Fighting for One America - Q&A: "No Child Left Behind"

John Edwards answers a question about "No Child Left Behind" at a community meeting in Dubuque, Iowa on August 18, 2007. This stop was part of his Fighting for One America Iowa Bus Tour 2007.

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[teachingpassion]

Every time I read something from someone like you, it makes me want to scream. I see the teachers in my school, including myself, give... give... and give... to their students. You throw that word lazy around but you don't come home with an aching back and a headache. Or a big box full of paperwork. You don't come home and crash on the couch to be awaken several hours later with a lightbulb of an idea to try yet something else with this troubled child. I do though. I am a public school teacher.

[KimKinMIA]

OBSOLETE THE NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND!!!! Elect a president like John Edwards who understands how it is cheating education and dumbing down our nations children and in turn our future as a nation! Raise the bar, vote for higher educational standards - Vote John Edwards!

[torstenwow]

GO JOHN GO!  YOU HAVE MY VOTE!

[DaMangoman]

no child left behind doesn't work. hte only way to stop minority childrend being left behind is by giving them a head start at home before they even reach school, this is a job that can be partially done by the federal government but can only be fully completed by the parents, parents need to start taking resposibility for their kids. Oh and schools should not be funded on real estate taxes thats just keeping the rich richer.

[graywebster]

Accountability yes, but to whom? The real goal of public education should be to guide young people to become responsible CITIZENS and to give them the skills and training they need to become PRODUCTIVE in this society. It isn't about whether they can take a test, but whether they come out being able to compete in a global economy. Why aren't we investing more in our country's success?

[phyllisfiredwards]

It amazes me that people hate equality for all Americans and EQUAL Edcational opportunites for our children.."This is crazy!" to quote my Presitencal Canidate John Edwards!

[oldbucsfan]

We are not going to see schools making their kids stupid just to get some more $ for books. The way it is now, if a school has no materials and their kids fail, they get less $, so they have even less for the next year. This leads to forever failing schools. Schools that do well continue to get way more $. This has lead to all the inner city schools (high minority) getting no $ and all the white suburban schools getting tons of $. It is a way to give the rich kids more $ and the poor less.

[ShortbusMooner]

Not very often! Usually, it's the parents that don't bother instilling common sense in their child- <b>long</b> before they ever hit pre-school!

[blumac81]

whoa whoa whoa so if you give money to those schools that fail to make pass failing students... doesnt that encourage schools to fail students to get more money???

[auntbecky]

sometimes that "dysfunctional" spawn is anything but. It's just the teacher being to lazy to deal with it.