The Answer Sheet Archive: High School
Few schools enter contest for Obama commencement speech
The White House did not receive enough applicants in a contest it launched for schools to win a commencement address by President Obama so it extended the deadline and made the application process easier.
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Valerie Strauss
| March 7, 2011; 5:23 PM ET |
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High School
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commencement contest, obama speech, president obama, race to the top, race to the top commencement contest, white house contest
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Why Obama’s 2020 graduation goal isn’t attainable
President Obama set as a goal that by 2020, the United States will have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world. But there is a numbers game working against the realization of his goal, and his 2012 proposed education budget isn't going to help the situation.
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Valerie Strauss
| February 15, 2011; 5:00 AM ET |
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High School, Higher Education
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2012 budget, 2020, early literacy, graduation 2020, obama, obama 2020 goal, obama budget, reading by 3rd grade
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Should Obama be commencement contest prize?
Again President Obama is offering himself as a commencement speaker to the high school that wins a new contest. So what's the problem?
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Valerie Strauss
| February 2, 2011; 4:00 AM ET |
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High School, Race to the Top
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commencement contest, commencement speaker, commencement speech, obama commencement, obama commencement speaker, president obama and commencement, race to the top contest, stephen colbert
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Democracy in schools: Preached but not practiced
Schools are supposed to teach democracy, develop engaged and responsible citizens, and create an intelligent and street-smart electorate. Most don’t.
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Valerie Strauss
| January 30, 2011; 11:45 AM ET |
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George Wood, Guest Bloggers, High School, Mark Phillips, Student Life
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How the banned student play was created
Here's an account of how a student play about school reform that was banned was created and how the students reacted when they learned they could not perform it at their school.
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Valerie Strauss
| December 26, 2010; 9:11 AM ET |
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Arts Education, Guest Bloggers, High School, School turnarounds/reform
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antigone, censored play, joel klein, play banned, school reform, student play
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Report: Number of 'dropout factories' declines
A new report says that the number of high school "dropout factories" declined in the last decade.
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Valerie Strauss
| November 30, 2010; 12:01 AM ET |
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High School, Research
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america's promise, bilding a grad nation, dropout factories, dropout factory, graduation rates
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