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Category: Education & Society
Updated Oct 23, 2025
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Updated Oct 23, 2025
Schools, funding, curriculum, and student achievement.
Education policy touches nearly every family, shaping opportunity and civic life. Disputes involve funding equity, curriculum content, standardized testing, and teacher pay. College affordability and early childhood programs remain key subtopics that influence elections and budgets alike.
Talking points
Conservative
- Return control to parents and local districts.
- Promote school choice and accountability for results.
Moderate
- Raise standards and teacher pay while respecting local flexibility.
- Encourage innovation without politicizing classrooms.
Liberal
- Increase public school funding and universal pre-K access.
- Reduce testing pressure and support diverse, inclusive curricula.
Source: manual
State Bills
View all- An Act to Expand School-Based Mental Health and Dropout Prevention Services in New York
- An Act Expanding Student Support and Workforce Opportunity in Rhode Island
- Rhode Island School-to-Career and Community College Partnership Act
- An Act to Strengthen Iowa Teacher Recruitment, Retention, and Classroom Readiness
- New York Student Stability and Career Readiness Act
Press Releases
View all- Governor Acton Highlights Beginning Implementation of TRECS Act
- PENIAMINA UNVEILS EDUCATION PLAN: PAY TEACHERS, FUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS, CANCEL STUDENT DEBT
- Newly-Elected Governor David Acton Announces TRECS Act
- Iris Castle calls on legislators to vote for the Pay Increase for Educators Act
- Governor Barker Announces Bipartisan Debate on Educator Pay Proposal
Rallies
View all- Rally in Fort Bend
- Rally in Cameron
- Rally in Bexar
- Rally in Tarrant
- Rally in Honolulu
Campaign Ads
View all- Ad in Honolulu, HI
- Ad in Hartford, CT-Providence, RI
- Ad in Indianapolis-Fort Wayne, IN
- Ad in Albany-Utica-Elmira, NY
- Ad in Albany-Utica-Elmira, NY