PBS News Hour: on Education

Joe Sestak: Push colleges to limit tuition increases

Marianne Williamson: Provide teachers autonomy as well as compensation

Pete Buttigieg: Charter schools have a place in the school ecosystem

Buttigieg's campaign told NewsHour that the South Bend, Indiana mayor believes charter schools have a place in the school ecosystem, but that they shouldn't replace investment in traditional public schools.

Eric Swalwell: College bargain: no-interest loans & debt-free college

At a February "Politics and Eggs" breakfast in New Hampshire, Swalwell proposed a "college bargain" system that would allow students to help pay for their schooling through part-time work-study or volunteer jobs.

Kamala Harris: Free tuition at four-year public colleges

• Education: Free tuition at four-year public colleges for most Americans. Create national prekindergarten program.
• Harris would enact the "College for All Act" proposed by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.
• That would create a government funding program that would pay for tuition and fees at public colleges and universities for students with incomes of $125,000 a year or less.
• This would be funded by a fee on Wall Street firms of 0.5 percent per stock trade.
• She supports expanding Head Start and Early Head Start, and would create a "national universal prekindergarten," though she has not yet offered specifics for that plan.

Elizabeth Warren: Support teacher unions on this time of crisis

• Education and college costs: Wants to make public college free.
• Warren has supported efforts aimed at lowering college costs. She backed a 2017 bill--introduced by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.--that would have eliminated out tuition for many students attending public colleges.
• She also backed a proposal from Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, that would have let students attend public colleges without having to take on any loans to pay for tuition, room and board, books, or other expenses.
• She said in a July, 2018 speech that "this is a time of crisis" for the country's teachers, and has supported teachers unions.
• This week, she tweeted support for the Los Angeles teachers who began striking on Tuesday.

Kirsten Gillibrand: Make public higher education debt-free

• Gillibrand says she wants to create a path to college for those that can't afford it by creating better education programs for low-income students and creating tax deductions on college tuition.
• She co-sponsored the "Debt-Free College Act of 2018," which offers federal matching funds to states to help students pay for two- and four-year public colleges without taking on debt.
• The bill would help pay for tuition and room and board, but it does not specify how it would fund the plan.

Tulsi Gabbard: Tuition-free community college for all

Julian Castro: Two free years of higher education

• Education: Establish universal pre-K education. Provide two free years of higher education.
• As mayor of San Antonio, Castro convinced voters to raise taxes one-eighth of a cent to create the city's pre-kindergarten program for four-year-olds.
• He supports "universal pre-kindergarten" nationally and would like to make the first two years of higher education free.
• He has not yet offered specifics on his plans.