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Issue: 838 Date: 9/14/2006
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參議員候選人McCaskill教育政見
改進「有教無類」政策 補足公立學校經費 增加學生貸款經費
MCCASKILL UNVEILS EDUCATION PLAN
Calls For Reforms To NCLB, Fully Funding Missouri Public Schools, And Increasing Funding For Student Loans
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| 民主黨國會參議員候選人McCaskill |
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【時報訊】正當國會準備再強化「有教無類」(No Child Left Behind)政策之際，密蘇里州現在面對一個對公立學校意義重大的機會，「有教無類」將大力擴張聯邦政府在教育方面之主導性，同時規定各州，包括密蘇里州，如何去衡量學生之學習成果。
雖然「有教無類」承諾經費補助和改進較差的學校，布希總統和共和當國會僅做到了一半，那就是處罰未達標準之學校並且失信於經費補助，民主黨國會參議員候選人McCaskill批評「有教無類」政策標準不一，影響到低收入家庭之學生和少數族裔學生，她建議教育政策要以每個學生之學習成果來衡量學校之優劣，制定可達成之目標並補足學校之經費。
McCaskill說，「有教無類」應該是將好學校和壞學校的差距拉近，但是，她說，據了解，表現不好的學校因為未達到標準會受到處罰，反而失去得到補助的來源，而這卻正是所學校學生最需要的。
共和黨在數日前將學生貸款做了史無前例的大刪減，McCaskill強調，她保證要讓密蘇里州居民能有可負擔之接受高等教育的機會，密州需要高技術之工作能量，以面對日益競爭之全球經濟發展。
為了我們國家的將來，McCaskill說，提供一個有品質，能讓大家可以負擔之大學教育至為重要，當共和黨將數十億元弄給大石油商之際，不要刪減能讓孩子上大學的經費，這是不負責任的作法，這也是密蘇里州亟需要一位新的國會代言人例子之一。
MCCASKILL UNVEILS EDUCATION PLAN Calls For Reforms To NCLB, Fully Funding Missouri Public Schools, And Increasing Funding For Student Loans
ST. LOUIS - As Congress prepares to reauthorize the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), we are faced with a watershed opportunity for Missouri's public schools. The enactment of NCLB greatly expanded the role of the federal government in education, dictating to states like Missouri how they should measure student achievement.
While NCLB promised to fund our schools and hold failing schools accountable, President Bush and the Republican Congress have only held up one half of this bargain- punishing schools at every chance and failing to deliver the funds they promised. McCaskill criticized NCLB's inflexible standards, which hurt low income and minority students, and called for an education policy that measures schools on individual student achievement, ets realistic goals, and fully funds our schools.
"No Child Left Behind was designed to close the gap between good and bad schools, not widen it," McCaskill said. "By underfunding our public schools and punishing those that cannot meet its standards, No Child Left Behind has prevented resources from getting to the schools and students who need them the most."
Only months after Republicans passed the largest cuts ever to student aid, McCaskill emphasized her commitment to making higher education accessible to all Missourians, since Missouri must have a highly skilled workforce to be able to remain competitive in the global economy.
"Offering a quality and affordable college education is the most important thing we can do for our country's future," said McCaskill. "At a time when the Republicans are handing billions of dollars over to big oil companies, it is irresponsible to cut funding that would make it easier for our kids to go to college. This is just another example of how Missouri needs new leadership in Washington."
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