We need further investigation to the failure of the children and young people of the USA into why they are unable to achieve. We can't simply through vouchers at parents in hopes they work. We need to know what works and what doesn't work.
THERE WAS NO $700 BILLION INVESTMENT IN OUR CHILDREN.
...Republicans also maintain that under President Bush (click here), spending on the high-poverty schools that are the main concern of No Child Left Behind rose some 42 percent, from nearly $8.8 billion in 2001 to $12.3 billion in 2004. Democrats counter that much of that increase came at their insistence, in defiance of lower budget requests by President Bush....
"No Child Left Behind" was never fully funded, only FULLY REGULATED. If the Republicans wanted to rebuild the educational system in the USA, either do it entirely or not at all. Their methodology is typical of Republican legislation, "In Words Only."
New federal regulations on graduation rates have school officials worried (click at title of entry, thank you)
Some Minnesota officials are concerned that more high schools could be listed as making inadequate progress. (click here)
By EMILY JOHNS, Star Tribune
Last update: October 28, 2008 - 9:35 PM
U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings announced new regulations for the controversial federal No Child Left Behind law on Tuesday, and some of them might make more Minnesota high schools show up on the annual list of schools not meeting their progress goals....
Three Key States Commit to Dramatic Makeover of Education from Pre-K to Higher Education (click here)
Announcement Follows on Highly Acclaimed 'Tough Choices or Tough Times' Report
Last update: 10:16 a.m. EDT Oct. 30, 2008
WASHINGTON, Oct 30, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Three governors today announced their commitment to the most dramatic overhaul of education in at least 100 years by supporting state implementation of the "Tough Choices or Tough Times" reform framework. The National Education Association, the nation's largest teachers' union, declared its support for state affiliates' involvement in these efforts.
The decision, by the leaders of Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Utah, follows two years of discussions centered on the recommendations of the New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce ( http://www.skillscommission.org).
"Over the past 18 months, our Commission team has held serious talks with more than a dozen states from all points and corners of America. We expect to add other states in the coming months. This initial tier of states comprise a fast growth Western state and two Northeastern states with an urban-suburban-rural mix. These states know that the only way to make significant improvements in student performance is to reshape the system of education itself -- something that hasn't been done in this country for over 100 years," says Marc Tucker, Co-Chair of Implementation, New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce. "These states could not be more different in their politics, demographics and general outlook. Yet all are committed to development of a very different kind of education system, one that has the potential to make each of them competitive with the countries that have consistently outperformed all the others year after year."...
October 15, 2008
Obama: Education means "more to our economic future than anything" (click here)
McCain: Freeze public education funding and push failed school voucher schemes
WASHINGTON—Sen. Barack Obama said Wednesday that a cornerstone of any long-term economic plan must be an investment in quality public schools. His comments, focusing on early childhood education, professional pay, and college affordability made it strikingly clear that only his administration would prepare American students to compete in a global economy....
