McCain and Education

An article posted by Kent Erdahl summarizes what John McCain has to say about education, and what he proposes to do to fix the current education problem. On Friday McCain gave a speech in the little town of Rock Rapids on education. McCain spoke mostly about fixing the K thru 12 education system. He understands that more money needs to be spent on education and the problem cannot be put off any longer. Although he cautions, that more money spent needs to be spent wisely because it is our tax money. McCain is on the right track in my book, America as a whole is falling behind in academics, particularly in math and science which need revamped.
During his speech he also discusses the issue of school vouchers. Vouchers provide parents with the money the public school in their district would cost to attend; and allows them to spend it elsewhere, such as a private school. In my opinion this is a good idea because it gives families that extra money to send their children to private schools that otherwise they could not afford. The controversy in the past is that vouchers are racially unfair or skimming the top students off. I feel that this is untrue; vouchers would make public schools better in the long run. Making schools compete for your money, giving children the best possible education.
Furthermore McCain talks about the “No Child Left Behind” act. He supports that act as a whole and says we should not discard it, but rather fix it. In my view the act right now is mediocre, and could possibly get better with the support of McCain. The belief that every school should have fully qualified teachers in order to receive federal funding insures the best teachers for all students. Moreover the state testing allows a fair analysis of which schools are not on the right track.
I felt like John McCain knew what he was talking about, and was not on the fence about any of his issues. That is what we need to get things moving in Washington. Overall I think Senator John McCain is a very strong willed person and could turn around education in America.