WASHINGTON, March 10 (UPI) -- Merit pay, the bane of teachers' unions, would be part of the White House's reform of the U.S. education system, President Barack Obama said Tuesday.
WASHINGTON, March 10 (UPI) -- Finger-pointing and party bickering must end so the United States can provide a complete and competitive education, President Barack Obama said Tuesday.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Barack Obama has found his education secretary in his backyard, Chicago schools chief Arne Duncan, an aide on the president-elect's transition team said Monday.
RIVERSIDE, Ohio, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, at an event in Ohio, outlined his education plan, saying learning was ignored by the Bush administration.
WASHINGTON, July 5 (UPI) -- Barack Obama got a few boos Saturday when he told the National Education Association convention in Washington he supports merit pay.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- A key U.S. congressman has proposed the next version of the federal No Child Left Behind education law include a merit system for teachers' pay.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., a Democratic Party presidential contender, said his tax plan would take pressure off the low and middle classes.
