charter schools

The Obama budget outline balances a line that was widely applauded by Republicans  from the president’s Wednesday night speech to Congress—“we will expand our commitment to charter schools”—with a line to appeal to teachers unions and other tradional Democratic constituencies who are skeptical of independent but publicly-funded schools.

The Budget increases funding for the Charter School [...]

Speaking in the American flag-adorned gym of Chicago’s Dodge Renaissance Academy, a public elementary school, President-elect Barack Obama named Arne Duncan as his secretary of education this morning.
Duncan (his first name is pronounced AR-nee), the CEO of the Chicago public school system, has a reputation as a consensus builder, having won friends in both the [...]

DAYTON, Ohio — It’s a gray, rainy morning in central Ohio, and both presidential nominees are trying to brighten up the mood with visits here today.
Sen. Barack Obama is making his eighth visit to this key swing state since he clinched the Democratic nomination, At a local school, he is unveiling a new education plan [...]