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.
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.
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.
As a U.S. senator and vice president, Biden focused on preschool, gun-free school zones, and the Obama administration's response to the Newtown, Conn. school shooting in 2012.
There wasn’t a single question on schools during the vice presidential debate, but the candidates managed to sneak in some comments on education.
If the moderator doesn't ask a question about schools, it won't be because no one tried.
Now that Joe Biden is the vice presidential candidate, he appears to have adopted the education platform of Barack Obama.
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