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 No Child Left Behind (NCLB)

End

“I will the end the unfunded mandate known as No Child Left Behind. And, together, we will come up with a 21st-century educational system for our children, where we look at each individual child and try to decide what we need to do to lift that little boy or girl to his or her God-given potential.”

CQ Transcripts Wire, Washington Post, 2/12/08

Reform

“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

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

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.

Pay Teachers Based on Student Test Scores; Pay Teachers Based on Other Factors

Opposes Individual Pay for Test Scores, but Supports School-Wide Enhanced Compensation

Opposes Traditional Pay for Test Scores, but Supports Some Forms of Enhanced Compensation

Supports Pay for Test Scores

Opposes Pay for Test Scores, but Supports Some Forms of Enhanced Compensation

Private School Vouchers

Opposes

Opposes

Supports

Opposes

Charter Schools

Supports

Supports

Supports

Supports public charter schools with certain quality assurance provisions

Change  NCLB’s Use of a Single Standardized Test to Measure Student Success

Supports

Supports

No Public Information Found*

Supports

Improve Quality of Tests

Supports

Supports

Supports Testing Changes for Students With Disabilities and English Language Learners

Supports

Reduce Class Size

Supports

Supports

Opposes

Supports

Expand Early Childhood Education

Supports

Supports

No Public Information Found*

Supports

Increase Federal Education Funding

Supports

Supports

Opposed Bills to Increase Funding, but Says He Supports Adequate Funding

Supports

Pay Teachers a Starting Salary of $40,000 and Education Support Professionals a Living Wage

Supports

Supports

No Public Information Found*

Supports

Increase Student Aid  for College (Pell Grants)

Supports

Supports

Opposes

Supports

Increase Minimum Wage

Supports

Supports

Opposes

Supports

Sponsor Bill to Repeal GPO/WEP

Yes

Yes

No

Supports Bill

Expand Healthcare, Create Universal Health Insurance

Supports

Supports

Supports Expanding Health Care, Opposes Universal Insurance

Supports

Privatize Social Security

Opposes

Opposes

Partially supports

Opposes

Protect  Education  Employee Rights to Organize  (EFCA)

Supports

Supports

Opposes

Supports