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asking parents to take responsibility for their children’s success; and recruiting, retaining, and rewarding an army of new teachers to fill new successful schools that prepare our children for success in college and the workforce.
Diigo Highlight and Sticky Notes adding to the conversation on the White House: President Barack Obama: The Agenda: Education web page.
Colleen Williams on 2009-03-04
To support our teachers, the Obama-Biden plan will utilize and acknowledge school media specialists as master teachers. They will use school media specialists to expand mentoring programs. They will give teachers paid common planning time with school media specialists so they can collaborate to share best practices impacting lesson plans such as emerging technologies, copyright knowledge and 21st Century Literacy skills.
Obama's Education Plan annotated
Cynthia Alvarado on 2009-02-16
If they really mean it, we could dispense with a lot of English only ignorance that makes kids miss out on major core subject area content just because they don't understand English well enough yet. I've never met an immigrant child that didn't arrive wanting to learn English. I have met some who have been bullied out of that desire by teachers (who speak only one language) calling them stupid for not understanding as quickly as the bully thinks they should.
From Whitehouse.gov - Obama's position statement on education policies, includes concept of free college in return for 100 hours of community service
very interesting Obama plan for education in the US
feb 2009
Thanks Vicki Davis.
Mike Hasley on 2009-02-10
After reading this, I sure am glad that we haven't spent a lot of money yet during his administration, because this is going to cost a lot!
Carl Anderson on 2009-02-13
Do any of the White House staff members monitor Diigo activity on their website?
Mike Hasley on 2009-02-10
Not sure how it can be universal and voluntary? Does that mean my tax dollars are used for this, but I don't have to participate? Public school, K-12 used to be like this, wasn't it? Will this lead to mandatory 0-18 year old education?
martha gajdik on 2009-02-11
I pay for my child already to receive this benefit. There are programs out there that adress some of these needs already. It is the parents perception as to whether or not education is valued at an early stage. The one thing parents could do for their children is read to them, everyday, and that is not being done.
Read the education plan from the new White House for the US. Some good things here and some things that may be hard to implement. What do you think? Join diigo and mark up the page - there are already quite a few annotations.
Carl Anderson on 2009-02-13
Is this the administration's take on what the purpose of public education is? (Hamiltonian rather than Jeffersonian aims?) I believe one of public education's problems right now is it is in the middle of a huge identity crisis. What are schools for? What purpose do they have? Before we can move forward intelligently we need to define this. Is it to produce an informed citizenry? Is it to produce an educated and obedient workforce? Is it to make the world a better place? Who is at the center of this purpose? The people? Industry? The country? The student?
I would really like to hear Obama or Duncan come out and clearly lay out their definition and philosophy.
President Obama and Vice President Biden believe that our kids and our country can’t afford four more years of neglect and indifference. At this defining moment in our history, America faces few more urgent challenges than preparing our children to compete in a global economy. The decisions our leaders make about education in the coming years will shape our future for generations to come. Obama and Biden are committed to meeting this challenge with the leadership and judgment that has been sorely lacking for the last eight years. Their vision for a 21st century education begins with demanding more reform and accountability, coupled with the resources needed to carry out that reform; asking parents to take responsibility for their children’s success; and recruiting, retaining, and rewarding an army of new teachers to fill new successful schools that prepare our children for success in college and the workforce. The Obama-Biden plan will restore the promise of America’s public education, and ensure that American children again lead the world in achievement, creativity and success.
Robin Wilensky on 2009-02-03
Technology should be included as a National Priority. The use of educational technology along with technology and engineering subjects are of critical importance to our future and 21st century learning.
martha gajdik on 2009-02-11
Where did the concern for reading go? One of the reasons parents don't read to their children is not only the perception of education, but that they can't read.
The White House Agenda for Education under Obama & Biden
Kimberly Herbert on 2009-01-24
I would be very happy if instead of measuring just pass/fail student improvement from one year to the next is recongized. It is horrible to tell a student/family that their child that went from 0.9 reading level in 3rd grade to 4.1 reading level in 4th grade that he/she still failed the test that is given 1 time a year - so failed the year.
Cynthia Alvarado on 2009-02-16
We need to get beyond multiple choice tests to authentic assessments that are useful to teachers and students and not just a stick to bang us both on the head with.
Kimberly Herbert on 2009-01-24
Are they going to continue to pentalize schools for acctually identifing students with disabilities? Under current system schools are penalized for IDing students with LD's if they go past a very small precentage.
martha gajdik on 2009-02-11
What state would you be referring too?
Description of Obama's proposed educational agenda
Public Stiky Notes
I would really like to hear Obama or Duncan come out and clearly lay out their definition and philosophy.
make me optomistic that programs like this: http://carlanderson.blogspot.com/2009/02/hybrid-project-based-charter-idea.html
will be supported.
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both there names together every
where. lol
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