Educational Equity

UNBELIEVABLE  

Alabama ranks WORST in education compared to all other states.   

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STATE RANKING

Alabama’s education ranking is among the lowest in the nation.  

269 

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT and LEARNING EXPERIENCE 

Alabama’s NAEP Math Scores are below the national average of 282

$37,137

DEBT AT GRADUATION

The average Alabama college graduate has a debt higher than the national average of $25,921.   

SOURCE:  U.S. News & World Report, https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/alabama   

What Boyd Believes:  All Alabamians – and all Americans – deserve access high quality education. That is why Will Boyd will work hard every day as your United States Senator to: 

• Work to close the widening gap between cost of living and cost of education
• Work to ensure that public schools have the resources needed to better prepare students for the changing economy
• Ensure that public dollars are not used to support private schools that target only the elite
• Work to ensure that teachers are better compensated and have secure retirement plans
• Protect funds for pre-college programs, Tech-prep and Perkins Loans
• Protect National Endowments for the Arts and the Humanities
• Protect research funding
• Support legislation that provides psychological counseling to students who willfully disrupt the learning experience or purposefully do not engage in the classroom
• Support efforts to connect college students to the right people and resources within their community to improve the chances of job acquisition
• Support and introduce legislation that closes the widening gap between cost of living and cost of education as college tuition and fees have risen nearly three times as fast as median family income