Issue Position: Public Education

Issue Position

Because of progressive public investments and caring mentors, I was able to escape the cycle of poverty. It was teachers who saved me, who guided me to overcome great childhood adversity and poverty, who cared enough to show me a path to success.

Every student in America deserves to have a quality public school in their community, and educators who can afford to live in the community they teach, so that we can prepare the next generation to succeed -- no matter their ZIP code.

I have fought for educators and for key investments that have strengthened the path to opportunity in our state -- the biggest teacher salary increases in the nation, largest-ever expansion of early childhood education, and linking tens of thousands of students with apprenticeships and on-the-job training.

As a working mom with two young kids, I would be a champion in Congress for enhancing the federal partnership and funding of public schools and teachers, while also reversing misguided and foolish policies of the Trump administration, such as arming teachers in our classrooms, diverting federal funds to private schools, and punishing students who were victims of for-profit college fraud.

I'm immensely proud to have earned the endorsement of the Washington Education Association, the largest representative of Washington's teachers, educators and public school employees, in this race, and I will be an outspoken and adamant voice for teachers and students in Congress.

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