Education Policy Version 1

Education is a key part of OSP to improve an economy and increase tax revenues for the government. We used Deekonomics to suggest that a country should have

    expand educational opportunities for college by making college tuition tax deductible,expanding Pell Grants, and cut student loan interest rates.

    Make all financial aid available to trade and vocational schools, as they often train students in high demand and well paying jobs such as mechanics, metalworking, plumbing, and etc.

    support public school choice, including charter schools and magnet schools that meet the same high standards as other schools. And at a time when so many schools charged with our future are relics of the past, we will attempted provide educational alternatives and enrich our schools with the equipment for a 21st century education.

    support private school vouchers to give parents more choice in there child's education and to also place pressure on failing schools to shape up

    Increased access of national scholarships for science, medical, and high demand fields such as accounting, metalworking, and etc.

    A "Be-On-Time Loan" program is to provide eligible students no-interest loans to attend colleges and universities in the country. If the student meets specified goals, the entire loan amount can be forgiven upon graduation. It provides to about up to $10000 USD each year. It will be restricted to degrees with high job growth and security.

    Creation of a Common Course Numbering System which is a required co-operative effort among all in the country community colleges and universities to facilitate transfer of freshman-, sophomore-, and junior-level general academic coursework. This grants greater freedom of choice for the students, ease the transfer of credits among all institutions

    Require all states to develop an independent "Open University" or a distance learning and research university that an open entry policy, i.e. students' previous academic achievements are not taken into account for entry to most undergraduate courses that provides completely transferable credit under the CCNS to all universities, grant accredited Bachelor’s, Master's, and Doctor's degrees to most fields (not including fields that require special training such as medical degree)

       Require all states to create an educational alternative to students (K-12) who want to earn a high school diploma and need, or prefer, the flexibility of distance education to complete their course work. This is to help out homeschoolers and provide parents an alternative to private schools and public schools