Executive Council Statement
Fighting for the Importance of Public Education - For Our Children, Our Economy, Our Communities and Our Future
… A strong public education system is essential to the individual and collective well-being of our country and its people, and to the development of an informed and engaged … middle class society in the global economy. The guarantee of access to a free and quality public education should be a right accorded to every child in this country. Securing that guarantee should be a goal and a value that unites all … schools without regard to the investments that have not been made in those schools, distract from the important work needed to strengthen public education, divide our communities and undermine public education, which is the institution …