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Education
US public education is no longer a leading international system - particularly in the math and sciences. The problem has been greeted with recommendations from candidates about how to fund a public school system and how to foster innovation in teaching techniques and school structure. This topic includes information about candidate positions on: affirmative action, school choice, school voichers, teacher pay, and public school funding.
All of our questions on this issue:
I support or oppose increased funding for public schools
I support or oppose renewing No Child Left Behind
I support or oppose across-the-board pay raises for schoolteachers
I support or oppose the use of standardized tests to measure public school performance
I support or oppose a voucher-based school system
I support or oppose the creation of charter schools to compete with under-performing public schools
I support or oppose teaching creationism along with evolution in public schools
I support or oppose race-based affirmative action programs in higher education
I support or oppose incentive-based pay for schoolteachers
I support or oppose merit-based pay for schoolteachers
I support or oppose prayer in public schools
I support or oppose a period of mandatory public service for American youth