Stories tagged: Obama administration
National youth town hall comes to Bodine
Submitted by Will Treece on Fri, 10/28/2011 - 16:02 Posted in Latest news | Permalink
Students at Bodine High School for International Affairs learned life lessons from experts at a youth town hall on Thursday.
The BEM (Believe Every Moment) Foundation has embarked on a national campaign to foster dialogue between “at-risk” students and community leaders. The town hall at Bodine is one of 12 assemblies the BEM Foundation is facilitating around the country.
Union leaders turn out to support Jobs Act
Submitted by Benjamin Herold on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 17:14 Posted in Latest news | Permalink
Representatives of the School District of Philadelphia, its five labor unions, and the Philadelphia Student Union (PSU) gathered with U.S. Rep. Bob Brady at Furness High School in South Philadelphia Monday to tout the potential local impact of President Obama’s proposed American Jobs Act.
Philadelphia is top recipient of federal turnaround grants
by Katrina Morrison Posted in October 2011 Edition | Permalink
When it comes to school turnaround, Philadelphia is developing a national reputation for its aggressive use of nonprofit charter providers such as Mastery Charter Schools to spearhead overhauls of low-performing schools.
Nationally, no verdict yet on turnarounds
by Dale Mezzacappa and Katrina Morrison Posted in October 2011 Edition | Permalink
School turnaround is about the need to make drastic changes and achieve dramatic improvements in chronically low-performing schools. The approach has been championed by the Obama administration, which over the past three years has awarded $3.5 billion in grants to schools willing to adopt one of four models:
Obama wants $30 billion for school facilities
Submitted by thenotebook on Fri, 09/09/2011 - 16:05 Posted in Latest news | Permalink
The Notebook recently began sharing content with Education Week, where this piece originally appeared.
by Alyson Klein
President Barack Obama called for $30 billion in new money to stave off teacher layoffs—and $30 billion more to revamp facilities at the nation's K-12 schools and community colleges—as he outlined his vision for spurring the sputtering economy in a speech to Congress Thursday night.
Save Our Schools March and National Call to Action
Submitted by Frank Murphy on Wed, 07/27/2011 - 16:57 | Permalink
This Saturday, the Save Our Schools March and National Call to Action will take place in Washington D.C. The rally, which will be staged at the ellipse, starts at noon. Around 1:30 p.m., participants will march to the White House where the demonstration will continue.
Many readers will recognize that most, if not all, of the issues that we regularly discuss in the comments of the Notebook blog are represented in the march's guiding principles.
Stimulus teacher: The rise and fall of teacher 'coolness'
Submitted by Guest blogger on Tue, 06/21/2011 - 14:17 Posted in Community voices | Permalink
On this final day of the school year for students we have this guest blog post from Julio C. Núñez, a bilingual elementary teacher in Philadelphia.
Tears, laughs, museum visits, flawless and dreary lessons, fires, and street brawls were some of the highs and lows of my two-year tenure as a public school teacher in one of the most poverty-stricken and dangerous parts of Philadelphia. There was also a constant and deeper understanding of the needs of a community, and its perception of neglect from those who are supposed to support and advocate for it.
Changes on the horizon for NCLB
Submitted by April Lin on Mon, 06/20/2011 - 15:03 Posted in Latest news | Permalink
With the deadline to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (more commonly known as No Child Left Behind) fast approaching, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has promised revision and reform of the controversial policy before the start of the next school year. Should Congress fail to meet this deadline, Duncan has said that he is prepared to work with states and issue waivers exempting them from the "perverse incentives" and sanctions they face under NCLB.
New Race to the Top funds available
Submitted by thenotebook on Fri, 06/03/2011 - 14:54 Posted in Latest news | Permalink
The Notebook recently began sharing content with Education Week, where this piece originally appeared.
by Michele McNeil
For U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, handing out hundreds of millions in federal money isn’t as easy as it once was.
The May 25 announcement that he’ll divvy up $700 million in new Race to the Top funding between the nine states that narrowly missed out last year and a $500 million early-childhood education competition has drawn a mixed—and, in at least one case, almost hostile—response.
Ed. Sec. Duncan's open letter to teachers
Submitted by Erika Owens on Mon, 05/16/2011 - 14:29 | Permalink
For Teacher Appreciation Week, May 2-6, Education Secretary Arne Duncan penned an open letter to teachers that has received some biting criticism. He addressed the lack of respect for teachers that many people have commented on nationally and on our blog. But the letter has elicited skepticism at its mismatch with the administration's education policy.
What do you think of the letter? Beyond a letter, what could the administration be doing to better support teachers?
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