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by Cynthia Gordy onApril 19, 2011
Russlynn Ali, the Education Department's top civil rights official, is sailing past her critics to ensure equal access for black students.
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by Nsenga Burton onFebruary 2, 2011
The White House is again giving high schools across the country a chance to get a big-time commencement speaker.
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by Cord Jefferson onOctober 28, 2010
As part of The Root's series about how President Obama's policies affect African Americans, we take a look at the administration's initiatives regarding education.
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January 19, 2010
President Obama wants to expand his Race to the Top program to improve the nation's schools...
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by Dayo Olopade onOctober 21, 2009
Obama’s education policy seeks the right mix of change and stability in the heated debate over the importance of teachers.
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September 8, 2009
About 50 million students around the country returned to school this morning. President Barack Obama addressed a few hundred of them at a Virginia high school. Despite controversy, he wisely went above the fray, and made the speech about not his critics but the students.
