Reuters: on Education
Elizabeth Dole:
For school prayer & 10 Commandments in schools
Declaring she reads the Bible every day, Dole told the Christian Coalition she favored allowing silent school prayer and displaying the Ten Commandments in public schools. "It is wrong that our children are not allowed a silent moment of prayer in
school, that they cannot look up on their classroom wall and see the Ten Commandments, which have undergirded western culture for nearly 2,000 years," she said.
Source: Alan Elsner, Reuters
Oct 1, 1999
George W. Bush:
$1.3B to help students in college-prep math & science
Bush proposed a $1 billion fund to pair states with universities in an effort to strengthen math & science education, and a $1,000 increase in individual Pell Grants to encourage high school students to take advanced college preparation courses in both
subjects. "There's no reason for us to be next to last in the world in math. There's no reason for us to be last in physics," Bush said. He'd offer $345 million in added incentives for math & science majors to teach in schools with low-income students.
Source: Patricia Wilson (Reuters) LA Times
Jun 20, 2000
Jeb Bush:
Florida Formula: schools graded A-to-F; extra funding for A
Bush's "Florida formula" rests on the principles of increasing accountability and expanding parental choice. Among its tenets:- Grade schools on an A-to-F scale, based mostly on student scores and growth on standardized tests. Give students in
poorly ranked schools vouchers to attend private and religious schools.
- Hold back 8-year-olds who can't pass a state reading test rather than promote them to fourth grade.
- Expand access to online classes and charter schools, which are publicly
funded but privately managed, sometimes for profit.
- In Florida, Bush paired his tough-love measures with generous support. Schools that improved their grade or got an "A" received extra funding. Teachers got bonuses for successes like getting more
kids to pass Advanced Placement tests. And students required to repeat third grade got intensive help at free summer reading camps.
Source: Stephanie Simon on Reuters, "Bush Foundation"
Nov 30, 2012
Linda Lingle:
I support PBS, but Big Bird is not essential to America
Hirono and Lingle don't agree on much in their race for US Senate, but they both like Big Bird. The "Sesame Street" icon-turned 2012 political hot topic played an upfront role in a freewheeling debate. The debate began with the moderator bringing out a
stuffed doll of Big Bird and asking if cuts to PBS are serious. Lingle at first said she's friends with the chief executive of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and that she's been a supporter of PBS, backing off remarks from a previous debate
that PBS should be considered for cuts along with other programs if they're not deemed essential.
"Linda seems to have changed her mind," Hirono said. Lingle then clarified her previous comments, saying she was talking about PBS in the context of
the rest of the nation's spending.
"It's going to be very important for people to look across the spectrum of how we spend our money and set some priorities," Lingle said. "I did say I'm not sure that Big Bird is essential to the defense of America."
Source: Reuters on 2012 Hawaii Senate debate
Oct 20, 2012
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