Barack Obama has produced a nice video about his view of education and his positive vision for successful families and children for our future. He covers what children and families need, also what we need in teachers and changes to "No Child Left Behind" and finally his commitment to making higher education more affordable. This is 7 minutes worth your time--giving every child a chance.
Showing posts with label Youth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Youth. Show all posts
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Barack Obama Thursday on Education and Youth
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Dale Klemme Wednesday on Education and Youth Issues
We have a responsibility to provide an education system that will enable our children to meet the challenges of the 21st century. Every child should have the opportunity to pursue the American dream and in order to succeed they need a solid foundation from which to build upon. As your State Representative, I will fight to strengthen our public education system through higher standards, greater accountability, and providing our children with the necessary tools to succeed in the real world.
Click Read More for details on funding and teaching issues.
Funding
Locally we fund education with property tax. Over time the state has exempted or discounted approximately one-third of the local property from property tax. That’s fine for those with the exemptions, but who winds up paying? You know the answer to that – you and I.
It used to be that employing people and being in business meant big buildings and new property taxes. The trend now is toward service sector jobs – less building, less property tax base, but greater educational needs for workers. The way we do business has changed, but the way we finance education has not.
As long as we rely upon the present system of funding education, we have some work to do.
Teaching
People want value for their tax dollars. As a taxpayer, I don’t mind paying for services, as long as I am receiving value for the dollar. That means we need to constantly re-examine how we operate to make sure it is most cost effective.
We need to make sure we are implementing effective teaching techniques to reach the children of today, and that we are teaching them the skills to meet the workplace needs of tomorrow.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Tara Johnson Tuesday Issue--Education and Youth
Tara Johnson cares about our children. As a mother of two young children, she knows how important and difficult a job it is to help them reach their full potential.
To help families on this journey she believes we need a variety of high quality educational choices. Every child is unique and deserves the educational opportunity that fits their individual needs. As a State Senator Tara will carefully examine the options for fairly and adequately restructuring the funding of education in Wisconsin to meet the goal of educational excellence for all.
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