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EDUCATIONAL AGENDAS AT A GLIMPSEIn recent weeks, education issues have taken a backseat to the debate over the war in Iraq. Here is a reiteration of the presidential candidates’ proposed education platforms: KERRY: * A National Education Trust Fund to support No Child Left Behind * Better training to teachers, and better pay in troubled schools * Tests with higher standards for new teachers and better procedures for replacing teachers who do not perform * More and higher quality after-school programs * Mentoring in middle schools, smaller high schools, strengthening high school curriculum in an effort to help 1 million more students graduate high school in the next five years * A College Opportunity Tax credit and aid to states that keep tuition down * Better testing that measures the full range of skills students should be learning BUSH: * $250 million annually to extend state assessment of student reading and math skills * Stronger early education programs, including Healthy Start, Grow Smart, and Head Start * Research on effective curricula and early literacy and math programs * An expanded Reach Out and Read program promoting early literacy * An emphasis on effective early childhood development strategies
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