• 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.