Second Lady promoting mil-family friendly schools
Published: July 23, 2010
Second Lady Jill Biden, stumped today at the Military Child Education Coalition Conference, promoting the government's push to make school systems more military-family friendly.
Biden, who also teaches English at Northern Virginia Community College, touted how the Department of Education and the Department of Defense are working together to "make sure we offer quality education options for all military kids" by collecting data and doing research about their schools.
Thirty-five states, covering 90 percent of active-duty families, have adopted a compact that "alleviate the challenges that come with transitioning between schools" when families move to a new base, she said.
Biden, who along with Michelle Obama has been visiting bases around the country to talk about educational needs, said a top focus is to educate the teachers and administrators to ensure they are identifying military children in their classrooms and are aware of the unique stressors on them.
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