Mike Smith, the principal of Seaford High School in Seaford, Del., jokes with students, including Amira Holland, 16, left, as they exit the school last week. Seaford High is putting its own twist on one of the four options given to schools in the school improvement program.
Verdell Schoats is a “pride promoter” at Gilcrease Middle School in Tulsa, Okla. His job, which helps ensure safety in the halls and provides support to teachers on discipline, is financed with federal economic-stimulus money.
Even as members of Congress scrambled last week to come up with a spending plan to keep the federal government running, the transition continued on Capitol Hill in the wake of November’s elections. In the Rayburn House Office Building, the offices of members defeated in the elections were emptied to make room for their successors.
Silver City Consolidated Schools, in New Mexico, got $357,500 under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to install a solar hot-water heating system and other energy-saving features. The solar equipment, shown atop the roof, supplies almost all the hot-water needs of the high school's campus, top, including the kitchen, showers, and lavatories.
Union members in Florida rally as early balloting starts. The stimulus program’s effectiveness in securing education and other jobs has been a hot topic in electoral contests nationwide.
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan addresses an audience at The National Press Club in Washington on July 27, where he announced the 19 finalists that will compete in the interview portion of the Race to the Top Round Two competition.
Dave Ebersbach at his home in Bowling Green, Ohio. Ebersbach, 43, is one of 14 math teachers in the Toledo, Ohio school district to receive notice a few weeks ago that their jobs were cut.
President Barack Obama exits the stage after speaking on education reform at the National Urban League 100th Anniversary Convention in Washington on July 29.
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan addresses an audience at The National Press Club in Washington on July 27, where he announced the 19 finalists that will compete in the interview portion of the Race to the Top Round Two competition.
Sharron Angle, a former substitute public school teacher who also taught in a one-room K-12 Christian school, speaks to supporters after winning the Nevada Republican U.S. Senate primary election race on June 8 in Las Vegas. Angle will face Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev. in November.
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist talks with Susan Beauchamp, a school counselor at Twin Lakes Academy Elementary School in Jacksonville, Fla. On a recent campaign stop for his U.S. Senate bid, a crowd of teachers and other education specialists thanked the governor for vetoing a bill that would have tied their pay to student test scores.
