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| Obama to submit new education initiative (AFP via Yahoo! News) |
| US President Barack Obama announced Saturday he will be sending to Congress a new education initiative designed to better prepare high school graduates for college and a professional career. |
| Obama's plan for education reform: short on specifics, so far (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News) |
| President Obama will send the outlines of an education overhaul bill to Congress on Monday, promising sweeping changes to a faltering American education system. |
| Obama prepares education overhaul (AP via Yahoo! News) |
| President Barack Obama on Saturday promised to rewrite the nation's sweeping and controversial education law known as No Child Left Behind with a plan to prepare students for life after high school and to place better teachers at the blackboards. |
| Education Secretary Addresses Rising College Costs (NPR) |
| College students and educators are protesting major budget cuts and higher tuition at campuses nationwide, while more students are defaulting on their loans. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan speaks with host Guy Raz about rising college costs and the push for students to get loans directly from the government. |
| Obama says he will push for education overhaul (Reuters via Yahoo! News) |
| President Barack Obama, already battling for healthcare reform, jobs and financial regulation, said on Saturday he was also about to push forward on a major overhaul of U.S. education. |
| Pregnant teens 'forced out of education' (ITN via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News) |
| Pregnant teenagers are being forced out of education because of "spurious health and safety grounds", a children's charity has claimed. |
| Washington education expert predicts future work-force shortage (Seattle Times) |
| Too few young people in Washington are earning college degrees, and if nothing is done the state will suffer big social costs, including increased incarceration, warns a top education leader. |
| Obama's plan for education reform: short on specifics, so far (The Christian Science Monitor) |
| President Obama will send a framework for K-12 education reform to Congress on Monday, citing concern about students' lagging performance relative to that in some other industrialized nations. |
| Sec. of Education expected to unveil “No Child Left Behind” plans during Cedar Rapids stop (The Gazette) |
| U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is expected to unveil his blueprint for revising No Child Left Behind during an appearance in Cedar Rapids Sunday. |
| New funding projection could squeeze Obama's education agenda (Washington Post) |
| In the final push to pass a major student aid bill pending in Congress, funding for key elements in President Obama's education agenda is dwindling. |
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