Are the presidential candidates talking about public education enough?
by Sara Bernard
July 25, 2007
Many 2008 presidential candidates spoke at the recent National Education Association Annual Meeting and made compelling promises: Barack Obama, Mike Huckabee, and Joe Biden, for instance, pledged to make reforming the No Child Left Behind Act -- and public education in general -- a national priority. Still, many voters say they'd like to see candidates do a better job of addressing education issues. Some, like Marc Lampkin, executive director for the Strong American Schools [2] campaign, suggest that though the coverage may be there, comprehensive proposals for public education reform are not. Tell us what you think.
Links:
[1] http://www.edutopia.org/sara-bernard
[2] http://www.edin08.com
[3] http://www.edutopia.org/node/4600/results
[4] http://www.edutopia.org/cnn-youtube-presidential-debate-question
[5] http://www.nea.org/newsreleases/2007/nr070705c.html
[6] http://www.edin08.com/LatestNewsContent.aspx?id=800
[7] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-brown/presidential-candidates-o_b_45399.html
[8] http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2007/08/01/44levine.h26.html