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...choice is single mothers and grandmothers, who provide the economics, love, health care, discipline and confidence to so many of the next generation around the world whom they are raising. A great example of their skill is our new President-elect. I've seen this phenomenon firsthand on every continent. They are the true heroines of the new world...
President-elect Obama did not list education among the top three priorities of his new Administration. Certainly, the economy is job No. 1, but to make the economy grow again and to sustain America's leadership in the world, education must become a major focus. A good education has been the greatest antipoverty program in U.S. history--and Obama himself is a prime example of it. More than factories or financial institutions, our greatest capital is human capital: the American people. It is hard to sustain American greatness when only three-quarters of our children are graduating from high school...
...eighth education cover in the past 2 1/2 years. Amanda Ripley's powerful portrait of Washington, D.C., public schools chancellor Michelle Rhee offers a blueprint for helping revive urban schools. It's a story that should be instructive not only to teachers and students but also to President-elect and Mrs. Obama, who have said they will take a personal interest in education and the Washington community. All of us should welcome their involvement...
President-elect Barack Obama filled the last of the four top economic positions Monday, announcing that his Council of Economic Advisers will be chaired by University of California at Berkeley economist Christina D. Romer, who was a subject of national indignation earlier this year when Harvard did not offer her a tenured professorship. Economists, including Harvard professor N. Gregory Mankiw, a former CEA chief under President Bush, have hailed Obama’s pick as an “excellent choice.” Though the role of the CEA has been diminished since former President Clinton created the National...
...bipartisan agreement may have resuscitated legislation that would extend federal student aid to some illegal aliens, according to media reports. “On immigration, there’s been an agreement between [President-elect Barack] Obama and [Senator John] McCain to move forward on that,” Senate Majority leader Harry Reid said in an interview with the Gannett News Service last weekend. Reid, a Democrat from Nevada, has pushed the Senate to enact comprehensive immigration reform in recent years. Last June, amid a fevered debate and nation-wide protests, the Senate failed to pass a massive immigration...