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Inspiring a New Generation of American Innovation Through Education and Job Training
Republican National Committee ^ | April 26, 2004

Posted on 04/26/2004 3:20:39 PM PDT by RWR8189

President Bush has a proven track record of supporting America's innovation economy, including:

Better Education for Better Jobs

America's growing economy is a changing economy, and we must respond to these changes by helping more Americans gain the skills to find good jobs in our 21st Century economy.

President Bush has announced a plan to better prepare students for success in higher education and the job market - including $33 million for expanded Pell Grants for low-income students who complete rigorous coursework in high school and scholarships for low-income students who pursue degrees in math and science.

The President's plan will improve the quality of education at our Nation's high schools - including $100 million to help striving readers and $120 million to improve math education.

No Child Left Behind

To help the youngest Americans receive a quality education and learn the basic skills they will need to succeed in the future, President Bush proposed and signed into law the No Child Left Behind Act. All skills begin with the basics of reading and math, which should be learned in the early grades. Yet for too long, for too many children, those skills were never mastered. With the bipartisan No Child Left Behind Act, we are making progress toward educational excellence for every child.

The Next Steps in Helping Young Americans Get the Skills They Need to Succeed in the 21st Century

The No Child Left Behind Act is providing accountability and resources to improve the achievement of America's elementary and secondary students. These reforms are already beginning to show results in elementary reading and math scores, but President Bush also wants to ensure that all high school students will be better prepared to pursue higher education or enter the workforce. Unfortunately, recent results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) demonstrate that, while achievement for our Nation's 4th and 8th graders is on the rise, scores for twelfth graders have declined in both reading and mathematics.

The President's Solution

High School

Higher Education

Making Federal Job Training Work Better for America's Workers

Background on the President's Job Training Initiative

The President's Solution



TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: education; gop; jobtraining; rnc

1 posted on 04/26/2004 3:20:40 PM PDT by RWR8189
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To: RWR8189
The GOP should stop reminding me about this sort of crap.

I'm trying to forget about them so I can vote for the guy again.

2 posted on 04/26/2004 3:22:29 PM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: RWR8189
And $25 million for forced random drug testing of students, whether the parents want it for their kid or not.
3 posted on 04/26/2004 3:48:32 PM PDT by Ed_in_NJ
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To: RWR8189
So in conjunction with gobal policies that undermine our domestic industries and businesses
the RNC is now promoting Big Government social welfare programs to "retrain" the masses???

What a crock of globo-crapola!

4 posted on 04/26/2004 3:54:22 PM PDT by Willie Green (Go Pat Go!!!)
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To: RaceBannon
Helping Community Colleges Train 100,000 Additional Workers: The President's Jobs for the 21st Century Initiative includes a $250 million proposal to help America's community colleges train 100,000 additional workers for the industries that are creating the most new jobs.

Once again they fail to tell us what those new jobs will be.

5 posted on 04/26/2004 4:47:40 PM PDT by raybbr (My 1.4 cents - It used to be 2 cents, but after taxes - you get the idea.)
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To: Willie Green
Maybe Bush should team up with Hillary of the Marc Tucker Letter to Hillary Clinton fame.

They deserve each other.

6 posted on 04/26/2004 4:53:37 PM PDT by ladylib
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To: raybbr
That's because they don't know.
7 posted on 04/26/2004 4:56:01 PM PDT by ladylib
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To: RWR8189; All
This goes down really well with Kool-Aid. Yummm!
8 posted on 04/26/2004 5:57:19 PM PDT by LibTeeth
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To: Willie Green
Retraining is bad.

Even if it is free.

Did I get that right?
9 posted on 04/26/2004 6:22:36 PM PDT by MonroeDNA (PLEASE become a monthly donor. Just $3 a month by credit card?)
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