Obama: school funding 'worth fighting for' if GOP opposes increase (+video)
With lawmakers at work on a bipartisan effort to update the No Child Left Behind Act, Obama told a group of urban school leaders that he would fight the GOP, if needed, to boost funding to schools, especially those that are low-performing.
Pointing to increased high school graduation rates, President Barack Obama said Monday he's prepared to fight with Republicans for school funding and his education priorities rather than risk going backward.
WASHINGTON — Pointing to increased high school graduation rates,President Barack Obama said Monday he's prepared to fight with Republicans for school funding and his education priorities rather than risk going backward.
The president said he hopes that Republican lawmakers focus on educating every child and not shifting money away from needy districts. He's also calling for a focus on low-performing schools, annual assessments and investments in special education and English-language learners.
Obama said if the Republican budget doesn't reflect those priorities, they will have "a major debate."
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"We are making too much progress now in terms of graduation rates, improved reading scores, improved math scores, increasing standards, increasing access to the resources the kids need, for us to be going backwards now. And this is something worth fighting for," Obama said at aObama: school funding 'worth fighting for' if GOP opposes increase (+video) - CSMonitor.com:
