Obama touts education plan at Thornton high school
The Fort Collins Coloradoan | May 29, 2008
By JASON KOSENA
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama said he wants to fix the "broken promises" of America's education system and took aim at the heralded No Child Left Behind Act on Wednesday while visiting a Thornton high school.
Speaking before an invited guest list numbering in the hundreds, Obama led a Town Hall forum at the Mapleton Expeditionary School of the Arts after taking a tour of the high school.
The Illinois Democrat talked mostly about education reform during his hour-long appearance and said big changes are needed to No Child Left Behind if students are to succeed.
"We have to provide the funding we were promised, give our states the resources they need, and we have to meet the commitment to special education," Obama said to applause. "We can meet high standards without forcing students and teachers to spend most of the school year preparing for a single, high-stakes standardized test."
