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Posted on 01/05/2015 10:16:39 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
President Obama was not the only member of his household that fought to improve the P-20 education system in 2014. Michelle Obama carried out an impressive education agenda that rivaled her husband's in many respects. It seems that the two are a tag team for the ages, and P-20 education is lucky to have this duo championing it. Michelle Obama spent 2014 front and center for education -- in more ways than one.
1. First Lady endorses arts education. This past spring, First Lady Michelle Obama joined the stage with middle- and high-schoolers who performed in the first ever White House Talent Show. The event was created to celebrate the importance of the arts in American education. At the opening of the show, the First Lady emphasized the need for arts programs to be a part of all school curriculum, and not something that comes secondary to other academic pursuits like reading, math and science.
"Arts education isn't something we add on after we've achieved other priorities, like raising test scores and getting kids into college," said the First Lady. "It's actually critical for achieving those priorities in the first place."
The Talent Show celebration comes two years after President Obama introduced the Turnaround Arts program in partnership with the U.S. Department of Education. The goal of the program is to see if strong arts programs aid in other strong student academic outcomes. In the original eight schools where the program has been implemented, reading and math scores have improved, and so has behavior. Two of the schools have shown so much progress that they are no longer considered in need of a "turnaround." In each case, big-name artists or performers like Alfre Woodard and Sarah Jessica Parker have adopted the turnaround schools...
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A talent show improved education?
At what age to young wookielings start school?
The list of wonderfulness:
1. First Lady endorses arts education.
2. First Lady gets heated when it comes to school lunch debate.
3. Michelle Obama supports strong school counselors.
3. Michelle Obama tells teen girls to take school seriously.
4. The First Lady wrote about education challenges that girls face around the world.
5. Michelle Obama urges leaders to fight for girls’ education.
6. First Fashion Education Workshop hosted by Michelle Obama.
7. Michelle Obama launches video contests for Reach Higher Initiative.
Note that there are TWO number threes on the list, so you actually are getting eight miracles for the price of seven.
Seems that Dr. Lynch’s education doctorate is up to the same high standard that Bill Cosby’s is.
RIP Joan Rivers: No One Will Ever Call Michelle Obama a ‘Tranny’ Again
http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2014/09/05/rip-joan-rivers-no-one-will-ever-call-michelle-obama-tanny-again/
Sorry, polishing a turn won’t help here.
It’s still a turd.
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha hardy har! Been smoking really good weed this time, eh?
Michelle Ned’s to release her transcripts from Princeton, as well as her SAT scores.
They only way she was able to get into University was because of the color of her skin, and not the content of her brain. This token has no right to lecture anyone about getting an education.
Damn auto spell! Michelle NEEDS to release her transcripts!
It is really tough to attract the eye of the Emperor and Empress, especially when there is such a plethora shameless bootlicks out there willing to do and say anything.
The biggest thing done here in Georgia to improve education was the prosecution of multiple teachers and administrators for collusion on children’s state-mandated testing. That had nothing to do with the Empress.
One would think by this list, she dreamed up the old “My Mind is a Pearl” campaign as a young girl.
Well, with 2 number threes she sure as hell isn’t teaching them math.
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Seems odd that she hasn’t said a peep about vouchers for private schools. This list is empty pr window dressing.
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