
California Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson. (Torlakson Campaign)California Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson. (Torlakson Campaign)
OAKLAND (KCBS)— California educators have joined a national effort aimed at reducing student loan debt and making college more affordable for families.
The “Degrees Not Debt” campaign kicked-off this week at Oakland’s La Escuelita Elementary School. The national campaign was launched in May by the National Education Association.
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“There’s something wrong with our priorities that we have diminished our support,” she said.
Helping to launch California’s campaign was state schools chief Tom Torlakson.
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