My education proposal begins with the promise that we accept that all children are important, beautiful, and special.
As a city, we must reach out and help those children grab and hold on to their gifts.
Autistic, nonverbal, geniuses, average, disabled, differently, and all other children will feel, and we will show how they matter to our great nation.
Children must have a complete, supportive, and truthful education. An education that prepares Boston's children for a technical, diverse, and fast-paced world.
We must reduce classes to less than 17 per class. Provide all classes with a teacher's aide.
To reduce class sizes and maximize educational learning. I support charter schools. I support private schools. Private schools are paid for by the states.
I am for school choice! I support charter schools! I support government-paid school vouchers!
The Democrats say they are against vouchers.
I cannot name one public school system the Democrats have made stronger and better. Low-income kids are trapped in a decades-old, failed system!
My plan is to improve Boston Public Schools. That includes vouchers and school choice!
We will give students every opportunity with knowledge and a safe and supported education.
Boston's children must be at the forefront of innovation, technology, and achievement.
We must teach children coding. A student's learning of coding should begin with baby steps in elementary school.
These proposals will not be rushed. Students will gradually ease into the new programs I propose.
We must keep students up-to-date and give them advanced training in the latest computer technology and technological advancements.
This must begin the first year of junior high school.
Boston students will begin language training in kindergarten. The education will continue every semester with that student learning the language.
The final result is that a government grant will pay for the students to visit foreign nations to practice the language they have been dedicated to learning.
This will prepare students for a diverse America. Prepare students for a diverse world.
We must prepare those children who excel faster in learning for their next educational phase.
Some children will advance faster and should not be held back from their great potential and success.
We must keep and return advanced classes to all schools. Also beginning the first year of junior high school.
Workshops will be created to help teachers and parents identify, support, and advance special needs students.
We will not allow children with special needs to feel punished because people in their lives do not understand their unique needs.
Education Assessments
All school children will have an Individual Education Plan (IEP).
Technology and medical advancements are continually changing.
Boston's education system should be reviewed, assessed, and adjusted every four years.
Boston's students must be educated and supported to recognize, understand, and utilize the latest technology and philosophical theories and be able to put all of this into successful action.
We must acknowledge that teachers, after a strong family, are the key to a child's success.
The importance of teachers must be recognized and appreciated.
Teachers starting pay should be highly competitive. Far above the $62,000 average.
Teachers should be paid a very competitive rate and given a monthly housing stipend. The housing stipend is meant to encourage teachers to go to and keep areas from being underserved.
In America, teachers should be our superstars, and we must support them in their ultra-important task of preparing our leaders of the world for tomorrow.
Conduct
There must be a strict code of student and parent conduct. The recent bouts of parents attacking teachers will come to an end.
I support and encourage strict and hardcore punishments for parents who put their hands criminally on any teacher, janitor, or school administrator. This includes, of course, our dedicated crossing guards.
All children are leaders in their field of being themselves. They are the experts.
A strong home environment
To raise a successful child, my program calls for home and family support.
The brightest child may not shine as brightly at home if they are hungry, abused, alone, or witness domestic violence.
Families would be offered education and growth opportunities to raise a strong, supportive family.
Welfare for families in need of resources does provide a valuable source to feed thousands of people who may go without.
The formula for combining incomes must be legislated out.
The current system leaves families who want to be together lying to the government and sneaking around their own families.
After-school activities can be great for proper socialization, exercise, and keeping kids occupied.
After-school programs need to be funded and encouraged.
Boston is constantly moving. Boston must adapt programs or create programs to support this constantly moving city, nation, and world.
We must go beyond our comfort zone. We will create 24-hour daycares.
Single parents do exist, and we must fully support them.
Considering that 64% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, they cannot afford to get sick.
Sick parents can be a distraction for a child or teen in school. The child may fear that their family will experience a lack of resources.
It is hard to concentrate in school when there is high stress at home.
This is another area where America must adapt.
I support the creation of 24-hour health clinics.
Working families deserve food assistance regardless of family size and income.
I will look to our city's champion sports teams to support the creation of sports, music, and other extracurricular activities in all Boston public schools.
I want to see the creation of mobile medical and dental RVs to visit schools monthly. The vans would provide preventive medical and dental care as well as routine visits.
The mobile service will provide parent outreach and make appointments with parents.
This is essential.
We need to add mandatory home economics classes. Teaching students to sew, cook, pay bills, and budget. Explain taxes and investing and start a small investment with a school stipend gift. That is what I support.
Boston children will be able to make change without their phone calculators.
Protecting our children
I will fight for the creation of a federal agency to strictly protect students, teachers, and staff.
Staff will be vetted and trained in counter-terrorism techniques. They are taught to use their tools to protect their lives and the lives of our students, faculty, and staff.
The agents will be trained to work with children and those with special needs.
They will be taught about the juvenile mind.
Under no circumstances, even though trained, Student Protection Agents will take no disciplinary action against any student.
The agent's duty is to save lives.
Agents will be trained in human rights and the United States Constitution.
The local police have failed too many times to protect our children.
Though I do not want armed teachers in class, I do not want them to be sitting targets hiding in class, praying the gunman does not open their classroom door.
Until American schools are protected, until then, local police are not cowards. I fully support arming teachers and administrators.
America's children are our greatest asset and strength for the future.
I propose Boston be a pilot city for the creation of a federal program to protect our students, faculty, and staff.
Bullying
Bullying of children by other children in America is at a crisis level.
As I campaign and speak to teens and the youngest of children,.
The fear, anger, and feelings of helplessness are doing damage to children's minds. The fear and angst hinder their mental health, expression, and positive educational growth.
Bullying has become a major, harmful epidemic in America and is at a crisis level.
To confront the issue of bullying. I propose the following:
1. The increased efforts of educators to remove repeated bullies from their current school.
2. Alternative schools will be where students who bully others will be sent.
The alternative schools will be fully funded and highly structured.
Classes will follow the path of learning languages and skills.
We must take mental health out of the darkness and support stressed students and families.
Student and family therapy will be free for those in need. Students at the alternative school will be given weekly therapy.
Having a social work background. I have been taught to look at the whole story.
Children removed from their school for bullying other children will receive a complete home assessment.
It does no good for a child's positive growth if their home is not a safe or healthy environment.
If found to be nonconductive to the child's positive growth,.
Immediately, social safety nets will be enacted on an emergency basis.
The goal is not to punish the bully. It is meant to assess their needs and provide resources to break their cycle of bullying.
My administration's goal is to redirect that student and provide structure.
No benefits given at non-alternative schools will be left out of alternative programs.
No student should die in an environment of care and support.
The student was a victim of bullying.
An area often ignored, unintentionally, is the bullied student. I make the following recommendations to support those students:
Therapy for the bullied student. They must be made aware that they are victims.
We will also do an assessment of the victim's home life. We want to be sure their family is supported and strong as well.
The world is moving fast. Boston must prepare our students for a strong place in the world.
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