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To: JohnM who wrote (83359)	9/10/2008 3:29:38 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 544273

Finally, my apologies for the long post. That was a fine rant, John. While it made points about why education was a national issue, I didn't get from it why it needs to be a nationally controlled program to address those issues.

To: JohnM who wrote (83359)	9/10/2008 4:07:23 PM
From: Steve Lokness	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 544273

John; What an interesting reply - and not at all what I expected. Thanks for taking the time to share this thinking. We do differ - but maybe not as much as you suspect. If you read the two paragraphs I posted a few days ago from Technology Review on Goolsbees thinking (for Obama) on education, I think you will understand what I think is important in education. It is vitally important if the US is to do well competing in the world economy to place a big emphasis on education. That being said, we are just now witnessing the dangers from a centralized education system. "No child left behind" doesn't teach kids to learn - the total emphasis is on passing test. It could get worse - if a Palin was to end up as President. Make no mistake that group of conservatives would push their agenda in education - isn't that what electing politicians is all about? So then we no longer teach sex education and instead teach that GW is not caused by man and creationism is where all animals came from and lord forbid we teach the opportunities of stem cell research. Now if that happens in a small school system in Kansas, that might not be a bad thing - might even be a good thing as we can always learn from differing ways of teaching, however to take such a chance of a turn backward at the federal level is absolutely something I am against. That we do disagree on. Steve