Only Improving Education Will Keep Us the World Leader

The key to fixing America is education. Education prepares for the future and our future is imperiled. America must provide the world’s best education to keep America leading the world. John Edwards’ Restoring the Promise of American Schools is based on three guiding principles: every child should be prepared to succeed when he shows up in the classroom; every classroom should be led by an excellent teacher; and every teacher should work in an outstanding school.

"Education is an issue that's very personal for me," said Edwards.
" … I was lucky to have public school teachers who taught me to believe that somebody from a little town in North Carolina could do just about anything if he worked hard and played by the rules.”

Edwards will also create a National Teacher University – a West Point for teachers – to recruit 1,000 top college students a year, train them to be excellent teachers, and encourage them to teach where they are needed the most. His plan will give extra support to first year teachers, reduce classroom sizes, and train more excellent principals.

Edwards gives America a future through his education plan. Imagine the improvement if teachers were paid $100,000 a year.