• As Governor, Sarah Palin brought forth a 3 year plan
during which she funded all school districts with more than a
billion dollars or more than 21% of General Fund expenditures. 
This was very important to education, focusing on early learning,
vo-tech, work force development and encouraging children with
special needs.

• She recommended revamping 'No Child Left Behind' by
introducing more flexibility in it. There needs to be more
emphasis on teaching according to Palin.

• She supports creationism involving healthy debates along
with evolution in schools to stimulate imaginative and creative
skills among the new generation.

• Sarah Palin ardently supports the K through 12
foundation formula. She also said that she would introduce a
separate education appropriation bill to provide local schools
with more predictability so that they know early enough what they
are going to work with and create more efficiency through
planning.

• She supports full funding for pupil transportation and
municipal school debt reimbursements. There must be provision for
increases in salaries, utilities and insurance.

• Sarah stands for alternative methods of education like
charter schools, home tutoring and rural boarding schools,
vocational/technical and magnet schools.

• She opines starting early education programs for at-risk
groups so that they get access to high quality programs and
obtain a safe and positive environment in early years.

• She perpetrates ABC, a local program of teaching which
involves core principles of trustworthiness, fairness, caring and
good citizenship.		

• 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.