Campaign Platform

Education reform - Support lifelong public education with an emphasis on giving our young people the tools they need to navigate their way through the sources of information which will enable them to lead meaningful and productive lives.

In the City of Los Angeles, and within the State of California much emphasis is currently being made on edcuation reform to gain competitive federal school funding. The terms or qualifications within this education reform are removing our public education systems and further privatizing education by removing the number of charter schools, and converting more public schools to private schools. This will result in less choice for our children of low and middle income families.

Public instutiions should remain the standard mode of education our youth. and our adult population. Turning over education to corporations, and other private instutions shift the emphasis to profit and not on enrichment of children.

We must oppose state or federal requirements to make significant decisions about schools, teachers or students based primarily on test scores. This puts to much emphasis on standardization in test results. The impact will be teachers pressured to have students move at a pace that will not be equitable for all students. This emphasis on test results as the basis for teachers wage increases is may place our children in a

urgent, pressured filled environment instead of a enriched, inspiring learning environment.

Paid for by the Friends of Lisa Green, Assembly 2010, Laura Barnet Treasurer

2554 Lincoln Blvd, PMB 189 Venice, CA 90291 (310) 272 - 0949 or email lisagreen@votelisagreen.net