May 16, 2011 – A letter of appreciation from the U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan to our country’s teachers may have fallen flat. The letter came from President Obama’s chief education official and in part reads, “I have a deep and genuine appreciation for the work you do.” ” You deserve to be respected, [...]
May 4, 2011 – Being a teacher in American used to be a safe and secure vocation with a reliable job market, those who were qualified and wanted to teach rarely had trouble finding a job. That has changed. The economic crisis and recession has finally made its way to the school systems in states [...]
Apr 26, 2011 – The Obama administration has stressed their commitment to the education of our future generation. President Obama has pledged to increase the number of college graduates that join the American workforce by eight million by the year 2020. Last month Vice President Joe Biden announced a plan to increase college grad rates [...]
Apr 01, 2011 – Minnesota lawmakers voted Thursday to shift school funding from from urban districts. The Republican supported education bill, which the Senate voted on Thursday moves education funding from several larger districts to providing financial aid for schools to districts that can show improvements in student literacy. The Senate voted 26 to 25 [...]
Mar 27, 2011 – President Barack Obama came out this week against standardized tests for students. He said that performance in school should be measured differently. Testing makes learning boring for kids, he said. Speaking at a town hall meeting in Columbia Heights, a suburb of Washington, Obama told teachers, students and parents, “Too often [...]
Mar 24, 2011 – The security of the United States may be in jeopardy according to Ray Mabus, Secretary of the Navy. Speaking to the Senate at the Mississippi State Capital, Mabus was quoted as saying, “Three out of four young people between the ages of 18 and 24 in the United States cannot qualify [...]
Mar 17, 2011 – Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposed a $132.9 billion falls $10 billion short of the funds currently needed in the budget. $1.5 billion of that includes cuts to education. When asked about the cuts to education, Cuomo has responded that “government must do more with less”. His cuts amount to approximately 2.7% per [...]
Mar 07, 2011 – Placing a limit on his own willingness to slice spending, President Barack Obama issued a not-too-veiled warning at Republican budget cutters and characterized any reductions in money for education as irresponsible and harmful to the long-term health of the nation’s economy. In his most vigorous defense yet of his education spending [...]
Feb 07, 2011 – Children’s advocates have focused for several years on early learning — preparing young children for kindergarten — but a new report says what comes next is just as crucial. “Great at Eight,” the 2011 Illinois Kids Count report, notes that the state’s third- and fourth-graders have made only modest improvements in [...]
Jan 14, 2011 – ATLANTA, GEORGIA – While many schools continue to struggle with creative ways to bring parents in to discuss their child’s education, Michelle Brown-Stafford’s Parent-As-Partners workshops in Atlanta consistently attracts intense parental interest! As she geared up for the second installment of her parental involvement workshop, Michelle’s team began receiving calls and [...]
