Obama requests funding to help math, science teacher preparation - 2 views
We can lower that cost per trained science teacher as well as retrain existing teachers using new technology.
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National Education Association goes after Arnie Duncan - 3 views
NEA goes after Education Secretary Arne Duncan By Valerie Strauss The Answer Sheet http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/nea-goes-after-education-secretary-arne-duncan/2011/07/...
James Love: White House to Decide if Treaty for the Blind Moves Forward - 0 views
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Claude Almansi on 14 Jun 11James Love 2011-06-14 Huffington Post "In 2008, the Bush administration opposed a treaty for the blind. In early 2009, the Obama administration also opposed a treaty for the blind. But by December 2009, the Obama administration seemed to have changed its mind, and announced it was "open" to a treaty. But since 2009, three key treaty supporters left the Obama administration -- Susan Crawford and Andrew McLaughlin in the White House and Arti Rai at USPTO. Since the departure of Crawford, McLaughlin and Rai, the USPTO has been aggressively but quietly trying to kill the treaty, and pressuring treaty supporters, including both NGOs and governments, to settle for a soft recommendation as a "first step" and to wait several more years before taking the treaty proposal up again. Europe is divided on the treaty. Some countries, such as the UK and a few northern European countries support the treaty, and the European Parliament recently voted to support the treaty. But France and Germany oppose the treaty, and so has the European Commission. At this point, the fate of the treaty is largely in the hands of David Kappos, the former IBM executive now running the USPTO. If Kappos supports the treaty, opposition will fade, and the treaty will move ahead to a diplomatic conference. For a detailed history and background on the negotiation, see: Background and update on negotiations for a WIPO copyright treaty for persons who are blind or have other disabilities."
Save Our Schools Conference and Clippings - 0 views
A few clippings. The Save Our Schools March http://www.washingtonpost.com/local By Valerie Strauss "I don't know where I would be today if my teachers' job security was based on how I performed o...
Subject: Teacher Depreciation Week | NationofChange - 1 views
Subject: Teacher Depreciation Week | NationofChange Date: May 13, 2012 10:05:09 AM EDT http://www.nationofchange.org/teacher-depreciation-week-1336829721 Sent from my iPad Teacher Depreciation ...
President Obama's unusual education roundtable - 1 views
Permalink to the article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/president-obamas-unusual-education-roundtable/2011/07/18/gIQAf3UJMI_blog.html (odd that the Diigo software didn't inc...
Obama to Host Twitter Town Meeting - 1 views
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2011/06/obama-to-host-town-hall-on-twitter/1By David Jackson, USA TODAY Updated 11m ago CAPTIONBy Pool, Getty Images The White House announced ...
'Mr. President, public education in the U.S. is on the wrong track' - 1 views
By Valerie Strauss This is the text of an open letter written to President Obama by Mary Broderick, president of the Arlington, Va.,-based National Schools Boards Association, a not-for-profit or...
the whole child - 1 views
"It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education." -- Einstein Learn what's really happening in the world of education with veteran education writer Valerie Strauss and her guest ...
WEEKLY ADDRESS: Strengthening the American Education System (transcript) | The White House - 0 views
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"The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release September 24, 2011 WEEKLY ADDRESS: Strengthening the American Education System WASHINGTON-In this week's address, President Obama told the American people that it is time to raise the standards of our education system so that every classroom is a place of high expectations and high performance. On Friday, the President announced that states will have greater flexibility to find innovative ways of improving the quality of learning and teaching, so that we can strengthen performance in our classrooms and ensure that teachers are helping students learn rather than teaching to the test. By modernizing our schools and improving the education system, the United States can continue building an economy that lasts into the future and prepare the next generation to succeed in the global economy."
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For the video of this address, see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAdWbOtJYX4 or http://www.universalsubtitles.org/en/videos/ncTYQHe4jvy4/
Weekly Address: Strengthening the American Education System - YouTube - 0 views
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"Published on Sep 24, 2011 by whitehouse President Obama explains that states will have greater flexibility to find innovative ways of improving the education system, so that we can raise standards in our classrooms and prepare the next generation to succeed in the global economy." With captions and interactive transcript
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Captions and transcript can be downloaded from http://www.universalsubtitles.org/en/videos/ncTYQHe4jvy4/
WHiTE HOUSE Twitter - 1 views
WH Twitter ------------ What would you #AskObama? Tomorrow's event has the White House all a-Twitter. At 2pm EDT, President Obama will participate in the first Twitter town hall at the White Hous...
How to Rescue Education Reform - 1 views
How to Rescue Education Reform Gracía Lam By FREDERICK M. HESS and LINDA DARLING-HAMMOND Published: December 5, 2011 SHARE THE debate over renewing No Child Left Behind, the education reform ac...
Teach for America: Liberal mission helps conservative agenda - 1 views
Teach for America: Liberal mission helps conservative agenda http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/teach-for-america-liberal-mission-helps-conservative-agenda/2011/12/25/gIQApoVZHP...
Ten Education Predictions for 2012 Answer Sheet - 1 views
10 education predictions for 2012 http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/10-education-predictions-for-2012/2011/12/29/gIQAB2PbPP_blog.html By Valerie Strauss This was written by La...
The True Cost of High School Dropouts - 3 views
The True Cost of High School Dropouts By HENRY M. LEVIN and CECILIA E. ROUSE Published: January 25, 2012 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/26/opinion/the-true-cost-of-high-school-dropouts.html ...
A test for politicians on education (with cheat sheet) - 1 views
By Valerie Strauss Here are questions that education historian Diane Ravitch posed to politicans who make education policy. Ravitch, a research professor at New York University, is the author of nu...
Teachers Appeal to President Obama- Answer Sheet - 1 views
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/teachers-appeal-to-president-obama/2011/06/19/AG2MHVbH_blog.html
President Obama Presents American Jobs Act (Enhanced Version) - YouTube - 0 views
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"Uploaded by whitehouse on Sep 8, 2011 Shares plan to create jobs with joint session of Congress. September 8, 2011."
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Captions and transcript can be downloaded from http://www.universalsubtitles.org/en/videos/3m7e5noISPmY/
Reauthorization of ESEA - 1 views
By Alyson Klein A long-stalled, bipartisan rewrite of the widely-disparaged No Child Left Behind Act approved by the Senate education committee on Thursday faces steep political hurdles, with opp...