New Administration and Education

Posted by Beth DuBose on Jan 21, 2009

With the inaguration of our new President, education has become a forerunner in issues that the new administration will be focusing on. “Homes have been lost; jobs shed; businesses shuttered. Our health care is too costly; our schools fail too many,” Mr. Obama said in his inaugural address yesterday. “Everywhere we look, there is work to be done. ...We will transform our schools and colleges and universities to meet the demands of a new age.” By including education in his inaguration speech, many educators feel President Obama will keep education one of his major goals.

We have already seen a piece of this with the passing of the economic-stimulus package that was released on January 15th, giving $120 billion for education programs. We will all anxiously wait as we see how this money is spent, and what programs will benefit. It will definitely be interesting to see where this administration takes education. If Obama’s campaign reflects what we can expect, we should see more public and private entities getting envolved in education support, and more emphasis on the parent’s role in educating their child. These next four years will be interesting.