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PRES. OBAMA VS. CAND. OBAMA
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PRESIDENT OBAMA: ACTIONS IN OFFICE

  • Named education as one of three areas "critical to our economic future" for which he will propose large increased spending
  • Proposed grant money to states that develop high-quality early childhood education programs
  • Supports merit pay for teachers that perform well
  • Called on states to eliminate caps on the number of charter schools they allow
  • Index Pell Grant money to inflation, replace subsidized private tuition lending with direct government lending
  • Economic stimulus bill contained $100 billion of education spending, including funds for state aid, tuition tax credits, Pell Grants, and low-income schools
CANDIDATE OBAMA
ELECTION 2008

  • Supported increasing education funding to help schools meet testing standards
  • Argued for merit pay for teachers who mentor & perform well
  • Supported charter schools, opposed vouchers
  • Proposed a tuition tax credit for all college students
  • Supported allowing race-based affirmative action for colleges
REPUBLICANS
IN CONGRESS

  • Most support revising No Child Left Behind to increase local control and promote school choice for children in failing schools
  • Some conservatives support a bill that would allow states to opt out of NCLB but continue receiving funding
  • Tend to support voucher programs and charter schools
  • Support federal tuition aid but have been more hesitant to expand it
  • Most oppose race-based affirmative action in college admissions
DEMOCRATS
IN CONGRESS

  • Most have pledged to revise the No Child Left Behind Act and increase its funding
  • Some liberals also propose lightening the bill's testing and proficiency requirements and allowing more local flexibility
  • Most support charter schools while opposing private school vouchers
  • Nearly all have supported expanding federal tuition aid
  • Most support allowing the use of race-based affirmative action in college admissions

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