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Sweet drinks widely available in schools (Reuters)

Published on November 1, 2010 By rohit

CHICAGO (Reuters) – Despite efforts to limit their availability, public elementary school students in the United States have more outlets to buy unhealthy beverages at school, U.S. researchers said on Monday. Over a three-year period ending in 2009, more students could buy sweetened beverages like sodas, higher-fat milk and sports beverages from vending machines and school stores, they said.

Education reformers say GOP-controlled Congress would block funding (The Upshot)

Published on October 27, 2010 By

Education reformers are worried a Republican-controlled House of Representatives will block spending for new reforms touted by President Barack Obama, Seyward Darby of the New Republic reports. The irony is that former President George W.

Obama to test Archimedes solar ray legend (AFP)

Published on October 18, 2010 By rohit

WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Barack Obama said Monday he will star on reality show “Mythbusters” next month but lamented that he will not get to blow anything up on the explosives-prone program.

Flunking His Midterms? (The Daily Beast)

Published on October 15, 2010 By

NEW YORK – Obama’s ambitious education agenda is in peril, as his allies face firing at the polls in November. Dana Goldstein on the shaky state of school reform. When Barack Obama was first elected president, his education agenda—deploying federal money to turn around failing schools, hold teachers accountable for student test scores, and open more charter schools—earned glowing reviews from Republicans on Capitol Hill.

FACT CHECK: Obama’s education claims missing facts (AP)

Published on October 15, 2010 By rohit

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama says almost every chance he gets that Republicans would cut education spending by 20 percent if their party wins control of Congress in the Nov. 2 elections. He also says they would repeal a new college tuition tax credit

Obama hits GOP proposal to cut education spending (AP)

Published on October 9, 2010 By rohit

WASHINGTON – Offering voters a reason to keep Democrats in power on Capitol Hill, President Barack Obama says Republicans would cut education spending and put the country’s economic future at risk if they had their way. A quality education is paramount, Obama said. He suggested that federal spending on education is one area where he would not compromise

Despite fiery rhetoric, largest teachers union spending big for Dems (The Upshot)

Published on October 6, 2010 By

Over the summer, the president of the nation’s largest teachers union told thousands of members that Obama’s education policies were “not the change I hoped for.” “Today our members face the most anti-educator, anti-union, anti-student environment I have ever experienced,” National Education Association President Dennis Van Roekel said at group’s annual convention in New Orleans, according to the New York Times’ Sam Dillon .

Obama to students: Work hard, focus on education (AP)

Published on September 14, 2010 By rohit

WASHINGTON – In a pep talk to the nation’s students as they settle back into school, President Barack Obama will tell them that nothing is beyond their reach as long as they’re willing to dream big, work hard and stay focused on learning. Obama will deliver that message Tuesday during his second back-to-school address, this time from a Philadelphia school. “Nobody gets to write your destiny but you,” Obama says in the speech, which the White House released a day early so people could read the president’s remarks beforehand and judge the contents for themselves.

Obama celebrates contributions of black colleges (AP)

Published on September 13, 2010 By

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is recognizing the contributions of historically black colleges and universities to the nation’s education system and calling for their continued support. Obama says strengthening the country’s 105 federally recognized historically black colleges and universities is a job for the entire federal government and key to his goal of increasing college graduation rates.

Obama to go to Philly for a back-to-school speech (AP)

Published on September 9, 2010 By

WASHINGTON – When President Barack Obama delivers his second back-to-school speech to the nation’s students, he’ll do so from a magnet school in Philadelphia. The White House said Thursday that Obama will travel to the Julia R.