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President
Obama has emphasized education as a focal point moving forward and has proposed an increase in funding for a variety of public education programs including standard K-12 schooling. Continue Reading
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Governor of Mississippi
Barbour believes local officials should have more say in funding for schools and is a supporter of Charter School expansion. Continue Reading
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Radio Personality
Cain is opposed to federal education programs and believes we need to focus in on the local level. Continue Reading
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Governor of Indiana
Daniels supports an increase in public education funding from the state level, but not the federal level. He supports state-regulated standardized testing, school vouchers and merit-based pay for teachers. Continue Reading
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United States Senator
DeMint is an advocate for a more privatized education system which includes more school vouchers and the development of charter schools. Continue Reading
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Former Speaker of the House
Gingrich believes American children are falling behind in math and science and has even proposed the idea of paying children to take advanced-level courses after the seventh grade. Continue Reading
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Former Mayor of New York City
Giuliani supports the exploration of a variety of school programs including charter schools and the use of school vouchers, as well as merit-based rewards for teachers. Continue Reading
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Former Congressman
Goode proposes to repeal No Child Left Behind. Continue Reading
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Former Governor of Arkansas
Huckabee believes education should be a state issue and supports the advancement of charter schools, with more focus on testing a result-driven program. Continue Reading
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Former Ambassador to China
Huntsman believes competition amongst schools would be healthy and therefore supports more school voucher systems. Continue Reading
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Former Governor of New Mexico
Johnson is perhaps the biggest proponent of school vouchers of any public office holder in the country and also favors the expansion of charter schools. Continue Reading
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Gay Rights Activist
Karger supports expanding charter schools and ending teacher's unions. Continue Reading
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Former Governor of Alaska
Palin supports more money into various educational programs including public school. She believes in merit-based pay and standardized testing. Continue Reading
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U.S. House of Representatives
Paul would dissolve the Department of Education and encourage private and home schooling options by giving families tax write-offs. Continue Reading
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Former Governor of Minnesota
Pawlenty is in support of more charter schools as well as restructuring poorly performing school districts. Pawlenty is also in favor of exploring school vouchers in Minnesota. Continue Reading
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Attorney
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Former Governor of Louisiana
Roemer believes we need to reform education and No Child Left Behind. Continue Reading
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Former Governor of Massachusetts
Romney is in favor of a merit-based educational system and wants to raise salaries for high-performance teachers as well as give students in the top 25% of their class free admission to four year state universities. Continue Reading
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Former U.S. Senator
Santorum proposes to decrease federal funding for public schools and supports the expansion of charter and voucher programs. Continue Reading
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Physician
Stein believes that we should establish the basic right to a free college education.  Continue Reading
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United States Senator
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