State of the Union: Investing in a World-Class Education

[AtlanticaPhoenix]

I guess math and science are more important than speaking proper English to our president. He just wants to build rocket ships and go to Mars.

[Trekker531]

again you crazy nazi bastard. nazis arent good. real germans are anit nazis. read a book, and no, not your nazi propoganda crap. Remember, you assholes killed 65 million people, and you made countless germans die because of your racism crap.

[MrSicilia1000]

The anglo saxon backed zionist are here in houston texas using their obama blessed minority police department to violate my civil rights because i am pro childrens rights not to have pedophile babylonian talmud reading jews spreading propaganda and running the public institutions of this country .from Giovanni orion Di Ofelia AkA Antolin Jimenez

[max1xxx]

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail

[medicaledibles]

Im a college student from an immigrant family Dad put himself thru school taught us to work hard Middle class income Parents just filed for bankruptcy, almost lost their home but Pres. Obama has implemented help to save alot of homes Im also benefitting and will benefit from this educational reform Parents are waiting for the BANK to ok a loan but they sure like to take their sweet time to give a regular guy a loan! We have seen a little change from Pres.Obama but we'r thankful. Time will tell

[f01863]

All I can say is,BUYER'S REMORSE!!

[geofiles]

More of the same from Obama who has failed time and again to make good on his promises. President Obama has now been in office for more than a year and we now have an unemployment rate of almost 11 percent. Instead of working on real solutions that will help put people back to work, this Democrat Congress and Administration have used the economic downturn as an excuse to blow billions of taxpayer dollars on policies that are burying our kids and grandkids under mountains of debt.

[LadyBludgeon]

The problem I have with the education system of other countries is that a majority of them (not all) have very poor policies and rules to educating students with disabilities. There is a reason why the US is low on test scores. WE COUNT EVERYONE. Not just the really smart ones or the ones who were raised in the country their whole life. It's the one thing that is positive about the US compared to others, we get students with disabilities and those who are ESOL to participate.

[LadyBludgeon]

Of course there are still schools in the US who are as behind as the other countries when it comes to accommodating and modifying education to cater to student with disabilities and those who are in ESOL programs.... but for the most part US is ahead of the game when it comes to educating EVERYONE. Case in point a technology convention in Italy last year, not one constituent at that convention talked about assistive technology (AT) or anything about helping people with disabilities.

[LadyBludgeon]

Sorry about the long posts. Being an ESE teacher, I'm an advocate for people with disabilities and people who are new arrivals of this country, USA. Someone has to speak out for those who need the most help and I get upset when they're not mentioned or get forgotten, because we should be a nation of leaving no one behind and *sorry for quoting a cartoon character* doing what is good for the whole colony.

[ishmael2010]

I go to a community college in NYS, I'm Puerto Rican & I'm glad I voted for Mr. Obama...!

[valu777]

Luk 12:7 But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.

[theevitinga]

i love obamaaaaaaa!!! im from puerto rico and i love him! :)

[tlshawn]

The problem is not the education system it's the kids.We all know the saying'you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink.Money to schools will not solve the problem,all that will happen is you will have new stuff getting torn up or not used.Giving teachers more money will not change anything they know the salary going in an most don't mind.The problem is the students I know because I was a problem student.Kids now are worse than I was,they want something for nothing ;no work ethic.

[Erghest]

Yes, the problem is the kids... but why do you think that is? The problem BEHIND the kids is a mixture of our culture and a flawed education system. We should learn from countries like Finland.

[SemperFidelis1993]

Does Obama understand that we currently dump more money into education than any other nation in the world?

[mrboulais]

"dump more money into education"

i hope you're kidding. how detached from reality can one be to disagree with funding education?

[SemperFidelis1993]

@mrboulais

Your taking me out of context. We currently dump more money into public education than any other nation in the world, yet our standing in education is sub-par at best.

[swsb40]

What a MORON!!!

[synthyis]

Obama: sys_loop "FAIL"

[tazru333]

Please start teaching Systems Thinking beginning in Elementary School to help remedy the plague of Short-sighted Binary Thinking that has ruined America. If we teach people about the interconnectedness of all parts of any system, it is much easier to create solutions with fewer unintended consequenses. The Sheeple must regain their Wildness if we are to progress, mindless obedience is what made this mess.

