Equitable Education

Education creates opportunity, but years of funding cuts have crippled our public education system and hurt our students and teachers. The cuts have disproportionately affected low income students, students of color, and students with disabilities. We need to reestablish our public schools as community centers from which the strength of our neighborhoods grow and invest in debt-free college for all.

 

Our Vision and Core Policies

Truly Free Public Education

  • Free universal pre-K

  • Tuition-free public colleges, universities, HBCUs, and trade schools

  • Use federal dollars to fully fund classrooms so educators and parents do not have to pay for basic classroom supplies

  • Make public school lunches free for all students

Abolish Student Debt

  • Cancel all existing student debt in the U.S., both public and private

Equity in Schools

  • Increase funding for schools and districts with students living in poverty and for students with disabilities

  • Fund wraparound services that support the whole child and make schools integral parts of communities—ensure that school are equipped with funding for classroom supplies, nurses, counselors, social workers, and adult education or job training for parents

  • Expand after school and summer programming to ease the childcare burden on working families and create better outcomes for students

  • Fully fund IDEA & ESSA at the federal level

Provide Educators with the Resources They Need

  • Increase educators’ pay

  • Support the right to collective bargaining

  • Shift our focus back to teaching, not testing