Is Education an Issue in Campaigns?
The caucuses in Iowa are over, to be followed by New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation primary on Tuesday, and then a running jam-packed series of primaries across the nation that finish-up on Feb. 5 when 22 states, including California, hold what is basically a national referendum.
Primaries are being held earlier than ever before and all squeezed-in together, so that it’s difficult to see where the nominations, and the future of U.S. education, is going to wind up. Will we get a proponent of vouchers, home schooling or the status quo? Or are there other options in the pack?
As the campaigns move forward, candidates are going to pull out all the stops. One thing that needs to be asked again and again, is where does education fit into your plans for the country, Mr./Mrs. Candidate? We need to determine if the candidates understand what a national security threat failing schools are to our country.
Tuesday in New Hampshire should give us a little more information about which direction this election year is headed, but it is only the beginning. Will No Child Left Behind ever get past Congress? Should it? Will the candidates start taking education issues more seriously?
Guess we just have to wait and see what the candidates have on their agendas.
In the meantime, let’s keep agitating for Education Reform. We simply MUST NOT let education problems get swept under the rug.
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