• 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.		

• Mitt Romney points out the underperformance of kids in
the US saying that they score only in the bottom 10%- 25%.
Therefore there is a need to revamp the education system.

• Education should not be confined to a teacher's union
only. There should be involvement from parents, the state,
federal government with the support of the teachers.

• Romney advocated better pay for good quality teachers to
improve quality of teaching.

• He perpetrates English immersion in schools stressing
that English should be learnt at a very young age.

• While Governor Romney brought forth a scholarship for
all kids that graduate in the top quarter of the class known as
the John and Abigail Adams scholarship, which was 4 years tuition
free entry to state colleges and universities.

• He supports the concept of 'No Child left behind'.

• Romney supports setting up of charter educational
institutions and conducting immediate third party audit in
underperforming schools, giving authorization to principals to
replace 10% of underperforming staff etc.

• Romney supported the elimination of Federal Department
of education and favored keeping educational reforms t the lowest
level involving parents, teachers and community.

• He was against schools inflicting specific religious
practices or prayer in schools. Instead Romney stressed on
teaching the importance of economics and family values.

• Romney pledged to vote for a means tested school voucher
program which gave the students coice toi attend any public or
private school of their choice.