Obama Teachers

Pittsburgh Schools Cannot Afford Backward Steps

Nina Esposito-Visgitis | Posted 12.31.2011

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Nina Esposito-Visgitis

The president's proposal to put more people back to work included provisions for teachers who were laid off due state budget cuts -- a situation we deal with daily in Pittsburgh.

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Nation's Largest Education Union Endorses Obama's Re-Election

AP | Posted 09.03.2011

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CHICAGO -- The nation's largest education union has endorsed President Barack Obama's 2012 re-election campaign. Members of the National Education As...

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Obama Calls For Longer School Year

AP | ERICA WERNER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Barely into the new school year, President Barack Obama issued a tough-love message to students and teachers on Monday: Their year ...

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Obama Takes On Teachers Unions, Insists On Performance Standards

The Atlantic | Marc Ambinder | Posted 05.25.2011

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Today, President Obama wades in to a controversy that threatens to split one of the Democratic Party's most generous source of donations and activists...

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Teachers Criticize Obama School Reform's Reliance on Tests, Charters as 'Bush III'

Washington Post | Nick Anderson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Obama Education Plan Speech: Stricter Standards, Charter Schools, Merit Pay

AP | LIBBY QUAID | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama called for tying teachers' pay to student performance and expanding innovative charter schools Tuesday, embr...

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