Bernie Sanders proposes "Thurgood Marshall Plan" for public education [View all]

[Uncle Joe]

The charter school moratorium is just part of the 10-point plan the senator officially put forward Saturday:

1. Combating Racial Discrimination and School Segregation

2. End the Unaccountable Profit-Motive of Charter Schools

3. Equitable Funding for Public Schools

4. Strengthen the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

5. Give Teachers a Much-Deserved Raise and Empower them to Teach

6. Expand After-School/Summer Education Programs

7. Universal School Meals

8. Community Schools

9. School Infrastructure

10. Make Schools a Safe and Inclusive Place for All

Some of the specific proposals include boosting federal funding for community-driven desegregation efforts; expanding access to English as a second language instruction; increasing accountability for existing charter schools; and ensuring "schools in rural communities, indigenous communities, Puerto Rico, and other U.S. territories receive equitable funding."

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Under Sanders' plan, the federal government would spend $5 billion annually to expand access to summer and after-school programs, teen centers and tutoring — and another $5 billion so community schools can "provide a holistic, full-service approach to learning and the well-being of our young people" through dental and mental health care, substance abuse prevention, community and youth organizing, job training classes, art spaces, GED and ESL classes.

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https://www.salon.com/2019/05/20/bernie-sanders-proposes-thurgood-marshall-plan-for-public-education/