By Michael Dannenberg and Mary Nguyen Barry
To date, the 2016 candidates have been largely silent on K-12 education policy beyond noting general support for teachers and teaching as a profession or their position on Common Core standards. On higher education, they’ve been more active. But they have notfollowed President Obama’s lead of advancing massive new resources for higher education coupled with outcome-oriented reforms. Rather, they’ve played to type: Democratic candidates are calling for large new resource investments to support college affordability (Clinton & Sanders) while Republicans are emphasizing the need for reforms like an increase in postsecondary education suppliers (Rubio) and faster time to degree (Bush). Clinton has come closest, but no one has proposed a robust increase in resources and reform.
As we lead up to next week’s Democratic Primary Debate, Education Reform Now takes a look at how leading plans compare.
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