{"id":614,"date":"2011-11-08T18:49:13","date_gmt":"2011-11-08T22:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coreeducationllc.com\/blog2\/?p=614"},"modified":"2012-04-25T21:08:00","modified_gmt":"2012-04-26T01:08:00","slug":"education-and-the-2012-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coreeducationllc.com\/blog2\/education-and-the-2012-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Education and the 2012 Election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the presidential election cycle entering its final year, many observers have been speculating on the role education will play in the outcome.\u00a0 As state budgets begin to contract further due to the drying up of federal stimulus funds, the way these cuts affect education spending could potentially swing voters in ways they would not normally vote.\u00a0 The <em>Fiscal Times<\/em> recently published an article detailing this possible side-effect.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans seems to be pushing the idea of \u201ceducational austerity,\u201d asserting that redesigning education spending could be a chance to change everything from teacher compensation to union rights.\u00a0 \u201cIf states look at this as a way to really look at how education is structured, it can be seen as an opportunity.\u00a0 It\u2019s a chance to be innovative, to rethink their staffing model,\u201d says Chris Tessone of the Fordham Institute, a conservative think tank.<br \/>\nOn the other side of the aisle, Democrats seem to be benefitting from this line of argument.\u00a0 Two republican state senators in Wisconsin have been replaced by Democrats.\u00a0 This week, Ohio voters are expected to overwhelmingly reject a law signed by Gov. Kasich (R) that eliminated public employee collective bargaining rights.\u00a0 However, when it comes down to more public layoffs, cuts in services and higher property taxes, Howard Fleeter of the Education Tax Policy Institute observes that \u201c[Voters] are not going to be happy with any of the people that are in office.\u00a0 I don\u2019t think they will distinguish between whether they are a Democrat or a Republican.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So, can we expect 2012 to be the year of the \u201cEducation President,\u201d the Commander-in-Chief who makes education his or her number one priority?\u00a0 It\u2019s too soon to tell, says the College Board\u2019s president, Gaston Caperton.\u00a0 But, he urges, the election is a \u201cunique opportunity to seize the public dialogue and steer it toward a serious conversation about the future of education.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a blog post for <em>The Huffington Post,<\/em> Caperton explains why education <em>should<\/em> be a top priority for all presidential candidates:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Education can be the silver bullet if we invest the necessary time and the resources. Unfortunately, both are becoming scarce. As the United States continues to plummet in the global education standings, we can not afford to continue wringing our hands. We need bold, decisive leaders who are not afraid to take risks and have mastered the old maxim of &#8220;doing more with less.&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>We have lots of big questions to answer when it comes to education&#8211;questions about the role of the federal government, the length of the school year, the nature of the curriculum, and the integration of technology. The winner of the 2012 presidential election will face these questions and many more. As custodians of the greatest and oldest republic on earth, it&#8217;s our responsibility to know how each candidate plans to answer them before we step into the voting booth. These are the questions that will define our future. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To read the <em>Fiscal Times<\/em> article, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefiscaltimes.com\/Articles\/2011\/11\/03\/Education-Cuts-Could-Swing-the-2012-Election.aspx#page1\">http:\/\/www.thefiscaltimes.com\/Articles\/2011\/11\/03\/Education-Cuts-Could-Swing-the-2012-Election.aspx#page1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To read Caperton\u2019s blog post, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/gaston-caperton\/education-and-the-2012-el_b_1076770.html\">http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/gaston-caperton\/education-and-the-2012-el_b_1076770.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the presidential election cycle entering its final year, many observers have been speculating on the role education will play in the outcome.\u00a0 As state budgets begin to contract further due to the drying up of federal stimulus funds, the way these cuts affect education spending could potentially swing voters in ways they would not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coreeducationllc.com\/blog2\/education-and-the-2012-election\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"sr-only\">Read more about Education and the 2012 Election<\/span>[&hellip;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[54,92],"class_list":["post-614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics-policy","tag-policy","tag-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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