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December 11, 2007

Anonymous The Salem News Tue Dec 11, 2007, 01:06 PM EST

Sen. Joe Biden (D)

Overhaul No Child Left Behind, increase Pell grants and give public university students a $3,000 tax credit.

Sen. Hillary Clinton (D)

"Plans to make college more affordable to middle class families and believe that NCLB is an unfunded mandate to fix."

Sen. Chris Dodd (D)

"Will reform NCLB, reduce student loans, raise the Pell Grant and provide an opportunity for free community college to Americans."

Sen. John Edwards (D)

"Radically overhaul NCLB to reject cheap standardized tests, expand the curriculum, and invest in struggling schools rather than punishing them."

Rudy Giuliani (R)

"Families, not the federal government, are best positioned to choose how our children will be educated from kindergarten and beyond."

Mike Gravel (D)

"NCLB has left too many child behind, will reform and adequately fund it and revaluate how higher education is financed."

Mike Huckabee (R)

More power to the states to decide benchmarks for NCLB, expand music and the arts, and give parents school choice.

Duncan Hunter (R)

"NCLB can be improved by maintaining high standards for teachers and students, and giving flexibility to the state for local schools."

Dennis Kucinich (D)

"We must fully fund NCLB. I will plan for tuition-free higher education for millions of students in state universities."

Sen. John McCain (R)

"Will bring accountability, choice and competition to underperforming schools so our children are equipped to compete in the 21st century."

Sen. Barack Obama (D)

"Reform and fund NCLB. Increase Pell grant funding, provide college students refundable $4,000 tax credit, and simplify financial aid process."

Ron Paul (R)

"As government takes control, inefficiencies and costs increase, quality declines. Allow competition, stop systematic inflation and let our kids learn."

Bill Richardson

Scrap NCLB, simplify the federal government student loan programs, provide incentives for colleges to keep tuition low.

Mitt Romney (R)

"I'll help middle-class parents save for college educations by reducing the tax rate on interest, dividends and capital gains to absolutely zero."

Tom Tancredo (R)

"Repeal No Child Left Behind and let the parents decide what is the best education for their children."

Fred Thompson (R)

"Review federal programs for cost-effectiveness, reduce federal mandates, return education money to the states, empower parents through competitive choice."

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