CNN Presents Education

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I watched CNN Presents/Education by: Bruce H, Scroggins

5/9/05

I was watching the program on CNN, about America’s Education system, and this program took into account the Presidents new “NO Child Left Behind Program,” I saw wide spread cheating, holding students back, forcing student to drop out, skipping grades after holding them back, students passing courses, and then the next year holding them back, and then the next, they are given the same courses again. In one instance in Texas, of 1100 students in 8th grade, only 257 made it into the 9th grade, and the drop out rate, for that year was 0.

This man Rod Page, who the President employed in Texas, this is the same man Bush put in charge of education on the Federal level, and implemented the “NO Child Left Behind Program” for America. This testing is tied to supposed "teaching to test," or "teaching the test" to raise scores. Rod Page thinks he doing great work for American school children.

America is producing master test takers, but the American education systems is not producing high achieving student… that can compete on the international stage.

The formulas that states are forced to use, make it appear that the students are improving, and by 2014 every school in the nation will be force to use this terrible system that sounds good, but in practice is terribly flawed, and is based on cheating.

And the growing rebellion against NCLBP, will only give more impudence to cut the money given to Education, and when less is needed in the budget, and the advocates of taking the money and giving it to the states for education, in private schools, because the states are starting to refuse the funds, and some are even suing the Federal Education Department, this is a for runner for desaster

As has been Bush’s practice, he tries to set the agenda, that is not the "issue" that needs his attention for those in America who need him to do the right thing for them and the poor, and those who use the public school systems in America, Bush spent 60 plus days trying to drum up support for his SS crisis, when it was a problem and never a crisis, and for years under the "guise" he did some thing great for education, and he’s gave education more money than his predecessors, yes he give more money but not enough to fully fund his great NCLBP, and in the out years he starts cutting education, just look closely at the budget.

The things that need America’s attention the most, Bush has played and ideological game, of “I’ve got the answer, and look what I’ve already done,” when we’ve had for five years a whole sale "drop rate" that has approached and passed be a crisis.

Along with this Administration all out assault on the working family, and their first line protection, the Unions. Bush has made it easier for Insurance companies to raise rates 10% plus for the last 5 year, while wages have stagnated, prescription drugs are at a all time high, for all Americans, energy is through the roof, jobs are leaving America at an accelerated rate, and a record number of jobs, that are not ever coming back to America, we have had since 911, a national emergency with or ports, and are borders, and immigration. Trade is a fast track for death for small businesses, and the Deficit is virtually ignored.

While America’s rich get richer, and the poor get poorer, and jobs get cheaper in pay, the American worker is less, and less able to support a family, when inflation and low and nonexistent raise’s for the cost of living, come nigh to those who have been most effected by this slow moving economy, it will be a revolution, and it won't be pretty.

But Americas got a God believing President, who can not see the suffering in America for the Ideology he pushes, he won’t support a raise in wages, he says he wishes he could lower the price of gasoline, well the price is ah, going down, since the voices of Americans, and business have showed displeasure in the polls, (his approval ratings are headed down as well.)