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Shea-Porter Campaign a Teachable Moment

by: William Tucker

Wed Oct 06, 2010 at 20:49:39 PM EDT

The National Education Association is putting its formidable get-out-the-vote and campaigning efforts behind Carol Shea-Porter's battle to retain her 1st Congressional District seat. The NEA endorsement captures the essence of what makes Carol special:

Moments after the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation in August to help save the jobs of 161,000 educators who had received pink slips, Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter wrote on her Facebook page: “I am proud to have just voted for the Education Jobs and Medicaid Assistance Act. This legislation will prevent thousands of New Hampshire kids from losing their teachers.”

With her vote, Congresswoman Shea-Porter stood up against the naysayers yet again. Whether it was her high school counselor recommending that she go to secretarial school, or Washington-D.C. big shots from her own party betting against her in her first run for Congress or a local newspaper calling her a “smart-alecky social worker,”

Congresswoman Shea-Porter has a history of defying expectations.

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Dodd Education Speech to the NEA in Bartlett

by: Matt Browner Hamlin

Thu Aug 09, 2007 at 09:54:27 AM EDT

Earlier this morning Senator Chris Dodd unveiled his K-12 Education Policy in a speech to the New Hampshire NEA in Bartlett, NH. The Dodd plan will:

Provide for universal preschool
Reform No Child Left Behind
Ensure that there are quality, experienced teachers in every school
Put in place world-class, but flexible, academic standards
Create incentives to extend school learning opportunities by lengthening the school day and spend more time on academics
Modernize schools and reduce class sizes
Make sure that every 9th grade student in America has a plan to graduate and is on track for college
Increase opportunities for virtual learning and online curriculae

Those are the broad strokes, but you can learn more about the details of the Dodd education plan on ChrisDodd.com.

Here's the speech:

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