Issue Position: Education

Issue Position

Nicole has worked to strengthen parent involvement in our schools and protect vital educational programs, like after-school and community-based Pre-K programs. Her advocacy helped curtail the federal government's overreach into state and local education decisions and produced significant improvements to Common Core. Nicole wrote a state law responsible for preventing the closure of a local teen intervention center and she has provided a strong voice of opposition to both New York City's plan to lower admission standards for its specialized high schools and close Gifted and Talented schools.

Nicole also successfully intervened to protect traditional activities like the Father-Daughter Dance and cursive writing education when the New York City sought to eliminate them from our schools. Nicole regularly meets with schoolchildren to promote her anti-littering campaign and encourage a return to discipline and civility in the classroom. Currently, New York City receives nearly $2.5 billion in federal education funding. Nicole will work to ensure that every dollar is spent in the classroom educating students and preparing them for the future, instead of being wasted by the NYC Department of Education's sprawling bureaucracy.

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