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Campaign '08

Follow Education Week‘s print and online-only coverage of the 2008 presidential campaign to learn more about where the major candidates stand on education. Also read the edweek.org blog, Campaign K-12, for more analysis of the candidates’ views. Also, check our election multimedia resources and coverage.

Federal Campaign K-12 Notebook
The vice-presidential candidates insert education into their debate and third-party candidates outline their education proposals.
Alyson Klein & Michele McNeil, October 7, 2008
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6 min read
Teacher Brian Squire talks with student Abdi Somow, from Somalia, at Westview High School in Portland, Ore. State voters will decide whether to put strict limits on non-English instruction.
Teacher Brian Squire talks with student Abdi Somow, from Somalia, at Westview High School in Portland, Ore. State voters will decide whether to put strict limits on non-English instruction.
Photo by Michael Lloyd/The Oregonian
Federal Education in Spotlight on Statewide Ballots
Education issues are poised to break through the din of presidential politics and economic anxiety in more than a dozen states next month, as voters confront ballot questions and constitutional amendments involving K-12 policy and school finance.
Katie Ash, October 6, 2008
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6 min read
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Federal Campaign K-12 Notebook
Sen. Barack Obama pledged last week to spend $2 billion to help eliminate the international “education gap” by 2015, if he is elected president.
September 30, 2008
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4 min read
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Federal NCLB Debate at the Sidelines
The No Child Left Behind Act has been the subject of intense debate in school board meetings, state legislatures, and Washington policy circles. Everywhere, it seems, but the presidential campaign.
David J. Hoff, September 26, 2008
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7 min read
The Republican nominee for president, Sen. John McCain of Arizona, waves to supporters after speaking at a rally on Sept. 18 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
The Republican nominee for president, Sen. John McCain of Arizona, waves to supporters after speaking at a rally on Sept. 18 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Photograph by Charlie Neibergall/AP
Federal Campaign K-12 Notebook
Sen. John McCain has an idea for Head Start that is sure to generate broad support in Congress—because lawmakers have already passed it.
September 23, 2008
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4 min read
Washington state Superintendent of Public Instruction Terry Bergeson presents results from the Washington Assessment of Student Learning in Renton, Wash., in this June 8, 2007, file photo. She is seeking a fourth term, against a challenge by Randy Dorn.
Washington state Superintendent of Public Instruction Terry Bergeson presents results from the Washington Assessment of Student Learning in Renton, Wash., in this June 8, 2007, file photo. She is seeking a fourth term, against a challenge by Randy Dorn.
Photograph by Ted S. Warren/AP-File
School & District Management Schools Chiefs Scrap for Ballot Spotlight
Despite heightened interest in presidential politics this election year, “down ballot” races such as the state chiefs’ contests in Indiana, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, and Washington still won’t get much attention.
Andrew Trotter, September 23, 2008
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7 min read
Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., talks with students Alex Rhodes, left, and Naquan Rogers in a freshman leadership class Sept. 16 at Granby High School in Norfolk, Va.
Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., talks with students Alex Rhodes, left, and Naquan Rogers in a freshman leadership class Sept. 16 at Granby High School in Norfolk, Va.
Photograph by Chris Carlson/AP
Federal Obama Slips Merit Pay Into Larger Plan on Schools
Sen. Barack Obama wants to start a new program supporting an innovative-schools fund—but the campaign’s summary of the proposal omits the requirement linking teacher pay with students’ academic growth.
David J. Hoff, September 22, 2008
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5 min read
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, holding her son Trig, appears with her husband, Todd, on Sept. 3 in St. Paul.
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, holding her son Trig, appears with her husband, Todd, on Sept. 3 in St. Paul.
Photograph by Susan Walsh/AP
Special Education Campaign K-12 Notebook
How much money one state spends on special education is an unlikely focus of controversy in a presidential race. But when a previously little-known governor makes a splash as the mother of a special-needs child after getting her party’s vice presidential nod, that seemingly parochial topic can suddenly make news.
September 16, 2008
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4 min read
Federal Candidates Cite Teaching as an Example of Service
John McCain and Barack Obama disagree on just how much of a role the federal government should have in encouraging citizens—including young people—to get involved in community service.
Alyson Klein, September 15, 2008
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2 min read
Federal Fact Check: McCain Ad: ‘Education’
An Education Week analysis of the campaign ads of Sen. John McCain.
Alyson Klein, September 15, 2008
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4 min read
Federal Fact Check: Obama Ad: ‘What Kind’
An Education Week analysis of the campaign ads of Sen. Barack Obama.
Alyson Klein, September 15, 2008
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4 min read
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Federal McCain, Obama Spar on Education
The campaigns of Sen. John McCain and Sen. Barack Obama have engaged in a sharp and testy exchange on education, making the topic the center of debate for the first time since the long race for the presidency began.
David J. Hoff, September 15, 2008
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9 min read
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Federal Palin Takes Measured Tack On Alaska's School Issues
Although Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has espoused conservative positions on teaching creationism and abstinence-only sex education, the Republican vice presidential nominee has not pushed those beliefs into state policy.
Michele McNeil & Sean Cavanagh, September 9, 2008
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6 min read
Federal Federal File Phone-In Fact Fest Offered on Obama
Two of Barack Obama’s education advisers are taking a page from the community-organizing playbook to tout the Democratic presidential nominee’s 10-point education platform.
David J. Hoff, September 8, 2008
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1 min read
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