education

Obama's Education Policy: For early education Obama will increase funding for Early Head Start and Head Start, improving the quality of both. He will also provide affordable child care to help easy working families’ burden. For K-12, Obama will reform No Child Left Behind through increased funding, assessment improvement, and individualized support. In other words, he will help schools that need help and make it so students ‘ progress can be tracked in an individual manner. He will also increase funding to school districts to invest in strategies to stop dropouts, as well as investing in afterschool, summer, college outreach, and ESL programs. For higher education, Obama would implement a tax credit program that would assist families with paying for college – community college would be practically free, and it would cover about 2/3 of the cost at the average public college/university. The process to apply for financial aid would also be simplified.

McCain's Education Policy: John McCain firmly believes parents should have the right to choose the schools for their children. Schools should compete to be the most innovative and successful ones and teachers should be rewarded for good teaching, presumably measured through high test scores. Teachers will also be encouraged through increased funding and programs. Schools will have more control over how they spend their funds.