- Mayor Vincent Gray: DC Unemployment Stands At 8.9 Percent
- Obama: My plan will save teachers’ jobs
- Obama must support school choice
- New Report Highlights Impacts of Teacher Layoffs, Need to Invest in Education
Mayor Vincent Gray: DC Unemployment Stands At 8.9 Percent
WASHINGTON — District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray delivered some good news on Friday morning: Unemployment in July dropped two tenths of a percentage point, standing at 8.9 percent. That’s the lowest unemployment in the city since February 2009 …
Obama: My plan will save teachers’ jobs
Education cuts are “the opposite of what we should be doing as a country,” Obama said. “States should be making education a priority in their budgets, even in tough fiscal times.
Obama must support school choice
Here in the District, where more than 90 percent of participants in the city’s D.C. Opportunity Scholarship program are black, youngsters are graduating at a rate of 91 percent — more than 30 points higher than the students in the city’s public …
New Report Highlights Impacts of Teacher Layoffs, Need to Invest in Education
WASHINGTON, DC – The White House today released a new report that finds that the loss of teachers and other education staff is forcing communities into difficult choices that harm our children’s education and future, including increasing class sizes …
