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●Revise NCLB●Early learning Opportunities (ex.
Head Start)●Smaller class sizes
●More after school activities●Individualized attention for
students
Democratic Party on Education
● Federal government needs to fund education, including special education.
● Raise pay for teachers.● Improve:
–Mentoring–Professional development–New technology training for teachers.
● Create new rewards for teachers● Fair dismissal policies for teachers● Build new schools with modern
technology● Advocate community service as
part of education.● Oppose school vouchers
● Test new teachers for competency● Emphasis on teachers as professionals● Opposes school vouchers● Against individual merit pay for individu-
al teachers● Gear Up Program
● Salary increases for teachers● More after-school programs● Smaller class sizes● Reform NCLB● Provide support for new
parents● Proponent of early education,
i.e. Head Start
● Opponent of violent and sexual electronic media
● Provide meaningful sup-port for “kinship care” families
● Incorporate Internships
●Supports universal preschools
●Raise pay for teachers
●Support same-sex families
●Wants to create a National Teacher's University
● Improve education working conditions
●Supports radically overhauling NCLB
●Support better tests, broader measures of school success
● Reward successful schools● Designate more resources for low-income children
● Fully fund special education● Raise graduation rates
●Expand early childhood education.
●Reward successful schools through grants.
●Expand summer school
● Supports merit pay for teachers.
● Would Reform and Refund NCLB.
● Support teachers working conditions.
● More Accountability
●More access to A.P programs.
ReCap and Overview of Democratic Positions
● Reform and Fund NCLB● More emphasis on early education
programs● Higher pay for teachers● Teachers = Professionals● Give public schools' more autonomy +
flexibility● Provide multi-level support and
resources that reach children of all socio-economic levels.
Works Cited
● ontheissues.org
● hillaryclinton.com
● barackobama.com
● johnedwards.com
● dnc.org
● realclearpolitics.com
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