State of the Union: Obama Faces New Challenges in Reforming Education

Oh, great- now democrats want to reform education? I think they and the ACLU havre reformed the hell out of education since the 70's, dragging it down the bottom of the heap.

What a bunch of bull. He will say one thing and do the other.The media will keep busy for a couple of days. Nancy will jump up and clap every two seconds.What has the government established so far besides running the country almost out of money. Address state of the union is for crazy people in Washington.And you vote them back in, gimmie a break!!!

God Bless O(BAMA, he is changing things for the positive and making this nation stronger, better, and healthier

Federal government need to let local government take care of schools. Parents need to take responabilty for thier children. Local government need to get unions under control they are looking out for thier members not students. There are a lot of good teachers but there are bad ones that need to be removed from the system.

Children are wonderful. They are so special and full of possibilities. Our family structure in this country is weak and need serious reinforcement. The family is the cornerstone of society. Our beautiful children are exposed to too much in our society. This dysfunction in our society has taken away our children's innocent and has robbed them of their normal curiosiy.

I really believe that we can turn our failing educational system around in a metter of a few years by focusing on the primary grades, pre-kindergarten through the third grade. Start early in making education relevant by makeing sure children masters the basic fundalmentals in reading, math, science and writing. Our children should be bi-lingual. They will learn a foreign language fast in the primary grades. Children should not watch television period. There is nothing on T.V. for real mental growth for children or adults. GOD bless our children and may GOD continue to bless America and the world. GOD please remove evil,in all its forms, from our planet. We need peace.

Wow. he's run rampant over the economy, healthcare, foreign policy, the employment rate etc. and now he has his eye on education. Yay.

Reforming education in my state, long misadministered by Democrats, looks like 62 students in a high school class after closing one in two schools. Until recently, school board members were supplied with new cars at municipal expense, however. Graduation rates have struggled to exceed 25%. If Democrat policies have failed under Democrat control, are you sure more will be better? The legacy of Coleman Young and Kwame Kilpatrick constitute the inheritance of Detroit's students, God help them.

Ladies and Gentlemen,
You need to stop blaming the schools. You need to start with the parent(s). Students spend more time online than reading a book. Understand that many of the schools that are failing are outstanding in dealing with the daily struggle of students.
Schools and districts are losing a battle because of official making choices that do not give credit to teachers, students or schools.
In the state of Michigan,an ESL students are required by law to take the ACT. The students either have limited English or have been in American for less than two years. These scores bring down the school scores.
Education is cultural. Stop comparing our students to Asians, the Asian culture has a high respect for education whereas many of our students DO NOT!
Each school is different and learning takes place at home first not in the classroom.

Millions of dollars have been spent on low performing schools with little or no improvement. It is time to find another way than other increasing taxes with no results. Cannot imagine that Obama has the stomach to take on teachers' unions - he needs their votes. We need school choice/vouchers along with private management! Once government is out of the way along with their mandates, our schools will be successful again!

Dear vobox, please be advised. your children are "not" banned from praying in school. contrary to what u hear in media. It is the teacher and other employees of the state that are banned. If you child prays with fellow students in the lunch room, for example, to give thanks, the school has no right to stop it. As long as your child is not disrupting the classroom, he or she may pray at will. I wish sombody's kid wuld test that out. I would tell my kids to do it, but they are all over 24 years old, and have no kids of their own in school yet. But the prayer thing makes a great wedge isue, dosnt it?