"I do think that the best type of instruction for children and for development happens to be the kind that is in person. However, we are dealing with unprecedented times.
"One of the ways I’m seeking to actively combat the school-to-prison pipeline is to make sure that we are pushing for better early childhood education. That we are not suspending children if they’re under a certain age. Those out-of-school suspensions typically cause a lot of problems for children that are already having a hard time at home.
"But on the federal level, making sure that we have the funding for free lunch, so our title funding for our Title I schools. Making sure that we have the funding for our bilingual education. Making sure that we have the funding for our special needs education.restorative practices in our schools. Making sure that we discourage the arrest of a 6 year old, the arrest of a 7 year old, because that’s not the appropriate measures for dealing with small children.
"It's unimaginably tough for people right now who have been able to put together their lives on the basis of having their extended family involved, aunts, uncles, grandparents. Those are things that are pretty critical to me not just as an American but also as a Latina. I’m used to having that really close contact with extended family members."COVID has broken a lot of that down.
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