Issue Position: Education

Issue Position

Education is the most important issue Zoe faces as a Member of Congress. The stakes are enormous and she takes seriously her responsibility to ensure that the federal government makes available every resource that local school districts need to help educate our children.

Zoe remains committed to making sure that needed resources are made available for elementary and secondary education can we ensure can we fulfill the promise of leaving no child behind.

Innovation Agenda Promise

A New Generation of Innovators

America's greatest resource for innovation resides within classrooms across the country. We must give our students more opportunities to be highly-trained in math, science, and technology so they can turn ideas into innovations. Future innovators must reflect the diversity of our country, and we must provide opportunities for every qualified student, including minorities and women. Democrats will create a new generation of scientists, engineers, and mathematicians and will ensure that today's students get the job skills they need at all levels of learning.

To achieve this goal, Democrats will:

* Educate 100,000 new scientists, engineers, and mathematicians in the next four years by proposing a new initiative, working with states, businesses, and universities, to provide scholarships to qualified students who commit to working in the fields of innovation.

* Place a highly qualified teacher in every math and science K-12 classroom by offering upfront tuition assistance to talented undergraduates and by paying competitive salaries to established teachers working in the fields of math and science; institute a "call to action" to professional engineers and scientists, including those who have retired, to join the ranks of our nation's teachers.

* Create a special visa for the best and brightest international doctoral and postdoctoral scholars in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

* Make college tuition tax-deductible for students studying math, science, technology, and engineering.

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