Race to the Top for Education Reform Video

President Obama announces a proposed $1.3 billion investment in Race to the Top, a program to encourage innovation and excellence in education through competitive grants, at an event at Graham Road Elementary School in Falls Church, VA. January 19, 2010.

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shut? your beer ...
shut? your beer hole honkey.

lol, I doubt it.?
lol, I doubt it.?

The old spend money ...
The old spend money to solve problems solution : Race ToThe top is an short term solution not a long term one. One way to fix the American public school system is? to overhoul the entire system to better suit 21st centruy demands.

ha ha,? you are ...
ha ha,? you are beyond lost on what is an effective motivation for students.

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Stupid texas ...
Stupid texas refused this, so now we are runing out? of paper and teachers are getting laid by alot!

Very true. If ...
Very true. If people don't value education,? they'll never get it.

The system is? ...
The system is? flawed, but it's not the biggest problem; its the home. Some students, and parents treat schools like a holding pen instead of an institute of learning. It is these student who disrupt class, slow down the teachers lesson, and overall slow down the learning process. China and India are better because, they are always bearing down over their kids to make sure they are doing well in school. In china with grades, there is no reward for success, just punishment for failure.

Hey, if you're a ...
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I would love to see ...
I would love to see Mr. Arnie Duncan attempt to teach Algebra at McGavock High School in Nashville,Tennessee! Hey, if he's qualified to evaluate teachers, he should be qualified to teach? students! Or is he just another arm-chair quarterback? How about it, Mr. Duncan? Would you try it for a few months? Kind of like that NBC show, Undercover Boss!

Taxpayers would be ...
Taxpayers would be appalled, if they knew the amount of money that goes to pay the exorbitant salaries of so-called administrators. People with fancy titles by their name, but do NOTHING that benefits students. (e.g. Curriculum Directors, Assessment Coordinators, Program Managers, Educational Consultants, etc!) People that have? been out of the classroom in years, and are absolutely CLUELESS! " . . . wined and dined by the big publishing companies."

If the Khan Academy ...
If the Khan Academy was implemented in schools, the results would be drastic in a positive way. More people need to look at the way that system works. I'm not convinced that more money is the solution to the education problem. From Cato.org, the average public school costs $3,000 more than private school per student. I would also guess that countries? like India and China also pay much less per student, yet their education system seems to be much better.

lol?
lol?

Do some research on ...
Do some research on this and google search !! Gulen Charter Schools. Gulen Tim Steller, Gulen Hidden Agenda. Charterschoolwatchdog The Gulen movement spreads and promotes Turkish Nationalism to students. This is an Islamic Cult. Your tax payers dollars are paying for this!! Do the reasearch now !!? Also research Obama's Muslim Advisor Gulen

-- NO THAT IS NOT ...
-- NO THAT IS NOT FAIR. I have told you several times that I am not interested in your? RIGHT WING PROPAGANDA and views about "how the Gov't is no good"-- NOR AM I INTERESTED in discussing how to turn schools into profit machines for big corporations. Nor do I agree with Libertarians or Republicans on these issues. Stop twisting what I said and quit wasting time on these silly, unproven right wing ideas.

- You keep missing ...
- You keep missing the point. I don't need to see anything that you are talking about...(as you say). PUBLIC SCHOOLS serve a certain purpose and are established by law for certain reasons. If anyone? wants to provide schools outside of those purposes -- they can. It is not something that we should be viewing as "profitable" -- like selling PRODUCTS or exploiting the "oil market."

-- No I do not ...
-- No I do not agree with your claim. Government provides public schools because of laws. The problems in our public schools are primarly related to waste, lack of good methods, neglect, and poor management. Reasons for that are varied too. However, I do not believe that I? have seen any proof that shows that our Government interferes with the establishment of PRIVATE SCHOOLS or similar. Again -- this was what I first reacted to when I replied to you.

-- I was only ...
-- I was only responding to you because you are doing nothing but making unproven, baseless wild claims. You stated that the Gov't gets in the way of a "free market" education system. I say -- THAT IS NOT TRUE and you have not shown any proof of it. And as of now -- you have not shown you have a background in Education or? much else -- except that you are some kind of Political Conservative who makes wild claims about issue you don't know much about !!!

-- YOU TALK ...
-- YOU TALK NONSENSE. You have not told me what background you have to make these ridiculous claims. There are numerous "private" schools and colleges -- ranging from religious ones to just plain ONE OWNER academies. That is the PRIVATE FREE MARKET. The Gov't has not stopped these people from starting their own schools. There are some? regulations and standards, but no laws that prevent people from opening private schools. In fact, HOME SCHOOLING is also OK.

-- I was responding ...
-- I was responding to your messages to me -- that "all you need is the free market" to improve our schools. When you say that -- you must have some evidence of it -- some example of how it would work. Yes, it can be done. Have you started a school or training program? I know people? who have started schools. I would listen to them before listening to some wild claims that have no basis.

-- WHAT IS YOUR ...
-- WHAT IS YOUR BACKGROUND IN EDUCATION OR TRAINING? THERE IS NOTHING? TO STOP YOU OR OTHERS TO START SUCH QUALITY SCHOOLS NOW...since you think that the "free market" will solve all problems. I simply do not believe that...nor do I believe that Gov't has ALL ANSWERS. Your notes here on Youtube sound like a Libertarian or Republican -- with so much on "free market"-- as if to say that the Fed. Gov't has prevented people from starting private schools.

-- CORRECTION -- ...
-- CORRECTION -- SCHOOLS SHOULD NOT BE LIKE A POOL ROOM....OR MLM? DEAL OR ANY OF THAT so -called "free market" mess. However, if anyone wants to open a school -- they can. There are ways to do it...and if you want to open a school -- the Gov't does not stop you.

- I do not believe ...
- I do not believe from what you say that you have 2 clues about what it would take to run a school. TEACHING is a PROFESSIONAL art... like being a MED. DOC., ENGINEER, or ATTORNEY or other similar jobs. Schools should be run like your local POOL ROOM -- or some venture to just earn money. Obama is on the right track -- doing a much better job than the REPUBLICANS ever did -- all? these years.

-- WARS are the ...
-- WARS are the reason our nation has such huge deficits. Conservatives love? to fight expensive, senseless wars. Your comparison of "War spending" with "Education spending" is ridiculous ! You sound like a CONSERVATIVE...wanting to wipe out schools and programs after the Republicans mess them up or neglect them to death.

We have to REFORM ...
We have to REFORM our public school system. Students need to have good, effective schools -- not underfunded mandates to take tests. We? need better ways of doing it...better methods, better ways of handling the budget. Obama is headed in the right direction. Conservatives always want to WIPE OUT a program or service...after they mess it up.

This education ...
This education reform is all a lot of hocus pocus. I compare it to all of the dumb, big brother tactics being used to try and get fat, bloated, piggish, Ameritards to pry the junk food out of their mouths. Fatasses know what they need to do to lose weight, they just are too undisciplined and pathetic to do it, they do not need big brother to hold their hands. It is? the same way with the Idiotic kids we call students and their parents . They do not care about learing, plain and simple.

I think he was ...
I think he was talking? to more than just sixth graders. They only had the front row seats, but there were more in the back.

I hate to? say it, ...
I hate to? say it, but, here it goes. I do not think all of the money in the world is going to make the USA's low achieving students improve very much if any. Programs, money, new dumbed down teaching techniques will all come up as failures, BECAUSE, it is not getting to the root of the problem. 90% of the problem lies with the PARENTS AND STUDENTS! The parents do not work with the kids and they don't instill in them the love of learning, thus, the kids see no value in trying in school= dummies.