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School Kids Praise Obama

School kids taught to praise Obama with a jingle and rhymes at Bernice Young Elementary School in Burlington, NJ.

President Obama's Back to School Speech 2009

President Obama delivers a speech to students for the 2009-2010 school year.

Obama Writes Absence Note

Father asks President Obama a question at a recent health forum and the president ends up writing an absence note for his 4th-grade daughter.

Michelle Obama's plea for education

Speaking at a London girls' school, Michelle Obama makes a passionate, personal case for each student to take education seriously. It is this new, brilliant generation, she says, that will close the gap between the world as it is and the world as it shoul

How the Recession WIll Affect Education

Education Recession Megan McArdle, left, of The Atlantic and Daniel Drezner of Tufts discuss how the recession will affect higher education.

Obama: US Schools Must Improve to Compete

President Obama speaks about schools and improvement on Tuesday, March 10, 2009.

Principal Mentoring

There is a growing national movement to combat a potential school-administrator shortage through the use of experienced mentors.

phonics vs balanced approach

This man should be shot. Going from part to whole makes no sense. What if we did this to teach children how to speak. "Ok, the sound we use to speak are...now lets put that in a sentence. Now lets put that in context you can understand. AHHH!!!!

Taylor Mali- What a Teacher Makes

We may not make much money, but we make a difference in the lives of children everyday.

Stupid in America

Stossel reports on how schools fail children.

Phonics Vs. Whole Words Part 2

Part two of fighting dirty.

Site Word Scandal

Twisted logic and scare tactics to get you to love phonics and hate any reasonable method of teaching reading. This guy is to The Reading Wars as Dick Cheney is to peace on earth. Evil