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Newt Gingrich speaks at the Education Equality Day rally to demand real education reform now.

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[YOUGET4REAL]

I love you Newt but your a little off base here.

[YOUGET4REAL]

Education in this country will never be reformed until the hold the teachers unions have over it are broken. We also need to abolish the unconstitutional federal Dept. of Ed. so the states can try to find out what works best for them . That way we would have fifty different experiments going on at the same time and other states could adapt what they think would work for them. Just how the voucher program was doing wonders in DC until Obama dropped it without explaination.

[MishuTaste]

...needed to get an entry-level job after high school. Why spend $1,000,000 on "administrative costs" for a small county? Use that money to hire talented teachers! Offer $30,000 to $50,000 a year for English, Math, and Science teachers. If they're really good, and you see results, PAY THEM! If they're not good, fire them! Zero tolerance for flakey teachers.

[MishuTaste]

Education doesn't have to be expensive if you think about it. We spend billions of tax dollars on education and we have high school seniors reading at the 4th grade level...or not at all! A small community could rent a building for $10,000 a month, hire a teacher for $30,000 a year, and buy some Hooked on Phonics programs. Find a math program that actually works and buy it. That doesn't cost millions of dollars. And you'd have kids reading & solving math problems. Those are the basic skills..

[MishuTaste]

If education was privatized, the consumers would DEMAND excellent teachers! And they would demand that their kids pay attention in class and learn something. Because education is "free," a lot of parents take it for granted. It's just a baby-sitting service for them. If you're paying for something, you'll demand quality. That's why private schools are WAY BETTER than public schools. I think all schools should be private. And I think education grants should be private as well.

[dgrsf44]

Newt, The Republican Party just don't get it. I'm just a guy down here in Alabama that gets so angry when I hear the Republicans trying to find itself. When you came to power with the Contract with America people were so excited. Finally, we thought, we were gonna get a Government that was responsible with our money and leave us alone so we could live our lives. But the Republican Party became drunk with power!!! The RNC changed, not us.

[mytriplive]

Very important my 2nd next to National security

[SparklestheClown]

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink! So does that mean we have to provide more public and private opportunities? Do we keep and increase vouchers among other means? This is no small matter! We certainly could provide more opportunities with the money we have in the country, but where is it being allocated. The Stimulus Package is so full of CRONYISM and pork and corruption, it is not going to give people what they think they are getting!

[aerohog]

I didn't know public education was a "right". I thought it was a privilege. I have seen "public" housing........ "public" education is NOT the answer.

[jeffgatesnc]

Newt for President

if He became our President, instead of Bill Clinton...NAFTA would have never become a reality....