News Source: Simi Valley - Moorpark Examiner
| 22 days ago
Pushing for a link between student test scores and teacher pay, President Barack Obama on Wednesday dangled $5 billion in federal grants to states willing to undertake a top-to-bottom overhaul of their schools in support of the White House's...
News Source: Sacramento Bee
| 22 days ago
The bill calls for strategies to turn around the bottom five percent of the state's lowest performing schools and authorizes open enrollment at those schools so parents can choose the school their child attends. It encourages school districts to...
News Source: USA Today
| 23 days ago
It's relatively small by Washington standards, but the Obama administration's $4.35 billion carrot for schools is already leading states to adopt a handful of key reforms. Tucked into the $110 billion federal stimulus slated for education, a...
News Source: Fox News
| 23 days ago
static/all/img ff216015e5cb4210VgnVCM100000a0c1a8c0RCRD /politics/2009/11/03/obama-uses-school-dollars-coax-states-change-education-laws AP - November 03, 2009 Obama Uses School Dollars to Coax States to Change Education Laws Using stimulus...
News Source: Miami Herald
| 23 days ago
Using stimulus dollars as bait, President Barack Obama is coaxing states to rewrite education laws and cut deals with unions as they compete for $5 billion in school reform grants, the most money a president has ever had for overhauling schools...In...
News Source: Washington Post
| 23 days ago
Shear Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, November 3, 2009; 3:37 PM President Obama on Wednesday will highlight education reform efforts in 10 states where governors and lawmakers are maneuvering for a piece of the $4.35 billion to be awarded in...