Bill Jackson's Question for the 2008 Presidential Candidates

GreatSchools President and CEO Bill Jackson asks the presidential candidates about their interest in using education as a way to give America a competitive advantage in the global economy.

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[NoMoreBlatherDotCom]

This is the type of worthless question CNN will choose for the "debate".

It's worthless because it will just allow the candidates to give the same speeches they've been delivering for months.

What Jackson should have done is researched their policies, statements, and actions and then asked a specific question. Then we could have a real debate, not just a recitation of stock speeches.

[PerkyPoodle]

Public Education is a dinosaur and should no longer be a burden to taxpayers END IT. Let the parents find away to educate their own children.

[gearzone2611]

If I were a president: I would get raid of the federal(department of education) meddling the public schools. Give a teachers an edge to be parenthood to the students. The communication between the teachers and their parents is the first step that their educational values is not conducted by something else nor by the government consentment. When I was a high school I felt so boredom. Not one teacher concerned about my grades. So theres no communication at all. They seem care about their salary!

[zedusk]

I would like to add that I'm a pretentious bastard, and that you don't have to agree with me.

[zedusk]

I was educated in the fine public schools of Mississippi, but I'm not a moron. At least I don't think I am. Just under-educated. I'm still young and I'm working on it. Give me time to repair my parents' mistakes. I never said anything about the rich giving to the poor. I was, with my idiot-speak, trying to imply that the poor wouldn't put up with being poor and stop waisting their money on so much crap that's marketed to them by the rich.

[Tr0x315]

wow...I had no idea it was that bad...thanks for the insight.

[willywooba]

A lot of teachers throughout the country have these wishy-washy ideas about social systems and seem to like to cram their thought agenda's down kids throats. The commie part is refering to the socialist bullshit they force feed. It's even more apparent many of the colleges in the US. I just heard of a college in Delaware forcing people who live on campus to take a free class teaching that all whites are racist, regardless of whether they are privilaged or not.

[joebollman36]

spend money on education? why the heck would u do that? Hello if we dont spend all our money on war, we might learn something. >_>

Long live BUSH

[Tr0x315]

um...yeah that isn't a solution. it's also illegal. How about increasing spending towards education or by helping out special education for a change?

[pacificguitarist]

So...lemme get this stright. You believe that the Chinese are plotting to win a war against the U.S. by sending fake teachers and administrators in to America's school system in order to dumb down our economy?

[Eloyke]

Sure, there are plenty of bright Americans. But there are way too many who don't care. It's a fact that China has more honors kids than we have kids.

[zedusk]

America doesn't need respectable public education. In fact, it would be horrible. If poor people were allowed to think beyond their pathetic lifestyles, they would force rich people to share their resources. And that's just unamerican. Better they wallow around in our intellectual runoff till they smuther.