Barack Obama told the Conference of Black Mayors how he will reform America's education system if he becomes president . . . Where's the "breath of fresh air" Obama reportedly brings to the Democrats' stale old wornout cliches?
Obviously, he's blowing stale smoke and spouting hot air of old education cure-alls. Better tell him to stay out of Illinois after Jan 1. . .
So we know what it takes to improve our schools. We know that if children are learning in dilapidated buildings with teachers that are underpaid and textbooks that are 20 years old, they will not learn.
To change this, we need to fundamentally reform No Child Left Behind. The slogan is right, but how the law has been implemented is wrong. The slogan is good, but how they left the money behind is wrong. Let’s get serious.
Let’s finally make a quality education accessible to every American child so that every student can graduate from high school ready for college and work in a knowledge-based economy.
To begin the great transformation in our schools, we need to invest in the most important part of a child’s education: the man or woman standing at the head of the classroom.
As President, I will recruit hundreds of thousands of new teachers and principals. For what it costs us to fund the Iraq war for 30 days, we can recruit a new army of teachers and principals. As President, I will recruit a new generation of science and technology leaders to teach our children the skills they will need to be competitive. We need to expand summer learning opportunities for our children emphasizing math and science . . .
Link: Remarks of Senator Barack Obama to the National Conference of Black Mayors.
