Title: YouTube Debate: No Child Left Behind – Scrap or Revise?
Summary: In this debate, two presidential candidates share their views on the No Child Left Behind act. Both these views are very similar: ”Scrap it!”
Topic: Should President Obama reform the No Child Left Behind law?
Category: Journalistic: Mainstream; Multimedia
What is it? A Youtube.com video of the first Democratic Primary Debate of the 2008 Election cycle, given by CNN and Youtube.
Publication Information: July 23, 2007; Youtube.com and CNN.
Author: Politicstv
Location: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VBur2clylg
Accessed: 3/13/09
Support:
Gov. Richardson says to scrap No Child Left Behind because education isn’t “one size fits all.” Senator Joe Biden says to scrap it as well, and that he regrets voting for it. He also mentions his faith in Ted Kennedy.
Audience and Agenda:
Both CNN and Youtube.com are major companies that reach a lot of people. These videos were available to all with internet access–and the questions from this debate were sent from around the world. This was the first debate of the 2008 Democratic primary cycle.
Usefulness:
While neither of these candidates is President Obama, Joe Biden is the current vice-president, so it is interesting to hear his views when he is not backing up Obama. Both candidates support backing up math and science because those are the two areas where the U.S. scores poorly compared to other developed nations. Both candidates also seem to share the belief that it would be easier to scrap the entire program and start anew.
Works Cited:
http://www.youtube.com/user/Politicstv
http://www.youtube.com/
http://www.cnn.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Richardson
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Kennedy
Filed under: Assignments for Gateway II, Source Notes Tagged: | Assignments, Gateway, Gateway II, Journalistic, Multimedia, No Child Left Behind, politics, Source Notes
