Promise Posts – Page 2

Barack Obama

Create Teacher Residency Programs that will send teachers to high-need schools

Recruitment numbers remain unclear … bring out the red pen | October 25, 2016

Barack Obama

Support college credit initiatives

Funding increases had good starts but didn’t last | September 22, 2016

Barack Obama

Cut the growth of college tuition and fees in half over the next 10 years

We’ll give college tuition promise partial credit | September 12, 2016

Barack Obama

Double funding for Federal Charter School Program and require more accountability

Increased funding for charter schools, but not doubled | September 12, 2016

Barack Obama

Fully fund the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

IDEA school funding bills are in detention | September 12, 2016

Barack Obama

Offer states waivers to No Child Left Behind if they meet requirements

Obama administration has approved waivers for many states | April 10, 2013

Barack Obama

Extend the American Opportunity Tax Credit

Fiscal cliff deal includes five-year extension | January 21, 2013

Barack Obama

Expand the YouthBuild program, a youth education and housing program.

YouthBuild is bigger, but not as big as the goal | November 28, 2012

Barack Obama

Promote lifelong retraining

Mixed record for implementing a five-part promise | November 27, 2012

Barack Obama

Increase research opportunities for college students

Many agencies are partnering on science, technology, engineering and math education programs | November 27, 2012

Barack Obama

Expand service-learning in schools

After an initial boost, service learning lost federal support | November 21, 2012

Barack Obama

Double U.S. spending on foreign aid to $50 billion a year by 2012

An increase, but nowhere close to double | November 20, 2012

Barack Obama

Establish a Global Education Fund

No sign of $2 billion bump for alternatives to madrassas | November 19, 2012

Barack Obama

Improve and prioritize student science assessments

State science testing didn’t get federal push | November 16, 2012

Barack Obama

Simplify the application process for financial aid

Tax data simplified, but the FAFSA lives on | November 16, 2012

Barack Obama

Encourage contests and programs to interest students in science

Competitions for science are racing along | November 15, 2012

Barack Obama

Help students and their families become aware of college readiness

Federal money supported states’ push for college readiness standards and testing | November 15, 2012

Barack Obama

Create scholarships to recruit new teachers

New teacher service scholarships never came to be | November 13, 2012

Barack Obama

Work with schools to create more healthful environments for children

Action to support healthy schools through health care, food and physical education | November 12, 2012

Barack Obama

Commission a study on students with disabilities and their transition to jobs or higher education

U.S. Education Department launches disability study | November 12, 2012

Barack Obama

Expand Early Head Start and Head Start

Early learning programs grew, but not to promised size | September 27, 2012

Barack Obama

Launch a Children’s First Agenda

No agenda, but some progress | September 27, 2012

Barack Obama

Address the dropout crisis by giving schools incentives for more dropout prevention

Obama funded middle school dropout prevention | September 20, 2012

Barack Obama

Create a Presidential Early Learning Council

President’s early learning council exists as an interagency board | September 20, 2012

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