Republican Nominee George W. Bush’s Education Plan

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s more of teachers, it should do more for teachers.”, (http://www.georgewbush.com/Media/PDF/edu_strongteachers.pdf).

As standards for education are raised for students, the knowledge of teachers must also rise. Today many teachers are teaching subject areas that are not part of their trained and ‘designated’ teaching areas. This ‘out of field’ teaching’ seems to be more prevalent in high poverty schools, as opposed to low poverty schools. According to the “Strong Teachers, Strong Schools” report, an estimated 43 percent of math instructors are teaching out of field in higher poverty areas, as compared to 27 percent who teach in lower poverty areas (http://www.georgewbush.com/Media/PDF/edu_strongteachers.pdf). As part of the reform, Bush has proposed a $2.4 billion teacher quality fund in attempts to establish highly trained professionals within each classroom, by recruiting, hiring and training. And an additional $2 billion dollars would be expanded over a five year period to provide additional teacher training. (http:...