education issue group 10
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EDUCATION ISSUE
By: Ashley Warren, Jack White, Davoi Sims
Student loans are
overtaking credit cards,
largest amount of debt
America owes.
Congress recently
extended the subsidy for
lower student loan rates.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
-Concerns- -Ways to solve the Problem-
B E L I E F S ( M I T T R O M N E Y )
1. Educational equality would be balanced with fiscal restraint. (CNN)
2. Long-term strategy for getting the American economy back on track
is ensuring a world class education for our students. (MittRomney)
3. No parent should have to send their children to a failing school, and
that increased choice translations into better outcomes for all students.
(MittRomney)
4. Education is key to the “American Dream” (MittRomney)
5. We have long been known for our creativity, ingenuity, and bold
vision for our country, and this type of attitude needs to be applied to
our education system. (MittRomney)
ACTIONS(MIT T ROMNEY)
1. Wants to fix our broken system by tying federal
funds to success, expanding parental choice and
rewarding talented teachers. (CNN)
2. Committed to renovating America’s education
system, not just reforming.(MittRomney)
BELIEFS (BARACK OBAMA)
1. “No Child Left Behind”- every child should be proficient in reading and
math by 2014. (CNN)
2. “Race to the Top”- is more flexible and focused on what’s better for the
students. (CNN)
3. Obama has a goal to recruit better teachers, but he raised a concern about
funding an initiative that may duplicate current programs. (BarackObama)
4. Wants to put money into public schools for better education. (WhiteHouse)
5. Wants to ensure that America will regain its lost ground and have the
highest proportion of students graduating form college in the world by 2020.
(WhiteHouse)
ACTIONS(BARRAC K OBAMA)
1. Worked to craft a signature education reform
policy that builds on previsions in the “No Child Left
Behind” Law. (CNN)
2. The “Race to the Top” program awarded States
more than 4.35 billion in competitive grants in
exchange for crafting “innovative” plans to improve
teacher quality and student achievement.
(CNN)
OBAMA QUOTE/VIDEO
“In a global economy, where the most valuable skill
you can sell is your knowledge, a good education is
no longer just a pathway to opportunity- it is a pre-
requisite.” (WhiteHouse)
Link to Michelle Obama’s speech.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/05/opinion/stewart-
michelle-obama/index.html?hpt=hp_c1 (CNN)
ROMNEY QUOTE/VIDEO
“we added more school choice. My legislature tried to say
no more charter schools. I vetoed that. Overturned that…
These kinds of principals drove our schools to be pretty
successful….Those principals testing our kids excellent
curriculum, superb teachers and school choice. Those are the
answers to help our school.” (MittRomney)
Link to video: http://www.mittromney.com/videos on page
16 of 18. Talks about Obama and how he is hurting education.