EDUCATION ISSUE

By: Ashley Warren, Jack White, Davoi Sims

Student loans are

overtaking credit cards,

largest amount of debt

America owes.

Congress recently

extended the subsidy for

lower student loan rates.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

-Concerns- -Ways to solve the Problem-

B E L I E F S ( M I T T R O M N E Y )

1. Educational equality would be balanced with fiscal restraint. (CNN)

2. Long-term strategy for getting the American economy back on track

is ensuring a world class education for our students. (MittRomney)

3. No parent should have to send their children to a failing school, and

that increased choice translations into better outcomes for all students.

(MittRomney)

4. Education is key to the “American Dream” (MittRomney)

5. We have long been known for our creativity, ingenuity, and bold

vision for our country, and this type of attitude needs to be applied to

our education system. (MittRomney)

ACTIONS(MIT T ROMNEY)

1. Wants to fix our broken system by tying federal

funds to success, expanding parental choice and

rewarding talented teachers. (CNN)

2. Committed to renovating America’s education

system, not just reforming.(MittRomney)

BELIEFS (BARACK OBAMA)

1. “No Child Left Behind”- every child should be proficient in reading and

math by 2014. (CNN)

2. “Race to the Top”- is more flexible and focused on what’s better for the

students. (CNN)

3. Obama has a goal to recruit better teachers, but he raised a concern about

funding an initiative that may duplicate current programs. (BarackObama)

4. Wants to put money into public schools for better education. (WhiteHouse)

5. Wants to ensure that America will regain its lost ground and have the

highest proportion of students graduating form college in the world by 2020.

(WhiteHouse)

ACTIONS(BARRAC K OBAMA)

1. Worked to craft a signature education reform

policy that builds on previsions in the “No Child Left

Behind” Law. (CNN)

2. The “Race to the Top” program awarded States

more than 4.35 billion in competitive grants in

exchange for crafting “innovative” plans to improve

teacher quality and student achievement.

(CNN)

OBAMA QUOTE/VIDEO

“In a global economy, where the most valuable skill

you can sell is your knowledge, a good education is

no longer just a pathway to opportunity- it is a pre-

requisite.” (WhiteHouse)

Link to Michelle Obama’s speech.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/05/opinion/stewart-

michelle-obama/index.html?hpt=hp_c1 (CNN)

ROMNEY QUOTE/VIDEO

“we added more school choice. My legislature tried to say

no more charter schools. I vetoed that. Overturned that…

These kinds of principals drove our schools to be pretty

successful….Those principals testing our kids excellent

curriculum, superb teachers and school choice. Those are the

answers to help our school.” (MittRomney)

Link to video: http://www.mittromney.com/videos on page

16 of 18. Talks about Obama and how he is hurting education.