Vote for Children

November 3rd, 2008 at 03:38pm Cari Shurman 1414

With so much fear about the economy, terrorists and other scary issues no one is talking about education right now. However, if we don’t provide good education for the majority of the children in this country everything else will be unimportant.
Did you know that we can tell how many prison cells we need to build from the test scores of third graders? How would our kids feel if they knew that we are building those cells rather than teaching them what they need to know to be a contributing member of society?
Teachers in inner city schools are already seeing an improvement in students’ self-esteem, attitude and interest in education since Obama became a candidate in the primaries last spring. He has talked widely about the role of family and schools.
The Bush administration’s NCLB only encouraged teachers to figure out ways to increase test scores. No teacher I have spoken to feels that learning and knowledge have increased.
If you are undecided please think about our future and probably the biggest factor in making us a strong nation. As we look at failing schools, poor results compared to other nations, an extremely high rate on incarceration of failing students, please vote for Barak Obama, the one who can make the difference. I am a teacher. I work in New York City schools. I see what is happening.
Cari Shurman
Aspen

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