Issue Position: Educating Our Youth

Issue Position

Simply put, we are letting too many of our children down. As a mother, Didi knows first hand that not all children learn the same way. But every child starts out wanting to be successful and we as a society need to give them the tools to do so. Effective education must remain a priority even during tough times and it requires a collaborative effort of all the stakeholders -- parents, teachers, administrators, and community members. We need to make informed choices so that schoolchildren today do not have fewer opportunities than their older siblings. We need to find a sustainable way of funding our schools because the current system simply doesn't work. And we need to ensure that quality higher education -- whether through our community colleges or the SUNY system -- must remain accessible and affordable to all New Yorkers.

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