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Gloria La Riva on EducationParty for Socialism and Liberation nominee for President |
No.
Q: Do you support federal funding for universal pre-K programs?
Yes.
Q: Do you support federal funding for charter schools?
No.
Q: Do you support federal funding for K-12 school vouchers?
No.
Q: Do you support the federal government providing college students with financial aid?
Yes.
La Riva adds, "Students should be guaranteed a free education from pre-K through college."
The National Assessment of Education Progress--a body that administers standardized tests to evaluate the country’s progress in education--recently said that the NCLB law has hurt education standards. Reading proficiency for eighth-grade African American students has dropped from 13 to 12 percent. Proficiency dropped from 41 to 39% for eighth-grade white students.