New Schundler Ad Suggestion: Education

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[kanaell]

What do y'all think of my ad? By the way, how many NJ Freepers here think Bret can pull this off? I know the media are playing a strong part in undermining Republican / Conservative confidence but even then it's still looking pretty bad from where I'm sitting.

[AD BEGINS]
{The flags of New Jersey and the United States waving and faded into a navy blue background}

WHITE TEXT {appearing line by line}:

'X%' of the State Legislature practice School Choice ...
'X%' of the New Jersey media practice School Choice ...
'X%' of New Jersey public school teachers practice School Choice ...
{a space}
They send their children to private schools.
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What do they know that you don't?

MILTON FRIEDMAN / BILL BENNETT
(appearing in a 3/5 square patch of the screen on the background):
{Caption: Nobel Laureate / U.S. Education Secretary 1985-1988}

The public school system is a monopoly. And that means that no matter how much you spend on it, no matter how much you talk about standards, so long as you still have that captive costumer base, there is no real incentive for improvement ...

WHITE TEXT {appearing line by line}:

Spending per pupil is up 'X%' from 19XX ...
Class sizes are down 'X%' from 19XX ...
Teacher salaries are up 'X%' from 19XX ...
{a space}
Student test scores are down 'X%' from 19XX ...   New Jersey Department of Education*
{erase all /clear screen}
Increased spending on education has no effect on student achievement ...   American Legislative Exchange Council*

BRET D. SCHUNDLER
(appearing in a 3/5 square patch of the screen on the background):

First of all my administration is going to establish clear standards of achievement for our public schools and reasonable timetables for achieving those standards. Next we're going to reform the tenure system so we can let go of bad teachers, reward good teachers and attract more people into the teaching profession. We're going to cut the bureaucracy, so we can give principals more control over their budgets and teaching methods.

But most of all, we?re going to introduce real accountability, by empowering parents to choose which schools their kids go to and allowing them to take their children out of failing schools and put them in better ones. Right now, only the wealthy among us are able to do this and pay school taxes at the same time. This is wrong. There's hardly anything more important to a parent than a child's education. I believe it is not only fair, it is right and feasible that all New Jersey parents and children should have this same opportunity, regardless of their income.

The Education special interests and their so-called "experts" are not going to like it ... but we've done everything they've wanted us to do for the past twenty years, and less than "X%" of black and Hispanic school children are reading at grade level. Why should we trust them now?

[AD ENDS]

[rit]

I heard the debate last night on NJ101.5. I think the debate hurt Schundler. Both came across very negative and focused on only one thing: attacking each other. Neither addressed the questions that people called in with. If I was not -rit- I would vote for neither.

[Capt.YankeeMike]

One thing very wrong with the ad. You most certainly do NOT have to be wealthy to send your kids to private schools. How do I know? because i am no where even close to being "wealthy" but I send 2 boys to private schools. It is a matter of PRIORITIES.....

[kanaell]

I kinda think Schundler blew it yesterday. He absolutely refused to attack McGreevey on his weak points ... intolerance on abortion, proven ineffectiveness of public schools, successful use of vouchers and charter schools all over the nation, etc ... I was even naive enough to send letters about them and pointing them out ...

I would continue to hope and fight but I sure hope he has something up his sleeve for the last few weeks ... or else you guys are looking at Governor McGreevey of New Jersey.

[rit]

There is another debate coming up in what is tauted as the largest town hall style debate ever in NJ. I sure hope it comes across much better than last night. Everyone that I talked to about the debate (who actually listened to it) said the same thing: Schundler was too negative.

[kanaell]

:

BRET D. SCHUNDLER (appearing in a 3/5 square patch of the screen on the background):

First of all my administration is going to establish clear standards of achievement for our public schools and reasonable timetables for achieving those standards. Next we're going to reform the tenure system so we can let go of bad teachers, reward good teachers and attract more people into the teaching profession. We're going to cut the bureaucracy, so we can give principals more control over their budgets and teaching methods.

But most of all, we?re going to introduce real accountability, by empowering parents to choose which schools their kids go to and allowing them to take their children out of failing schools and put them in better ones. Right now, far too many New Jerseyans cannot. This is wrong. There's hardly anything more important to a parent than a child's education. I believe it is not only fair, it is right and feasible that all New Jersey parents and children should have this same opportunity, regardless of their income and social situation. The Education special interests and their so-called "experts" are not going to like it ... but we've done everything they've wanted us to do for the past twenty years, and less than "X%" of black and Hispanic school children are reading at grade level. Why should we trust them now?

What do you think of it now?

[Question_Assumptions]

Has anyone seen the independent Ben Stein ad attacking McGreevy? Pretty good stuff.

[Coop]

Anyone?

Anyone?