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Martha Coakley on Education

 

 


Supports well-funded public education system

Martha believes that a quality, well-funded public education system is pivotal to ensuring a brighter future for our children and our country. The current economic crisis highlights the need for education reform that prepares studen challenges and unprecedented opportunities ahead.

Martha is deeply committed to public education. As Senator, she will fight to improve teacher compensation, fund programs that connect students to innovative technologies and indu education reform that fosters and rewards innovation.

In its current top-down, one-size-fits all form, No Child Left Behind ("NCLB") has not lived up to its promises. However, with several reforms, NCLB has the potential to delive students deserve. Martha will support legislation that directs federal funding to local governments to satisfy the requirements of NCLB. This way, school systems will have autonomy in directing funding and deciding what is best for

Source: 2010 Senate campaign website, marthacoakley.com, "Issues" , Nov 11, 2009

Concerned about financial impact of charter schools

Martha respects the role that charter schools have come to play in our public education system, especially to the extent that they can serve as laboratories for innovation. That said, she does not think they are the only answer to i achievement.

Martha is concerned about the impact of charter schools on the finances of host district schools. She will work to ensure that charter schools are transparent in their funding and administration, and that charter sc measured fairly and accounts for attrition rates. She will explore a number of strategies to reduce costs for host districts, including reimbursing charter schools based on average costs of students in particular age groups; reducin to charter schools based on the percentage of special needs students in the district; and increasing the amount of funding that goes to charter schools from the federal government, rather than siphoning off money from state or muni

Source: 2010 Senate campaign website, marthacoakley.com, "Issues" , Nov 11, 2009

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