"At Central Falls High, he said, just 7 percent of 11th graders passed state math tests. Mr. Obama said he supported the school board’s decision to dismiss the faculty and staff members. “Our kids get only one chance at an education and we need to get it right...” President Barack Obama (3/1/2010)
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/02/us/02obama.html?ref=politics
In a New York Times article this week, President Barack Obama speaking at the U.S Chamber of Commerce unveiled his latest education proposal certainly one his Secretary of Education Arne Duncan crafted where $900 million in federal grants would be available to school districts and states that aggressively implement strategies and policies "willing to turn around struggling institutions, " simply closing them down.
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Whitney Tilson (3rd background)
"Let’s be honest: we need a lot more well-off, well-educated white folks with a personal stake in both charter schools and education reform in general if we’re going to take reform to the next level, both politically and operationally.Whitney Tilson, hedge fund manager and major funding angel for the school privatizing Democrats for Education Reform, thinks there’s not enough rich, educated white folks.( Preaprez) click photo to his blog.
Arne Duncan
U.S. Secretary of Education, click photo
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