Education was once the foundation of American society. To thrive, it seemed to receive a quality education as the ticket to the middle class and a comfortable life. However, the United States over time has begun to place less emphasis on education. The public school system began to suffer and the yield gap between American children and their foreign counterparts widened. Both Barack Obama and John McCain focus on education reform in his platform, but the plan that benefits you and your children more? McCain believes the key to educational reform is the ability of parents to choose the schools their children attend, and his colleagues in Congress who are able to send their children to the best private schools in your area . The Republican candidate for parity in education in relation to equal access to better education. According to its website, “John McCain will fight for the ability of all students have access to all schools of demonstrated excellence, including their own homes.” The Arizona senator wants to encourage competition among schools to be more innovative and flexible, and compete for the best teachers and administrators. In addition, Mr. McCain believes that financial assistance should be based on the desire of parents to transfer their children to the best schools available. But Obama believes that the retention of teachers and affordable higher education as the key to educational reform. According to its website, the Thirty per cent of teachers leave education within five years. Also, the cost of college education has increased by forty percent over the past five years. The plan Obama and his running mate Joe Biden plan for education reform includes zero to five years, the reform of the No Child Left Behind and supporting the efforts of college credit. The zero to five years of the plan not only focus on education of early childhood, but also care and early education for children, which they regard as essential in preparing a child to tongue. The Illinois senator will quadruple, from Head Start, increased funding and better quality. We also aim to make care affordable quality child care for working families. Obama believes that the problem with the much-maligned No Child Left Behind program has been the lack of funding for the law. It will fund the law, but not force teachers to spend a whole year to prepare a standardized test, but there are other tools to assess student achievement and preparation for higher education. It is intended to support the training of high performance, charter schools by doubling federal funding for charter school at the closing of poorly performing schools charter available. The Democratic candidate wants to make math and science a national priority by the recruitment of university graduates in mathematics and science degrees and support the efforts of teachers team with professionals in the fields of mathematics and science. In an effort to retain teachers, which would allow a mentoring program for junior faculty team, with experienced teachers. Another key reform plan for education of Obama is his “make college a reality,” the initiative, which will increase the implementation of advance courses in high school and apply American Opportunity Tax Credit that will ensure further that the first $ 4,000 of tuition is free for most Americans. According to its website, “The beneficiaries of this credit must complete 100 hours of community service.” Consequently, if McCain or Obama in the White House in January 2009, both candidates are committed to making education basic to the advancement of America once again.