https://reuther.wayne.edu/taxonomy/term/210 The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/3774 <p>Al Shanker advises the Democratic Party Platform Committee that education is a cornerstone of a democratic society. He further advises that the 1988 presidential platform set the following education goals: fund education reform research; increase aid to programs like Head Start, Chapter I, and Education for the Handicapped, and give priority to programs that address child health and nutrition; continue financial support for college students in the form of Pell grants, student loans, and the like; improve teacher recruitment; and invest in job training for the unemployed.</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/3774#comments American Federation of Teachers Democratic Party (U.S.) Early Childhood Education Educational Change Job Training Shanker, Albert Special Education Student Loan Programs Teacher Recruitment Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:47:39 -0500 jruss 3774 at https://reuther.wayne.edu