Education Station » elections http://blog.newsok.com/educationstation Keeping you informed on Oklahoma's education system Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:10:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Nader to speak in Tulsa http://blog.newsok.com/educationstation/2008/09/16/nader-to-speak-in-tulsa/ http://blog.newsok.com/educationstation/2008/09/16/nader-to-speak-in-tulsa/#comments Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:44:16 +0000 susansimpson http://blog.newsok.com/educationstation/2008/09/16/nader-to-speak-in-tulsa/ Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader will speak about Oklahoma’s ballot access law and the current presidential campaign at Oklahoma State University-Tulsa on Thursday at 1 p.m. in the Auditorium.

“Open the Debates” is the theme of Nader’s remarks, which reflect the Nader and vice presidential candidate Matt Gonzalez campaign’s call for inclusive, democratic presidential debates.

Nader will also address Oklahoma’s ballot access restrictions for independent and third party candidates, as well as issues concerning national public health care, the war in Iraq, energy and global warming policies and corporate crime.

OSU-Tulsa is located at 700 North Greenwood Avenue, near I-244 and Detroit Avenue. For more information, contact the Nader campaign at 202-471-5833.

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So now that Barack Obama and John McCain have both formally accepted their nominations and spoken to the nation from their respective conventions, I thought I’d post information about each of their education plans. They all have a lot of ideas, so following are the links to the details of them.

McCain: www.johnmccain.com/Informing/Issues/19ce50b5-daa8-4795-b92d-92bd0d985bca.htm
Obama: www.barackobama.com/issues/education

Poke around, read both sides, and come back here to share your thoughts.

Wendy Kleinman
Education Reporter

]]> http://blog.newsok.com/educationstation/2008/09/05/obama-mccain-on-education/feed/ 0 An education in election issues http://blog.newsok.com/educationstation/2007/10/01/an-education-in-election-issues/ http://blog.newsok.com/educationstation/2007/10/01/an-education-in-election-issues/#comments Mon, 01 Oct 2007 20:34:32 +0000 Wendy K. Kleinman http://blog.newsok.com/educationstation/2007/10/01/an-education-in-election-issues/ Presidential campaigns are in full swing. Every candidate wants your vote.

The Oklahoman runs an “On the Campaign Trail” box every day to tell you what the candidates are up to. But if you want to know more about their positions and ideas on education — from big ideas to small comments — there’s a good place for you to find out more.

The Education Writers Association maintains a Web site that chronicles the candidates’ musings on education, which voters consistently rank as a top concern.

The blog entries are short and simple.

Want to know which candidates say they’re comfortable reading “King and King,” a book with a same-sex relationship theme, to their children and other schoolchildren? Or what’s in John Edwards’ “Restoring the Promise of America’s Schools” plan? Or why Rudy Giuliani has a controversial record on higher education?

Visit http://edelection.blogspot.com to find out, and to stay educated on election-related education issues.

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