DarceyinFL

Hi Zephyr!! We met at the PCCC Bold Progressives candidate training in DC in 2016. I'm a big fan of your work and activisim.

I have serious concerns about the lack of a plan that the Democratic Party has with regards to K-12 education. Do you see education as an important part of the party's message? If so, what is that message?

It doesn't seem enough to simply be against for-profit charters and vouchers, I want the Democrats to see that public education should be so important to our democracy that it is essential to their national, state, and local platforms. Your thoughts?

This is spot on everything that I wish your party would focus on for the long-term prosperity of our nation. Education is democratic. Education improves economy prosperity. Education is just and moral.

Side note: I'm so glad to see you bring up children's privacy as the infiltration of online programs has all but taken over classroons as early as kindergarten. For the love of Data. Data. Data.

I'm not sure it's a phrase you would hear; it's not like a battlecry (that's sort of my lament with the Democratic Party).

Anyway, John Dewey famously wrote "Democracy and Education" over 100 years ago; it's publicly available online and where I would suggest that you begin if you're interested in the subject.