John McCain
Town Hall Meeting
Alexandria, VA 04/01/08

TRANSCRIPT:
JOHN MCCAIN: "We should reward the best of them [teachers] with merit pay and encourage teachers who have lost their focus on the children they teach to find another line of work. Schools should compete to be innovative, flexible and student-centered institutions, not safe havens for the uninspired and the unaccountable....

I believe we should encourage military veterans to enter the teaching profession, and I've advocated the Troops to Teachers Act...

There is no reason on Earth that this great country should not possess the best education system in the world. We have let fear of uncertainty and a view that education's primary purpose is to protect jobs for teachers and administrators degrade our sense of the possible in America! There is no excuse for it!"

LABEL: JM VA 04-01 (SD#22) FJOR-ClipD

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