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	<title>Top Colleges Blog &#187; President Obama</title>
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		<title>President Obama&#8217;s Last Chance to Reform Health Care!</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/03/16/obama-health-care-ohio/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:44:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is it President Obama’s last chance to pass his healthcare reform bill?
Declaring that “every argument has been made” on his plan to overhaul health insurance, the President changed his strategy to convince Congress and the American people to pass his universal health care bill by focusing on a single patient. The “Joe the Plumber” of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Student Loan Reform Gets Revived By Health Care Bill</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/03/14/student-loan-reform-gets-revived-by-health-care-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/03/14/student-loan-reform-gets-revived-by-health-care-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:15:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
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President Obama’s proposed overhaul of federal student loans just got a life-saving boost.  In an effort to accelerate passage of health care reform legislation, Senate Democrats have bundled the two bills together.  This will allow both measures to be passed by a simple majority vote.  Without taking this action, it was predicted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Administration Pushes to Turn Around Failing Schools</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/03/10/obama-administration-pushes-to-turn-around-failing-schools/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:51:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[USA Today reports that President Barack Obama is proposing providing $900 million to states and local school districts in an effort to address the country&#8217;s school dropout epidemic.

According to Obama&#8217;s proposed plan, those schools that are struggling will either need to implement some drastic changes or they face being closed down completely. The USA Today [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Moves Forward with Educational Reform Initiatives</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/03/06/obama-moves-forward-with-educational-reform-initiatives/</link>
		<comments>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/03/06/obama-moves-forward-with-educational-reform-initiatives/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the White House, 1.2 million students drop out of school every year. Furthermore, only about 70% of high school freshmen will go on to graduate. Alarmingly, White House officials also report that just 2,000 high schools are responsible for turning out half of all of these drop outs. As such, the Obama Administration [...]]]></description>
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		<title>President Obama Unveils Latest Health Care Plan</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/02/23/president-obama-health-care-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/02/23/president-obama-health-care-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:38:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is there still hope for President Obama’s universal health care bill?
In his last-minute effort to resurrect his health care overhaul, the President put forward a $1 trillion, 10-year compromise that would allow the federal government to deny the large insurance premiums that plague health care customers. 
Do you think the bill will finally pass? Leave [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are You Ready To Start Your Own Business?</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/02/22/start-your-own-business/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
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Have you thought about starting your own business?  You aren’t alone.  Even during these tough economic times, people are getting in touch with their inner entrepreneur.  In his State of the Union address, President Obama outlined his support for making lending to small businesses and start-ups more readily available.  But before [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Plan To Revamp College Loans Hits Snag</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/02/08/revamp-loans-hits-sna/</link>
		<comments>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/02/08/revamp-loans-hits-sna/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:37:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education News]]></category>
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One of President Obama’s signature initiatives is education reform and an important cornerstone of this plan is revamping the student loan business by removing financial ‘middlemen’ from the process.  If the president’s plan goes forward, all federally-funded college loans would go directly from the lender to students, eliminating the service of financial institutions that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>President Obama Looks to End Subsidized Student Loans</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/02/04/president-obama-looks-to-end-subsidized-student-loans/</link>
		<comments>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/02/04/president-obama-looks-to-end-subsidized-student-loans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:36:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Obama has once again expressed his desire to take private banks out of the picture when it comes to student loans. Referring to the payments made to the banks as &#8220;unwarranted taxpayer subsidies&#8221; during his State of the Union Address to Congress, Obama sought to gain support in using the savings to increase grants [...]]]></description>
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		<title>President Obama Moves Forwards with Educational Reform</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/02/02/president-obama-moves-forwards-with-educational-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/02/02/president-obama-moves-forwards-with-educational-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:02:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Obama is proposing some major changes to the current No Child Left Behind education law that are designed to reward schools that show progress rather than to punish those that do not meet arbitrary achievement goals.

One of the biggest criticisms of the No Child Left Behind education law is the fact that it punishes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Education is a Priority for President&#8217;s Day</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/02/02/presidents-day-education/</link>
		<comments>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/02/02/presidents-day-education/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:09:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President’s Day is quickly approaching. No matter where your politics may lean, our presidents are arguably some of the hardest workers in America—working tirelessly for the benefit of the country. Who was your favorite president? 
Although February 15th is set aside to honor the past and present leaders on our nation, it is our responsibility [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Do YOU Think of President Obama&#8217;s State of the Union Speech?</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/01/28/obama-state-of-the-union/</link>
		<comments>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/01/28/obama-state-of-the-union/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:41:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[January 28, 2010 – President Obama gave the first State of the Union address of his presidency last night. Were you watching? What do you think of the job that he has been doing? 
To read a full transcript of the 2010 State of the Union, click here.
It’s a fact that our nation is still [...]]]></description>
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		<title>President Obama:  Cut The Middlemen Out Of College Loans</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/01/25/president-obama-college-loans/</link>
		<comments>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/01/25/president-obama-college-loans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:46:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
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College students struggling with loan payments, there might be relief in sight – and its coming straight from the top. 
President Obama has never made a secret that education has a top spot on his domestic agenda.  Before his administration was 100 days old, he announced a ‘cradle to career’ commitment to new education [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RACE TO THE TOP: Obama&#8217;s Education Reform</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/01/20/race-to-the-top-obamas-education-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/01/20/race-to-the-top-obamas-education-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
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The deadline is here for the first round of entries into RACE TO THE TOP – the $4.35 billion in competitive grant money that the federal government is offering to states for education reform and classroom innovation.  In unveiling the program last year, President Obama announced, &#8220;This competition will not be based on politics, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Government Takes Measures to Address Homelessness &#8211; But is it Enough?</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/12/31/government-takes-measures-to-address-homelessness-but-is-it-enough/</link>
		<comments>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/12/31/government-takes-measures-to-address-homelessness-but-is-it-enough/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 03:43:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent New York Times article addresses a very real concern that our economy, which is currently attempting to recover, could potentially experience another backslide in the very near future. The reality is that, unless the government manages to find a way to help boost employment opportunities, more tax revenue cannot be generated and an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teacher! Teacher!  Promising Innovations In Teacher Education</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/12/14/teacher-education/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:42:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
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It is no secret that President Obama is a passionate advocate for education.  Guaranteeing a world-class ‘cradle to career’ education ranks high on the president’s agenda, and part of the Obama plan focuses on improving teacher training.  Echoing the president’s concerns, Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan has called upon teacher training programs [...]]]></description>
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