CNN political race coverage: on Education
Al Gore:
$36B for tuition after saving Medicare & Social Security
Gore told an audience that he hoped to boost college attendance and graduation rates by making college tuition tax-deductible, giving tax credits and deductions for college savings and keeping interest rates low for student loans. The full tuition
strategy could cost the government as much as $36 billion. Immediate preservation of the Social Security and Medicare programs would ensure that education stayed a viable government priority leading into the next decade and beyond.
Source: CNN.com coverage
Sep 8, 2000
Alan Keyes:
Let God into schools to keep Columbine shooters out
In a statement after the Littleton, Col. school shootings, said the incident was a “reminder of the tragic consequences of the moral void that is threatening our young people.. If we would let God into our schools under normal circumstances, then we
probably wouldn’t have to see our children turn to God when faced with this kind of evil.”
Source: CNN.com coverage
Jul 2, 1999
Arnold Schwarzenegger:
Supports school prayer
The actor said he supports allowing schools to decide whether prayer will be part of their day.
Source: CNN.com coverage
Aug 28, 2003
Arnold Schwarzenegger:
Supports limited school vouchers
The actor said he is in favor of limited school vouchers
Source: CNN.com coverage
Aug 28, 2003
Dick Cheney:
Voted against Head Start, and against Dept. of Education
On Education, [in Congress in the 1980s], Cheney consistently opposed funding of Head Start and voted against creating the Department of Education.
Source: CNN.com coverage
Jul 24, 2000
Elizabeth Dole:
Decisions on teaching evolution should be made locally
On teaching evolution in schools, Dole says the decision should be made at the local level.
Source: CNN coverage by Bruce Morton
Aug 27, 1999
Ezola Foster:
Schools are failing; need more money & less government
"For all children, the schools are failing, not because there's not enough money, but because there's too much government involvement," Foster said, making it almost immediately clear that education issues will be chief among her concerns in the fall.
Source: CNN.com coverage
Aug 11, 2000
Gary Bauer:
For school prayer & Ten Commandments in schools
[Bauer] said that having the Ten Commandments and prayer in school would help avoid tragedies such as the one in Littleton, Colorado. Saying church and state have been separated to a degree never intended by the founding fathers, Bauer pointed to an
example of what he called "a tremendous hostility to men and women of faith" from the high school shooting.
Source: CNN coverage: AllPolitics
Apr 21, 1999
George W. Bush:
Evolution & creationism both valid; let states decide
On teaching evolution in schools, Bush believes both evolution and creationism are valid educational subjects. "He believes it is a question for states and local school boards to decide but believes both ought to be taught," a spokeswoman said.
Source: CNN coverage by Bruce Morton
Aug 27, 1999
George W. Bush:
Pushes OPTIONS for private schools; without saying VOUCHERS
Bush vowed to push the most controversial portion of his plan, school vouchers, albeit a slightly revised one in an attempt to win the support of reticent Democrats. "In order for an accountability system to work, there has to be consequences. I believe
one of the most important consequences will be after a period of time, giving the schools a time to adjust and districts time to try different things," Bush said. "If they're failing, the parents ought to be given different options."Throughout the
campaign year, Bush said schools whose students do not show acceptable rates of improvement on test scores would be given every opportunity to turn their failure rates around. After three years, if failure rates do not improve significantly, much of the
federal money earmarked for the struggling schools would be broken apart and distributed to parents in the form of payments-or vouchers, according to some critics-that may be used to transfer students to private schools or more successful local schools.
Source: CNN.com coverage
Jan 23, 2001
Jim DeMint:
Devolve education to states without abolishing Department
Q: Sharron Angle wants to get rid of the Department of Education, is that a good idea?DEMINT: I agree that we need to devolve a lot of power out of Washington.
Q; Getting rid of it completely, is that a good idea? No more Department of Education?
DEMINT: I can see a role of looking at best practices around the state. But the fact is pretty clear, since the federal government increased its involvement in the '60s, the quality of our education relative to the rest of the world has declined.
And we spend more per student than any other country in the world. So I've introduced a bill to devolve a lot of power from the federal government back to the states.
Q: But that's not the same as abolishing it. A lot of money comes from the federal
government.
DEMINT: Well, she's very bold to say it. The fact is, education would probably work a lot better without the Department of Education. You can do it in a common-sense, reasonable way that doesn't disrupt any of the activities that we support
Source: CNN "State of the Union" coverage: 2010 S.C. Senate debate
Sep 19, 2010
John McCain:
Decisions on teaching evolution should be made locally
On teaching evolution in schools, McCain says the decision should be made at the local level.
Source: CNN coverage by Bruce Morton
Aug 27, 1999
Maggie Hassan:
As governor, I froze college tuition
Hassan cited her work freezing college tuition, the success of the New Hampshire economy and other measures from her two terms as governor as reason to send her to Washington. "Now to continue working to realize our state's potential,
we need a response from Washington that meets the progress we're making here at home, and that's exactly why I'm running for the United States Senate," Hassan said.
Source: CNN coverage of 2016 New Hampshire Senate race
Oct 5, 2015
Rudy Giuliani:
Sell Board of Ed HQ to shrink it
Giuliani has been highly critical of the New York City school system and has vowed to sell the Board of Education headquarters, reduce its staff and move its offices into a smaller, modern building.
Source: CNN.com coverage
Mar 11, 2000
Steve Forbes:
Textbook illustrations on evolution "a massive fraud"
On teaching evolution, Forbes said the decision should be made at the local level and called textbook illustrations about evolution "a massive fraud."
Source: CNN coverage by Bruce Morton
Aug 27, 1999
Steve Forbes:
Columbine shooting shows need for morality in schools
Forbes said the Littleton, Colorado, shootings "underscore the need to be teaching our children morals and values obviously at home, but particularly in the schools now."
Source: CNN coverage
Apr 30, 1999
Ted Kennedy:
Steadfast opponent of vouchers
Most Democrats and a handful of moderate Republicans oppose federally funded vouchers. Sen. Kennedy has been a steadfast opponent. "I don't think we ought to abandon schools by taking money away from public schools in order to save them.
And that's been my position for some period of time," Kennedy said. "[Bush opposes that] position. But I can't emphasize enough the other areas where the president was reaching out, in education and policy, and where there is very broad agreement."
Source: CNN.com coverage
Jan 23, 2001
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