Education lost in hubbub of campaigning

[ulysses]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/27/candidates.education/index.html

As we enter the final months of the longest presidential campaign in American history, it seems clear that the issue of the education of our nation's children is virtually absent from John McCain and Barack Obama's rhetoric.

During the primary season, throughout the stump speeches, the daily press opportunities, and the countless television and print ads, I have wondered about the lack of attention to education. National polls reflect Americans' priorities: the war, the economy, and escalating energy costs. There is no question that these are critical issues.

But so, too, is public education, a system that serves as the very foundation of our democracy. In its present state, it is unclear how public education will shape today's children into tomorrow's workers -- with the skills, knowledge, and capacity to solve tomorrow's problems.

More at the link...

[DCKit]

1. Obama doesn't need to talk about it. First step: end NCLB...

and allow teachers to get back to teaching.

Sorry if you've got a different opinion, but I think it's widely understood that the failed plan is going the way of the Dodo.

[ulysses]

2. heh.

No, I'm fully of the opinion that NCLB should go away. I'm not at all sure that it *will*, and not sure from whom you've heard that it will.

[DCKit]

5. NCLB goes unmentioned, but education is cited repeatedly.

http://www.demconvention.com/assets/downloads/2008-Democratic-Platform-by-Cmte-08-13-08.pdf

[question everything]

3. And poverty

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=230x3590

[ulysses]

4. indeed.

Thanks for the link - I'd missed the thread.