Issue Position: Education

Issue Position

Education is truly the backbone of society. Our commitment to education is the greatest investment we can make in our future.

In addition to fighting for fair and equitable funding for our schools, I will work for expanding career and technical training, and trades apprenticeships for our students. I will ensure that our children are prepared for school by supporting expanded pre-K and early childhood education, tutoring programs, and nutritional and health services.

I will work to make higher education accessible and affordable. I support expanding grant programs for lower income students and reducing tuition at our state universities. Student debt is reaching a crisis level, and I support programs that adjust loan repayment based on income. I will be relentless in working to create good job opportunities for our graduates.

Teachers are the backbone of our educational systems and I support protecting their vastly important profession from ideological attacks. I support their professional development, so they can continue to best serve our children.

I believe that an overreliance on assessment testing of a student's academic progress is expensive and unfair, and it is a bad idea to "teach to the test." I feel that a one-size-fits-all approach is restrictive and can lead to a loss of student creativity and individuality. We need a good system of assessment that does not undermine the quality of our education.

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