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Candidates: Where I stand on education
Here’s a look at the candidates’ plans for K-12 schools
Here’s a summary of what Obama and Romney have said about their plans for K-12 education.
When voters go to the polls on Nov. 6, they’ll choose from among presidential candidates who have very different views on the major issues affecting America, including education.
With the election rapidly approaching, we’ve pulled together a summary of what each of the two major party candidates—President Barack Obama for the Democratic Party, and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney for the Republican Party—have said about their plans for K-12 education.
(To read about their plans, click on the headlines for each article.)
What do you think about the election? Share your thoughts in the comments section below.
Preparing every child for college or a career
In today’s global economy, a high-quality education is no longer just a pathway to opportunity—it is a prerequisite to success. Because economic progress and educational achievement are inextricably linked, educating every American student to graduate from high school prepared for college and for a career is a national imperative…
Countless reforms, but few results
By emphasizing choice, accountability, and teacher quality, instead of simply throwing more money at challenges that have long since proven themselves unresponsive to increased spending, we can build an education system worthy of our next generation.
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6 Responses to Candidates: Where I stand on education
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momto5boys
September 24, 2012 at 6:11 pm
The headlines of your articles show an enormous bias. “Countless Reforms, Few Results” is the title of the article for candidate Romney VS. “Preparing Every Child for College or Career”. Firstly, since Romney’s reforms have not been put in to place, it’s quite presumptuous to assume there would be few results. In fact, in all areas where school choice and Charter schools have been implemented the results have been positive. I believe that President Obama’s current plan to “stay the course” has additional money being thrown in to a system that has been dismal at best in it’s current structure.
I understand that the educational institutions of this country are “left leaning” to put it mildly, yet it hasn’t done our educational system justice. Try to keep political bias off of this website….there are children that we need to be concerned with educating not candidates we need to elect.
fencer
September 25, 2012 at 11:44 am
Please take another look at the blurbs posted for each article. The headlines are quite clearly stating what the candidates believe. Obama focused on what he believes should happen in our education system. Romney focused on the idea that during Obama’s tenure he has been “simply throwing more money at challenges that have long since proven themselves unresponsive to increased spending”. That sounds too me like Romney feels Obama has created “Countless Reforms, Few Ruesults”.
tdry
September 24, 2012 at 6:46 pm
This article sounds VERY biased! Being that many of your articles are tainted that way, I am not recommending you to anyone. I’d like to think that educational, religious, and public figures NOT express or be biased due to their influence on others.
Dennis Pierce
September 27, 2012 at 3:39 pm
Tdry, I’d like to know specifically where you see bias in this article. These are the candidates’ own words, taken from materials their campaigns have issued. If you have specific complaints or examples, we’d love to hear them.
jlath
October 6, 2012 at 4:07 pm
I too thought the article was biased until I read further. Your headlines are what do it. You state you are going to discuss their plans. Obama’s headline (and thus his plan) is “preparing every child for college or a career.” Romney’s headline (and thus his plan, or at least I thought so at first glance) is to have “countless reforms, but few results.” If the reader assumes the headlines are parallel descriptors of their plans (and I don’t see why we wouldn’t do so), it reads as if eSchool News is calling Romney’s plan a lot of reforms without any results. I think parallel headlines that described the actual plans would have been better than Obama’s describing his plan and Romney’s not describing his plan but his complaints with the past. Does that make sense?
wallace
September 25, 2012 at 11:57 am
Both candidates want for the United States citizens to be educated and have prosperity. The difference is in the recipe. Obama is stressing the college route via governmental authority. In this day and age, there are many jobs that do not require a college education, but rather are strongly based on certification and experience. The education is still in the mix. Romney’s approach appears to be less hands on from the government only to allow those of us who are in the education system to route new methods and ways that will enhance learning and enriching education. We have yet to see or know how he will implement this.