A Strong Middle Class Blog

Vice President Joe Biden speaks to graduating seniors, parents, and teachers at Maury High School in Norfolk, Virginia about the importance of a college education, and the work the Administration is doing to to make it affordable at a time when more and more families are facing difficult choices about how or even if they can finance a college education for their children.

The Vice President visits Florida State University to talk with students about the Administration's comprehensive plan to address rising college costs.

Vice President Biden and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan visit Fletcher High School in Neptune Beach, Florida to talk to students and their parents about college affordability.

On Friday, Vice President Biden spoke to a group of students at the University of Pittsburgh about steps the Administration has taken to make it easier to pay for college

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announces an agreement with the wireless industry that will protect 97% of wireless consumers from "bill shock." As a result of the agreement, your wireless provider will send you a free alert when you are about to hit your limit on voice, data or text messaging.

Vice President Biden visits a school in Land O'Lakes, Florida, to speak to a group of parents and teachers about how the American Jobs Act will help keep hundreds of thousands of teachers in classrooms across the country.

Maureen Tracey-Mooney, Senior Policy Analyst for the Domestic Policy Council, describes how the Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge will help middle class families know that their children are receiving the high-quality education they need at day care.

A look at the Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge, which rewards states that create comprehensive plans to transform early learning systems with better coordination and assessment mechanisms, clearer learning standards, and meaningful workforce development and family engagement initiatives.

Eight survivors of the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Strike visited the White House recently, bringing their memories of that struggle and of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Jared Bernstein writes about their visit.

Vice President Biden emphasizes the need to increase America's college graduation rates to provide our economy with the educated workforce needed for the jobs of the future.

Education reform is only possible with the cooperation of both teachers' unions and administrators. Read about how Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is helping to bring both sides together.

The 2012 Budget makes tough but necessary choices that put our nation on a sustainable fiscal path, and invests wisely to ensure economic opportunity for working Americans.

Proposed new rules for enforcing mine safety will help protect the health and safety of Americans with one of our nation's most dangerous jobs.

The President is committed to promoting a strong, growing economy – one that’s creating jobs, fostering a thriving middle class, and extending opportunity to all American workers. The bipartisan agreement delivers several key victories that will give the average American family assurance that there will be more money to pay the bills each month.