Yahoo! News: Education News

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• Obama exhorts kids to pay attention in school (AP)
• Obama urges kids to stay in school (AFP)
• Private sector investing in charter schools (AP)
• Obama asks students to set school-year goals (Reuters)
• Prepared text of Obama's speech to school students (AP)
• The Urgent Need for Education Reform (BusinessWeek)
• Analysis: Furor over speech typifies polarization (AP)

Obama exhorts kids to pay attention in school (AP) Posted: 07 Sep 2009 05:21 PM PDT AP - In a speech that drew fire even before he delivered it, President Barack Obama is telling the nation's schoolchildren he "expects great things from each of you."

Obama urges kids to stay in school (AFP) Posted: 07 Sep 2009 01:54 PM PDT AFP - President Barack Obama planned to urge children to study hard and stay in school in a back-to-school address Tuesday that had some conservatives seeing red.

Private sector investing in charter schools (AP) Posted: 07 Sep 2009 01:27 PM PDT AP - Charter schools, already seeing a surge in students, are getting attention from another group — private investors.

Obama asks students to set school-year goals (Reuters) Posted: 07 Sep 2009 12:28 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama will challenge students to set goals "and to do everything you can to meet them" in a back-to-school speech that critics feared would promote a political agenda.

Prepared text of Obama's speech to school students (AP) Posted: 07 Sep 2009 11:36 AM PDT AP - The prepared text of President Barack Obama's back-to-school address scheduled for Tuesdays, as released in advance by the White House:

The Urgent Need for Education Reform (BusinessWeek) Posted: 07 Sep 2009 05:08 AM PDT BusinessWeek - Colleges and universities are some of the world's most important assets. We need these institutions to enable citizens to be passionate, lifelong learners and doers. We need them to help advance the world's thought capital and catalyze the translation of ideas into solutions. We need them to produce innovators who can solve the big social problems we face related to issues of health care and energy.

Analysis: Furor over speech typifies polarization (AP) Posted: 07 Sep 2009 01:20 AM PDT AP - The furor over President Barack Obama's start-of-school speech to the nation's students — challenging them to work hard, earn good grades and stay in school — typifies the country's widening rift over politics and social issues.

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