Steve Peacock's U.S. Trade & Aid Monitortag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-941612053140989572013-08-27T15:40:41-04:00Original reporting on little-known U.S. government funded foreign aid projects, so-called "drug war" initiatives, and overseas business subsidies.TypePadU.S. Extends Program to Reduce School Dropout Ratetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e2019104eefd7f970c2013-08-27T15:40:41-04:002013-08-27T15:45:58-04:00A U.S. government effort to discourage students from dropping out of secondary and even primary school has been extended, giving a federal contractor two more years to achieve the Obama Administration's goals in this program. The initiative, however, focuses on students in the Middle East and Asia.Steve PeacockObama Wants Egyptian Students to Get More from Collegetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e20192abde1850970d2013-07-04T08:58:37-04:002013-07-04T08:58:37-04:00President Obama wants to ensure all American adults obtain at least a year of college or career training while regaining America’s role as “world leader in college completion,” the U.S. Department of Education recently touted. The Obama administration then launched a new program to bring about such developments – in Egypt.Steve PeacockObama Wants Egyptian Students to Get More From College (WND)tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e20192abc136a5970d2013-06-29T09:55:11-04:002013-06-29T09:55:11-04:00President Obama wants to ensure all American adults obtain at least a year of college or career training while regaining America’s role as “world leader in college completion,” the U.S. Department of Education recently touted. The Obama administration then launched a new program to bring about such developments – in Egypt.
Read more at WND.com.Steve PeacockNew Obama Program Targets Unemployed Youth—in Pakistan! (Patriot Update)tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e2017d42b593b0970c2013-04-11T07:10:21-04:002013-04-11T07:10:21-04:00The Obama Administration’s Youth Workforce Development Program (YWDP) promises to deal with the growing number of “idle, disaffected youth” nationwide—that is, in the nation of Pakistan.Steve PeacockPatriot Update: Obama Spending $500 Million on Foreign Readerstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e2017d422dc1fe970c2013-03-21T19:25:44-04:002013-03-21T19:25:44-04:00My latest from Patriot Update: "Obama Spending $500 Million on Foreign Readers."Steve Peacock$90 Million Price Tag to Prop Up Iraqi Education Bureaucratstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e2017c325d7590970b2012-10-06T18:52:41-04:002012-10-06T18:52:41-04:00A $90 million contract to build up the Iraqi national education bureaucracy has been awarded to the Washington, D.C.-based firm Creative Associates International.Steve PeacockUSAID/Indonesia Seeks Help in Managing Education Aid Programtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e2017c31f45d60970b2012-09-18T10:58:22-04:002012-09-18T10:58:22-04:00With $83 million in Indonesian education projects, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is looking to hire a local citizen as an Education Specialist to assist in these initiatives.Steve PeacockPatriotUpdate.com: Indonesian Students, Contractor Benefit from Obama Scholarshipstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e2017c31bd4f13970b2012-09-08T19:17:45-04:002012-09-08T19:17:45-04:00Indonesian citizens will continue to pursue masters and Ph.D. programs courtesy of U.S. taxpayers—and even though students primarily will study in U.S. universities, the Obama administration awarded a contract to an Indonesian organization to coordinate this endeavor.Steve PeacockUSAID Providing Millions of Textbooks to Ethiopiatag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e20167692422bb970b2012-08-08T10:43:37-04:002012-08-08T12:12:02-04:00Five-and-a-half million textbooks destined for 2nd, 3rd, and 4th graders in Ethiopia are being provided through USAID, which today revealed that it awarded a $5.9 million contract to South African company for the material.Steve PeacockThe Revered Review: USAID Infusing a Billion into Global Literacy, Education tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e20176169b3bf8970c2012-07-21T13:07:37-04:002012-07-21T13:07:37-04:00The Obama administration is rolling out $1 billion supplementary package of literary and education programs over the next five years -- not in the U.S., but globally.Steve Peacock