Joe Biden on Education
• Hire more teachers and pay them for smaller classes. (Dec 2007)
• Laid out a $30 billion plan over five years for education. (Nov 2007)
• For longer school day & school year, & 16-year minimum. (Oct 2007)
• $3000 tax credit for college for anyone earning under $150K. (Sep 2007)
• There needs to be performance-based pay for teachers. (Aug 2007)
• Teach sex ed in schools; including prevention methods. (Aug 2007)
• Sent kids to private school after death of their mother. (Jul 2007)
• Overcome racial achievement gap with early education. (Jun 2007)
• Pay teachers more to get better educational results. (Apr 2007)
• FactCheck: Japan pays teachers more, but not India & China. (Apr 2007)
• NCLB needs more resources, but also is fundamentally flawed. (Feb 2007)
• Princeton was last Ivy holdout to admit women & minorities. (Jan 2006)
Voting Record
• Voting for No Child Left Behind was a mistake. (Jul 2007)
• Voted YES on $52M for "21st century community learning centers". (Oct 2005)
• Voted YES on $5B for grants to local educational agencies. (Oct 2005)
• Voted YES on shifting $11B from corporate tax loopholes to education. (Mar 2005)
• Voted YES on funding smaller classes instead of private tutors. (May 2001)
• Voted YES on funding student testing instead of private tutors. (May 2001)
• Voted YES on spending $448B of tax cut on education & debt reduction. (Apr 2001)
• Voted YES on Educational Savings Accounts. (Mar 2000)
• Voted YES on education savings accounts. (Jun 1998)
• Voted NO on school vouchers in DC. (Sep 1997)
• Voted YES on $75M for abstinence education. (Jul 1996)
• Voted NO on requiring schools to allow voluntary prayer. (Jul 1994)
• Voted YES on national education standards. (Feb 1994)
• Rated 91% by the NEA, indicating pro-public education votes. (Dec 2003)
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