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Republican National Convention 2004

Daily updates from the Republican National Convention, from Education Week.

Federal Paige Champions Education Law in Prime Time Convention Spot
A prime time speaking spot by U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige at the Republican National Convention highlighted an evening of speakers and videos that returned again and again to the theme of education reform.
Michelle R. Davis & Sean Cavanagh, September 20, 2004
7 min read
Education Reporter's Notebook

Red State, Red Hat


Texas delegate Geraldine A. Sam got a lot of television time during the 2000 Republican National Convention and she expects to get the same here in New York during this gathering.
Michelle R. Davis, September 20, 2004
2 min read
Education NEA Reaches Out to Republicans
The National Education Association is using this week's Republican National Convention as a springboard to reach out to Republicans more than ever before, despite an endorsement earlier this year of Democratic Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts for president.
Michelle R. Davis, September 20, 2004
6 min read
Police prepare for protesters.
Police prepare for protesters along 7th Avenue, outside Madison Square Garden on Sunday, Aug. 29, 2004.
Photograph by Sean Cavanagh/Education Week
Education Students Join in Protest as GOP Convention Opens
The first time Naomi Gordon-Loebl can remember taking to the streets, she wound up taking to the nearest tree. Accompanying her parents to a rally protesting the first Persian Gulf war 13 years ago, Naomi, then four years old, scooted up a suitable trunk in Washington's Lafayette Park, across the street from the White House.
Sean Cavanagh, September 17, 2004
5 min read
Education NEA Woos Republican Lawmakers
The nation's largest teachers' union staged a meet-and-greet luncheon on Aug. 30 to try to win over what has been a tough audience lately: Congressional Republicans.
Sean Cavanagh, September 17, 2004
3 min read
Education Reporter's Notebook

Party Animals


Andrew Conneen and Daniel P. Larsen could be called convention groupies.
Michelle R. Davis, September 17, 2004
3 min read
Namina Bah
Namina Bah, 32, came with her son to join a small protest outside the Bronx Preparatory Charter School.
Photograph by Sean Cavanagh/Education Week
School Choice & Charters Reporter's Notebook

Charter Cheers


Like many of her friends in the Morrisania section of the Bronx, Anais Rodriguez, 12, had never heard of a charter school until someone told her about one nearby. A few years after enrolling, she's starting to think about going to college, which until recently was an equally mysterious educational option.
Sean Cavanagh, September 17, 2004
3 min read
Federal Bush Touts Ed. Law's Successes, Promises High School Reforms
President Bush accepted his party's nomination for president with a promise to improve the nation's high schools by pushing the same kinds of reforms he has supported at various grade levels under the sweeping mandates of the No Child Left Behind Act.
Sean Cavanagh, September 14, 2004
7 min read