During his acceptance speech at Invesco Field, Barack Obama said:
Now is the time to finally meet our moral obligation to provide every child a world-class education, because it will take nothing less to compete in the global economy. Michelle and I are only here tonight because we were given a chance at an education.
As a teacher who's married to a teacher, this line drew smiles at my house.
To say that Barack Obama and John McCain differ on their views concerning education would be a terrible understatement. But to someone who doesn't work in the field of education, it could get quite confusing. So in this diary (and hopefully subsequent diaries) I will be comparing the education policies of the two candidates.
Today's topic will be the controversial and misunderstood issue of merit pay.
