In a bid for a more educated and competitive workforce, President Obama has said he will seek higher standards in U.S. learning systems. Speaking to the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in his first major address on education as president,
In order for President Obama’s economic-stimulus plan to have a positive impact on public learning systems, every state will need to play its part in working to improve its schools. This involves fighting one of the toughest challenges in K-12
This morning, President Obama spoke about how to cut government waste. Though critics of his stimulus plan aren’t difficult to find, it’s important to consider the plan’s implications for our public learning systems. Of course, falling tax revenue caused by
Students selected for the Teach for America (TFA) learning system become employees of the school district in which they work–not of TFA as an organization. Therefore, the TFA learning system has been affected differently depending on the area. The recession
Teach for America, a government-funded learning system which places recent college graduates at salaried public school teaching positions, is just one program that has been drastically affected by the struggling economy. As many school districts seek to cut down on
As graduation slowly approaches and many seniors look forward to a bleak job market, dedicating oneself to temporary service and learning system programs such as Peace Corps and Teach for America becomes more appealing. Unfortunately, the economic crisis has affected
