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Vaishali Honawar remarks, “So John McCain wants to cut back on teacher-certification standards. And then he wants to weed out the bad teachers.”
Michele McNeil wonders, “Maybe tonight’s presidential debate will finally be the one where school issues make more than a cameo appearance,” and goes on to point out: “Tennessee, which includes urban school districts such as Memphis and Nashville, as well as lots of small, rural districts, has grappled with education funding, curriculum issues, and implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act over the past year.”
Michele McNeil reports, “If moderator Gwen Ifill doesn’t ask Republican Sarah Palin or Democrat Joe Biden a question about education during tonight’s must-watch debate at 9 p.m., it won’t be because no one tried. The Education Equality Project folks are making their pitch to the debate honchos to ask an education question.”
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