Obama: Longer School Year Needed

President Obama says students in the United States are falling behind their counterparts in other countries. One solution, he says, is to extend the time spent in school each year. Mr. Obama also suggests that under-performing teachers should be let go.



Class Dismissed

The president says we must take steps
To see our kids don’t end up fools.
One way, he says, is much more time
Be spent each year inside our schools.

An additional move to solve our woes,
The president succinctly stated,
Is that teachers found not up to par
Be weeded out and terminated.

 
©  2010  Jim Gordon