Promise Posts – Page 57

Barack Obama

Improve high school graduation rates

Graduation rates are up, but the United States still lags behind other countries | November 2, 2016

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Reduce subsidies to private student lenders and protect student borrowers

President signs bill to eliminate payments to private lenders | April 5, 2010

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Simplify the application process for financial aid

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

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Create the American Opportunity Tax Credit to offset college costs

Tax credit for college not as much as Obama promised | February 17, 2009

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Promote innovative ways to reward good teachers

Federally funded programs are underway | February 22, 2012

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Expand teacher mentoring programs and provide incentives for more planning time

There have been incentives and expansion | March 12, 2012

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

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

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Create a voluntary national performance assessment for educators

A gold star for keeping teacher preparation regulations promise | November 1, 2016

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Require all schools of education to be accredited

Accreditation not the destination for all schools | November 14, 2016

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Create scholarships to recruit new teachers

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

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Support college credit initiatives

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

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Double funding for afterschool programs

Administration backs off pledge to double afterschool program funding | December 16, 2009

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

Obama funded middle school dropout prevention | September 20, 2012

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Recruit math and science degree graduates to the teaching profession

Race to the Top grants would boost math, science teaching | December 8, 2009

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Double funding for Federal Charter School Program and require more accountability

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

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Reform No Child Left Behind

Major overhauls of “No Child” under way | October 10, 2011

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Provide affordable, high-quality child care

Stimulus provided $2 billion in new funding for child care | January 6, 2010

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Expand Early Head Start and Head Start

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

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Promote more pre-school education

Money, guidelines dedicated to pre-school | February 2, 2012

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Require new hires to affirm their hiring was not due to political affiliation or contributions

Obama bans hires based on politics | January 21, 2009

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Tougher rules against revolving door for lobbyists and former officials

Grassley demands waivers and recusals on former lobbyists in the Obama administration | June 12, 2009

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Release presidential records

Obama signs executive order on presidential records | January 22, 2009

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Conduct regulatory agency business in public

President called for transparency, but agencies haven’t always followed through | July 10, 2012

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Make White House communications public

Visitor logs are public, emails and phone calls are not | July 9, 2012

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