Woke goes to die over education at the ballot box
When it comes to education, this election is going to determine America’s future and not just as a country.
The nation has to decide whether we want our children to live in a country that is increasingly segregated, with schools segregated from one another, or a nation that believes its collective destiny is to educate our children and take them into the modern world. The fate of America will depend on how we choose to answer that question.
When it comes to education, this election is going to determine America’s future and not just as a country.
The nation has to decide whether we want our children to live in a country that is increasingly segregated, with schools segregated from one another, or a nation that believes its collective destiny is to educate our children and take them into the modern world. The fate of America will depend on how we choose to answer that question.
The president’s top education guru Michael Brown says the president’s plan to make it easier for students to qualify for scholarships, such as those offered through Obama’s AmeriCorps, is too little, too late.
“It would be a great way to encourage young people to move into the middle class if only it were an option,” Brown wrote in a commentary the Washington Post posted on Tuesday.
The president’s plan would reduce the amount of time schools have to meet the scholarship requirements and would make it more difficult for those students to qualify for federal financial aid.
He and other critics of Obama’s plan say it would reward people who don’t attend college and punish students whose parents can afford to fund their education.
Obama has rejected critics’ arguments and says he thinks people in general need to get to college.
The New York Times reports: “President Obama has made a career out of telling voters that it is too tough or too steep a climb to get into college. When he sought reelection, he campaigned for a college-graduation requirement. He has since dropped that plan, and he now says that he favors expanding the Pell Grant program, which covers about 40 million people with