Have heard former callers talking about education in a way that breaks my heart. The world is laughing at us and if we want to remain a great nation, we have to to invest in our childrens education, because they are not keeping up with the children in china and india and the rest of the industrialized world. We have one Political Party in this nation that wants to cannibalize on our Education System to balance budgets. It has to stop. Our children are feeling the effects of their inability to raise taxes, to raise revenue. It is a serious situation and i am tired of my daughters future being pawned off because a republican does not have the spine to tax american money where it lies. Guest one of the important points he makes is we live in a Global Economy and one of our main competitive advantages in the Global Economics is a welleducated workforce. If we dont have a welleducated workforce, we lose the advantage because we will not be able to compete by saying bring your jobs to americ
President ial candidates plans on education. We continue our series looking at the issues shaping these election. Ifill all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your financial futuren and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Prcoyo woodruff for the president today, a moment on the worldda stage at the United Nations, one last time. His message an urgent plea to make a better world. At this moment, we all face a choice. Woodruff it was his final address to the u. N. General assembly, and president obamaa used it to issue a challenge. We can choose to press forward with a better model of cooperation and integration, or we can retreat into a worldwe sharply divided and ultimatelyul in conflict along ageold lines of n
President ial candidates plans on education. We continue our series looking at the issues shaping these election. Ifill all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your financial futuren and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Prcoyo woodruff for the president today, a moment on the worldda stage at the United Nations, one last time. His message an urgent plea to make a better world. At this moment, we all face a choice. Woodruff it was his final address to the u. N. General assembly, and president obamaa used it to issue a challenge. We can choose to press forward with a better model of cooperation and integration, or we can retreat into a worldwe sharply divided and ultimatelyul in conflict along ageold lines of n
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] and this is book tv live coverage of the 21st annual Los Angeles Times festival of books. This is the campus of the university of Southern California. We are live. Coming up in just a few minutes another author panel. Panel. The next one is on education. He will your authors talk about the panel, but in the meantime we want to introduce you to professor nancy, author of this book called breakthrough. Is this a book about Hillary Clinton . This is not a book about Hillary Clinton. Of course Hillary Clinton is a central figure given that she was the 1st woman to make a serious run for the presidency in 2008, but it is really a book about how it became possible for a woman to make a serious run for the presidency. After all, women command go to america for 130 years. You are not going to have a female president if women cannot vote. It is almost 100 years since, and they still still have not had a female president. Couple of years ago i
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] and this is book tv live coverage of the 21st annual Los Angeles Times festival of books. This is the campus of the university of Southern California. We are live. Coming up in just a few minutes another author panel. Panel. The next one is on education. He will your authors talk about the panel, but in the meantime we want to introduce you to professor nancy, author of this book called breakthrough. Is this a book about Hillary Clinton . This is not a book about Hillary Clinton. Of course Hillary Clinton is a central figure given that she was the 1st woman to make a serious run for the presidency in 2008, but it is really a book about how it became possible for a woman to make a serious run for the presidency. After all, women command go to america for 130 years. You are not going to have a female president if women cannot vote. It is almost 100 years since, and they still still have not had a female president. Couple of years ago i