transformed their schools were given the Terrel H. Bell Award for Outstanding School Leadership.
Fox News (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Group of retired military leaders and Education Secretary Arne Duncan urge Congress to pass president's early education initiative after releasing report saying 75 percent of young Americans can't enlist in the military because they haven't graduated high school, have criminal records or are physically unfit to serve.
My left wing (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
"ThePrez" could almost fool folks into believing his tony, fony, fatuous "Race-To-The-Top" rhetoric about being an advocate of public education--unless of course you actually listened to him, read his proposals, or you regard his appointment of the vile, criminal, coopted, corpoRat, fascist bully, Arne Duncan to EdSec . Whatsoever either one of 'em says, their bottom-line is: they...
Washington Post (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
SECRETARY OF EDUCATION ARNE DUNCAN SPEAKER: PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA [*] SECRETARY DUNCAN: Well, we're thrilled to be here and this is a school that's getting better and better, and you guys are working really, really hard. And we've been lucky. We have a President here who has got a tough, tough ...
Political Ticker (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Education Secretary Arne Duncan joined President Obama on a trip to Wisconsin Wednesday where Obama spoke about education reform. MADISON, Wisconsin (CNN) - President Barack Obama took his education reform campaign on the road Wednesday, highlighting a new $4.35 billion grant program designed to encourage higher standards and stronger teacher recruitment, among other things. The "Race [...]
Department of Education (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
$1.4 billion in Recovery Funds are now available for Pennsylvania to save jobs and drive education reform.
Department of Education (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Over $67 billion in ED Recovery Act formula grants have been awarded, and some 400,000 jobs have been saved or created through these ED grants.
Department of Education (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Reports from recipients support estimates that overall the Recovery Act has created or saved over one million jobs to-date
Bob McCarty Writes (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Not surprising because he’s a liberal, Arne Duncan believes throwing more money at early-childhood education programs will ensure that a more-qualified pool of applicants will be available for future military service. On Thursday, according to a media advisory, the former head of the failed Chicago Public Schools-turned-Secretary of Education will precede a call for more “investment”...
Truthdig (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
Education Secretary Arne Duncan feels that “we’re lying to our children” when we accept low test achievement standards, a state-level policy that sees many states passing children to the next grade despite being inept at reading and math. Also, Santa isn’t real. The Associated Press: Many states set achievement standards so low that they can say their students are reading and...
Department of Education (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
"Far too many states are telling students that they are proficient when they actually are performing below the basic level" on the Nation's Report Card, Secretary Duncan said in response to a new report.
Right Wing Watch (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Apparently, a few weeks back Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council was invited to participate in a discussion on the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools. Perkins declined and decided instead to use the opportunity to demand the firing of Kevin Jennings : Earlier this month, Family Research Council President Tony Perkins received an invitation to participate in a discussion of the Office of...
National Review Online (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
T he Obama administration is trying to strong-arm America’s colleges and universities into complying with a bill that hasn’t been signed into law yet. The bill, which would replace current subsidized-student-loan programs with a government-run system, passed the House last month, but its fate in the Senate is far from clear. Sen. Tom Harkin, chairman of the Education Committee, plans to...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Education Secretary Arne Duncan closed dozens of schools when he headed Chicago’s public school system, but most students saw little benefit, a study says.
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