Issue Position: Education

Issue Position

Issue Position: Education

As the youngest of four sons of shipyard worker, I was raised to understand that a good education is the key to good opportunities in life. While I attended college and law school, I could earn enough working part-time jobs, and lobstering in the summer, to help pay for a significant part of my education. College costs have risen too fast to make that feasible for most of today's students. When my Dad, Irving, worked at the shipyard in Kittery, one quarter of his yearly salary could pay for one year of college. Today, that same year of college would cost more than a shipyard worker could earn in a full year! America is a great nation precisely because of its commitment to public education and we need to maintain and strengthen that commitment, from pre-school to graduate school, to give our children the best chance to compete in a global economy.

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