Candidate Stances on Education

The following websites are good places to find current political candidates stances on education and other major issues (in addition to the candidates' official websites).

2008 Presidential Election Candidates on the Issues - http://www.2decide.com/table.htm
            A very general guideline (in table format) of the candidate positions on many of the top issues.

Congress.org - http://www.congress.org/congressorg/e4/#presidential_content
            Click on the name of the presidential candidate, then on the position you’d like more information about to get a short statement on the issue.  Information provided by two companies - Capitol Advantage and Knowlegis, LLC.

Issue Coverage Tracker from the Washington Post - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/interactives/campaign08/issues/
            Provides a list of the number of times a particular candidate has mentioned an issue.  Also provides links to the stories that those mentions appear in.

Elections 2008 from the University of Michigan - http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/elec2008.html#presweb
            Provides a variety of links to information about candidates, the issues, and election practices in general.

FactCheck.org - http://www.factcheck.org/
            Monitors the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews, and news releases.

OnTheIssues.org – Candidates on the Issues - http://www.ontheissues.org/default.htm
            Just what the name implies – snippets from the major candidates on a variety of issues.

PolitiFact – Statements on Education - http://politifact.com/truth-o-meter/subjects/education/
            Similar to FactCheck.org, PolitiFact checks the facts behind the statements of candidates.

Project Vote Smart - http://www.vote-smart.org/
            Wrote the “Political Courage Test”, which asks candidates which items they will support if elected.  It does not ask them to indicate which items they will oppose.  Choose a candidate to see if s/he took the test and what the responses were.