President Obama: School year must be extended by month for US students to compete with China, India

NYDaily News ^ | 9-27-10 | BY RICHARD SISK AND CORKY SIEMASZKO

[mlizzy]

I don't think is going to go over well ...

[1000 silverlings]

lol, especially with the teacher unions

[Vaduz]

None of the idiots ideas have yet to do so.

[Bitsy]

They could extend the school year for 12 months and it would’t make a bit of difference. You can’t fire bad teachers! Unions won’t permit it.

[Boardwalk]

What an idiot! 0bama is the bad apple with worms!

[Allegra]

There go the teachers’ and the youth votes.

[circlecity]

"lol, especially with the teacher unions"

The Unions will love it - another month of dues coming into the coffers. That's why Obama is pushing it.

[wideawake]

In China and India, bad teachers can be replaced at a moment's notice.

In the USA, bad teachers are unfirable and set for life.

Another 18 or 19 school days doesn't change that cold fact.

[Artcore]

Yeah Kenyan, this will help you get popular with the young voters.

[TexasCajun]

CNN/USA Today Poll finds grade-schoolers support for the president falling below 45% for the 1st time.

[Genoa]

Asked about incompetent teachers, Obama agreed there were some bad apples in the classrooms and that they need to be removed. "Sort of like politicians and journalists," the President joked.

I agree with our President.

[DuncanWaring]

The teacher unions will love it.

They will, at a minimum, demand proportionately higher pay for the longer year.

Or, possibly, since this shortens summer-vacation by a month, they will claim that they can no longer get summer jobs and thus need to be compensated for that as well.

[DBrow]

I know! Let’s throw “Tolerance and Understanding”, “GLSEN”, “Recycling”, and “Catastrophic Climate Change and You” out of the curricula and put back in gym, math, and science!

[ltc8k6]

I thought we already had year-round schools.

[proud American in Canada]

No thanks. Summer is short enough as it is, and I like for my kids to have a break to play with their friends, go to camp, relax, go on vacation with the family.

[xp38]

"Sort of like politicians and journalists," the President joked.

I think we will see some pols removed soon but somehow I doubt he will laughing much.

[goodwithagun]

According to Ohio Governor Strickland, Ohio school systems don’t have to pay teachers for the forty additional days he’s requiring us to teach. I love talking about this in our teechurz lawnj. Those idiots at the OEA want us to vote for this guy again!

[marstegreg]

Correct me if I’m wrong, but when we were ranked #1 in education, we had fewer or same school days. Sounds like another union pay off.

[Marty62]

He’s grasping at straws now.

[DTogo]

And while "that's going to cost some money," he said, "that would be money well spent."

Has anything been "money well spent" since Obama took office??