Thank you, Mark.
Good morning and welcome to Washington, delegates.
This is the third Mom Congress, and I’ve been honored to be at all three of them. I’m even more honored to have partners like you working across America to support education.
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Together for Tomorrow (TFT), the joint initiative of the U.S. Department of Education, White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships and the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) to spur community engagement in turning around our nation’s lowest performing schools, today launched its School Improvement Challenge for the 2012-13 [...]
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan was joined today by White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair Nancy Sutley and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson to announce the first-ever U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools, a list including 78 schools that span 29 states and D.C.
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“In America, higher education cannot be a luxury,” President Obama said in his weekly address.
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This year, First Lady Michelle Obama will deliver commencement addresses at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (North Carolina A&T), and Oregon State University (OSU). Mrs.
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High school-aged students from across the country can test their knowledge about personal finance through the National Financial Capability Challenge and earn a chance to be recognized by the Obama Administration.
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The White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships, the U.S. Department of Education and the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) announced today Together for Tomorrow, a new initiative to spotlight existing and spur new community engagement in turning around persistently low-performing schools.
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The Obama Administration’s 2013 proposed budget includes a new $5 billion competitive program to challenge states and districts to work with teachers, unions, colleges of education and other stakeholders to comprehensively reform the field of teaching. The proposal touches on every phase of teaching from training and tenure to compensation and career opportunities.
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Obama administration tackling sexual violence in schools
Education department details schools’ obligations to civil rights laws Alarmed by the numbers of reported cases of sexual violence in the nation’s high schools and colleges, the Obama administration Monday is launching a new effort to prod educators, police and others to aggressively respond to reports of sexual assaults [...]
Around Town — McKinley grad rubs elbows with Obama
Steve Sedlock, president of The University of Akron’s Associated Student Government (ASG), met President Barack Obama recently. The 2006 Canton McKinley High School graduate was selected to be part of the White House Roundtable with Young Leaders at Cleveland State University.
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Why does Obama support government run public education, when private education is vastly superior, and can be had at a fraction of the price?
Public education is a lot like spending $100,000 for a 1973 Ford Pinto
When you can get a brand new 08 Lexus for $25,000
This is just nuts! Why does Obama want [...]
Obama returns from vacation to face emboldened GOP
HONOLULU (AP) — President Barack Obama got what he wanted from his Hawaiian vacation: nearly two weeks away from the spotlight. The peaceful lull ends Tuesday when he returns to Washington to face emboldened Republicans eager to challenge his spending priorities and attempt to repeal his historic health [...]
It's widely accepted that education is important to having a successful future. Since his campaign to become President, Barack Obama has made education a key issue.
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