Peer reviewed
Direct linkERIC Number: EJ861858
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009
Pages: 12
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ISSN: ISSN-0017-8055
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Obama, where Art Thou? Hoping for Change in U.S. Education Policy
Au, Wayne
Harvard Educational Review, v79 n2 p309-320 Sum 2009
In this essay, Wayne Au carefully considers the educational stance of Barack Obama by exploring the president's speeches and his personnel and policy choices. Au considers the election of Obama as a moment of possibility for change in American education, but also questions whether Obama's hopeful message about education will be fully realized, given the decisions the administration has made or said it will make. Finally, he calls for individuals to build a movement that demands educational justice in order to achieve the vision of equitable education set forth by Obama.
Descriptors: Equal Education, Educational Policy, Presidents, Educational Change, Social Justice, Social Change, Federal Legislation, Public Education, Student Evaluation, High Stakes Tests, Ideology, Change Strategies, Politics of Education, Educational Finance
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: No Child Left Behind Act 2001
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