‘Status quo’ education no help, Obama says
Policies aid minority pupils, critics told
Friday, July 30, 2010
President Barack Obama talks about his education plan before the National Urban League at the civil-rights group’s centennial convention Thursday in Washington.
Photo by J. Scott Applewhite
Credit: AP
President Barack Obama defended his signature “Race to the Top” education plan before an audience that included critics who say some of his policies may shortchange low-income students and students who are members of minority groups. “Education is an economic issue, if not the economic issue of our time,” Obama said in what the White House billed as a major education speech Thursday to the National Urban League, a civilrights group, in Washington. “It’s an economic issue when the unemployment rate for folks who’ve never gone to college is almost double what it is for those who have gone to college.” O ba m a ’s atte m p t to toughen education standards and inject competition into ...
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