In November of 2007, President Barack Obama introduced a plan for educational reform featuring a dramatic increase in education spending. The $18 billion annual education plan would be substantially funded by a decrease in NASA funding.
Obama on EducationBarack Obama Official Site: [http://www.barackobama.com/issues/education/ Education]
- Improve teacher recruitment and support
- Move toward voluntary, country-wide preschool
- Provide affordable, high-quality child care
- Reform the No Child Left Behind act
- Support college outreach programs
- Improve math and science education
- Address America's dropout problem
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"When our children dream about their future, they need to know that those dreams are within their reach." Southern Illinoisian: Obama pushes for more affordable education (November 29, 2005)
"I don't want to send another generation of American children to failing schools. I don't want that future for my daughters. I don't want that future for your sons. I do not want that future for America."Barack Obama Official Site: Education
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