Our Education Priorities
Our Education Priorities
Fully fund public education and commit to the reform of school environments.
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Schools should be well-resourced, students should be safe and supported, and educators should be compensated appropriately for the immense value of their work.
- States should not rely so much on property taxes to fund education, as this approach fuels disparities.
- Reform national standards for schools to provide historically accurate curriculum, trade, life skills, and creative education curriculum, and comprehensive and inclusive sex education.
- Students should have complete access to on-campus/in-school mental health support, thorough guidance counseling, nurses, and classroom technology and resources.
- Invest in extracurricular programs and spaces for youth as well as after school programs.
Make higher education accessible to all and remove the financial burdens students are left with for pursuing a post-secondary degree.
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Make all public institutions and technical colleges tuition-free and make the federal aid application process more inclusive and simpler to follow.
- Eliminate student loan debt with immediate relief to low-income people and those affected by predatory lending.
End the systemic criminalization of youth of color, youth with disabilities, and undocumented youth in schools.
- Protect schools and school activites as sanctuary spaces for undocumented students and their families and end all cooperation between ICE and public education institutions.
- End the use of police, school metal detectors, arrests and citations, suspensions and expulsions, and seclusion and restraints completely from all public education systems.
Protect and expand Title IX and anti-discrimination protections in higher-ed.
- In addition to Title IX and ADA coordinators, invest in racial equity on campus by mandating a role committed to addressing discrimination and harm along lines of race, color, or national origin. This role, possibly a Title VI Coordinator, should be provided with guidance for ending race-based hate and discrimination in campus communities.
Invest in students and education staff of color by providing targeted investment to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU), Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSI), and Tribal Colleges.
- Specific funding should be dedicated to the success of these institutions and federal grants and loan repayment programs should have specific commitments to students in these institutions.
Fully fund public education and commit to the reform of school environments.
-
Schools should be well-resourced, students should be safe and supported, and educators should be compensated appropriately for the immense value of their work.
- States should not rely so much on property taxes to fund education, as this approach fuels disparities.
- Reform national standards for schools to provide historically accurate curriculum, trade, life skills, and creative education curriculum, and comprehensive and inclusive sex education.
- Students should have complete access to on-campus/in-school mental health support, thorough guidance counseling, nurses, and classroom technology and resources.
- Invest in extracurricular programs and spaces for youth as well as after school programs.
Make higher education accessible to all and remove the financial burdens students are left with for pursuing a post-secondary degree.
-
Make all public institutions and technical colleges tuition-free and make the federal aid application process more inclusive and simpler to follow.
- Eliminate student loan debt with immediate relief to low-income people and those affected by predatory lending.
End the systemic criminalization of youth of color, youth with disabilities, and undocumented youth in schools.
- Protect schools and school activites as sanctuary spaces for undocumented students and their families and end all cooperation between ICE and public education institutions.
- End the use of police, school metal detectors, arrests and citations, suspensions and expulsions, and seclusion and restraints completely from all public education systems.
Protect and expand Title IX and anti-discrimination protections in higher-ed.
- In addition to Title IX and ADA coordinators, invest in racial equity on campus by mandating a role committed to addressing discrimination and harm along lines of race, color, or national origin. This role, possibly a Title VI Coordinator, should be provided with guidance for ending race-based hate and discrimination in campus communities.
Invest in students and education staff of color by providing targeted investment to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU), Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSI), and Tribal Colleges.
- Specific funding should be dedicated to the success of these institutions and federal grants and loan repayment programs should have specific commitments to students in these institutions.
