America's lesson for British classrooms

Alex Spillius

As we all know by now, US President Barack Obama has not had a great first two years. His Republican critics have hammered him at every opportunity as an out-of-touch, anti-business, high-spending liberal. His greatest social mission - healthcare reform - has backfired. Elected on a promise of uniting the country, the divisions between Left and Right - or progressive and conservative, to use the American terminology - have instead solidified.

Education, however, has been an exception to the relentless criticism. Even prominent Right-wingers such as Newt Gingrich, the former Speaker of the House, and Jeb Bush, the former governor of Florida, have praised the President's approach to reforming schools. The Obama administration's centrepiece initiative has been Race to the Top, which allocated $4.35 billion

Posted by Jim Zellmer at November 2, 2010 3:03 AM
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