We start off class by discussing the presidential debate last night. Romney "won" the debate based on how he seemed more prepared and on the attack. We are watching highlights of the debate. According to the poll 67% of people believe that Romney won the debate. Now we are doing research on our research projects. But first we are going over our maps.
Obama Education Plan:
Fought to prevent student loan interests from doubling for more than 7mil students
Student loan repayments at 10%
Romney believes students in need of money should just "borrow money from your parents"
Obama would like incentives for the best teachers
Romney would like to cut back on teachers and keep class sizes large
Obama believes in letting states create their own plans for reform
Obama invests in community colleges to create carreer planning courses
Romney cut community college funds by 17% in MA, by 2006 tuition was 59% higher than National Average
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