Posts Tagged ‘ obama ’

Michelle Obama Supports Girls in STEM Majors and Careers

The unfortunate phenomenon of elementary-aged girls becoming interested in STEM (Science Technology Engineering Math) subjects, going off to college intending to major in and then pursue a career in one of those fields, and ultimately veering off somewhat sharply into less science-and-math rich majors and careers is common. [ READ MORE ]

Equality In the Public School System (Or the Lack Thereof)

Two great reads from the Oxford University Press (if you’re an education nerd like me): Five Miles Away, A World Apart[link and italics] by James E. Ryan, and In Brown’s Wake[link, italics] by Martha Minow. [ READ MORE ]

Getting a Visual on Obama’s Budget Cuts

And by perspective I mean finally understanding just how much money this country requires to survive, and how little Obama has actuallyremoved[ READ MORE ]

Health Care Reform and Twenty-Somethings

President Obama’s Health Care Reform bill was passed on Sunday, and that’s good for twenty-somethings: they will be allowed medical coverage under their parents’ insurance until the age of 26. [ READ MORE ]

Pell Grant Qualifications

Obama is upgrading the higher education system in this country (we hope), starting with an increase in Pell Grant award amounts. [ READ MORE ]

Obama’s Exchange Student Plan

Any effort made to help Americans see that we’re only one of the many cultures/countries/peoples in this world is forward movement. [ READ MORE ]

33 Posts On America’s Education System

Here they are, including some Education Reform posts proving I’m not always in disagreement with President Obama[ READ MORE ]

Send…More…Money

I think any country with its priorities so far out of whack (us again) that its schools have been shafted for decades while it remains at the top of the war game, deserves to fall off the 'We’re #1!' pedestal for a while. [ READ MORE ]