President Obama says that it’s a priority to make sure that the U.S has the best trained and educated young people since we’re in competition with countries that are serious about educating their children, such as China, South Korea and Europe (0:28).
Us, competition with China, education in Audio Sen. Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), Ranking Member of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee said that while he disagrees with Chairman Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) on many issues, compromise is necessary in order to improve No Child Left Behind. (0:40)
Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) urged Republican Senators to support legislation that would help states employ teachers instead of focusing on the tax increase it would impose on millionaires. (0:27)
Charles Schumer, democrats, education, jobs plan, millionairs, republicans, tax increase in Audio Education Secretary Arne Duncan says the United States is falling behind the world when it comes to many aspects of education, something that is pivitol to an economic recovery. (0:34)
Arne Duncan, Dream Act, World, education in Audio Education Secretary Arne Duncan tells an audience at Howard University that an emphasis on education will help save the U.S. from its economic woes. (0:13)
Joel Packer, the Executive Director of the Committee for Education Funding, said during a panel discussion Tuesday that a combination of different factors nullify the likelihood of a reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act. (0:09)
No Child Left Behind, education in Audio Bethany Little , the chief education counsel for the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions says during a panel discussion Tuesday that there may be a conflict between the formula grant program the U.S. wants and the one it can afford. (0:16)
education, formula plan, midterm elections in Audio President Barack Obama talks with student journalists across the country in a conference call about the prospective future of a generation struggling as they enter the workforce. (0:50)
President Barack Obama talks with student journalists across the country in a conference call about the prospective future of a generation struggling as they enter the workforce.(0:24)
Barack Obama, President Barack Obama, economy, education, obama, recession in Audio Washington, D.C. voter Terry Nicholetti says it was a tough choice but she supports the re-election of Mayor Adrian Fenty, basing her decision on Fenty’s work in moving the city’s education system forward. (0:20)
d.c. mayor adrian fenty, education, primary in Audio In an address in New Orleans, Sunday, President Obama applauds the recovery of New Orleans’ schools since Hurricane Katrina, and announces an agreement to allot $1.8 billion for the Orleans Parish school system. (0:39)
New Orleans, education, obama in Audio President Barack Obama tells an audience of Texas Longhorn students and friends that education is the economic issue of our generation and should be available to everyone. (0:40)
Senator Scott Brown (R-Mass.) says during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs subcommittee hearin, on Thursday that policy is needed to stimulate manufacturing through education initiatives and various other methods. (0:39)
economic recovery, education, manufacturing, sherrod brown in Audio William Strauss, a senior economist and economic advisor at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, testifies Thursday before a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs subcommittee. (0:38)
William Strauss, a senior economist and economic advisor at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, testifies Thursday before a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs subcommittee. (0:57)
Arne Duncan, ESEA, Recovery Act, education in Audio 
