Support Maura Sullivan for CD1
While it is certainly true that education is best managed locally – SAUs, towns, states – there is clearly a role for a federal government as well. A centralized education “think tank” can do things that an SAU or state does not have the resources to do, including research in best practices, “angel funding” for new and innovative techniques and support for competency-based assessments.
We have today, in Washington, a Secretary of Education that is embarked on a campaign to downsize the Department of Education, shift funding to “school choice” (read private, sectarian) and downshifting expenses to the states. While she wrestles with these priorities, she seems more concerned with administration than education.
I am supporting Maura Sullivan to be my representative in Congressional District 1. She is a graduate of the public school system, supports pre-K expansion and she recognizes that a high school education is no longer enough to either enter the workforce or prepare for a profession. I believe she will stand up to the current administration’s efforts to defund public education and will work to rebuild the Department of Education to be what it was intended to be when founded over 40 years ago.
I urge you to vote for Maura Sullivan in the Primary on Sept. 8. If you are unable to vote due to travel or disability, check with your town or city to get an absentee ballot.