Long-term economic prosperity is only possible through a commitment to ensuring that future generations have access to the best education available.  We are seeing this promise broken time and time again, not only by the current administration, but over prior decades as our Nation has repeatedly failed to prioritize education and the futures of our children.  Greatness demands more.  

We must invest in our teachers.  Their commitment to this vocation demands not just our respect but our financial support through better pay.  We need to expand early childhood education through programs like Head Start and Early Head Start, ensuring all of our children have access to these important programs.  We must continue to support and expand Title 1, ensuring our most vulnerable in low-income communities are not locked out of the American Dream.   And again, we mean all children, regardless of their nationality or status.  This is what greatness demands.

The federal government must increase investment in our local schools.   Our schools should be palaces that reflect our commitment to education.  We must modernize schools through infrastructure grants and programs ensuring our children have access to the best curriculum, technology and facilities. We must support our community colleges and trade schools and ensure higher education is affordable to anyone that chooses that path.  And to those who Dream, we must finally remove the never-ending uncertainty and reaffirm our commitment to DACA by making it the law of the land.