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Obama Education Pick Sparks Conflict

AP | LIBBY QUAID | Posted 01.08.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama has not signaled what he will do to fix the country's failing schools, but his choice of education sec...

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Educators Expect Obama To Change No Child Left Behind

Daily Herald | Matt Arado | Posted 12.20.2008 | Chicago

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One of President Bush's most noteworthy accomplishments - the No Child Left Behind law enacted in 2002 - might undergo some fundamental changes when ...

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Keep Education a Priority!

Marc Lampkin | Posted 12.15.2008 | Politics

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Marc Lampkin

The need for improving our education system has never been greater. The rest of the world is catching up with us competitively, threatening our economic and national security.

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This Election Doesn't Leave Our Children Behind

Christopher Fink | Posted 11.27.2008 | Home

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Christopher Fink

Many children have been learning about and engaged with this election. This is sure to have an affect on our children's sense of civic responsibility to vote and care about our democracy as they grow up.

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Obama Gets It on Education

Dan Brown | Posted 11.22.2008 | Politics

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Dan Brown

Throughout the campaign, Obama has laid out workable plans to address our education crisis, but perhaps nowhere is his aim more dead-on than his campaign for recruiting and retaining good teachers.

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Sam Stein

McCain Sex-Ed Ad Launched; Obama Camp: "Perverse"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

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John McCain is out with a response ad to Barack Obama's attacks today on his education policy, accusing the Democratic nominee of not accomplishing a ...

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Obama: "John McCain Doesn't Understand" Education

AP | NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

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DAYTON, Ohio — Barack Obama is promising to double funding for charter schools and replace inferior teachers, embracing education reform proposa...

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GOP Takes Aim At Obama's Education

Politico | Posted 09.10.2008 | Politics

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Even as Barack Obama takes eight days off from the campaign trail to vacation in Hawaii, where he lived for much of his youth, the Republican National...

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Senator Obama, Please Don't Trade Space Exploration For Education

Shelly Palmer | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics

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Shelly Palmer

Obama should modify his thoughts about where to find additional, much needed funding for education. Taking the wind out of NASA's sails seems counter productive.

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Obama's Key To The Blue Collar Vote

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 05.23.2008 | Home

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Mayhill Fowler

Obama can better connect with working-class voters by talking to them about education. That's the issue. He should drop in on small groups of folk, like Bill Clinton does, and sharply focus his answers and his questions!

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Obama Urges Parental Responsibility

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 04.19.2008 | Politics

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GARY, Ind. — The standard Barack Obama venue lately has been high schools. Truman High School, Theodore Roosevelt High School, Jefferson High Sc...

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Pennsylvania Campaign Journal: Obama Hams It Up, Flirts, And Gets A Bit Cocky

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 04.03.2008 | Home

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Mayhill Fowler

Hillary is going to give it everything she's got, but an Obama spring is in the air. You could feel it on the bus tour.

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Obama's Education Plan Partly Funded By Delaying Some NASA Programs

Chicago Sun-Times | Lynn Sweet | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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White House hopeful Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), on a New Hampshire swing Tuesday, is unveiling an $18 billion education program to be partly funded by...

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