[D9hazeTHC]

Stop printing money! Stop spending money! Stop getting us in debt! Stop crazy taxation!

Your approach forces Americans to pay taxes to the government if they do not have health insurance.

It seems you have taken great steps to protect the insurance companies from US.. taxing us to grant them a huge handout.

You did everything you could to continue the practice of exporting American jobs overseas.

After you said NAFTA was bad.

[masterdude787]

omg why can't the congress unite and support the president???

shit man, we can really fix this!!

[cjzzzzz]

Why u republican crackers hating Obama. Money has to be spent to get this economy together again that was screwed up by you damn patriotic ass republicans. I'll take Obama over both Bush's anyday!!!!!

[hushg2000]

What does white have to do with being a republican? I'm a young latin decent republican. Your stereotype shows your lack of education.

Republicans responsible for the economy?WTF? Yeeeahhhhh,..it wasn't the radical muslims that put us in this situation, it was Bush.lol ... how easy people forget the root of the problem.

I hope Obama leads this nation to GREAT, I never hate on our own American leaders no matter which party they belong too.

American blood is thicker than a party.

[Cutchswife]

@cjzzzzz Republicans would keep all the money in the treasury and watch Americans suffer!

[tomwphm]

redarrowhead...you are a fucking moron...go back to your neo nazi trailer park and suck a dick...read a fuckin newspaper sometime and get your ass off the couch

[redarrowhead]

Good luck teaching with nigger teachers, it's a lost battle from the start. 2050 is the year whites lose the country, and that is the year America will shut down and go into eternal decline. Good luck and do not say nobody warned you.

[TonyCook2012]

obama is a media whore

nothing less

nothing more

[DJPopocv]

OBAMA!!! OBAMA!!! YEAH!!!

[cheshirecherie]

PLEASE increase Pell Grants! I need so much financial aid right now. The bank was going to sell our house in February but we were lucky and got a loan modification. :( and no Obama, I hate to break it to you, but the universities will not lower their tuition themselves. UC students just had a 32% increase in tuition, not a decrease. Please just make more subsidized loans and grants available! I'll do whatever it takes to stay in the university I worked so hard to get into...

[Muzzy337]

@cheshirecherie With all of your advanced education, it's too bad you haven't learned any common sense along the way. Where is all of this money supposed to come from? You can't even wrap your tiny brain around the fact that the government has ruined the economy and they don't have the first clue as to how to fix it. You won't find a job when you get out. You're going to be up to your neck in debt with no way to pay it off, unless you become a politician and learn how to lie for a living.

[SNIPERSTEVE420]

this guy is a fuckin joke, its clear he is not in controll of anything, his handlers arent even seen in this video. Jus read the teleprompter obama and do what your told.....either way your in trouble with the american people or in troulbe with your handlers, which ever you choose to do, the right thing or the wrong thing.

[maskedphrogg]

Is it just me or would it not make more sense to invest privately in effective education?

Why does Pres Obama want the entire nation dependent on a single source of learning?

What part of "living beyond one's means" is the Pres confused about?

[ohmybentley]

Out of touch with America. I love punishing the bank idea. They inturn will punish the American people with more fees. What a fraud you are. Tax cuts not enough. You put health acre first instead of the economy. I saw this bumper sticker today, it reads the following--One Big Ass Mistake America ////// Spells Obama

[memama2]

@ohmybentley = first we had eco-nazis demanding NO ONE LOG = so now we burn Millions of Acres and lost all those jobs! Now we need "vouchers" or a credit for each child so the parent can take to the School of their choosing! And then we have THE BANKS? = Obama is imposing Taxes/Grifter Greed Obama moneymaker from Private Big Banks? Why not pick on NBA Players? Or Rap artists? Maybe they pay their employee staff to much to clean their homes? Obama is just "making stuff up" = BigAssMistake=Obama

[u2beandme]

YES....YES....YES!

[necox5]

Education is one of the most important thing for a countries future.

[memama2]

@necox5 = economy thriving and JOBS available comes first ..... go back for more edumacation

[necox5]

Education is extra doubly one of the most important thing for a countries future.