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September 28, 2011
Promoting Jobs Bill In Denver, Obama Highlights $60 Billion For Schools Washington Post, DC, September 28, 2011 As he has barnstormed the country to promote the American Jobs Act, President Obama has made the case that spending money now will pay off later for the United States ’ global productivity and competitiveness. And one of […]
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September 27, 2011
Philadelphia’s new “Renaissance” turnaround operators are reporting big gains on the 2011 PSSA exams at the seven long-struggling public schools they converted to charters last year.
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September 27, 2011
Better Way to Fix No Child Left Behind New York Times, NY, September 27, 2011 Last week President Obama, citing a failure by Congress to act, announced a procedure for handing out waivers for the federal mandates under the No Child Left Behind law. Unfortunately, these waivers come with a series of new federal rules, […]
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September 26, 2011
Obama Presses Education Plan Wall Street Journal, September 24, 2011 President Barack Obama in his weekly radio address on Saturday said a strong education system is key to the nation’s economic future and touted his efforts to let schools replace key planks of the No Child Left Behind education law. Obama Turns Some Powers of […]
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September 23, 2011
Obama Rewrites ‘No Child’ Law Wall Street Journal, September 23, 2011 President Barack Obama is set to replace key planks of former President George W. Bush’s signature No Child Left Behind education law, allowing many schools to escape looming punishment if their states adopt a new set of standards. U.S. May Spare Schools From Harsh […]
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September 21, 2011
Growing participation in the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program is being accompanied by modest academic improvement...
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September 20, 2011
New Jersey has a dismal record when it comes to getting extra education money from Washington. Most people remember the state's lost bid...
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September 20, 2011
State needs to boost number of authorizers or lose out on more federal money.
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