Blueprint for Change: Education

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Posted by: rpena on Nov 1, 2008

Barack Obama speaks about his education plan.

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It is time to make a historic commitment to education...
a real commitment that will require new resources and new reforms.
We can start by investing 10 billion dollars
to guarantee access to quality, affordable,
early-childhood education for every child in America.
Every dollar, every dollar we spend on these programs
puts our children on a path to success
while saving as much as 10 dollars
in reduced health care costs,
and crime and welfare later on.
That’s what will close the achievement gap,
giving every child a good start.
Part of the plan also calls for fixing
the broken promises of No Child Left Behind.
I believe that the goals of this law were the right ones.
We all want high standards,
we all want a world-class education,
we all want highly qualified teachers in the classroom.
Making the promise to educate every child with an excellent teacher is right.
Closing the achievement gap that exists in too many cities and rural areas is right.
More accountability is right, higher standards are right.
I’ll tell you what’s wrong with No Child Left Behind…
Forcing our teachers, our principals, and our schools
to accomplish all of this without the resources they need is wrong.
And don’t tell us that the only way to teach a child is to spend
most of the year preparing him to fill in
a few bubbles on a standardized test.
Lets help our teachers and our principals develop a curriculum
and assessments that teach our children
to become not just good test takers…
we need assessments that can prove achievement
by including research and scientific investigation,
and problem solving that our children will need to compete
in the 21st century knowledge economy.
But see, I don’t just want to hold our teachers accountable.
I want to hold our government accountable.
I want you to hold me accountable.
Accountability in Washington starts by making sure
that every tax dollar spent by the department of education
is being spent wisely.
When I am president, programs that work will get more money.
Programs that don’t work, or just create more bureaucracy,
and paperwork, and administrative gridlock
will get less money.
When I am president we’ll fight
to make sure we are once again first in the world
when it comes to high school graduation rates.
We are going to push our children
to study harder and aim higher.
to study harder and aim higher.
I’ve worked with Republican Senator Jim DeMint on a bill
that would challenge high school students to take college-level courses,
and make sure low-income neighborhoods and rural communities
have access to those courses.
And I’ll make it the law of the land when I’m president.
And we are also going to set a goal
of increasing the number of high students taking college-level or AP courses
by 50% in the coming years
because I believe that when we challenge our kids to succeed
they will succeed.
Second thing we need to do is to make sure
that we are preparing our kids for the 21st century economy
by bringing our school system into the 21st century.
Part of what that means is fostering the kinds of schools
that will help prepare our children.
Which is why I’m calling for the creation of an innovative schools fund…
an innovative schools fund…this fund will invest
in schools like Austin Polytechnic Institute,
which is located in a part of Chicago that’s been hard hit
by the decline in manufacturing in the past few decades.
And thanks to a partnership with a number of companies
a curriculum that prepares students
for a career in engineering,
and a requirement that students graduate with at least two industry certifications.
Austin polytechnic is bringing hope back to the community.
Giving our parents real choices
about where to send their kids to school
also means showing the same kind of leadership
at the national level that I did in Illinois
when I passed a law to double the number of public charter schools in Chicago.
And that’s why as president I’ll double the funding
for responsible charter schools.
We also have to bring our schools into the 21st century.
Because while technology has transformed
just about every aspect of our lives,
from the way we travel,
to the way we communicate,
to the way we look after our health,
one the places were we fail to cease its full potential is in the classroom.
We’ll finally put a college degree within reach
for anyone who wants one by providing a $4,000 tax credit
to any middle class student who’s willing to serve
their community or their country.
We have to make sure
that every young person
can afford to go to a public college or a university
if they have the will, if they have the grades.

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