Avoiding A Glut Of Tea-Baggers!!!

[Mr. Shaman]

At least SOMEone is trying!!!!!​

"President Obama warned Saturday that a faltering U.S. education system is putting the country at a competitive disadvantage in the global economy, saying, "Few issues speak more directly to our long-term success as a nation."

In his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama noted a recent headline that he said had been overlooked by much of the nation but "ought to be a source of concern for every American." It read: "Many Nations Passing U.S. in Education."

Specifically, he said, "we've now fallen behind most wealthy countries in our high school graduation rates. And while we once led the world in the proportion of college graduates we produced, today we no longer do."

As he has with other issues, Obama placed much of the blame for the system's condition on Washington's political culture, which he has said favors short-term decisions, tailored to winning the next election, over difficult ones designed to solve long-term problems.

"Too often we have failed to make inroads in reforming and strengthening our public education system -- the debate mired in worn arguments hurled across entrenched divides," he said. "As a result, over the last few decades, we've lost ground."

 

[Alana]

......President Obama warned Saturday that a faltering U.S. education system is putting the country at a competitive disadvantage in the global economy, saying, "Few issues speak more directly to our long-term success as a nation."............

The United States has been slipping toward last place in the G-8 nations in a number of categories including education for the past ten years.

The Republicans don't care because they worship the super rich who can send their children to Europe to be educated in the more advanced socialistic countries, like they are doing right now. And of course the rest of Americans don't matter to them.

 

[Alana]

At least SOMEone is trying!!!!!​

The weekly address was right on target. The Republican agenda has been to destroy the public school system and have masses of uneducated people in America. They think education should be the privilege of the wealthy only. This attitude comes from the religious right as well as the financial right. Jerry Falwell said he hoped he lived to see the day when there would be no more public schools. He dropped dead shortly after that but his clones live on, in the Tea Party.

 

[Mr. Shaman]

The weekly address was right on target. The Republican agenda has been to destroy the public school system and have masses of uneducated people in America. They think education should be the privilege of the wealthy only. This attitude comes from the religious right as well as the financial right.

....Not-to-mention those (same) folks' version of Justice.



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[Helicitor]

At least SOMEone is trying!!!!!​

So why did he shut down the voucher system that had so much local support in the DC public school system? When you follow this president, it's best to do more than listen to what he says, because it often doesn't match up with what he does. Sidwell Liberals

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