Issue Position: Education

Issue Position

We must encourage innovation in education to find models that prepare our children to be global citizens in the 21st century, rather than dictating a one-size-fits-all, top-down approach which forces educators to think harder about the next standardized test rather than about their students' futures. We can foster excellence and innovation in our nation's schools by recruiting talented teachers and upgrading the physical infrastructure of the education system for the 21st century. We need to train an army of new teachers, not just avoid layoffs. Scholarship programs and student loan forgiveness programs should continue to be used to create incentives for accomplished graduates to enter teaching. I received a very high-quality public school education that enabled me to attend some of the finest schools in the world -- those same opportunities have to be available to all Americans.

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