investing in our public schools with economic stimulus funds for school buildings
increasing the federal budget share for education using funds from U.S. troop reductions in Iraq
a federal funding formula that provides extra funds to states that have low student test scores
a federal Department of Education priority to compile successful existing teaching strategies and programs (such as cooperative learning and community career-mentoring) and provide these to all state Education Departments in an effort to improve test scores and graduation rates
finding a funding source for small scholarships for low-income high school students, to allow them to study in place of work