What is the republican party stance onn education
2007-06-13 09:07:39 · 6 answers · asked by cherryvalley2006 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
They are for it. So are Democrats.
2007-06-13 09:10:21 · answer #1 · answered by I wanna talk to Samson 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a mixed bag. Richard Nixon created the National Endowments for the Arts and Sciences, which does work with education, but however there have been some disturbing trends from the Republican party regarding education over the last few years. Firstly, the religous side of the party wants to introduce more faith based elements into public schools, which by constitutional law can neither condemn nor support a religous organization, nor enforce/deny prayers in school, etc, but the BIG stink is over the No Child Left Behind Act, which is beginning to be proven that it doesn't work, drains school funds, and potentially frightens off potential teachers for the public schools, not to mention the standardized test prorgrams are biased towards a sample part of the population. (Middle to Upper Class, usually white kids is basically who it caters to.) Also, within the last few years, the Republicans pushed through legislation raising interest rates on federal student loans, going after the one group of people that really can't afford it.
2007-06-14 12:27:39 · answer #2 · answered by Prop Forward 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Public schools are evil. Give government money to religious schools. No multi-culturalism and no sex-education. Teaching creationism will solve all our problems.
2007-06-13 16:15:02 · answer #3 · answered by Erik Van Thienen 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Education bad, ignorance good.
2007-06-13 16:09:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is failing I think.
2007-06-14 00:45:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Same answer.
2007-06-13 16:11:09 · answer #6 · answered by 34th B.G. - USAAF 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