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Tell Newt Gingrich: Child Labor is Not the Answer to Failing Schools
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- deadline: ongoing
- signature goal: 20,000
- Target: Newt Gingrich
- Sponsored by: StudentsFirst
At a speech at Harvard, Gingrich said, "We say to someone, you shouldn't go to work before you're what, 14, 16 years of age? Fine. You're totally poor. You're in a school that's failing with a teacher that's failing... most of these schools should get rid of the unionized janitors, have one master janitor and pay local students to take care of the school."
We agree that too many kids are stuck in failing schools. But, the answer isn't to say kids can't learn and instead we should shuffle them off to do manual labor. We can't build stronger, smarter communities by writing off kids and their futures. Every child can learn when we set high expectations, provide them with the resources they need to succeed and hold ourselves accountable for their progress.
Tell Newt Gingrich that instead of turning our students into janitors, we should be fixing our broken school system.
Dear Mr. Gingrich,
I strongly disagree with your suggestion in a speech at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government that kids in failing schools should be put to work as janitors. We need to invest in every kid, including those in low-income communities.
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Every child can learn when we set high expectations, provide them with the resources they need to succeed and hold ourselves accountable for their progress. We should be fixing the broken school system with reforms we know work, including elevating teachers with professional development and accountability, empowering parents with information and expanded charter options, and reorienting school governance to move more dollars into the classroom and for long term sustainability.
We can't build stronger, smarter communities by writing off kids and their futures. Instead, we need reform.
Sincerely,
[Your name here]
I strongly disagree with your suggestion in a speech at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government that kids in failing schools should be put to work as janitors. We need to invest in every kid, including those in low-income communities.
[Your comments will be added here]
Every child can learn when we set high expectations, provide them with the resources they need to succeed and hold ourselves accountable for their progress. We should be fixing the broken school system with reforms we know work, including elevating teachers with professional development and accountability, empowering parents with information and expanded charter options, and reorienting school governance to move more dollars into the classroom and for long term sustainability.
We can't build stronger, smarter communities by writing off kids and their futures. Instead, we need reform.
Sincerely,
[Your name here]
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