Mike Easley's plugging early college on the Huffington Post.
In a column in the liberal Web site today, the former governor cites his Learn and Earn programs as models for the rest of the country.
Early college high schools in North Carolina and across the country show us that challenge — not remediation — is an approach to education that works. The opportunity to earn free college credit is a powerful invitation for every student and parent, especially during these hard economic times.
We can't afford to see college as an option or a luxury for some; it has to be our goal for all. Early college represents the kind of innovation that other states and the Federal government should look to as we work to improve dramatically the preparation of young people for the demands of skilled careers in today's economy.
Previously: Easley to promote early college for Gates Foundation.
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Re: Mike Easley, HuffPo contributor
It seems rather strange to preface support for expanding this program nationwide on the basis that not doing so is something we "can't afford." We are smack-dab in the middle of a severe recession exacerbated by unprecedented government spending and still waiting for the hyperinflation shoe to drop. What we really can't afford is another huge government entitlement program supported by confiscatory taxes geared especially for the middle class, no matter how nice it sounds.