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A Thurgood Marshall Plan for Public Education - Bernie Sanders

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"Every human being has the fundamental right to a good education. Thus far, he is the only candidate to address K-12. This is a powerful program that addresses the three critical issues of our time. First, the need for adequate and equitable funding.Second, the need to restore teacher professionalization.Third, the need to reject privatization.  He intends to triple the funding of Title 1 for the neediest children,  proposes a national floor for per-pupil spending. to reduce class sizes. He recommends a flat ban on for-profit charters. That means halting the use of public funds to underwrite new charter schools.  He endorses the NAACP resolution that calls for a new moratorium on new charters. He recognizes that charters are funded by billionaires and not in need of federal aid.'


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I began teaching in 1963,; Ba and BS in Education -Brooklyn College. I have the equivalent of 2 additional Master's, mainly in Literacy Studies and Graphic Design. I was the only seventh grade teacher of English from 1990 -1999 at East Side (more...)
 

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