Re: Fw: Obama's Reference to Performance Pay Booed at NEA Convention (with video)

[Manny Lopez <moveonit@sbcglobal.net>]

You might want to try viewing it on the NEA website instead.  I had no problem viewing it there.
   
  Manny Lopez  

dkeikoa@hawaii.rr.com wrote:
  I tried to open the video, but wasn't able to. I am traveling, so not using my normal means of access. I was at NEA and I do support Obama, but I was disappointed by his address at NEA for the reasons you stated. Also, I heard him put his ideas in context by saying that we are the lowest of all the developed countries in international testing. Having been informed by this listserv and reading Gerry's books, I know that to be untrue. No one reacted to the statement as I did, and one said she doesn't remember him saying it. I'll keep trying to check on it. 


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> Subject: Obama's Reference to Performance Pay Booed at NEA Convention (with video)
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> The Education Intelligence Agency
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> NEA Convention Coverage
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> July 5, 2008
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> Barack Obama took the bull by the horns today in accepting the endorsement of the National Education Association Representative Assembly. He spoke live via satellite from Butte, Montana, with a group of local teachers behind him. EIAâ??s video of the speech is posted at http://www.eiaonline.com and on YouTube.
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> He expressed support for much of NEA's agenda - overhaul of the No Child Left Behind Act, higher pay, college tuition for new teachers, etc. - but he also specifically noted his backing of charter schools (around the 4:45 mark of the video) and caused quite a stir, including some very loud booing, when he said (around the 6:10 mark):
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> "Under my plan, districts will be able to design programs to give educators who serve them as mentors to new teachers the salary increases they've earned. They'll be able to reward those who teach underserved areas or take on added responsibility. As teachers learn new skills or serve their students better or if they consistently excel in the classroom, that work can be valued and rewarded as well."
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> After the booing, Obama said, "I know this wasn't necessarily the most popular part of my speech last year, but I said it then, and I'm saying it again today, because it is what I believe."
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