Save Our Schools

Education has often been called the great equalizer, reflecting the belief that merely having access to public schools and higher education will bring about equal economic opportunity. Unfortunately, our educational institutions reinforce existing socio-economic divides. Underfunded low-income K-12 schools have larger class sizes, insufficient books and supplies, and deteriorating buildings. Teachers are forced to purchase classroom supplies themselves or turn to crowdfunding in order to provide their students with the resources they need. For higher education, wealthy students can attend the best private schools debt-free while low and middle-income families are forced to take on hundreds of thousands of dollars of debt for a four-year degree.  

Mckayla believes that we can make education the great equalizer with structural reform and political will. Properly funded K-12 schools would mean equal access to high-quality education for low-income students and students of color; it would ensure teachers aren't stretched thin professionally or financially. Investing in higher education to make two and four-year institutions available to all American residents would mean access to the best colleges and universities will no longer be determined by parents’ income or occupation. A just educational policy would mean the American Dream could finally become a possibility for millions rather than a distant hope.

 
save our schools

Mckayla supports:

  • Federalizing education and reducing school districts’ reliance on local property taxes.

  • Investing billions of dollars to reduce class sizes, repair schools, and purchase classroom supplies.

  • Guaranteeing that teachers are paid a minimum salary of $60,000.

  • Requiring Elementary and Secondary Education Act-funded school districts to explicitly prohibit bullying and discrimination on the basis of sex/gender, race/ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, and disability.

  • Universal free school meals for elementary and secondary school students and eliminating all existing school lunch debt.

  • Debt-free public college. 

  • A one-time cancellation of all remaining student debt. 

  • Investing in HBCUs and MSI’s in order to prevent these institutions from closing, to remove the pressure to diversify for financial reasons, and to reduce the burden of private tuition and fees for students of color.