Back a month or so ago we had a call from the Building Bridges Initiative and their "report" on education reform, signed by education reformsters running the gamut from A to B.
Well, some things that are not in the purview of USED, that would certainly impact education outcomes are national: A national homes guarantee, universal health insurance, replacing local property tax with taxes on wealth to fund education, ensuring a living wage for all workers, free tuition for at public colleges, national support to make teacher salaries commensurate with other professional, national funding for more teaches to enable planning and professional growth a part of teachers' work day, smaller class size, full funding for special education, funding for education research no tied to randomized trials, etc. These national supports would make children's lives more secure and teaching a more attractive and rewarding profession.
Well, some things that are not in the purview of USED, that would certainly impact education outcomes are national: A national homes guarantee, universal health insurance, replacing local property tax with taxes on wealth to fund education, ensuring a living wage for all workers, free tuition for at public colleges, national support to make teacher salaries commensurate with other professional, national funding for more teaches to enable planning and professional growth a part of teachers' work day, smaller class size, full funding for special education, funding for education research no tied to randomized trials, etc. These national supports would make children's lives more secure and teaching a more attractive and rewarding profession.