Obama’s second-term promises in education
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| Arne Duncan and President Obama (YURI GRIPAS/REUTERS ) |
Here’s what a brochure put out by President Obama’s campaign says he will focus on in education during his next term, assuming he has one:
President Obama’s plan for America’s future: Highest proportion of college graduates in the world by 2020 so we can compete and win in the 21st Century economy:
1. Cutting tuition growth in half over the next ten years. We can make college more affordable by continuing tax credits to help middle-class families afford college tuition, doubling the number of work-study jobs and
creating incentives for schools to keep tuition down.
2. Recruiting and preparing 100,000 math and science teachers. We can out-compete China and Germany by out-educating them. The STEM Master Teacher Corps and investments in research and innovation into the best ways to teach math and science will help improve math and science education nationwide.
3. Strengthen public schools in every community. Because we can’t compete for jobs of the future