Education should be one of the top issues discussed by politicians, but as of now it is not. The economic crisis we are in has taken over all conversation in politics. Rightfully or not education and many other things that will have to be addressed by whomever goes into office are not being addresed and need to be given a little consideration regardless of how bad the crisis is.
In just 6 years every child is suppose to be at least on grade level in reading and math, a feat that is not just improbable, but imposible. As good as an education system can get, it is just not a feasible idea that this can happen. Yes, in theory, the idea that all kids will be on grade level by 2014 is a wonderful idea, but it is just not possible. Someone needs to come in to Washington with a completely different approach to handling the educating of our young people because not only has the no child left behind legislation been a theory project it has been more harmful than helpful. As I have reiterated this point multiple times in my blogging it is mindblowing to me that there is little to no attention being put on this issue by our future leader of the free world, whomever that may be.
The situation we are in, where education legislation is not being addressed by our two presidential candidates, has been foreshadowed throughout the two campaigns since the begining. Even early on neither president did a great job spelling out for the public exactly what they were going to do in regards to education. As the election progressed, both candidates realized that is was essential to their campaign to inform the public on their education plans, but only after heavy criticism from the media. Obama was criticized over and over again for not even addressing the issue by the opposing political party and the media, while McCain received the same criticism. McCain for the longest time didn't have a full plan on his website. Thankfully all this criticism brought this issue to the table. Sadly, once their was something bigger and more urgent to talk about education got left in the dust.
After watching all three debates I became even more disheartened because education was only briefly mentioned here and there by the candidates. Every debate seemed to go back to the economic crisis. As I stated earlier, I realize that the crisis and the bailout are pressing hot topics that need to be dealt with, but I don't believe that other issues such as education should be pushed under the rug for later. At this very moment I, a very informed indivdual on the candidates education plans, could not even guess what will happen with education once someone is in office. It may continue to not receive attention by the new leader, but I certainly hope not. My wish is for whomever wins the election to enact their education plan they have layed out and multi-task with the attention they give important issues.
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Are you trying to say that education isn't being addressed at all by the candidates? If so, how can this be so. I have not paid a lot of attention to this debate, but I assumed the pressing issues such as education would at least be talked about a little. This is quite an interesting situation. Thank you for letting this catch my attention!
Hey Grant,
Thanks for the interest and yes this is exactly what I am stating. Neither candidate in this election has given the attention to education that it needs from the begining. It got much worse once the nation, all of a sudden, realized we were in a financial crisis. Now the candidates are focusing so hard on how to fix the economy they have totally forgotten about other issues. I believe that they should pay more attention to the economic crisis, but they are in an election and the people deserve to know what the candidates stand for on important issues such as this one
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