six education themes for 2016 by michael j. petrilli

Six Education Themes for 2016 by Michael J. Petrilli

By Michael J. Petrilli 09/03/2015

Last month, Campbell Brown and the American Federation for Children will host aneducation policysummitin New Hampshire with six of the seventeen GOP presidential contenders. (A similar forumamong Democratic candidates is scheduled for October in Iowa.) Here we presentsix educationpolicy themesand associated infographicsthat we hope the candidates embrace. All of these areopen-source. Please steal them!

1. Education reform is working. Dont stop now.

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2. College is not the only ticket to upward mobility in America.

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3. School choice is growingand changing lives.

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4. Americas best and brightest need attention too.

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5. School discipline is under attackthats shortsighted and foolish.

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6. Preparing children for citizenship is an important goal of schools. Lets restore civic education.

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Mike Petrilli

This post originally appeared on the Fordham Institutes Flypaper blog.

http://educationnext.org/six-education-themes-2016/