Before heading off to conference I attended the National Council of La Raza conference and was able to hear from some key individuals and their ideas on Education and what needs to happen to ensure our young people graduate.
Senator Obama addressed the National Council of La Raza affiliates and demonstrated a clear understanding of our current struggles within the current civil rights movement. He spoke about how he understands that our Education doesn't work by quoting a young mother who stated that "maybe the system wasn't meant to serve people like us us". Senator Obama emphasized that the system my currently not be made to serve "people like us" but the United States was built on the foundation that with effort we can achieve our dreams and therefore it's our responsibility to ensure that the education system is built to serve all of our young people to ensure they graduate with competencies to compete in the workforce.
Senator McCain also demonostrated a clear understanding that our education system is not serving our community as our young people are not graduating and those who do graduate are not qualified to compete in a global economy. McCain emphasized that part of the solution is about investing in small businesses which would in turn create more jobs and grow the economy. He didn't speak specifically about the education system, but I would challenge his focus on job creation to grow the economy because the other half of the solution is ensuring that our young people and adults are qualified to compete for the jobs in a global enonomy and this requires investments in our education system.
Senator Obama addressed the National Council of La Raza affiliates and demonstrated a clear understanding of our current struggles within the current civil rights movement. He spoke about how he understands that our Education doesn't work by quoting a young mother who stated that "maybe the system wasn't meant to serve people like us us". Senator Obama emphasized that the system my currently not be made to serve "people like us" but the United States was built on the foundation that with effort we can achieve our dreams and therefore it's our responsibility to ensure that the education system is built to serve all of our young people to ensure they graduate with competencies to compete in the workforce.
Senator McCain also demonostrated a clear understanding that our education system is not serving our community as our young people are not graduating and those who do graduate are not qualified to compete in a global economy. McCain emphasized that part of the solution is about investing in small businesses which would in turn create more jobs and grow the economy. He didn't speak specifically about the education system, but I would challenge his focus on job creation to grow the economy because the other half of the solution is ensuring that our young people and adults are qualified to compete for the jobs in a global enonomy and this requires investments in our education system.
1 comment:
It was quite an opportunity to have the candidates come and speak to our Latino Leadership at NCLR. Janet Murguia made a valid point when she said that we as Latinos are developing a formidable power, and that the parties are finally recognizing that our forums as just as important as other groups for this election. I agree with her challenge that we need to prove those numbers mean something in November . . .
Post a Comment