The Influence Of Barack Obama On Education

In Obama’s speech, it says that students must take responsibility for their own success in school, no matter what obstacles they face. Obama claims this will benefit not only the students themselves but also their whole country. Obama's perspective seems to be that hard work is patriotic.

During his presidential campaign, President Obama critiqued the accountability system based on testing which created hope about the possibility to modify the NCLB legislation (Ovando & Combs, 2012). Conversely, President Obama reinforced NCLB by making teacher qualifications more rigorous and promoting the adoption of national academic standards (Dillon, 2009). In order to help the country to overcome the economic crisis, President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 (Baker, 2011; Ovando & Combs, 2012). President Obama’s idea was that by improving education the American economy could be rebuilt (Baker, 2011). Obama’s administration also instituted, as

It is ambiguous as to how President Barrack Obama shapes our politics in terms of our political regime, but it can be determined through the present outcomes of his leadership today. In The Politics Presidents Make, by Stephen Skowronek, describes that there is a life-cycle of inaugurated presidents through the history of the United States. A political regime is defined as a full cycle of presidents that induce change in our politics until it is repeated again. Through this, it is possible to determine where President Obama would stand in our political time. Skowronek also mentions four leadership categories in which past presidents are placed in: politics of reconstruction, politics of disjunction, politics of

Former President George W. Bush started off his presidency with a bit of drama. But other than that he got right to work here in the United States. He started with the Tax cuts with hopes that lower taxes would cause more investing resulting in a stimulation of the economy. He believed our economy was on the right track and so did congress which made passing this easy. He then reformed the No Child Left Behind Act making it to where literally no child would be left behind in the education system. He implemented state testing and made it to where if the state did not meet requirements they would be fined. More money was being allocated to school districts for better programs. Because of all of this by the end of his presidency education levels

President Obama is able to create an image of perfection for the audience with his address. The president decided he would not wait for congress to take action, so, he pictured the perfect world of education. For example, he claims to “[bring] business leaders from all across the country” as well “philanthropists from all around the country who are willing to help work with school districts…” (Obama). Furthermore, he wants to make sure the young ones receive the full advantage of the “high-quality” schooling they deserve. Stating his dreams of making America great causes the reader to defend his dream because people support anyone who pushes for what sounds

“Instead of dreaming of being a teacher or a lawyer or a business leader, they’re fantasizing about being a baller or a rapper” expressed by Michelle Obama at the Bowie State University’s graduating class of 2013. In Michelle Obama’s speech, she gives two statistics about African American students, one in three African American students will drop out of a high school, and only one in five African Americans between the ages of 25 and 29 has a college degree (Think Progress). The question is why? Michelle points out that this leads to black students not getting a good career, and failing to reach the potential of their white counterpart. Still, this brings up the notions that white students will be business leaders and lawyers, and as for

Specifically discussing education, he predicted that “over the next 10 years, nearly half of all new jobs will require education that goes beyond a high school education, and yet, as many as a quarter of our students aren’t even finishing high school. The quality of our math and science education lags behind many other nations. America has fallen to ninth in the proportion of young people with a college degree” (Obama). The President himself, the face of the country and one who should be displaying the greatest optimism and hope, is afraid for the state of American education.

Have you ever wondered what the president's promised us?Well president Barack Obama promised to help improve this country .He helped U.S citizens get affordable health care. Obama states all the problems our nation is having and how we will strengthen them and improve our country.George washington says he wants to help impove the government. He says that our new free government is better than other governments, it shows this by winning the hearts of its citizens and respect of the world.He also says that he wants to make a new and free government that can’t be compared to other governments .

He stated that the No Child Left Behind’s program, which was introduced in 2001 wasn’t working as well as it promised it would when it was introduced by former President Bush. By speaking the truth about the act, and its failures he now had the educators on his side. Obama takes a quote directly from Thomas Jefferson: “Talent and virtue, needed in a free society, should be educated regardless of wealth or birth” (The Denver Post, 2008). What better way to sway people’s opinions in your favor than by quoting not just a past president, but president who has his likeness carved into the side of a mountain, that mountain being Mt. Rushmore. He was attempting to show that his methods were in line with Thomas Jefferson’s. At this point we can further see that he used logic to expose the flawed education system.

Obama on July 24th, 2009 when giving a speech on the idea and probable implementation of his new program called Race to the Top. Taxpayers in America pay more money per student in comparison to other nations, but our education system is far from the best in the world. President Obama and his administration demanded a higher quality education for all American children. Not only did President Obama and his administration demand a higher quality education for America, but also a complete and competitive education. That is why President Obama presented every state, including Washington D.C, with an opportunity to participate in “Race to the Top.” Supported by a 4.35 billion dollar investment, the “Race to the Top” program received strong criticisms, and ended up losing it’s funding.

Has President Obama done a good job? A controversial question many Americans are talking about today. Considering the nature of a Presidential job and the state our economy was in when President Obama was elected, I believe that he has done the best job he could. Many people do not see his accomplishments and the great things he has put into place not only helping to stimulate our economy but helping to make American soil feel like a safe place again.

In Obama’s first campaign he dazzled audiences with high powered speeches about “changing Washington.” He always said his campaign was about “hope and change.” He said he wanted to “cast off the worn-out ideas and polices of the past”. But what does that mean? Does it mean that political power will shift to groups currently outside the walls of power? Or does it mean that a different party will call the shots? Or was he just saying it to get votes and was not planning on backing it up? (1)

While many supported President Obama’s semblance of education reform in Race to the Top, various factions were vehemently against RTT and its implementation. Republicans primarily stand against federal involvement in state and local schools. The party opposed RTT advanced Common Core State Standards, which promote a “one size fits all approach to education” (Spring, 2015, 63). Along with political factions, those majorly impacted by RTT objected to its premise. The main teachers unions in the U.S., the National Education Association as well as the American Federation of Teachers, highlighted several points of disagreement in RTT which would lead to challenges in implementation. At the time, the NEA said it cannot support RTT’s endorsement of using test scores for evaluating teachers, increasing the number of charter schools, and bolstering what the union calls “fast-track” alternative routes to teacher licensure (Sawchuk 2009). Additionally, the AFT expressed concerns about RTT and how much the program helps students, whether it is fair to teachers, whether it is transparent to the public, and whether it requires shared responsibility (Weingarten 2009). Along with teachers unions, members of academia spearheaded critiques of RTT. Joe Onosko’s eight point manifesto adequately details the concerns of educators at the time of implementation. The flaws of the plan (RTT) are as follows:

resident Barack Obama came face to face with the human cost borne by the military's 9/11 generation on Wednesday during a CNN presidential town hall moderated by Jake Tapper.

The “Obama Effect” is a theory that combats the effects of negative stereotyping, which is when a group confirms a negative social stereotype for their social group. For example, a negative stereotype is Black-Americans perform worse on tests than White-Americans, and when Black-Americans are made aware of the stereotype before testing, they perform worse than White-Americans. The “Obama Effect” is an effect which combats the negative stereotype. When a stereotype-defying role model is very salient and known, such as President Obama, it is believed this eliminates the effects of negative stereotyping on performance. A role-model must be seen as competent, as an ingroup role model for the stereotyped group of individuals, and the group must