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Elementary school on Long Island renamed for new president

November 21st, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Democrats, Education, Obama administration, Presidential race, 2008
This is the first such news we've gotten wind of, but we suspect it won't be the last: Ludlum Elementary in Hempstead, N.Y., is being renamed Barack Obama Elementary School. The switch was approved last night by the local school...

Obama to focus on education; targets McCain in new ad

September 9th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Ads, Democrats, Education, Presidential race, 2008, Republicans
At a campaign event today in Dayton and in a new TV ad, Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama focuses on education -- and on his opponent, Republican nominee John McCain. According to excerpts from his planned address that Obama's campaign...

McCain tells Urban League that Obama talks about hope, but isn’t delivering on education

August 1st, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Education, In their own words, Presidential race, 2008, Republicans
Right now in Orlando, Republican presidential contender John McCain is laying out his thinking on education reform to members of the Nation Urban League, which describes itself as "the nation's oldest and largest community-based movement devoted to empowering African Americans...

McCain to pledge support for school choice in address to NAACP

July 16th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Education, Presidential race, 2008, Republicans
Republican presidential contender John McCain plans to talk a lot about education later today when he addresses the NAACP's annual convention in Cincinnati. "If I am elected president, school choice for all who want it, an expansion of Opportunity Scholarships,...

Conservative bloggers jab Obama on foreign languages

July 9th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Democrats, Education, Presidential race, 2008, Republicans
Is Democrat Barack Obama an elitist for saying he's embarrassed by Americans who can't speak foreign languages when they visit foreign lands? That's just one of many lines of attack today from conservative bloggers. The wave comes in the wake...

Mostly cheers, but some boos too, when Obama addresses teachers

July 5th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Democrats, Education, Endorsements, Presidential race, 2008
The crowd was mostly supportive and at times very enthusiastic today when Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama addressed the National Education Association. But USA TODAY's Greg Toppo reports that Obama also got some boos, as he did when he spoke...

Education adviser says McCain would change No Child Left Behind

June 12th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Education, Presidential race, 2008, Republicans
USA TODAY's Greg Toppo says it's well-known in education circles that a President Barack Obama would seek to radically alter President Bush’s No Child Left Behind law, which he says has "significant flaws." Turns out a President John McCain just...