Jul 27
George W. Bush Education Quote
The Famous Quotes blog quotes George W. Bush as saying:
“An amazing thing about our society today is wealthier white families have got the capacity to defeat mediocrity by moving. That is not the case for lower-income families. And so therefore, I strongly believe in charter schools, in public school choice. I believe in opportunity scholarships to be able to enable parents to move their child out of a school that’s not teaching.”
- President George W. Bush
And, I wonder - why hasn’t anything been done? The No Child Left Behind grandstanding does no good. I know, personally, students who have been allowed to pass grades, move from middle to high school, while maintaining D and F grades throughout middle school. I’m still trying to figure out how this helps anyone.
July 28th, 2006 at 9:24 pm
Agreed
July 28th, 2006 at 10:17 pm
I’m glad you were able to find something to get this conversation going.
K-12 education is still in the dark ages … it might as well be 1820 in most classrooms.
It’s time to apply some of what we have learned about online learning and digital curriculum in the past 20 years.
September 21st, 2006 at 6:22 pm
You’re absolutely right, Bill. I read this essay (www.spinninglobe.net/againstschool.htm) on public education, from a previous public school teacher, that really opened my eyes as well.