• Huckabee proposed the launch of weapons of mass
Instruction program which included art and music in the
curriculum besides science and math saying that these subjects
stimulate creative instincts in a child and prevents boredom and
thereby lesser number of school dropouts.

• He voted for abstinence education funding on equal
ground with contraceptive based education. He was also for
displaying the 10 commandments in public schools.

• Huckabee supports charter education saying that charter
schools are wonderful laboratories for educational reform. They
help to incorporate good manners and basic elements of good
character and honor among the student population.

• Huckabee supported the Omnibus Education Act of 2003
which was a bit drastic though highly effective because it
focused on issuing warnings to under performing schools and
authorizing the government to step in after two years of
continuous fiscal or academic distress and go to extents of
terminating the superintendent and firing and replacing the
entire school board.

• Huckabee emphasized on the Smart Start program while in
office as Governor in Arkansas. This program stresses on high
standards and accountability while focusing on math, reading and
character based education. Every individual school and student is
held responsible and there is no scope for low standards or
failure.

• Improving education in public schools is a top priority
for Huckabee. He encourages sending children to these schools to
support and have confidence in them.

• Huckabee proposes increasing state funds for hiring new
teachers and raising salaries and also supports teacher testing
and merit pay.
		

• 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.