Education

Do what is necessary to ensure children can read by third grade, including:

• Reduce class size in K-3
• Support teacher continuing education
• Improve early childhood education
• Assure full-day kindergarten
• Involve parents and other citizens in the reading program

We also need to:

• Stabilize education funding across economic cycles
• Reduce high school dropout rate and increase number going to college
• Increase science, technology, and engineering output of higher education