Tiger Beer
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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 Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 5:48 am Post subject: Who Will Obama Pick as Secretary of Education? |
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As Barack Obama begins to assess his potential picks for his cabinet, Secretary of Education is not one of the positions you would necessarily expect him to focus on first. But American parents especially may wish to study up on the possible candidates. After all, if Obama's campaign proposals are to be fulfilled, Margaret Spellings' successor could oversee a dramatic $18 billion overhaul of the nation's public education system over the next few years.
Whoever gets the spot, Obama's new Ed chief should expect to face a huge test right off in the contentious reauthorization of the federal No Child Left Behind act, considered to be one of the first priorities in Congress come January. Down the road, he or she can also plan to direct the founding of hundreds of new charter schools and the spread of universal pre-K nationwide, as well as a continued focus on increased accountability and a better trained teacher corps.
So whom will President-Elect Obama tap for this enormous task? That announcement isn't expected until at least early next week. But here's a look at some of the presumed contenders. |
Click the website to see the potentail contenders:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20081110/us_time/whowillobamapickassecretaryofeducation;_ylt=AjYAUHlG4dZfq0dOvk067sBsnwcF |
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