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The big debate: The No Child Left Behind Act and its intent is to close the gap between rich and poor student performance by mandating more rigorous testing, providing options to students in low-performing schools, and targeting more federal funding to low-income schools.

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Hillary Clinton

Wants to improve the education system by increasing teacher salaries and reforming the No Child Left Behind Act.


Mike Gravel

Opposes No Child Left Behind. Supports private school voucher initiatives.


Mike Huckabee

Says that the states should be able to set the standards for schools and that music and the arts should be regarded as staple subjects, not extracurricular.


John McCain

Opposes nationally imposed standards and believes standards should be regulated by the states.


Barack Obama

Supports a plan that would give grants to schools to try new teaching methods and award good teachers, as well as to increase the maximum Pell Grant to students entering college.


Ron Paul

Opposes any federal mandates on education and says that education is strictly a state issue.

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