“Education reform costs money, and this administration is willing to spend it."
-George W. Bush in Remarks to the U.S. Conference of Mayors, April 2001

• Bush Left Behind $8 billion in Education Funding: $1.3 billion in California.
• Bush’s Education Department Flunks Top Scoring Schools.
• One-Size Fits All Fails To Account for Differing Local Conditions.
• Nearly 60% of Superintendents & Principals: Sanctions Unfair.
• ‘No Child Left Behind’ Leaving Behind America’s Public School Children.
• State Republican Lawmakers: Bush’s Law Violates States’ Rights.
• Bush’s ‘Signature’ Education Law Requires Realistic Standards.
• Democrats: United in Fighting For Our Public School Children

• Bush Implemented a Regulation that Guts Financial Aid for 84,000 College Students.
• Democrats Stopped Bush’s Punitive Cuts To Funding for America’s College Students.
• College More Costly in Bush Economy.
• In Bush Economy, States Steep Cuts Targets Higher Education.
• Using MLK Day as a backdrop, Bush challenged Michigan’s Affirmative Action Plan.
• Legacy Tradition: An Affirmative Action Plan Bush Supports!
• Bush Pushes Voluntary Compliance for Gender Fairness in Higher Education.
  
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Education is the key to acquiring economic security, developing individual freedom, and restoring community hope. The California Democratic Party believes that all people are entitled to a free, quality public education that enables them to achieve their highest potential. We must strengthen the public school system from pre-school through college in order to prepare future generations to meet the challenges of the 21st Century.

Click here for the CDP Platform on Education

Democrats know that today, more than ever before, we need the right kinds of investments - in education, lifelong learning, skill development, and research and development - to take advantage of the vast opportunities of the Information Age. We need to make sure Americans have the skills and tools they need to compete and win in the new knowledge-based, global economy.

A Revolution in American Education

Democrats understand that ensuring every child the highest quality education is essential if America is to remain strong and competitive in today's economy.

Click here for the 2000 National Democratic Party Platform on INVESTING IN AMERICANS: A Revolution in American Education.
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