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NEW YORK – Obama’s ambitious education agenda is in peril, as his allies face firing at the polls in November. Dana Goldstein on the shaky state of school reform.
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama says almost every chance he gets that Republicans would cut education spending by 20 percent if their party wins control of Congress in the Nov. 2 elections. He also says they would repeal a new college tuition tax credit.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is calling on Congress to make permanent a $2,500 college tuition tax credit that’s set to expire at the end of the year. The American Opportunity Tax Credit was included in the $814 billion economic stimulus bill Obama signed last year.
From a windowless basement office on Chicago’s West Side, Greg White is trying to answer public education’s $2 million-dollar question: What is the top priority for a school in Chicago’s cash-strapped district? Chicago News Cooperative A nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization providing local coverage of Chicago and the surrounding area for The New York Times. More From the Chicago News Cooperative » The answer for Mr.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Tuesday accused Republicans of wanting to slash education spending and said this would “unilaterally” disarm the country as it competes with emerging powerhouses China and India. Ramping up his pre-election rhetoric, Obama said Republicans would jeopardize long-term U.S. prosperity to finance tax cuts for the rich, and pay for this with steep cuts in spending on schools and colleges
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama says Republicans sharpening their budget ax would damage the American economy by taking a big whack at education spending. Opening a meeting of the President’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board on Monday, Obama said he agrees with the GOP that America’s fiscal situation is “untenable,” but its plans would force a 20 percent cut in education funding. He said that “just doesn’t make sense” at a time when the economy’s struggling and other countries are becoming fiercer competitors
PHILADELPHIA – President Barack Obama, in a message Tuesday to America’s students, urged them to ignore bullies and treat each other with kindness and respect, saying part of the beauty of life “lies in its diversity.” Obama acknowledged that school is tough and that it can be made even tougher by the presence of classroom bullies who make fun of students and try to make those who are different from them feel bad. He said students should ignore the bulliers and celebrate the differences among them. “What I want all of you, if you do take away one thing from my speech, I want you to take away the notion that life is precious, and part of what makes it so wonderful is its diversity,” Obama said from a Philadelphia school during his second back-to-school address.
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is recognizing the contributions of historically black colleges and universities to the nation’s education system and calling for their continued support. Obama says strengthening the country’s 105 federally recognized historically black colleges and universities is a job for the entire federal government and key to his goal of increasing college graduation rates. Obama made the remarks Monday to a White House reception of leaders of the institutions
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Jefferson Thomas, who as a teenager was among nine black students to integrate a Little Rock high school in the nation’s first major battle over school segregation, has died.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Texas schools that cut bureaucratic costs by sharing services — from accounting to transportation — would get grants worth 10 percent of their savings under a plan Governor Rick Perry proposed on Tuesday. Texas is expected to have to slash spending in its next two-year budget because its deficit is estimated at as high as $18 billion.