Topic: Education Standards
Education and economics
Las Vegas Sun
ObamaÕs pitch to governors is correct: U.S. needs to improve its schools In a meeting Monday with governors, President Barack Obama called for strengthening the nationÕs school system. He outlined several sound ideas to improve education, including raising standards and better supporting teachers. America, he said, had to do ...
Teacher contracts support reforms in worst schools
AP News
New teacher contracts in Minn., Conn., Philly support reforms in failing urban schoolsEven in a school system known for its academic troubles, the numbers at Vaux High School are jaw-dropping: More than 90 percent of 11th-graders tested last year could not read or do math at grade level. But next ...
Obama prods states to raise academic standards
AP News
Obama uses federal money to get states to adopt higher standards for high school gradsPresident Barack Obama wants to rewrite federal education law by sending aid for poor students only to states that adopt new standards to prepare high school graduates for college or a career. States that fail to ...
Obama: US cannot accept second best in education
AP News
Obama says US still lags others in math and science skills, urges states to do betterPresident Barack Obama says America's "primacy in the world" is at stake in the quest to substantially improve educational quality and global competitiveness. Speaking to governors gathered at the White House Monday, Obama said ...
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