Posted by Jackie on June 6, 2007
As with Patrick Murphy’s earlier communication, I originally received this post from congressional candidate Jamie Eldridge as a comment, but have decided to also include it here due to length.
On June 5th, 2007, Jamie Eldridge wrote:
Jackie, I would like you to see my education plan, and if you or anyone have questions please contact my Communications Director Greg LaManna at gregl@jamieforcongress. Our collective future depends on ensuring quality educational opportunities for every young person at every level of schooling. Despite widespread agreement with this fact, we are falling behind – we are shortchanging our schools, and too many of our next generation. The Federal Government–in this and many other areas–has abdicated its responsibility to our schools and our communities. As a result, the burden of paying for schools has fallen too much on local communities, working families, and seniors. Furthermore, federal and state governments approach to testing children on educational standards are making too many children feel left out, isolated and uninterested in learning, while the necessary skills and knowledge that kids need to succeed are being marginalized. This can and must change now. With the right leadership, the United States can again be the world leaders in education. I’ve taken action and concrete steps as a Representative to help our towns improve education:
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Posted by Jackie on June 6, 2007
I originally received this post as a comment, but considering its author–newcomer independent congressional candidate Patrick Murphy–and its length, I’ve decided to post it below for easier reader access.
On June 4th, 2007, Patrick Murphy wrote:
Dear Jackie,
I spoke with the Lowell Sun on Friday for over an half hour about my candidacy, but more particularly about education for Monday’s article. I went into great detail with my education proposals, but this was not reflected in either articles run by the Sun on Saturday or Monday. In fact, I was not even included in the graphic of summarized positions in the paper edition, perhaps because they were the most comprehensive and nuanced. Unfortunately I did not get a chance to elaborate on my plans at the debate tonight, partly because of the format and partly because I am just getting started. In any case, I would like to restore my policies to their proper context. A worthwhile education is first a transmission of ideas through which we view the world, of clarified convictions, of who we are and how we are to live. Without wisdom, knowledge and ideas become useless or worse, dangerous things indeed. We have scientists, for example, working on the development of all kinds of cures for debilitating diseases and yet we also have scientists in this country perfecting so-called low-yield nuclear weapons. We have tiny technologies emerging that connect people from around the world, and yet we grow ever more distant from neighbors and strangers on the street. So while many argue for education to spur economic growth and for greater emphasis on math and science, we will do well to remember also that no amount of money more »
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