This Week In Education: Video: Obama Visits Memphis School, Mulls Career Moves

This Week In Education: Video: Obama Visits Memphis School, Mulls Career Moves

Video: Obama Visits Memphis School, Mulls Future Career Moves

by Alexander Russo

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Here's a brief clip from the Obama visit to a Memphis high school yesterday, plus some news coverage of the event: Obama: I'm president because of education USAT: President Obama got personal today, telling newly minted high school graduates in Memphis, "I'm standing here as president because of the education that I received."... Obama Delivers Commencement Address At Memphis High School AP: Offering a lift to a flood beleaguered city, President Barack Obama hailed the transformation of a once struggling but venerable Memphis

AM News: Court Decisions Influence Reform In HI, TX, and GA

by Alexander Russo

Court nixes case over anonymity at Hawaiian school  AP:  The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a dispute over whether to identify students challenging a private school system's admissions policy that gives preference to those of Hawaiian ancestry.... In Texas, school growth clashes with a shrinking budget Stateline Staff Writer: As Texas schools enroll 500 new students a day, state leaders are lopping billions of dollars from the education budget... SIG EdWeek:  The administration's four school improvement models would stay pretty much intact—with some important tweaks... In Georgia, Court Ruling Could Close Some Charter Schools NYT:  A ruling by the Georgia Supreme Court on Monday cast doubt on the future of 17 charter schools there.... Who Can Authorize Charter Schools? HuffED:  A Georgia Supreme Court decision that challenges a state commission’s