Issue
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Barack Obama (D)
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John McCain (R)
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No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
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Overhaul
“The fact is, No Child Left Behind has done more to stigmatize and demoralize our students and teachers in struggling schools than it has to marshal the talent and the determination and the resources to turn them around. That’s what’s wrong with No Child Left Behind, and that’s what we must change in a fundamental way.”
Manchester, NH, 11/22/07
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Tweak
“No Child Left Behind — everybody likes to criticize it. It needs to be fixed, but it was a great beginning. It was a great way of gauging performance.”
PBS, “The Charlie Rose Show,” 11/27/07
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Overhaul
The law’s goals are vitally important. However, Congress must shift away from the law’s one-size-fits-all accountability system and its emphasis on punishment, to one that involves significant input from educators and supports educators in improving student learning, rewards success, and provides meaningful assistance to schools most in need of help.
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Pay Teachers Based on Student Test Scores; Pay Teachers Based on Other Factors
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Opposes Traditional Pay for Test Scores, but Supports Some Forms of Enhanced Compensation
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Supports Pay for Test Scores
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Opposes Pay for Test Scores, but Supports Some Forms of Enhanced Compensation
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Private School Vouchers
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Opposes
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Supports
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Opposes
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Charter Schools
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Supports
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Supports
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Supports public charter schools with certain quality assurance provisions
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Change NCLB’s Use of a Single Standardized Test to Measure Student Success
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Supports
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No Public Information Found*
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Supports
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Improve Quality of Tests
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Supports
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Supports Testing Changes for Students With Disabilities and English Language Learners
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Supports
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Reduce Class Size
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Supports
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Opposes
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Supports
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Expand Early Childhood Education
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Supports
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No Public Information Found*
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Supports
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Increase Federal Education Funding
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Supports
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Opposed Bills to Increase Funding, but Says He Supports Adequate Funding
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Supports
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Pay Teachers a Starting Salary of $40,000 and Education Support Professionals a Living Wage
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Supports
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No Public Information Found*
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Supports
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Increase Student Aid for College (Pell Grants)
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Supports
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Opposes
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Supports
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Increase Minimum Wage
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Supports
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Opposes
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Supports
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Sponsor Bill to Repeal GPO/WEP
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Yes
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No
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Supports Bill
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Expand Healthcare, Create Universal Health Insurance
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Supports
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Supports Expanding Health Care, Opposes Universal Insurance
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Supports
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Privatize Social Security
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Opposes
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Partially supports
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Opposes
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Protect Education Employee Rights to Organize (EFCA)
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Supports
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Opposes
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Supports
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Protect Women from Pay Discrimination (Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act)
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Supports
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Opposes
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Supports
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