American Maggie

Obama may or may not be trying to scare the American people into thinking the federal government must take over if the education system is going to be saved, but he does have plenty of reasons to want to start over with No Child Left Behind (NCLB). NCLB, an initiative that was put forth by President ...

Following the recent announcement from Democratic Congressman Marion Berry (AR-1) that he would not be seeking re-election in 2010, the Facebook world was aflutter with groups and posts encouraging conservative, Princella Smith to run for Congress in her hometown district; “Run Princella Run!” echoed on Facebook and through the Twittersphere. Since American Maggie ...

During recent months, Obama has drawn fire for his failure to support the continuation of the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program, a program which provides scholarships to under-privileged children as a means of helping them to attend a school of their parent’s choice. This program, which was enacted in 2004 and has since been a success, ...

Amidst the debating and pontificating about nationalized health care, cap and trade, and a whole host of issues plaguing the U.S. right now, President Obama is making waves in reforming another major sector of the U.S. economy: education. On September 17, the House passed legislation to overhaul the college loan system. The bill, introduced by Rep. ...

Last night, President Obama compared the insurance pool he proposes as akin to private colleges versus state universities. Seems to me that the private colleges cost far more than state schools and that without private endowments, they would ultimately fail. Sounds like what will happen to his health care plan…ultimately, he’ll put the private insurance ...

It’s that time of year again when students trade in their summer jobs and sandy beaches for classrooms and textbooks, and when teachers worry most about summer learning loss. The New York Times recently asked experts to weigh in on the potential of summer homework assignments. While many experts agreed that homework can help minimize ...

When President Obama says that charter schools are the fourth pillar of his education platform or “one of the places where much…innovation occurs,” as he did in March, are we all imagining the same school model? According to the 2009 41st Annual Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup poll on the public’s attitudes about education, the answer is ...