The Washington Post - USA (2020-10-20)

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EDUCATION

Backto in-personschooling

Biden:Letschooldistricts make
decisionsonwhenstudentscanre-
turn.
Trump:Urgedall schoolsto open
in thefallforin-personlearning.

Free college

Biden:Make publicfour-yearcol-
leges anduniversitiestuition-freefor
allfamilieswithincomeslessthan
$125,000.
Make twoyears of community
collegeorotherprofessionaltraining
programfree.Thefederalgovern-
mentwouldpay75percent,andthe
states wouldpay25percentof this
program.
Bidenhasnotestimatedthecostof
theseprogramsorprovideddetails
on howhisadministrationwould
payfor them.ArecentGeorgetown
Universitystudysaidtheprogram
wouldcostnearly$50billionayear
butafterabout10 yearswouldstart
payingforitselfbecausemorecol-
legegraduateswouldgethigh-pay-
ing jobs thatbring in more tax
dollarsto thegovernment.
Trump: Does not supportfree
communitycollegeorfour-yearcol-
leges.

Schoolchoice

Biden:Doesnotsupportgiving
familiesgovernmentmoneytoat-
tendprivateorreligiousschoolsfrom
kindergarten through12th grade.
Trump:Make schoolchoiceavail-
abletoall children.Mostschool-
choiceprogramsarecontrolledby
states,buttheUnitedStatesgovern-
mentpays fortheD.C.Opportunity
ScholarshipProgram.That program
allowslow-incomefamiliesin Wash-
ingtonto attendprivateschoolswith
federal governmentmoney. InJuly,
Trumpannouncedadding$85mil-
lioninthenextfive yearstothe
program.

Otherpriorities

Biden:Spend$8billiontoim-
provefacilitiesandprogramsat com-
munitycolleges.
Spend three times the current
levelof spendingonTitleI, apro-
gramthathelpselementaryandsec-
ondary(K-12) schools with large
numbersof low-incomestudents.
Addmorecounselorsandsocial
workersto K-12 schools.
Trump:Teach“A mericanExcep-
tionalism,”orpro-Americalessons,
in schools.Statesdeterminethecur-
riculumin theirschools,butTrump
hascreatedacommissionto explore
theideaofmaking UnitedStates
historylessonslessaboutthelegacy
of slaveryandracism.

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CORONAVIRUS

Vaccineplans

Biden:Fast-tracktheproduction
of avaccine. Producedetailsbefore
takingofficeonwhichgovernment
agencywould be in charge of distrib-
utingavaccineorvaccines,which
groupsofpeoplewouldreceivea
vaccinefirstandwhenthatwould
happen.
Trump:Developavaccinebythe
endof thisyear.Hehas askedstate
andlocalhealthdepartmentsto fig-
ureouthowto distributeavaccine,
shouldonebeapproved,as earlyas
October.

Face masks

Biden:Push governorsto require
wearingfacemasksin public.Possi-
bly enactmandatoryface-mask
wearingonU.S. governmentproper-
ty.
Trump:Leavemask-wearingreg-
ulationto thestates.

Virustesting

Biden:Provide free testingfor
“everypersonwhoneedsatest.”Set
upat least10mobiletestingsitesand
drive-throughfacilitiesperstate.
Trump:Althoughthepresident
saidthissummerincreasedtesting
wasmakingtheUnitedStates“look
bad,”heannouncedSeptember 28
that100millionrapidtests wouldbe
distributedtostatesoverthenext
several weeks.

BYCHRISTINABARRON

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hoosingapresidentialcandidate to supportisusuallyaboutfiguringoutwhichonehasviewsclosestto

yourownonissuesthatyouthinkareimportant.That involvesdoingresearch:visitingcampaign

websites,listeningto speechesor debates,andreadingsourcesnotconnectedto thecampaigns,suchas

mediasourceswithgoodreputationsandvoterinformationwebsites.Wehave gatheredsomeof that

informationon thetwomajor-party candidates:formervicepresidentJoeBiden(Democratic Party) andPresident

DonaldTrump(RepublicanParty). Wepicked fourareasthataffectkidsandthatkidshave spoken outabout,but

we’reonlyscratchingthesurface.Weencourageyouto digdeeperontheseandanyotherissuesyouthinkare

important.That wayyou canseeoverthenext fouryearsif thewinningcandidate keepshiscampaignpromises.

