Signs of Obama Desperation

The teachers unions are long time dedicated supporters of Democratic Party political candidates. And, they expect the Democrats to oppose Charter School vouchers because the successful voucher system allows parents who abandon the public school system to obtain quality education for their children. The parents are judging public schools a failure and awarding the public schools with the grade of “F.”

Barack Obama is promising to double funding for charter schools and replace inferior teachers, embracing education reform proposals normally more popular with Republican candidates.1

While teachers unions typically oppose the idea of performance-based merit pay, Obama is embracing the idea along with demands that teachers who don't meet standards are removed from the classroom. Obama's campaign said teacher performance could be judged by peer review, student test results, classroom evaluations or other processes.1

Obama is getting desperate.

The pitch was an appeal to moderate voters in this presidential election swing state, where the fight over education reform has been the focus of a longtime partisan battle.1

Obama must be gambling that the teachers unions will understand that his education proposal is just so much hot air.

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1. Obama embraces charter schools in education plan