Joe Biden
Teaching Profession
Biden: GOP Relief Bill 'Completely Out of Touch,' Fails to Address Schools' Needs
Speaking to the American Federation of Teachers, former Vice President Joe Biden warned that a lack of sufficient federal funding would force state and local layoffs, including elimination of teaching jobs.
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Biden's School Reopening Plan: National Guidelines, Local Decisions, More Funding
Schools need more funding and clear federal guidelines to reopen safely in the wake of the COVID-19 shutdowns,former Vice President Joe Biden says.
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Biden-Sanders Task Force: Pay Teachers More, Treat Them Like Frontline Workers
End "high-stakes" tests. Keep guns out of schools. Triple Title I aid. A report from a task force convened by Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders touches on these and other potential education priorities for Democrats in 2020.
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Joe Biden: I Will Have a 'Teacher-Oriented Department of Education'
In an address to the National Education Association, Joe Biden promised that if he is elected president, teachers will have more say in how education decisions are made.
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Trump Campaign Attacks Biden for 1979 Vote About 'Segregation Academies'
The Trump campaign's attack focuses on Biden's vote more than 40 years ago about the tax-exempt status of "white flight" private schools. It echoes criticisms of Biden's record on school desegregation last year.
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Trump, Biden Both Have Backed School Police. Will Protests Make That a Campaign Issue?
Districts around the country are considering calls to remove police from schools. Will those calls become a campaign issue for President Trump and Vice President Biden, two men who've championed school resource officers?
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Biden-Sanders 'Unity' Task Force Taps AFT and NEA Leaders, Ed. Committee Boss
The AFT's Randi Weingarten and the NEA's Lily Eskelsen Garc铆a join Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va., on the task force put together by presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.
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Joe Biden Backs Two Proposals to Increase Education Funding in 2020 Swing State
Biden's campaign announced March 31 that the 2020 Democratic presidential candidate backs two local attempts to raise more tax revenue for schools.
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American Federation of Teachers Endorses Joe Biden for President
AFT President Randi Weingarten said in the announcement that the former vice president and Democratic presidential candidate "is with us on investing in public education."
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Nation's Largest Teachers' Union Endorses Joe Biden
The National Education Association endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden late Saturday night, a nod of support that came after he secured a virtually unsurmountable lead for the Democratic presidential nomination.
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Education in the 2020 Presidential Race
This tracker gives you one-click access to where the Democratic and Republican candidates stand on nearly a dozen major education topics.
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Asked About Race, Biden Talked Record Players. Here's a Quick Primer on the 'Word Gap'
Former Vice President Joe Biden caused some eyebrow raising when, in answering a debate question about race, he mentioned record players and the number of words a young child hears at home. Here's some background on the word gap.
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Joe Biden's Stumble and the Fraught Distinction Between 'Poor Kids' and 'White Kids'
The former vice president's comment that "poor kids" are just as capable as "white kids," which his campaign quickly said was a slip of the tongue, appeared to play into the stereotype that poverty is a proxy for race.
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Trump Teased a School Busing Plan 'In About Four Weeks' a Month Ago. There's No Sign of It
Trump's statement in late June that his administration would release a policy on school desegregation doesn't square with his administration's past policy moves or the current political climate.