In the same vein, Republicans generally oppose increasing funding to schools, charging that it could end up feeding a bloated bureaucracy. Most Republicans do not support a national educational standard, believing instead that states and local districts should set their own standards. Republicans also tend to favor more law enforcement over additional gun control laws to stem the growth of violence in schools. In general, Democrats favor improving the public school system and therefore do not support vouchers. Generally, they do favor public school choice, which includes charter schools.
Democrats tend to favor national standards to help all children meet uniform goals.
Part of meeting such goals includes increased funding to hire more teachers. Democrats tend to favor gun control laws as one solution to the increase in school violence.