What Biden and Trump say

about issues important to kids

CHIPSAYS

In 1870,thefirst fourBlack

Americansto servein the

UnitedStatesHouseof

Representativeswere

elected.That year,Black

Republicanswonthree

outof fourSouthCarolina

congressionalseats.

ELECTION 2020

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There’snot muchtimeleftto castyour

ballotin the 2020 U.S. presidential

election.No,nottheofficialelection.

KidsPostis countingvotesin akids-

onlyelectionforourreaderstoshare

theiropinionsaboutwhoshouldbethe

next president.

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in theUnitedStatesor beaU.S.citizen

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andcontactinformation.(Nokids’

namescollected;noadultinformation

shared.)

lVotingendsOctober28.

Welookforward to sharingthekids’

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[email protected].

—Christina Barron

Deadlineapproaches

for kids-onlyelection

ENVIRONMENT

Carbonemissions

Biden:Reach net-zero green-

housegasemissionsnolaterthan

2050 byreducingmethaneproduc-

tion,creatingmoreenergy-efficient

governmentbuildings,pushingthe

auto industrytoproduceelectric

vehicles,makingcompaniesdisclose

levelsof greenhousegasemissions

andconserving 30 percentof public

landsandwatersby 2030.

RejointheParisClimate Accord,

theinternationalefforttoslowcli-

mate change.

Trump:Noplanforcarbonemis-

sionreduction.In March,hebacked

offPresident Barack Obama’splanto

makecarsandtrucks5percentmore

energyefficienteachyearfrom 2021

to2026.Thatrequirementis now

1.5percenteachyear.(Greenhouse

gasemissionsfromtransportation

makeupabout 28 percentof total

U.S. greenhousegasemissions,ac-

cordingtotheEnvironmentalPro-

tectionAgency.)

Renewableenergy

Biden:Createa1 00 percentre-

newable(or“clean”) energyeconomy

byinvesting$1.7trillionin thenext

10 years.Someof thatmoneywould

go to creating10 millionjobsrelated

to harnessing the power sources,

suchas sun,wind,waves,rain,tides

andgeothermalheat.

Trump: Support all energy

sources, includingnonrenewable

(fossilfuels)andrenewablesources.

Trumphasbeenskepticalaboutthe

benefits of spendingmoneyonclean

energyandwantsto protectorex-

pandjobsconnectedto fossilfuels,

suchas oil,coalandnatural gas.He

planstoopentheArcticNational

WildlifeRefugetooil andgasdrilling

in 2021.

RACIAL JUSTICE

Economicopportunities

Biden:Makesurethatall small-

businessreliefefforts aredesignedto

helpbusinessesownedby Blackand

Brownpeople.

Spendmoreontechnologyand

innovationcenters,especiallythose

servingBlack,Latino,Asian,Pacific

IslanderandNativeAmericanentre-

preneurs,or peoplewhostartbusi-

nesses.

Increase funding for organiza-

tionsthathelppeopleof coloraccess

high-qualitytrainingandjoboppor-

tunities.

Maketuitionfreeathistorically

Black colleges and universities

(HBCU)andminorityservinginsti-

tutions(MSI)forfamilieswithin-

comesbelow$125,000.

Invest$70 billionin programsand

facilitiesat HBCUsandMSIs.

Trump:Expand“Opportunity

Zones”inlow-incomeareas. These

zones,whichwerecreatedin2017,

allowpeopleto save on theirtaxbillby

investingmoneyto constructbuild-

ingsin theseareas.Thedevelopment

is supposedtoimprove theliving

conditionsof residents, butcriticssay

it canalsocausethemtoleave because

housingbecomestooexpensive.

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ABOVE: Arctic ice capsare

losinglargechunks of ice —

as seenin 2017 in Canada —

because of climate change.

Biden favors“clean”energy

to slow Earth’swarming,

whileTrumpwants to keep

producingfossil fuels.

TOP PHOTO: Protesters

march for racialjustice in

Washington. President

Trumpendorses tax-relief

zonesinpoor areas, while

JoeBiden favorsfinancially

aidingsmallbusinesses

ownedbyBlack people.

UPPERLEFT: Cooper Lane

Elementary School’s Mary

Piccirilli teaches online

from herclassroomin

Maryland. Biden and Trump

have different opinionson

howorwhen schoolsshould

startin-person learning.

LEFT: Labtechnician Sendy

Puerto processes ablood

samplefor acoronavirus

vaccine studyinFlorida.

Both Trumpand Biden want

to fast-track productionofa

vaccine,but they endorse

differentwaystodoit.