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Education in the news 11/24/2008: All eyes on Obama
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Colin Powell (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Obama weighs options for Education Secretary (and makes a personal family decision to send his daughters to Sidwell Friends School)
All eyes are on President-elect Barack Obama and his transition team this week as speculation mounts around potential cabinet appointments for Education Secretary and other positions.
Yesterday the Associated Press reported some of the names on Obama's shortlist for Education Secretary: Arne Duncan, chief executive officer of Chicago public schools; Inez Tenenbaum, former South Carolina schools superintendent; Linda Darling-Hammond, education professor at Stanford University; and Colin Powell, former secretary of state, former chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff. Powell was in Washington on Friday, November 21 for opening day at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, where he recited the Gettysburg Address and announced completion of the museum's renovation projects.
Whoever gets the Education Secretary job will have their work cut out for them. Add this to the pile... This morning the AP is reporting major No Child Left Behind news as the U.S. Education Department witholds $1M from California over failure to meet math-testing requirements for eight-graders.
The Obamas also made news with their recent decision to send daughters Sasha and Malia to Sidwell Friends School. Vice President-elect Joe Biden's grandchildren are also students at the school. The Quaker school, with campuses in Washington, DC and Bethesda, MD, was the school of choice when the Clintons were faced with the same decision for daughter Chelsea, and also for the Gore family: Al Gore III attended the school. The Obamas reportedly investigated both public and private school options before deciding on the prestigious private school.
Other Education stories in the news at Examiner.com:
>>NYC students protest NYPD misconduct in schools by New York Schools Examiner Kathleen Byrne
>>Avoiding online application disasters by College Admissions Examiner Lauren Starkey
>>Attention high school Juniors: The college admissions process is about the heat up by Baltimore College Prep Examiner Craig Meister
>>What does total immersion mean for language learners? by Orlando Education Examiner Elizabeth Randall
>>Thanksgiving week journal prompts for homeschoolers by St. Louis Homeschooling Examiner Loretta Snyder
>> Preschool should be more than babysitting by Colorado Education Examiner Todd Engdahl
