- -: Booker T. Washington High School (Memphis, Tennessee)
April 21, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Booker T. Washington High School in Memphis, Tennessee is a finalist in the 2011 Race to the Top Commencement Challenge.
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- -: Highlights from the Commencement Challenge Finalist Videos
April 21, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Check out highlights from the videos produced by the six finalists schools in the Race to the Top Commencement Challenge in partnership with the Get Schooled Foundation. View the full videos and rate each school at http://WhiteHouse.gov/Commencement.
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- -: Announcing the 2011 Commencement Challenge Finalists
May 2, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Director of the Domestic Policy Council, Melody Barnes, announces the top three high schools who were voted as the finalists in the 2011 Race to the Top Commencement Challenge.
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- -: President Obama Surprises Booker T. Washington Graduates
May 16, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)The President does a surprise drop-in on the graduating class at Booker T. Washington High School in Memphis, TN before he speaks at their graduation ceremony. The school was the winner of the 2011 Commencement Challenge contest. May 16, 2011.
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- -: President Obama Give Commencement Address at Booker T. Washington High School
May 16, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)The President speaks about education, dedication and overcoming adversity in a commencement address at Booker T. Washington High School in Memphis, TN. The school was the winner of the 2011 Commencement Challenge contest. May 16, 2011.
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- -: West Wing Week: 5/19/11 or "The Commencement at Booker T"
May 20, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Welcome to the West Wing Week, your guide to everything that's happening at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. This week the President visited flood victims in Memphis,TN before speaking at the Booker T. Washington High School graduation, celebrated the Situation Room's 50th birthday, and gave a speech o...
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- -: West Wing Week: 8/19/11 or "Get On The Bus"
August 19, 2011 (over 12 years ago)This week, The President welcomed the Super Bowl Champion Green Bay Packers to the White House before embarking on a three day Rural Bus Tour across the midwestern states of Minnesota, Iowa, and Illinois. During his tour to the heartland, the President heard directly from Americans including smal...
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- -: West Wing Week: 9/16/11 or "Pass This Bill"
September 16, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Welcome to the West Wing Week, your guide to everything that's happening at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. This week, the President took his American Jobs Act to Richmond, Virginia, Columbus, Ohio, and Raleigh, North Carolina, traveled to all three memorial sites on the 10th anniversary of September 11t...
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- -: President Obama on No Child Left Behind Flexibility
September 23, 2011 (over 12 years ago)To help states and schools move forward with developing a world-class education system, the Obama administration will enable states to request flexibility from specific mandates under No Child Left Behind, in exchange for a real commitment to undertake education reform. September 23, 2011.
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- -: Weekly Address: Strengthening the American Education System
September 24, 2011 (over 12 years ago)President Obama explains that states will have greater flexibility to find innovative ways of improving the education system, so that we can raise standards in our classrooms and prepare the next generation to succeed in the global economy.
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