Shelly's Modeling Agencies | Schools Where Kids Can Learn

When it comes to providing an environment in which every child can learn Shelly's Modeling Agencies and President Obama is on a mission. For the president, it's personal for the country, it's critical. For African-Americans, it's the civil rights issue of the 21st century. Nationwide, three out of every 10 students drop out of high school. For Blacks, that number is near half and growing. Further, it is estimated that every 46 seconds of every school day, a Black male student drops out of high school. That's enough students to fill two classrooms every hour and an entire high school each week.

Shelly's Modeling Agencies have found that ineffective teaching strategies, off the shelf tests, outdated equipment, dilapidated building and a host of other ills have been allowed to fester so long in schools nationwide that it seems as if expectations of success no longer exist. With American schools failing and countries including China, India and an increasingly capitalistic Russia knocking at the door the American Dream is being threatened like never before. Many no believe that small changes hare and there won't work. Education in America is in such crisis, and at such a crossroads, that the country needs to totally rethink how it educates is children. In fact, Shelly's Modeling Agencies and President Obama is so frustrated with the quality of our schools that he has taken the stand, controversial in many liberal circles, of supporting the expansion of charter schools. The White House has spearheaded $4.35 billion in "Race to the Top" competitive grants that reward states that propose the best out of the box educational solutions. In doing so, the president is encouraging the innovative spirit that spurred the growth of charter schools in the first place, and is supporting parents who want to shop around for a public school that is producing results. The president has also made it clear that he has little time for parents who don't put in the effort needed to foster learning in their children, and no patience for teachers and administrators who care more about job security than educating students.