Obama outlines new education vision in budget - Reuters

Reuters, 01/02/2010, extracto.-

En su proyecto de presupuesto del lunes el Presidente Barack Obama propuso una revisión de la manera cómo el gobierno de EE.UU. financia la educación como parte de de una "nueva" visión para las escuelas primarias y secundarias.

President Barack Obama proposed an overhaul of how the U.S. government funds education in his budget proposal on Monday as part of a "new vision" for elementary and secondary schools.

To back the changes, the administration would add $3 billion to federal allotments for education. It would provide an additional $1 billion once the landmark law passed last decade known as "No Child Left Behind" is reauthorized.

The law and the federal government's role in education have come under fire in recent years, and Obama's reforms take many of the criticisms head on.

In his budget, the President said he seeks clearer standards for student achievement, improved teacher skills and more flexibility for states' relationships with schools in the law's reauthorization.

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