NPR reports that in spite of growing concerns the U.S. states are not using the Federal stimulus money to protect the schools from budget cuts. Many schools have been forced to cut their budgets bowing to the difficult economic times in the states.

The Teach for America program will train and place more than 7,300 highly motivated teachers in our nation's neediest schools this year. National enrollment for the Teach for America is on the rise in most universities in the United States and it's possible that the tough job market is one of the key reasons for the increase in enrollment.

August 2009, right before the beginning of the school year, Arne Duncan, Secretary of Education, wrote a letter to school and education community leaders about the state of Arts Education. His letter stresses the importance of Arts Education in the lives of our students. He stressed how important it is to educate the whole child. Although the letter was meet with mixed reviews it is a giant step in the right direction for arts educators.

So did you hear the one about the double standard displayed in some Texas schools over President Obama’s speech to the nation’s school children yesterday?

The more Obama school speech time is nearing up the more yes or no, should or shouldn't types of questions are arising int he society. The questions are rising among parents, teachers and politicians.

To disperse concerns about what the President Obama's speech to kids, school children and students may include in a sign of forth coming the White Houses today released the text of transcript of Barack Obama's speech to kids. Some parents say they will keep children home after class to have them hear Obama's speech to kids and schoolchildren. Other's say they won't allow their children to hear the speech.

Today, President-elect Barack Obama introduced Chicago schools chief Arne Duncan as the next Secretary of Education. Across the board, Duncan is being described as someone “known for taking tough steps to improve schools while maintaining respectful relations with teachers and their unions.”

This morning, the National Mathematics Advisory Panel called for schools to focus on several “critical foundations” or benchmarks for U.S. schoolchildren. These recommendations require that by the end of the seventh grade, students should be fluent with whole numbers and fractions, and proficient with geometry and measurements.

Rock singer Bono threw his weight behind legislation proposed by a group of Democrats and Republicans, including presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton, that would boost funding for free basic education for some of the world's poorest children.