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Declared 2012 Democratic Presidential Candidate
Current President of the United States
Barack Obama
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Obama position on Education
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• Obama intends to revive 'No Child Left Behind' by recruiting an army of new teachers and support schools that need improvement rather than punishing them.
• He believes, after high school graduation, that all students should undergo a year of on the job training or higher education to enable the creation of a skilled workforce within the country.
• Obama supports programs like 'Head start' which is an attempt to influence early learning in a child. This equips a young child with qualities and the confidence to go into Kindergarten.
• He suggested investing $10 billion in Education so that every child in the country can access quality, affordable and early childhood education.
• He supports American Opportunity Tax Credit, a universally and fully refundable tax credit that will ensure that the first $4000 of a college education is free for most Americans.
• Obama recommends a Step Up plan which has community organizations and local schools pitching in to offer summer learning opportunities for disadvantaged children.
• He suggested consolidating Direct Loan Programs to save $4.5 billion rather than managing these loans through banks and private money lenders.
• Obama recommends age appropriate sex education right from Kindergarten level to help children escape child molestation.
• He supports setting up of charter schools and private investment in schools saying that it is necessary to experiment and reward good performances in the classroom
• After school and summer school programs for minority and underprivileged youth with parental help. This Obama stressed especially for African American fathers who seemed to be continually absent from home.
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