If President Obama is so far to the left,why does his education platform sound so moderate?
Volunteer in your neighborhood & we help pay for college. (Feb 2009) # $2,500 tax credit for all four years of college. (Feb 2009) # Quitting high school is quitting on your country. (Feb 2009) # Invest in early childhood education and higher education. (Aug 2008) # Fight for social & economic justice begins in the classroom. (Jul 2008) # Make math & science policy a national priority. (Jul 2008) # To compete, students need at least H.S. & college degree. (Jun 2008) # Pay for college education for those who commit to teaching. (Jun 2008) # We need real commitment to education; instead we got NCLB. (Jun 2008) # $10 billion to guarantee early childhood education for all. (Jun 2008) # Merit pay ok if based on career instead of a single test. (Apr 2008) # Evolution & science aren’t incompatible with Christian faith. (Apr 2008) # Mother home-schooled Obama in English while in Indonesia. (Apr 2008) # Children’s First Agenda: zero to five early education. (Feb 2008) # $4,000 college tuition for 100 hours’ public service a year. (Feb 2008) # Put billions of dollars into early childhood education. (Jan 2008) # Need after-school and summer programs with good parenting. (Jan 2008) # Get parents re-engaged in educating the children. (Dec 2007) # Nationwide program to reconstruct crumbling school buildings. (Sep 2007) # STEP UP: summer learning opportunities for disadvantaged. (Aug 2007) # We left the money behind for No Child Left Behind. (Aug 2007) # Pay “master teachers†extra, but with buy-in from teachers. (Aug 2007) # Supreme Court was wrong on school anti-integration ruling. (Jul 2007) # Incentives to hire a million teachers over next decade. (Jun 2007) # Pay teachers more money & treat them like professionals. (Jun 2007) # Cut banks out and add $4.5 Billion to college loans. (Mar 2007) # More teacher pay in exchange for more teacher accountability. (Oct 2006) # Guarantee affordable life-long, top-notch education. (Jun 2006) # Sex education needed to help children discuss molestation. (Oct 2004) # Provide decent funding and get rid of anti-intellectualism. (Jul 2004) # Address the growing achievement gap between students. (May 2004) # Will add 25,000 teachers in high-need areas. (May 2004) # Free public college for any student with B-average. (Jul 1998) School Choice # I doubled charter schools in Illinois; but no vouchers. (Oct 2008) # Vouchers don’t solve the problems of our schools. (Oct 2008) # FactCheck: McCain for national reforms & also DC vouchers. (Oct 2008) # Supports charter schools; it’s important to experiment. (Feb 2008) # We need a sense of urgency about improving education system. (Sep 2007) # Sends kids to private school; but wants good schools for all. (Jul 2007) # Public school system status quo is indefensible. (Oct 2006) # Supports charter schools and private investment in schools. (Jul 1998) Voting Record # First Senate bill: increase Pell Grant from $4,050 to $5,100. (Aug 2007) # Sponsored legislations that recruit and reward good teachers. (Sep 2004) # Voted YES on $52M for "21st century community learning centers". (Oct 2005) # Voted YES on $5B for grants to local educational agencies. (Oct 2005) # Voted YES on shifting $11B from corporate tax loopholes to education. (Mar 2005 __________________________________________________________________________________ When I think of Obama's education platform,I don't picture small class sizes,entire federal funding,,or educational progressivism in general.Instead,I think of merit pay,unlimited charter schools, and the continuation of seeing teachers as the problem,as he advances a "reformed" NCLB and "Race to the Top."
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1 :
Obamas more of a centrist at best..
2 :
Guy is too damn conservative. If he had any balls, he'd be the Socialist the Republicans claim him to be (which he isn't).
3 :
Because his solution is to "Throw Money" at the problem. That is the Leftist solution to everything. All of the money in the world won't fix our schools. The only things that will do that is overhauling the failing educational philosophies of the school systems and the teachers unions.
