Issue Position: High-Quality Education for a Better Future

Issue Position

To continue the American tradition of being a global economic leader while promoting a vibrant middle class that shares in the fruit of prosperity, we must have the best prepared workforce in the world.

We must educate our kids P through C [Preschool through College] to compete in today's global economy, with trade skill apprenticeships available for those who do not want to go to college. Increasing access and affordability of a great education is the best way to reverse growing income inequality, and to supercharge the rebuilding of a vibrant middle class where parents can expect their kids to do better and live better than they did.

To level the achievement gap once and for all, we need to invest in universal Pre-K; we need to phase in tuition-free education at non-profit public colleges and universities that doesn't explode our deficit and fuels upward mobility; we need to promote trade school apprenticeships that equip folks for the jobs of the future in advanced technology sectors; we need to work with our teachers to innovate education and employ teaching methods that embrace emerging technologies; and we need to find solutions that help the 4 out of 10 Americans under 30 struggling to pay off excessive student loans, such as encouraging businesses that help employees pay of their student loans by offering payroll tax deductions.

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