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Dinger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 09:47 PM
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Obama Coming To Wisconsin Next week (Nov. 4th) To Speak About American Education System
http://www.wbay.com/global/story.asp?s=11392655

wish I could go and tell him what I think of arne duncan.
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undeterred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-01-09 09:07 AM
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1. Obama to focus on stimulus impact in visit here, Doyle says
President Barack Obama's scheduled visit to Madison Wednesday will be a chance for the president and state officials to talk about how incentives in the federal stimulus bill are spurring education reforms in the state, Gov. Jim Doyle said Thursday.

Doyle is pushing bills to allow schools to use student learning to help evaluate teachers and transfer control of the Milwaukee schools to the city's mayor rather than its school board. Doyle has said those reforms could improve the state's chances of winning a portion of $4.5 billion in "Race to the Top" stimulus funds from the U.S. Department of Education.

At a Capitol news conference dealing with an insurance law change, Doyle said his office had "fully briefed" White House officials on the changes he was seeking.

"I think they see Wisconsin as a state that already has a good educational system but is taking up the challenge of Race to the Top to really take it up a significant level," Doyle said.

http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt_and_politics/article_9fc7a5e2-c4b1-11de-b587-001cc4c03286.html




Obama, secretary of education to visit Wright Middle School


The middle school with the highest poverty level and the largest percentage of minority students in the Madison school district will get a visit Wednesday from President Barack Obama and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, the White House confirmed Friday.

Obama and Duncan will meet with students, teachers and school officials at Wright Middle School, a 12-year-old charter school at 1717 Fish Hatchery Road that emphasizes getting involved and creating positive change in the community. Principal Nancy Evans learned mid-week that her school had been chosen for the visit, but wasn't told why, or if the visit was related to Wright's charter mission of "social action," she said.

Madison police officers and several others scouted the school on Friday, which was nearly vacant; Madison students had no school Thursday and Friday so teachers could attend the Wisconsin Education Association Council convention. Named for the late Rev. James C. Wright, a prominent local African-American pastor and civil rights leader, the middle school had a contentious start but has thrived in recent years under the leadership of Evans and former Wright principal Ed Holmes, now principal at West High School, said sixth-grade language arts teacher Jon Hawkins.

For Wright students, "I can't really even comprehend the significance" of Obama's visit, Hawkins said. "I'm really looking forward to the conversations we'll be able to have with the kids. It's a once-in-a-lifetime experience to see the president, period, much less this president at this time."

Wright's student body is roughly 38 percent African American, 37 percent Hispanic, 13 percent white, 12 percent Asian and 1 percent Native American. Nearly 85 percent of its students are from low-income families, compared with an average of 49 percent in middle schools across the district.

http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/education/local_schools/article_81deceea-c5c2-11de-b0a6-001cc4c03286.html
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undeterred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-03-09 06:34 PM
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2. Preparation for Obama's visit extensive; hassles expected
Edited on Tue Nov-03-09 06:43 PM by undeterred
Excitement is building and potential hassles emerging as Madison readies for President Barack Obama's visit Wednesday.

The public can expect some flight delays, street closings and parking restrictions as Obama arrives at Dane County Regional Airport and makes his way to and from Wright Middle School, 1717 Fish Hatchery Road, on the South Side. The main road to the airport, International Lane, and the airport terminal will be open during the visit, but temporary flight restrictions will be imposed, deputy airport director Dave Jensen said. "There is the possibility there may be some delays to flights," he said, adding that travelers should contact airlines.

Obama will speak about education at Wright, a charter school with the highest poverty level and largest percentage of minority students in the Madison School District. It's also the first anniversary of Obama's election.

On Monday afternoon, students bounded from Wright with orange memos in hand for their parents that said students must be in school Wednesday before 8:15 a.m., when doors will be locked. Lunch will be served early and in classrooms instead of in the cafeteria, the memo said. Parents were told children will pass through something like airport security. Digital cameras are OK but video cameras, cell phones and backpacks aren't.

"It's really exciting," said Rachel Strauch-Nelson, spokeswoman for Mayor Dave Cieslewicz, who will greet Obama at the airport and join him at the event. "It's an all-hands-on-deck effort," said Cieslewicz aide Joel Plant. "We're working very closely with the administration."

http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/article_6ddf5b08-c838-11de-b0a7-001cc4c002e0.html

I wish he'd stay longer and do other events - I think Madison really missed out when the big rally was cancelled last year due to his grandmother's illness. But this will be an unforgettable day for these children.
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fishnfla Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-04-09 02:09 PM
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3. he's catching shit about this visit from Ed Schultz
nationwide on his radio show.

Apparantly BO is not tuff enuff for the radio dude or somesuch BS
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