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While most of Obama's 514 promises are still rated No Action, he has managed to fulfill many that address his key campaign themes.
In his first major education speech, President Obama endorsed charter schools, merit pay for teachers and increases in school spending. He justified his agenda partly by saying American students are slipping compared to counterparts around the world.
"We've let our grades slip, our schools crumble, our teacher quality fall short, and other nations outpace us," Obama said in the March 10 speech to the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. "In eighth grade math, we've fallen to ninth place."
Since Obama brought up math, we decided to check his. Turns out we had to pull out the red pen. See our item here .
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