The Basics: Where do the parties stand?

Republicans support:

* student innitiated prayer in schools

* a limited role of federal government in education -> believe that states are mostly responsible for the quality of education in their schools

* increased access to a higher education with the help of savings accounts

*access to college should be based on personal achievement

*school choice

Conversely the Democrats support:

* smaller class sizes
* increased after school activities

* more individual attention to students

* greater amount of federal funding to schools

*information gathered from http://www.ontheissues.org/ visit their website for more information! and from the Government in America Textbook by Edwards, Wattenberg, and Lineberry Twelfth Edition 2006