A New Administration (January 2009)
A Current EdLog™ News Feature
 President-elect
Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden: Are new education initiatives
on the horizon?
On
January 20, 2009, Barack Obama became President of the United States.
Though when asked during the campaign to rank five priority issues, Obama
placed education fifth, there are still a number of plans in the works.
Check the link (see right) to the education section of the Obama Web site
(dated from the campaign and transition periods) for information on a
variety of philosophies, plans, and potential policies and initiatives
put forth by the new administration. Read up on the following:
- Early Childhood
Education (including the Zero to Five Plan, expansion of Early Head Start
and Head Start, and affordable, high-quality child care)
- K-12 (including
reform of the No Child Left Behind Act, support for high-quality schools
and closure of low-performing charter schools, making math and science
education a national priority, addressing the dropout crisis, expansion
of high-quality afterschool opportunities, and support for college outreach
programs, college credit initiatives, and English Language Learners)
- Recruit,
Prepare, Retain, and Reward America's Teachers (including teacher retention,
preparation, and reward systems)
- Higher
Education (including creation of the American Opportunity Tax Credit and
simplification of the application process for financial aid)
Designed
Instruction's EdLog will track progress after the new administration takes
office in late January 2009. As with other EdLog feature strands, brief
descriptions and links to news articles online will be provided as events
unfold. To access, go to Obama-Biden
Education Change: A Current News Feature.
What's
happened in the past? Get context on new events in education from
a national perspective. Read about the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB)
and a progression of articles related to national and state interactions
in the past (below left). Read also about NCLB in President Bush's State
of the Union Address in January 2007 (below right).
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