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| Source:The Real News- President Barack H. Obama (Democrat, Illinois) apparently visiting a public school. |
"First in a three part series about education policy in the US Presidential elections"
From The Real News
Very early on back in 2009 in the Obama Administration, President Obama and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan concluded that the 2001-02 bipartisan education reform bill that President Bush pushed through Congress called No Child Left Behind, wasn't working and was in much need of reform or even be scrapped.
Very early on back in 2009 in the Obama Administration, President Obama and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan concluded that the 2001-02 bipartisan education reform bill that President Bush pushed through Congress called No Child Left Behind, wasn't working and was in much need of reform or even be scrapped.
Part of the 2009 American Recovery Act, the President put in a provision called Race To The Top, which is the Obama Administration's version of No Child Left Behind. Which rewards certain school districts and states for meeting certain educational standards with new funding and deny them funds when they don't. In other words: awarding good schools and punishing low-performing schools.
It's understandable why teacher unions and the left-wing in America would not like this, because it would cost them jobs and that means money. Because low-performing teachers and schools would essentially be fired for not doing their jobs, which is to educate our students. But if you want a free society, which I believe most Americans still do want, you need an educated society. That means having as many people as possible in America to be able to read, write, do math, etc, at grade level or better.
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