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Top Obama Economic Advisor to Resign

Austan Goolsbee, a longtime adviser to President Barack Obama, will resign his post as the chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers this summer to return to teaching at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, the White House announced Monday.

 

Obama: Money without reform won’t fix schools

Speaking to TODAY's Matt Lauer in the Green Room of the White House for nearly 30 minutes, President Obama said that additional funding tied to significant reforms — including a longer school year and lifting teaching as a profession — is a much-needed fix.

 

White House: Stimulus Saved 250,000 Teaching Jobs

White House: Stimulus Saved 250,000 Teaching Jobs

The Obama administration says spending aimed at boosting the economy has created or saved 250,000 teaching or other education jobs this year.

 

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