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http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200771023019
N.C. teachers group backs Edwards for White House bid
by The Associated Press
published October 23, 2007 11:00 am
RALEIGH – The North Carolina Association of Educators has endorsed Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards' White House bid, the third time the organization has backed one of his campaigns for federal office.
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The association, which represents 70,000 educators and retirees in Edwards' home state, said his "comprehensive education plans" will help the Democrat compete in battleground states.
"We think that he is the one person on the ground talking about the pocketbook issues that affect working families," NCAE president Eddie Davis said Tuesday. "John Edwards has a vision."
The NCAE vote to back Edwards took place Monday. The group also supported Edwards in his successful 1998 campaign for U.S. Senate and his 2004 presidential run.
Edwards has proposed a variety of plans to increase teacher pay and reduce classroom sizes in successful high-poverty schools, overhaul the federal No Child Left Behind education law and implement an early childhood education program for all 4-year-olds.
For the past two years in rural Greene County, he's tested a "College for Everyone" program that pays the first-year bills for college students. He wants to take that effort nationwide with an $8 billion program.
http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200771023019
N.C. teachers group backs Edwards for White House bid
by The Associated Press
published October 23, 2007 11:00 am
RALEIGH – The North Carolina Association of Educators has endorsed Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards' White House bid, the third time the organization has backed one of his campaigns for federal office.
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The association, which represents 70,000 educators and retirees in Edwards' home state, said his "comprehensive education plans" will help the Democrat compete in battleground states.
"We think that he is the one person on the ground talking about the pocketbook issues that affect working families," NCAE president Eddie Davis said Tuesday. "John Edwards has a vision."
The NCAE vote to back Edwards took place Monday. The group also supported Edwards in his successful 1998 campaign for U.S. Senate and his 2004 presidential run.
Edwards has proposed a variety of plans to increase teacher pay and reduce classroom sizes in successful high-poverty schools, overhaul the federal No Child Left Behind education law and implement an early childhood education program for all 4-year-olds.
For the past two years in rural Greene County, he's tested a "College for Everyone" program that pays the first-year bills for college students. He wants to take that effort nationwide with an $8 billion program.
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