BIDEN: WE MUST FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE THE WAY WE EDUCATE OUR CHILDREN IN ORDER TO COMPETE IN GLOBAL ECONOMY
Orangeburg, SC (April 26, 2007) – U.S. Senator Joe Biden announced tonight that education should be a major priority in this election.
When asked at the Democratic Presidential Debate in South Carolina tonight how the U.S. will compete in a global economy when we have the least number of young people going for advanced degrees in science and engineering, Sen. Biden, the only candidate to address education issues tonight, said: "Change the fundamental way we educate children. There are two things everyone knows: the smaller the class size, the better the outcome and the better the teacher, the better the outcome."
In coming months Sen. Joe Biden will tour the country meeting with teachers and parents and discussing his education priorities: increasing flexibility in evaluating students; paying teachers more; providing incentives to lure talented teachers to low-performing schools and attract the brightest minds to the profession, and providing every parent with the option of sending their child to preschool and at least two years of post-high school training or college.
