Obama Uses Funding to Pressure Education Establishment for Change

The pressure campaign has been underway for months as Education Secretary Arne Duncan travels the country delivering a blunt message to state officials who have resisted change for decades: Embrace reform or risk being shut out. Full Story »

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by Danny Hollinger - Jul. 25, 2009

President Obama and Secretary Duncan are promoting desperately needed education reform by demanding that states abandon failed policies and implement innovative and successful strategies in exchange for federal investment. Obama's bold actions and leadership are essential, but not sufficient, to fix our broken education system. We need leaders and teachers with the same passion, innovation and boldness to step up to the plate and change the way we do business in education. We need to ... More »

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