Under Obama's watch, the U. S. education system is experiencing something that it hasn't experienced in ages -- genuine progress. Although we have many more miles to go, we have to remember that Rome was not built in a day.
AP | KIMBERLY HEFLING | Posted 05.08.2012
WASHINGTON — A funny thing is happening between President Barack Obama and many Republican governors when it comes to improving America's school...
Posted 04.18.2012
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan was in New York Thursday as Jon Stewart's guest on The Daily Show, largely rehashing the Obama administration'...
The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 11.23.2011
If you could sit down for dinner with the President of the United States, what would you ask him? Retired school teacher Juanita Martinez of Bright...
AP | KIMBERLY HEFLING | Posted 12.17.2011
WASHINGTON — Signaling some unity in the Senate on overhauling the "No Child Left Behind" law, two senators announced Monday an agreement to mov...
AP | KIMBERLY HEFLING | Posted 12.13.2011
WASHINGTON — A majority of states intend to take President Barack Obama up on his offer to let them get around unpopular requirements in the "No...
Eric Tipler | Posted 11.29.2011
The German model is akin to the vision Obama articulated in his speech: high-end manufacturing that we export to the world. It's a good vision. High-end manufacturing should be a core part of our economy.
AP | KIMBERLY HEFLING | Posted 11.28.2011
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama told students Wednesday in a back-to-school address that they bear responsibility in helping America get bac...
HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 03.09.2012
Standing among governors, teachers, superintendents and students in the White House's East Room Friday morning, President Barack Obama asserted his ad...
AP | DORIE TURNER | Posted 10.07.2011
The Obama administration effectively gutted the Bush-era No Child Left Behind law Monday, giving states a way out of a decade-long policy that focused...
AP | Posted 09.03.2011
CHICAGO -- The nation's largest education union has endorsed President Barack Obama's 2012 re-election campaign. Members of the National Education As...
AP | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — Urging Congress to send him a new education law by fall, President Barack Obama focused Monday on the big concerns of parents and l...
AP | CHRISTINE ARMARIO | Posted 05.25.2011
The Obama administration has pushed an ambitious education agenda in the last two years, sending $100 billion to states thorough the stimulus package ...
Fred Belmont | Posted 05.25.2011
As a middle school math teacher and a long-time union member, I had heard it all before. As I read Duncan's speech about the National Education Technology Plan, my skepticism evaporated.
Brock Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011
I am a mentor, a teacher, but not a friend. My view incorporates critical thinking with advanced literacy and writing skills and, ultimately, a more holistic, ethical and informed world view.
Dr. David Washington | Posted 05.25.2011
Today at the White House President Obama is launching Change the Equation (CTEq), a unique and promising partnership coalition of over 100 companies r...
Kate Quarfordt | Posted 05.25.2011
Recently I joined educational leadership organization ASCD and partner education organizations to present a briefing on policy recommendations for well-rounded elementary and secondary education.
Arianna Huffington | Posted 05.25.2011
This week, President Obama pushed back against his natural allies in civil rights groups and teachers' unions who have criticized his education policies -- particularly his Race to the Top initiative -- as anti-teacher and unfair to minorities. "Our goal isn't to fire or admonish teachers," he said. "Our goal is accountability." Teacher effectiveness is the single most important factor driving student performance. Yet, because of overly rigid union contacts, we cannot pay the best teachers more based on their performance -- and it's become next to impossible to fire even the worst teachers. Until we stop this insanity, our national report card will continue to be littered with Fs. The president should be applauded and given major leadership props for taking on this schlerotic status quo. This is what real, beyond-left-and-right bipartisanship looks like.
Brian Ross | Posted 05.25.2011
Wayne A. Miller, Band Director of the A.W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts in West Palm Beach, FLA., is a real-life Mr. Holland, a music educator whose de...
Diane Ravitch | Posted 05.25.2011
The fundamental principle of school reform, in the Age of Bush and Obama, is measure and punish. If students don't get high enough scores, then someone must be punished.
Diane Ravitch | Posted 05.25.2011
Last week, the press reported something that most teachers found unbelievable: Randi Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers, said that teachers should be evaluated by their students' test scores.
Susan Kane | Posted 05.25.2011
As millions of kids headed back to school this month, many parents, teachers, and administrators had a lot to think about. Things like, will there actually be enough seats in the ballooning classes?
Dennis Danziger | Posted 05.25.2011
I'm a public high school teacher, and when I voted for Barack Obama I thought I was voting for change. Turns out, as far as education goes, I voted for Bush Lite.
Karen Symms Gallagher | Posted 05.25.2011
The federal government needs to call a public advisory committee, comprised of representatives from every stakeholder group that cares about what is happening in public schools.
Sir Ken Robinson | Posted 05.25.2011
Economically and culturally, the future of America and of the rest of world lies now in a different direction. It will depend on the vitality, diversity and creativity of all its people.
Matthew Lynch, Ed.D. | Posted 06.03.2012