Issue Position: Education

Issue Position

Parker took the bus across town to attend a better high school, put himself through Long Beach State and earned a J.D. from Georgetown. He knows the difference an education can make, and he wants all students to have the same opportunity to change their own lives.

In order to be competitive in today's global economy, we need a properly trained workforce, and we need rapid, fundamental change in our ability to deliver education. We must leverage technology to deliver knowledge intertwined with real-world application to prepare our current and future workforce for the global economy, and teachers need to have flexibility to respond to the needs of their students.

The Department of Education should become the world's leading aggregator of educational resources. Every approach, lecture, and method should be at the fingertips of students, educators, parents, and the community, and we should focus on science, technology, engineering, and math. Students and parents can then decide, which approach and school best aligns with their priorities.

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