President Barack Obama visited Graham Road Elementary School in Falls Church, Virginia where he and Secretary of Education Duncan held discussion with 6th grade students. The President announced plans to continue Race to the Top, requesting $1.35 billion for the program in the FY 2011 budget. Five years ago, Graham Road Elementary implemented a comprehensive strategy to turn around student achievement, adopting rigorous and high-quality student assessments, teacher evaluation and professional development, and innovative and effective use of data systems to track student performance.
Graham Road Elementary is a high-achieving school in Fairfax County, Virginia, with 80 percent of students qualifying for free or reduced-price meals. 95 percent of the school population is comprised of African American and Latino students. In 2008, all sixth-graders met Virginia’s reading standards, and 96 percent met math standards.
Graham Road recruits committed, highly-skilled teachers, and assesses their ability to pay careful attention to every aspect of learning.
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He used a teleprompter to speak to 6th grade children...that should be the headline.
Dear Reader brings his teleprompter to speak to a 6th grade class??
Well, he speaks to the media after a discussion with 6th grade students... just look at the first seconds of the video. It is not unusual to do a official speak with a teleprompter (;
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