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- Joe Biden
- Proposed the College ACCESS Plan, which would include creating a $3,000 refundable tax credit, expanding the Pell Grant, and starting the college planning process in 8th grade.
- Hillary Clinton
- Supports reforming the No Child Left Behind Act.
- Wants to help create Early Head Start.
- Chris Dodd
- Proposed a plan to subsidize in-state tuition for students at public community colleges and raise the Pell Grant.
- Wants to create a Pre-K Incentive Fund for universal preschool.
- Supports reforming the No Child Left Behind Act.
- John Edwards
- Supports preschool programs such as Great Promise programs.
- Wants to create a national teachers’ university.
- Supports reforming the No Child Left Behind Act.
- Rudy Giuliani
- Believes school choice is one of the greatest freedoms of our time.
- Mike Gravel
- Supports expansion of the Head Start programs.
- Supports universal pre-kindergarten.
- Supports reforming the No Child Left Behind Act.
- Barack Obama
- Supports increased funding for the Head Start program.
- Supports reforming the No Child Left Behind Act.
- Supports an increase in Pell Grants.
- Bill Richardson
- Opposes the No Child Left Behind Act and instead supports giving states funding for education.
- Supports raising the starting teacher salaries to a national average of $40,000.
- Opposes private school tuition vouchers.
- Mitt Romney
- Turn teaching into a “true” profession.
- Focus on math and science.
- Fred Thompson
- Wants to provide families with more choices in schooling.
- In favor of returning education money to the states and allowing parents to enhance education through charter schools, voucher programs, etc.
