Campaign K-12 Notebook
Biden-Palin Debate Addresses NCLB, Ed. Funding
Biden-Palin Debate Addresses NCLB, Ed. Funding
There wasn’t a single question on education during the vice presidential debate last week, but Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. of Delaware and Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska managed to get some of their views on federal K-12 policy on the table anyway—including a surprise comment from the Republican nominee saying she wants to increase education funding.
“Our schools have got to be really ramped up in terms of the funding,” Gov. Palin said during the Oct. 2 debate at Washington University in St. Louis. “Teachers need to be paid more.” ...
...Sen. Biden cited lack of money as a reason that the federal school accountability law hasn’t been a success.
“The reason No Child Left Behind was left behind—the money was left behind; we didn’t fund it,” he said...
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